Graduate Faculty Fields of Specialization
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Graduate Faculty Fields of Specialization Instructor Email Phone Graduate Courses Taught Graduate Exams Given ENGL 6520/7520 Essentials of Linguistics Albakry@mtsu.edu 494-8658 Possible Areas to Direct Master’s Theses Possible Areas to Direct Dissertations Discourse analysis Discourse studies Discourse studies Stylistics Stylistics World Englishes World Englishes Language and education Language and education Victorian studies Victorian studies Gothic studies Gothic studies Film studies Film studies Popular culture Popular culture Women’s literature Women’s literature Film Film Language and education ENGL 6500/7500 Language and Literature: Stylistics Albakry, Mohammed Primary Areas of Research Stylistics, particularly bilingual fiction ENGL 5510 Modern English Grammar & Usage World Englishes ENGL 5530 History of the English Language ENGL 6/7270 Studies in Victorian Literature ENGL 6/7270 Studies in Victorian Literature: Victorian Gothic ENGL 6/7290 Modern British Literature ENGL 6/7390 Reading Postmodernism ENGL 6/7480 Studies in Contemporary Literature Badley, Linda lbadley@mtsu.edu 898-2597 ENGL 6/7490 Studies in the Novel: The Novel of the Fantastic ENGL 6/7570 Practicum in Teaching Methodology Postmodern Literature (Barth, Calvino) Ph.D. Comprehensives: Nineteenth-Century (Victorian) Modern British Popular Culture Popular Literature, Film, and Television (Horror/Fantasy/Science Fiction) Feminist/Gender Studies approaches to popular culture/film Film Studies (international, American independent, women’s) ENGL 6/7650 Special Topics in Popular Culture: The Gothic ENGL 6/7760 Special Topics in Film Studies: Science Fiction Film ENGL 6/7760 Special Topics in Film Studies: Contemporary International Cinema ENGL 6/7760 Special Topics in Film Studies: Horror Film Barnett, Claudia Blackwell, Aleka Bradley, Patricia L. cbarnett@mtsu.edu ablackwe@mtsu.edu pbradley@mtsu.edu 898-2887 898-5960 904-8128 ENGL 6330 Directed Creative Writing Ph.D. Comprehensives: ENGL 6/7460 Studies in Contemporary Drama American Literature, 1910Present ENGL 6/7420 American Literature Survey 18680-1910 ENGL 6/7360 Studies in Southern Literature Brantley, Will wbrantle@mtsu.edu 898-2593 ENGL 6/7430 Studies in American Literature, 1910-1950 ENGL 6/7750 Film Studies Contemporary Drama Contemporary Drama Modern and Contemporary Novel (US) Syntactic Theory Linguistics Acquisition of the Lexicon Applied Linguistics Ph.D. Comprehensives: Southern Literature Southern Literature Southern Literature American Nineteenth Century Southern Renaissance Southern Renaissance Southern Renaissance Modern American Literature Modern American Literature Southern Literature and Cultural Critique Southern Literature and Cultural Critique Film History, Criticism, and Aesthetics Film History, Criticism, and Aesthetics ENGL 6/7520 Essentials of Linguistics ENGL 6/7330 Major American Writers (Robert Penn Warren and William Faulkner) Modern and Contemporary Drama (World) Modern American Literature Southern Literature and Cultural Critique Film History, Criticism, and Aesthetics Graduate Faculty Fields of Specialization Brewer, Gaylord Cain, Jimmie gbrewer@mtsu.edu jcain@mtsu.edu 898-2712 898-2074 ENGL 6/7000 Poetry Workshop ENGL 5510 Modern English Grammar & Usage Modern British Literature Creative Creative Poetry Poetry Creative Writing Film Film Film Drama Drama Contemporary Drama Hemingway Hemingway Carver Carver Bukowski Bukowski Bram Stoker Rudyard Kipling Terrence Malick Charles Dickens Charles Bukowski Tim O'Brien Vietnam War literature and film. Contemporary fandom Women writers in general (emphasis on prose writers) Victorian biography and autobiography Jane Austen Reader Ph.D.: Victorian Period Casal, Elvira ecasal@mtsu.edu 898-2576 ENGL 6/7230 Major British Authors 18th Century Reader MA: 19th Century 18th Century Jane Austen Late 18th century women writers Victorian novelists Generally the same as the MA 19th century domestic fiction Charlotte Bronte Narrative structure Maria Edgeworth Late 18 century women writers Comedy in the novel George Meredith Victorian novelists (the Brontes, George Eliot, Meredith, Trollope etc.) The novel of manners Anthony Trollope. Mothers/motherhood in literature Space/spatial constructs in fiction th Certain 20th century detective novelists (Dorothy Sayers, Josephine