Experts in Language and Literature — English

Elizabeth Angeli, Associate professor of English 

Dr. Elizabeth AngeliEnglish Department

Expertise: Technical communication, health communication, first responder documentation practices 

Contact:
(414) 288-3466
Elizabeth.Angeli@marquette.edu

 

 

Gerard (Gerry) Canavan, Professor/Chair

Dr. Gerry CanavanEnglish

Expertise: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature, Science Fiction, Fantasy, American Studies, Climate Change Narratives, Apocalyptic Narratives, Ecological Humanities, Popular Culture, Comic Books and Superheroes, American Literature, Contemporary World Literature, Critical Theory, Utopia, Ecological Debt, Visions of Ecological Apocalypse, Ecology and Environmental Politics, Disability and Disability studies

Office Phone: (414) 288-6860
Home Phone: (414) 899-7799
Mobile Phone: (414) 899-7799
gerard.canavan@marquette.edu

 

Jason Farr, Associate Professor

Dr. Jason FarrEnglish

Expertise: Disability studies; deaf history; and conversations about accessibility in the profession

Media type: Print, T.V. and radio

Phone: (619) 807-1272
jason.farr@marquette.edu

Tyler Farrell, Teaching Associate Professor

Dr. Tyler FarrellEnglish

Expertise: Poetry; Irish/British Literature and History; Creative Writing; Drama; and Study Abroad courses (mostly to Ireland and London)

Office Phone: (414) 288-6861
tyler.farrell@marquette.edu

Paul Gagliardi, Teaching Associate Professor

Paul GagliardiEnglish

Expertise
: 1930s American Theatre and Literature, Con Artists, Theories of Work and Labor, Performance Studies in Popular Culture (Sports/Wrestling)

Media Type: Print, Radio

Contact: (414) 288-1974
Paul.Gagliardi@marquette.edu

 

Melissa J. Ganz, Associate professor

Melissa GanzEnglish

Expertise
: British Literature and Culture, 1700-1900; History of the Novel; Law and Literature; Literature and Ethics; Women’s and Gender Studies; Anglo-American Legal History; Pedagogy; Value of the Humanities

Media Type: TV/Radio/Print

Contact: (414) 288-3480
Melissa.Ganz@marquette.edu

 

 

Steven Hartman Keiser, Associate Professor

Steven Hartman KeiserEnglish

Expertise: Sociolinguistics, Language Change, Pennsylvania German (a.k.a. Pennsylvania Dutch)

Office Phone: (414) 288-3465
Home Phone: (414) 282-3619
steven.keiser@marquette.edu

 

Heather Hathaway, Professor

Heather HathawayEnglish and Africana Studies

Expertise: African American Language, Ethnic American Language, Immigration Literature, Multiculturalism

Office Phone: (414) 288-3478
heather.hathaway@marquette.edu

 

C.J. Hribal, Professor Emeritus

C.J. HribalEnglish

Expertise: American Fiction, Creative Writing

Office Phone: (414) 288-3471
Home Phone: (414) 933-3555
Mobile Phone: (414) 331-8576
cj.hribal@marquette.edu

 

Maureen Kilmurry, Adjunct Instructor

Maureen KilmurryDigital Media and Performing Arts

Expertise: Theatre Arts, Acting, Directing, Shakespeare

Office Phone: (414) 288-3505
Mobile Phone: (414) 744-3760
maureen.kilmurry@marquette.edu

 

Steven Long, Associate Professor

Steven LongSpeech Pathology and Audiology

Expertise: Child Language Development, Dialects of English, Unintelligible Speech, Pronunciation

Office Phone: (414) 288-5190
Home Phone: (414) 526-9613
steven.long@marquette.edu

 

Jodi Melamed, Professor

Jodi MelamedEnglish

Expertise: Race; Racism and Anti-Racism; Varieties and Histories of Concepts and Institutional Formations; American Literature and Culture after World War I; Culture and Politics; Culture and Globalization; U.S. Social and Civil Rights Movements after WWI

Office Phone: (414) 288-7612
jodi.melamed@marquette.edu

 

Angela Sorby, Professor

Angela SorbyEnglish

Expertise: Poetry

Office Phone: (414) 288-7263
Home Phone: (414) 744-8534
angela.sorby@marquette.edu

 

Sarah Wadsworth, Professor

Sarah WadsworthEnglish

Expertise: American Literature

Office Phone: (414) 288-3479
Home Phone: (414) 778-1834/(651) 698-0536
sarah.wadsworth@marquette.edu