Faculty and Staff
Members of the English Department faculty and staff are available to answer your questions about the various programs and courses offered by the Department and to guide you in your English studies. Please visit them during their office hours, call them (or leave messages on their voice mail), or send them email messages. You will find telephone numbers, office locations, and email addresses in the University Faculty Directory.
Professors Emeriti
Charles DeBose, Ph.D.
English Language and Linguistics
Jacob Fuchs, Ph.D.
Eighteenth Century British Lit.
Twentieth Century American Fiction
Classical Lit
K.M. Lant, Ph.D.
Nineteenth Century American Literature
Women Writers
Technology and Teaching
Sara McAulay, M.A.
Creative Writing (Fiction)
Women's Studies
Modern American Fiction
Zelda Boyd, Ph.D.
Nineteenth Century British Lit.
Medieval British Lit
Marilyn Silva, Ph.D.
Linguistics
Alison Warriner, Ph.D.
Composition Studies
Professors
Dennis Chester, Ph.D.
(Department Chair)
African-American Literature
Post-Colonial Literature
Film Studies
Twentieth Century American Literature
Eileen Barrett, Ph.D.
Twentieth Century British Literature
Women's Studies
Debra Barrett-Graves, Ph.D.
Shakespeare & Renaissance Literature
Jacqueline Doyle, Ph.D.
Ethnic American Literature
Nineteenth-and Twentieth-Century American Literature
Women's Literature
Memoir and Creative Non-Fiction
Susan Gubernat, M.F.A.
Creative Writing (Poetry)
Poetry and Poetics
Contemporary British and American Poetry
Stephen Gutierrez, M.F.A.
(Director of Creative Writing)
Creative Writing (Fiction)
E. J. Murphy, Ph.D.
Medieval British Literature
Renaissance British Literature
Classical Literature
Ke Zou, Ph.D.
English Language and Linguistics
Associate Professors
Eve M. Lynch, Ph.D.
Nineteenth Century British Literature
Eighteenth Century British Literature
Sarah Nielsen, Ph.D.
(Coordinator of M.A. TESOL)
TESOL
Teacher Training
Extensive Reading
Margaret Tomlinson-Rustick, Ph.D.
(Coordinator of Writing Programs)
Composition Studies
Full-time and Three-year Lecturers
- Michael Rovasio, M.A.
- Cynthia Andrzejczyk, Ph.D.
- Sartaz Aziz, M.Phil.
- Scott Bentley, M.A., M.F.A.
- Dimeng Brehmer, M.A.
- Sheila Coles, M.A.
- Sally Cooperman, M.A.
- Mary D'Alleva, M.A., M.F.A.
- Susan Fox, Ph.D.
- Eva Fuchs, Ph.D.
- Kathleen Grow, M.A.
- Aaron Jason, M.A.
- Jan Lerman, M.A.
- Rochelle Nameroff, Ph.D.
- Maureen Newey, M.A.
- Marina Sapozhnikov, M.A.
- Jeff Scott, Ph.D.
- Paul White, M.A.
Annual Lecturers
- Ingrid Hufgard, M.A.
- Dale Ireland, M.A.
- Les Marron, M.A.
- Julia McGurk, M.A.
- Georgie Ovenden, M.A.
- Dore Ripley, M.A.
- Jenny Yap, M.A.
Staff
Michelle Barreiro, Administrative Support Assistant
Office: MB 2579
Phone: 510.885.3151
Email: mica.barreiro@csueastbay.edu
Department Chair
Dennis Chester, Ph.D.
Office: MB 2575
Phone: 510 885-3151
Email: dennis.chester@csueastbay.edu
