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English for Academic Purposes Courses (356)
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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2026 Programs of Study and Courses for Liberal Arts and Sciences Students Programs, Faculty, and Courses English  

English
(English: Creative Writing 351, English: Film Studies 354, English: Literature 358, English: Theories and Methods 359, English: Composition and Writing 355; English: As a Second Language 356)

Department of English, School of Arts and Sciences

English Department Website: http://english.rutgers.edu

Writing Program Website: http://wp.rutgers.edu

Chair: Brad Evans
 
Undergraduate Director: Sean Silver
 
Director of Writing Program: Abigail Zitin
 
Distinguished Professors:

Lynn Festa, B.A., Yale; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania
 
Lauren Goodlad, B.A., Cornell; M.A., New York; Ph.D., Columbia
 
Leah Price, A.B., Harvard; Ph.D., Yale
 
Jonah Siegel, B.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Columbia
 
Evie Shockley, B.A., Northwestern; J.D., Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., Duke
 
Carolyn Williams, B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Virginia

Nancy Yousef, A.B., Harvard; Ph.D., Columbia
   
Professors:

Emily C. Bartels, B.A., Yale; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard
 
Ann Baynes Coiro, B.A., George Washington; M.A., Ph.D., Maryland
 
Brad Evans, B.A., Cincinnati; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago
 
Thomas Fulton, B.A., Wisconsin; Ph.D., Yale

Allan Punzalan Isaac, B.A., Williams College; Ph.D., New York
 
Colin Jager, B.A., Calvin College; Ph.D., Michigan

David Kurnick, A.B., Harvard; Ph.D., Columbia

Dana Luciano, A.B. Brown; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell
 
Meredith McGill, B.A., Williams College; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
 
Richard E. Miller, B.A., St. John's; M.A., Massachusetts (Boston); Ph.D., Pittsburgh
 
Kurt Spellmeyer, B.A., Virginia; Ph.D., Washington
 
Michelle Stephens, B.A., SUNY (Stony Brook); M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale
 
Henry Turner, B.A., Wesleyan; M.A., Sussex (UK); Ph.D., Columbia
 
Maurice Wallace, A.B., Washington; Ph.D., Duke 
 
Associate Professors:

Matthew Buckley, A.B., Princeton; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia
 
Sandy Flitterman-Lewis, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
 
Martin Gliserman, B.A., Colby College; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana
 
Andrew Goldstone, A.B., Harvard; Ph.D., Yale
 
Christopher Iannini, B.A., Colby College; M.A., Johns Hopkins; Ph.D., CUNY
 
Olabode Ibironke, B.A., M.A., Obafemi Awolowo (Nigeria); M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State
 
Greg Jackson, B.A., B.S., Oregon State; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
 
Ann Jurecic, A.B., Bryn Mawr College; M.A.T., Brown; Ph.D., Princeton
 
Ryan James Kernan, B.A., Princeton; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
 
Stacy S. Klein, B.A., Dartmouth; M.A., Sussex (UK); Ph.D., Ohio State
 
Jeffrey Lawrence, B.A., Amherst; Ph.D., Princeton
 
Ronald Levao, B.A., Rutgers; M.A., Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
 
Mukti Mangharam, B.A., York (UK); M.Phil., Cambridge; Ph.D., Cornell
 
Carter Mathes, B.A., Virginia; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

Ricardo Montez, PhD. NYU
 
Sarah Elliott Novacich, B.A., Brandeis; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale

Imani Owens, B.A., Rutgers; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia
 
Stéphane Robolin, B.A., Tulane; M.A., Ph.D., Duke
 
Larry Scanlon, B.A., Brandeis; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
 
Sean Silver, B.A., Claremont McKenna College; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
 
Abigail Zitin, B.A., Cambridge; B.A., Columbia; Ph.D., Ohio
 
Assistant Professors:

Jeehyun Choi, B.A., Brown; M.St., University of Oxford; PhD., University of California (Berkeley) 

Naomi Extra, B.A., University of Rochester; M.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison); Ph.D., Rutgers 

Kristin Grogan, B.A., M.A., University of South Wales (UK); D.Phil., Oxford

Talley Murphy, B.A., Barnard College; Ph.D., Brown

Kristin Grogan, B.A., M.A., University of South Wales (UK); D.Phil., Oxford
 
Imani Owens, B.A., Rutgers; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia

Evelyn Soto, B.A., Cornell; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; PhD, University of Pennsylvania
 
Professor of Professional Practice:

David Orr, B.A., Princeton; J.D., Yale

Teaching Professors:

Doaa Rashed, B.A. Alexandria, Egypt, Ph. D. Univ. Maryland Baltimore County
 
Associate Teaching Professors:

Jonathan Bass, B.A., Columbia; Ph.D., Rutgers

Brian Becker, B.A., George Washington; M.A., Chicago; Ph.D., Rutgers

Paul Bielecki, B.A., Temple; M.A., Ohio
 
Paul Blaney, B.A. New College, Oxford; M.F.A., Oregon

Lynda Dexheimer, B.A., Rutgers; M.Sc., London School of Economics, Ed.D., Rutgers