Tey) Tradition and intertextuality especially as it relates to the development of the novel as a genre Clayton, Maria A. Comas, James mclayton@mtsu.edu jcomas@mtsu.edu ENGL 5510 Modern English Grammar & Usage 898-2585 898-2606 ENGL 6/7580 Computers and Writing ENGL 6/7505 History of Rhetoric: Classical to Renaissance ENGL 6/7510 Modern Rhetoric and Prose Style ENGL 6/7330 History of Children's Literature Donovan, Ellen edonovan@mtsu.edu 898-2649 ENGL 6/7420 American Literature Survey 1860-1910 Special Topics course on Mark Twain Composition and Rhetoric Composition and Rhetoric Composition and Rehtoric Theory/Research/Pedagogy Theory/Research/Pedagogy Integration of Technology in Teaching Integration of Technology in Teaching Integration of Technology in Teaching History of Rhetoric History of Rhetoric History of Poetics, Aesthetics, & Criticism History of Poetics, Aesthetics, & Criticism History of English Studies History of English Studies Composition Theory Composition Theory 19th century American Literature 19th century American Literature 19th century American Literature Children’s Literature Children’s Literature Children’s Literature Ph.D. Preliminaries: History of Rhetoric Composition, Language & Rhetoric History of Criticism History of English Studies Ph.D. Comprehensives: 19th century American Literature Children’s Literature Graduate Faculty Fields of Specialization ENGL 6/7050 Studies in Early English Drama, Excluding Shakespeare: 900-1642 Donovan, Kevin kdonovan@mtsu.edu 898-5898 ENGL 6/7130 Studies in 17th century English Prose & Poetry Master’s Comprehensives & Ph.D. Qualifying ENGL 6/7150 Studies in Shakespeare Ph.D. Preliminary: Early Modern or Renaissance Early Modern or Renaissance Seventeenth Century ENGL 6/7660 Introduction to Graduate Study: Bibliography and Research ldubek@mtsu.edu 904-8156 Bibliography ENGL 6/7340 Major African American Writers ehelford@mtsu.edu 898-5961 ENGL 6/7450 Contemporary Women’s Literature 20th Century American Literature ENGL 6/7500 Selected Topics in Literature and Language: Feminist Theory Popular Culture ENGL 6/7380 Modern Critical Theory ENGL 6/7390 Reading Postmodernism Hibbard, Allen ahibbard@mtsu.edu 494-8809 ENGL 6/7420 Studies in American Literature, 1860-1910 ENGL 6/7430 Studies in American Literature, 1910-1950 Hixon, Martha mhixon@mtsu.edu 898-2599 ENGL 6/7305 Special Topics in Children’s Literature: 20th Century British Children's Classics ENGL 4/5510 Modern English Grammar and usage Hopkirk, Susan shopkirk@mtsu.edu 904-8122 ENGL 6/7310 Studies in Popular Culture Civil Rights Movement African American Fiction and Nonfiction Creative Nonfiction 20th Century Women Writers Gender and Hollywood Cinema Hollywood Cinema Television Studies Television Studies Contemporary Women Writers Contemporary Women Writers Science Fiction Studies Science Fiction Studies Gender and Science Fiction Studies Topics involving aspects of 20th century literature and/or theory Topics involving aspects of 20th century literature and/or theory Children's literature Children's literature Children's literature Folktales and literature (traditional folktales and contemporary retellings) Folktales Folktales Fantasy literature Fantasy literature Fantasy literature Selected topics in 19th-century literature (mainly Victorian) Selected topics in 19th-century literature (mainly Victorian) Medieval European Romance Medieval European Romance Women’s Literature Women’s Literature Feminism and Popular Culture (romance, fantasy) Feminism and Popular Culture (romance, fantasy) The Great Books Tradition The Great Books Tradition Gender and Hollywood Cinema Gender and Television Studies Contemporary Women Writers Modernism/Postmodernism Contemporary theory M.A. and Ph.D. comprehensives: Criticism & Theory Transnational literature (particularly literary relations between the U.S. and the Arab World) 20th century American literature. Particular authors (Paul and Jane Bowles, Alfred Chester, William Burroughs, Adonis, etc.) ENGL 6/7480 Studies in Contemporary Literature ENGL 6/7305 Special Topics in Children's Literature: Folk and Fairy Tales Bibliography Irish literature (possibly) Renaissance ENGL 6/7310 Studies in Popular Culture Helford, Elyce Seventeenth Century Bibliography African American Literature Dubek, Laura Early Modern or Renaissance Seventeenth Century MA and PhD Comprehensives: Children's and Young Adult