Employment and activities of Marquette's English graduate students.

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2012 Graduates

Maggie McKinley (PhD 2012) is an Assistant Professor of English at William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, IL.

Rebecca Parker Fedewa (PhD 2012) is an Assistant Professor of English at Wisconsin Lutheran College.

Sarah Nestor Babcock (PhD 2012) is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Jarrod Hurlbert (PhD 2012) is adjunct faculty at Boise State University.

Camilia Cenek (MA 2012) works in Quality Assurance at Epic in Verona, WI.

 

2011 Graduates

Kelsey Squire (PhD 2011) is an Assistant Professor of English at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, OH.

Denna Iammarino (PhD 2011) is a lecturer at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio.

Jesse (Rickert) Wentworth (MA 2011) is interning for two different publishers in Berkeley—an editorial intern at North Atlantic Press and a publicity/marketing intern at Seal Press.

Jamie Bolker (MA 2011) is studying American Literature at Fordham's English PhD program and working as a Graduate Assistant.

Julie Radford (MA 2011) is Faculty Affairs Coordinator for the College of Nursing at Marquette University.

Laura Mullican (MA 2011) is teaching 8th grade English at a private school, Aquinas Academy, in Gibsonia, PA (just north of Pittsburgh). She is also coaching varsity basketball and middle school lacrosse.

 

2010 Graduates

Colleen Fenno (PhD 2010) is an Assistant Professor at Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon.

 

2009 Graduates

Colleen Willenbring (PhD 2009) is an Assistant Professor of English at Eastern University in Philadelphia, PA.

Marty Brick (PhD 2009) is an Assistant Professor of English at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, OH.

Robin Graham (MA 2009) is a freelance writer and editor. She also writes personal essays for publication on her website robin-graham.com. In addition, she teaches pre-college English to first-semester students at Bryant & Stratton College in Milwaukee.

 

2008 Graduates

Mark Zunac (PhD 2008) is an Assistant Professor of Languages and Literatures at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Marcia Eppich-Harris (PhD 2008) is an Assistant Professor at Marian University in Indianapolis, IN.

 

2007 Graduates

Katherine Hanson (PhD 2007) teaches at Rochester Community and Technical College.

Jacob Stratman (PhD 2007) is an Associate Professor of English and Head of the English and Language Studies departments at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.

Brian Gogan (MA 2007) is an Assistant Professor of English in Rhetoric and Writing Studies at Western Michigan University.

 

2006 Graduates

Wendy Weaver (PhD 2006) is an Assistant Professor of English at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee.

Susan Stafinbil (PhD 2006) is a full-time lecturer at California State University-Berkeley.

Matthew Darling (PhD 2006) is an Assistant Professor of English at Gannon University in Eric, PA.

Catherine Kalish (PhD 2006) is an Assistant Professor of English at University of Wisconsin – Marshfield/Wood County.

Jennifer Heinert (PhD 2006) is an Associate Professor of English at University of Wisconsin – Washington County.

James Law (MA 2006) is working as a law clerk for Chief Judge William C. Griesbach for the United States District Court of Eastern Wisconsin. In September 2013 he will begin working as an associate attorney for the Milwaukee-area firm, Reinhart Boerner Van Dueren.

Andrew Lelinski (MA 2006) a teacher at Ronald Wilson Reagan College Preparatory High School, an International Baccalaureate school in the MIlwaukee Public School System.

 

2005 Graduates

Amy Branam (PhD 2005) is a tenured, associate professor of English at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Maryland.She also teaches for the Women's Studies and African American Studies minor.Her website is http://faculty.frostburg.edu/engl/abranam/.

William Carroll (PhD 2005) is an Assistant Professor at Abilene Christian University.

Debra Ripley (PhD 2005) is Chair of Art History and Sciences at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design.

Karl Boehler (PhD 2005) is the director of First-Year English at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Carol Klees-Starks (MA 2005) is an adjunct instructor/lecturer at Marquette University.

 

2004 Graduates

Colin Marlaire (PhD 2004) is an Assistant Professor at National University in San Diego, CA.

Cynthia Calhoun (MA 2004) is a PhD candidate and teaches Shakespeare, Film, and AP English Language and Literature at Maricopa High School (about 20 miles south of Phoenix). She also volunteers at the Maricopa Community Theatre and is the director for its child company, the Maricopa Teen Conservatory Theatre.

 

2002 Graduates

Shannon Forbes (PhD 2002) is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX.

Colin Irvine (PhD 2002) is an Associate Professor of English at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN.

Jason R. Pilmaier (MA 2002) is an attorney at the law firm of Howard, Solochek & Weber, S.C. in Milwaukee, WI.

 

2001 Graduates

Galina Yermolenko (PhD 2001) is an Associate Professor of English at DeSales University in Center Valley, PA.