Meet the Faculty of the Department of English

Full-Time Faculty

Michael J. Chappell Ph. D., Fordham University
Department Chairperson, Associate Professor of English
Office: Berkshire Hall Rm. 210D
Office Hours (Fall 2012): Mon: 9-10am, 2-4pm, Tues: 12-1:30pm, Weds: 9-10am, 1-3pm
Phone: 203-837-9366  Email: chappellm@wcsu.edu 18th-century British literature, especially the Age of Johnson; literature of  the Beat period; poetry; critical theory. . . [more]

 

Donald P. Gagnon
Ph.D., University of South Florida
Associate Professor of English
Office: Berkshire Hall Rm. 223
Office Hours (Fall 2012): Tues, Thurs: 9-10:30am, 3:30-5pm, Weds: 2:30-4pm
Phone: 203-837-9062   Email: gagnond@wcsu.edu
American literature and drama; ethnic literature; g/l/b/t literature. . . [more]

Anam K. Govardhan  
Ph.D., Madras University, India.,
Ph.D., Northern Illinois University.  
Professor of English  
Office: Berkshire Hall Rm. 210A
Office Hours (Fall 2012): Tues, Thurs: 10:45am-12:15pm, Mon, Weds: 4:25-5:25pm (also by appt.)
Phone: 203-837-9247  Email:   govardhana@wcsu.edu  
A specialist in 18th century British literature, Indian literature in English, applied linguistics, and rhetoric and composition. . . [more] 

Heather Levy
Ph.D., Binghamton University
Associate Professor of English
Office: Berkshire Hall Rm. 212D
Office Hours (Fall 2012): Tues, Thurs: 4:30-5:30pm, Weds: 12-3pm
Phone: 203-837-3272 Email: levyh@wcsu.edu
20th-century British literature, esp. Woolf;  Modernist Women's Literature; Narratives of the  Sea: Melville and Conrad. . . [more]

 

Margaret P. Murray
Ph. D., New York University
American Studies Coordinator, Professor of English
Office: Berkshire Hall Rm. 212B
Office Hours (Fall 2012): Mon: 8-9:25am, 12:05-12:45pm, 4:30-5:30pm, Tues: 10-10:30am, Weds: 8-9:25am

Phone: 203-837-9120 Email: murraym@wcsu.edu
19th-century American literature; American regional literature; American women writers; Wharton and Freeman; colonial American literature; American Studies; Women Studies. . .

Ingrid Pruss
Ph. D., Vanderbilt University
Associate Professor of English
Office: Berkshire Hall Rm. 225
Office Hours (Fall 2012): Tues, Thurs: 8:10-9:25am, Tues: 12:25-1:30pm Weds: 4-5:25pm

Phone: 203-837-9071 Email: prussi@wcsu.edu
16th-and 17th-century British literature;  Women Studies; critical theory; Old Testament Studies. . . [more]

Shouhua Qi
Ph. D., Illinois State University
Professor of English, Coordinator of MA in English
Office: Berkshire Hall Rm. 210F
Office Hours (Fall 2012): Tues, Thurs: 8-9am, 11am-12:00pm, Weds: 11am-12:00pm (also by appt.)
Phone: 203-837-9048 Email: qis@wcsu.edu / http://people.wcsu.edu/qis
Victorian literature; Hardy; the English novel; American short fiction; genre studies; literary translation, creative writing. . . [more]
 

Margaret Judith (Judy) Sullivan
M.A., St. John’s University
Professor of English
Office: Berkshire Hall Rm. 212C
Office Hours (Fall 2012): Mon: 1:15-4:15pm, Tues: 8-9am, Weds: 12:15-1:15pm
Phone: 203-837-9073 Email: sullivanm@wcsu.edu
Medieval literature; Chaucer; Shakespeare; children’s literature; drama; African American literature; African literature. . .

Çiğdem Üsekes  Ph. D., University of North Dakota
Professor of English, Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences
Office: Berkshire Hall Rm. 210E
Office Hours (Fall 2012): Tues, Thurs: 12:15-1:15pm Weds: 4:25-5:25pm
Phone: 203-837-9329  Email:  usekesc@wcsu.edu
Drama, especially modern drama;  American drama; African American  drama,  fiction, and nonfiction; race studies; Woolf; 20th-century  American literature. . . [more]

 

Ms. Laurel Richards, Secretary
Office: Higgins Hall Rm. 205
Office Hours (Fall 2012): Mon-Fri: 8:30am-4:30pm
(203)837-9041 / richardl@wcsu.edu

Part-Time Faculty

 

    Kathleen Fleming

    Heather Gunnoud (ABD)
     Dr. Inese Racevskis
    Wanda J. Reynolds
    Marjorie B. Salem

    Dr. Philip Sandifer

    Dr. Gale Swiontkowski
 





 



 

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