Literature (Area 11) Folklore Popular Culture Graduate Faculty Fields of Specialization American folksong Jackson, Mark Allan majackson@mtsu.edu 494-7891 ENGL 6/7700 Studies in Folklore MA and PhD Comprehensives: American Literature to 1830 American literature American popular song American song Folklore section of Popular Culture, Film, and Folklore ENGL 6/7480 Studies in Contemporary Literature Johnson, Newtona (Tina) ntjohnson@mtsu.edu 898-2705 ENGL 6/7450 Contemporary Women’s Literature King, Rebecca B. rking@mtsu.edu 898-5771 American literature American literature of the 19th and 20th century Postcolonial Literature and Critical Theory Postcolonial Literature and Critical Theory Contemporary British literature with a focus on Black Britain Contemporary British literature with a focus on Black Britain The African Diaspora The African Diaspora Contemporary diasporas in the US Contemporary diasporas in the US Women’s Literature, particularly Black women’s writings Women’s Literature, particularly Black women’s writings Pre-Raphaelites Victorian literature Victorian literature 19 century literature William Godwin Literary theory and criticism 19th century British literature 19th century British women writers 19th century British women writers Anglophone Postcolonial Literature PhD Comprehensives: Anglophone Literature Critical theory ENGL 5510 Modern English Grammar ENGL6/7270 Studies in Victorian Literature: The PreRaphaelites and Their Associates American folklore of 19th and 20th century American literature American prison literature southern literature ENGL 6/7320 Postcolonial Literature and Theory American popular song of the 20th century Ph.D. comprehensives: th Diaspora Studies, particularly literatures of the African Diaspora Black Women Writers British and American Modernist Writers Virginia Woolf Jeanette Winterson Kostkowska, Justyna jkostkow@mtsu.edu Twentieth Century Women Writers, British and American 898-2778 Twentieth Century Poetry, British and American Contemporary European Poets Poetry Translation ENGL 6/7500 Introduction to Film Studies ENGL 6/7600 Special Topics in Film Lavery, David David.lavery@gmail.com ENGL 6/7650 Special Topics in Popular Culture The Grotesque, Wallace Stevens, etc. 20th century American literature Television Television Television Film Film Film Film Popular Culture Popular Culture Popular Culture Popular Culture Critical Theory Poetry Poetry Poetry Mid-to-late 18th century poetry Mid-to-late 18th century poetry Interrelations between 18th century literature and art Interrelations between 18th century literature and art Interrelations between 18th century literature and art Transformations and continuities in the history of aesthetics and criticism from 1740-1820 Transformations and continuities in the history of aesthetics and criticism from 1740-1820 Transformations and continuities in the history of aesthetics and criticism from 1740-1820 Historicist approaches to literature from 1740-1820 Historicist approaches to literature from 1740-1820 Cultural history of jazz and representations of jazz Cultural history of jazz and representations of jazz Cultural constructions of other musical genres Cultural constructions of other musical genres Interrelationships between literature and other arts in any era Interrelationships between literature and other arts in any era 18th century British literature 18th century British literature Mid-to-late 18th century poetry Levine, William wlevine@mtsu.edu ENGL 6/7200 Studies in Restoration and 18th century Literature Ph.D and M.A. comprehensives: ENGL 6/7660 Introduction to Graduate Study: Bibliography and Research Restoration and 18th century literature 494-8846 Criticism and theory Historicist approaches to literature from 1740-1820 Cultural history of jazz and representations of jazz Lutz, Alfred alutz@mtsu.edu 898-2655 ENGL 6/7200 Studies in Restoration and 18th Century Literature 18th century British literature A course on the Transatlantic 18th Century has been approved by the graduate committee. Critical Theory British Romanticism Early American Literature 18th century British literature Graduate Faculty Fields of Specialization Marchant, Jennifer McCluskey, Pete marchant@mtsu.edu pmcclusk@mtsu.edu Kristeva and children’s Literature Feminist Children’s Literature Studies Feminist Children’s Literature Studies Ecofeminist Children’s Literature Ecofeminist