Mark DiGiacomo, B.A., George Washington; M.A., Sussex (UK); M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers

Donald Dow, B.A., College of William and Mary; M.A., George Mason; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers

Miriam Jaffe, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers

Erin Kelly, B.A., Yale; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers

Annie King, B.A., St. Mary's College; Ph.D., Saint Louis

Jacqueline Loeb, B.A., SUNY (Binghamton); M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers

William Magrino, B.A., SUNY (Albany); M.A., College of Staten Island; Ph.D., Indiana (Pennsylvania)

Regina Masiello, B.A., M.A., Rutgers, Ph.D. Rutgers

Joann Messina, B.A., J.D., Rutgers

Susan Miller, B.A., Virginia; M.F.A., New York

Peter Molin, B.A., Virginia; M.A., California (Berkeley); Ph.D., Indiana

Carl Nelson, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers

Joshua November, B.A., Binghamton; M.F.A., Pittsburgh

Alison Powell, B.A., Indiana University, Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center in New York,

Brendon Votipka, B.A., Muhlenberg; M.F.A., Rutgers
 

Haemee Ahn, B.S., M.A., Western Michigan; M.Ed., College of New Jersey

Deborah Allen, B.A., Toronto; Ph.D., Rutgers

Anthony Alms, B.A., Wisconsin; M.M., Boston; Ph.D., CUNY

Janet Ansine, B.A., Kean; M.S., Purdue Global

Brie Ashley, B.A., M.F.A., Michigan

Alanna Beroiza, B.A. Bowdoin, M.A. Rice, Ph.D. Rice

Ian Bignall, B.A., Sara Lawrence College; M.A., Oxford; M.A., Rutgers

Sara Blomquist, B.A., Rutgers; M.F.A., Temple¿

Arete Bouhlas, B.A., Monmouth; M.C.I.S., Rutgers

Jennifer Bryan, B.A., Nebraska (Lincoln); M.F.A., Bowling Green State; Ph.D., Nebraska (Lincoln)
 
Mark Buchan, B.A., Cambridge; Ph.D., Michigan

Tracy Budd, B.A., M.A., Rutgers

Alexander Buzick, B.A. Dickinson, PH.D Fordham

Mihaela Carla Caponegro, B.A., Rutgers; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton

Claire Celi, B.A. Ramapo, M.A. Carnegie Mellon

Adam Dalva, B.A., Swarthmore College, M.F.A., New York University

Alex Dawson, B.A., Rutgers; M.F.A., Bennington

Elizabeth Decker ,B.A. Notre Dame, M.A. Saint Louis, Ph.D. The Graduate Center, CUNY

Natalie DeSorbo, B.A., Rutgers; M.Ed., College of New Jersey

Michael Duffy, B.A., DuPauw; M.F.A., Rutgers

Patricia Egbert, B.A. Rutgers, M.S. Texas A & M, Ph.D. Rowan 

Hebatalla Elkhateeb, B.A., Cairo University (Egypt); M.Ed., Ed.D., Tennessee State

Joanna Fuhrman, B.A. University of Texas, M.F.A., University of Washington

Julie Flynn, B.A., Rutgers; M.A., Drew

Agnieszka Goeller, B.S., B.A., Wayne State; M.A., Rutgers

Michael Goeller, B.A. Rutgers, M.A. Rutgers

Timothy Hedges, B.S. Cornell, M.A.Ohio, M.F.A. Michigan

David Howland, B.A. Penn State, M.S. New Hampshire, Ph.D New Hampshire

Fiona Hu, B.A., Ed.M., Rutgers

Paul Hufker, B.F.A., Webster; M.F.A., Brooklyn College

Jordanco Jovanoski, B.A., Rutgers; M.A., Ph.D., New School

Madhav Kafle B.Ed. Mehaendra Ratna, M.A Tribhuvan, M.A. Delaware, Ph.D. Penn State
 
Debra Keates, B.A., Yale; M.A., Johns Hopkins

Demetri Lallas, B.A., Iowa; M.A., Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)

Snow Lee-Jones, B.A Oberlin, M.A Columbia, M.A. Rutgers, Ph.D. Rutgers

Dawn Lilley, B.A., Oakland; M.A., Rutgers

Reagan Lothes, B.A. Wittenberg, M.Phil., Ph.D., City University of New Jersey

John Maerhofer, B.A. SUNY Stony Brook, M.A. CUNY Queens College, Ph. D. CUNY Graduate School 

Tara Malanga, B.A. Rutgers, M.Ed. Rutgers, Ph.D. Rutgers

Nancy Martin, B.A. Memorial Univ. Newfoundland, M.A Carleton, M.W.S Memorial Univ. Newfoundland, Ph.D Oxford 

