Our People
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English Faculty and Staff
Baillargeon-Hauck, Jennifer
Admin Assistant II
Jennifer Baillargeon-Hauck is the Administrative Assistant for the English Department.
Banks, Anna
Associate Professor
Anna Banks teaches film studies, film theory and criticism, and literature and film.
Blew, Mary Clearman
Professor Emerita
Mary Clearman Blew teaches creative nonfiction writing, fiction writing and Shakespeare.
Chandler, Steven
Professor Emeritus of English and Neuroscience; Director of M.A. TESL Program
Steven Chandler teaches linguistics and studies the application of exemplar-based (or instance-based) models of cognition to the representation and processing of language in the brain.
Dasgupta, Sayantani
Lecturer
Sayantani Dasgupta teaches creative nonfiction and global literatures in English.
Born in Calcutta and raised in New Delhi, Sayantani Dasgupta is the author of Fire Girl: Essays on India, America, & the In-Between (Two Sylvias Press, 2016), and the chapbook, The House of Nails: Memories of a New Delhi Childhood (Red Bird Press, 2016). Her essays and short stories have appeared/are forthcoming in Chicago Quarterly Review, The Rumpus, Phoebe, Gulf Stream, India International Quarterly, The Bellingham Review, and others. She edits nonfiction for Crab Creek Review, and has won fellowships from Centrum and Artsmith. She teaches creative writing and South Asian literature at the University of Idaho and has also taught writing workshops in India and Italy.
Drake, Thomas
Instructor
Thomas Drake teaches literature, composition, business writing and Integrated Seminar classes.
Flores, Stephan
Associate Professor
Stephan Flores teaches critical theory and British literature.
Hesford, Walter
Associate Professor Emeritus
Walter Hesford teaches American literature and the Bible as literature.
James, Erin
Associate Professor
Erin James teaches global literatures in English and critical theory.
Johnson, Jan
Clinical Assistant Professor
Jan Johnson teaches American Indian and African American Literatures.
Judge, Mary Ann
Senior Instructor, Director of the Writing Center
Mary Ann Judge teaches composition and oversees internships in tutoring writing.
Kelly-Riley, Diane
Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Research for CLASS
Diane Kelly-Riley teaches writing and composition.
Kirchmeier, Barbara
Acting Director of First-Year Composition
Barbara Kirchmeier teaches business writing.
Ladino, Jennifer
Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies
Jennifer Ladino teaches American literature and literature and the environment.
MacDonald, Tara
Assistant Professor of Literature
Tara MacDonald is a professor at the University of Idaho's English Department.
McFarland, Ron
Professor
Ron McFarland teaches 17th-century British literature, modern British/American literature, global literature and poetry writing.
Nicotra, Jodie
Associate Chair, Associate Professor
Jodie Nicotra teaches rhetoric and composition.
Payant, Caroline
Assistant Professor, Director of TESL
Caroline teaches linguistics and ESL methods.
Queller, Kurt
Instructor of German
Kurt Queller teaches linguistics and history of the English language.
Slovic, Scott
Professor, Department Chair
Scott Slovic teaches courses in interdisciplinary environmental humanities, American and comparative literature, and nonfiction writing.
Thompson, Karen
Director of Professional Writing, Instructor
Karen Thompson teaches technical writing, first year composition, literary theory and literature.
Williams, Gary
Professor Emeritus
Gary Williams teaches American literature and interdisciplinary general education courses.