Children’s Literature Picture Book Analysis Picture Book Analysis Shakespeare and Renaissance literature Shakespeare and Renaissance literature Shakespeare and Renaissance literature Popular culture (especially Robert A. Heinlein and crime fiction) Crime fiction Crime fiction Popular culture Popular culture M.A. and Ph.D. Comprehensives Old and Early Middle English Medieval topics Medieval topics Ph.D. preliminary: Early Medieval literatures Bibliographical topics. Bibliographical topics. Textual scholarship Any aspect of British Romanticism, both generations Any aspect of British Romanticism, both generations American literature or print culture from any time before the Civil War American literature or print culture from any time before the Civil War (I am most comfortable in the 1790s-1850s range) Ph.D. Exams 898-2721 898-2678 Kristeva and children’s Literature ENGL 6/7440 Popular Literature M.A. Comprehensives: of the 20th Century Renaissance literature ENGL 6/7030 Chaucer Seminar McDaniel, Rhonda L. rlmcdani@mtsu.edu ENGL 6/7040 Medieval English Literature 898-5285 ENGL 6/7660 Introduction to Graduate Studies: Research and Bibliography Old and Middle English. ENGL 6/7210 Studies in English Romanticism: Wordsworth and Coleridge Neth, Michael J. mneth@mtsu.edu 898-5836 British Romanticism: Both ENGL 6/7220 Studies in English periods (older/1st generation; Romanticism: Shelley, Byron, younger/2nd generation) Keats The poetry of Shelley ENGL 6/7230 Major British Writers: The Verbal and Visual Art of William Blake Ostrowski, Carl costrows@mtsu.edu ENGL 6/7400 American Literature to 1800 904-8278 ENGL 6/7410 Studies in American Literature, 1800-1860 American literature to 1830 American literature, 1830-1910 Antebellum U.S. print culture American literature of the mid19th century Late antique, medieval, and early modern literature Phillips, Philip Edward pphillip@mtsu.edu ENGL 6/7140 Studies in Milton Ph.D.Comprehensives: Boethius Renaissance literature Milton Medieval literature Poe 898-2699 Topics in late Antique, Medieval, Topics in late Antique, Medieval, and Renaissance studies and Renaissance studies Milton Milton Classical influences in literature Epic poetry American Literature, 1830-1910 Renfroe, Mischa mrenfroe@mtsu.edu 904-8407 ENGL 6/7420 American Literature 1856-1910 M.A. Comprehensive/Ph.D. Qualifying Exam 19th Century American Literature 19th Century American Literature 19th Century American Literature 20th Century American Literature 20th Century American Literature 20th Century American Literature Law and Literature Law and Literature Law and Literature Critical Theory Critical Theory Critical Theory Graduate Faculty Fields of Specialization ENGL 5530 History of the English Language ENGL 6/7010 Old English Language &Literature ENGL 6/7020 Beowulf th ENGL 6/7120 Studies in 16 century English Prose & Poetry Sherman, Ted tsherman@mtsu.edu 898-2653 ENGL 6/7130 Studies in 17th Century English Prose & Poetry: John Donne Inklings Inklings MA & Ph.D. Comprehensives: The Inklings (JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Charles Williams) Old and Middle English Harry Potter Beowulf and Old English literature Beowulf and Old English literature Renaissance Fantasy literature Harry Potter Harry Potter Mythopoeic literature Mythopoeic literature\ Beowulf ENGL 6/7660 Introduction to Graduate Studies: Bibliography and Research Independent Study courses in JRR Tolkien; Inklings; Old English; Beowulf ENGL 5510 Modern English Grammar & Usage ENGL 5530 History of the English Language ENGL 5540 Approaches to Teaching ESL Grammar & Writing Smith, Allison D. adsmith@mtsu.edu 904-8266 ENGL 6/7535 Special Topics in Literature and Language: Comp and Rhetoric (Writing ;Assessment; Liberatory Pedagogy) ENGL 6/7560 Seminar in Teaching Composition ENGL 6/7570 Practicum in Composition Methodology Comp theory/research/pedagogy Composition theory and pedagogy Comp theory/research/pedagogy Writing center MA & Ph.D. Preliminary: Composition, language, and rhetoric Using pop culture in the writing class Writing fellows Computers and writing Using lit/grammar/film/pop culture in the writing class Applied linguistics: grammar, TESL, history of English Pop culture (Buffy, television) Writing center Writing fellows Using lit/grammar/film/pop culture in the writing class Pop culture (Buffy, television) (I would only agree to be 2nd or 3rd reader in this area)