Michael Masiello, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers

Jacqueline McDaniel, B.A., Rutgers; M.A., Seton Hall¿

Michael Mendonez, B.A. College of New Jersey, M.F.A. NYU 

Michael Monescalchi, B.A.SUNY Albany, M.A., Ph.D Rutgers

Peter Morrone, B.A., Colgate; M.A., Brooklyn College; Ph.D., Mississippi

Raluca Musat, B.B.A., CUNY (Baruch College); M.A., Ph.D., CUNY

Kathryn Narramore, B.A., James Madison; M.A., Alabama; Ph.D., CUNY

Nela Navarroo-LaPointe, B.A. Rutgers, M.A.,Teachers College Columbia, M.A. Univ. of the Andes

Mary- Jane Oltarzewski, B.A., Rutgers; J.D., New York Law School

Francesco Pascuzzi, B.A., Universita Roma Tre (Italy); Ph.D., Rutgers

Sara Perryman, B.A., California (Berkeley); M.A., Rutgers

Emily Renaud, B.S., M.S., Southern Oregon State College; M.S., Rutgers

Robinson, A.B Davidson, J.D, Georgia, M.A. Mississippi, Ph.D. Emory

Puja Sahney, B.A.,,M.A.Univ of Pune, M.A. Utah State, Ph.D, Indiana Univ

George Schroepfer, B.A., M.L.S., Kean 

William Schwartz, B.A. NYU, M.F.A Illinois

Elif Sendur, B.A. Bogazici Univ, M.A. Binghamton, Ph.D. Binghamton

Alexander Solomon, B.A., Rice; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers

Ben Tam, B.A. Univ of Hoing Kong, M.A. Georgetown, Ph.D. Cornell

Willow Erin Tanner, B.A. California-Irvine, M.A., Ph.D. Rutgers

The Friend, B.A., Boston College, M.A. Boston University, M.F.A. Columbia University

Sarbani Vengadasalam, M.Phil., Madras (India); Ph.D., Poona (India)

Howaida Wahby E-Eraky, B.A. Alexandria Univ., M.A. American Univ, Cairo, PH.D. Alexandria Univ.

Daniel Walsh, B.A., Muhlenberg College; M.F.A., Columbia¿
 
Shelby Wardlaw, B.A. Vassar, M.A. Colorado, M.F.A Columbia

Brendon Votipka, B.A., Muhlenberg; M.F.A., Rutgers

John Warren, B.A., M.A., Rutgers

Simon Wickhamsmith, B.A., London; M.A., Ph.D., Washington

RAsheda Young, B.A. Hampton, M.A. CUNY, 

Madeline Zehala, B.A., Caldwell College; M.A., Seton Hall 

Qisi Zhang, B.A., Shenyang Normal (China); M.A., Liaoning (China); M.Ed., Bloomsburg; Ph.D., Indiana (Pennsylvania)
 
Teaching Instructors:

Chazarrae Freeman, B.A. Geneva, M.A. Southern New Hampshire 

Lauren Kimball, B.A. Cornell, Ph.D. Rutgers 

Lauren Fanelli -Teague, B.A. Cornell, M.F.A American, M.A. Rutgers

Lauren McConnell, B.A. Rider, M.A. Rutgers
 
 
Executive Director of the Writing Program:

Lynda Dexheimer, B.A., Rutgers; M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science, Ed.D. Rutgers

Associate Executive Director of the Writing Program:

Mark DiGiacomo, B.A., George Washington; M.A., Sussex (UK); M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers 

Faculty Emeriti:

John Belton, B.A., Columbia; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard
 
Wesley Brown, B.A., City University of New York; MA., SUNY (Oswego)

Abena Busia, B.A., M.A., St. Anne's College (Oxford); Ph.D., St. Anthony's College (Oxford)
 
Harriet Davidson, B.A., Texas (Austin); M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt
 
Marianne DeKoven, B.A., Radcliffe; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford

Elin Diamond, B.A., Brandeis; M.A., Ph.D., California (Davis)
 
Richard Dienst, A.B., California (Berkeley); Ph.D., Duke
 
William C. Dowling, B.A., Dartmouth; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard

Mark Doty, B.A., Drake; M.F.A., Goddard
 
Kate Ellis
 
William Galperin, A.B., Chicago; A.M., Ph.D., Brown

Marcia Ian, B.A. Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D, Virginia
 
Myra Jehlen, B.A., The City University of New York; Ph.D., Berkeley
 
Richard Koszarski, B.A., Hofstra; Ph.D., New York
 
John Kucich, B.A., California (Santa Cruz); M.A., Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)
 
Robert Kusch, B.A., Valparaiso; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern
 
George Levine
 
John A. McClure, B.A., Tufts; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford
 
Michael McKeon, B.A., Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia
 
Jacqueline T. Miller, B.A., Rochester; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
 
Alicia S. Ostriker, B.A., Brandeis; M.A., Ph.D., Wisconsin
 
Barry V. Qualls, B.A., Florida State; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern
 
Dianne F. Sadoff, B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Oregon State; Ph.D., Rochester (MA)
 
Carol H. Smith, B.A., Ohio Wesleyan; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan
 
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