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University of Wyoming

Department of English Faculty and Staff

Graduate Student Directory

Peter Parolin
Peter Parolin
Department Chair - Associate Professor

B.A. University of British Columbia 1988; M.A. University of Pennsylvania 1991; Ph.D. 1997

Office hours: By appt.
Hoyt 205 | 307-766-6452
parolin@uwyo.edu
Sandy Clark
Sandy Clark
Assistant Department Chair/Senior Lecturer ETT

B.A. University of Wyoming 1988; M.A. 1990

Office hours: T 10-12; Th 10-11 & by appt.
Hoyt Hall 204 | 307-766-6490
SClark@uwyo.edu
Susan Aronstein
Susan Aronstein
Professor- M.A. Director
M.A. Program Director

B.A. Seattle Pacific University 1980; M.Sc. Edinburgh University 1984; Ph.D. Stanford University 1987

Office hours: MW 1-2 T 11-12
Hoyt 409 | 307-766-2373
aronstei@uwyo.edu
Susan Frye
Susan Frye
Professor

B.S. Smith College 1974; M.A. University of New Mexico 1981; Ph.D. Stanford University 1986

410 Hoyt Hall | 307-766-2289
frye@uwyo.edu
Alyson Hagy
Alyson Hagy
Professor
fiction

BA Williams College 1982; MFA University of Michigan 1985

Hoyt Hall 408 | (307) 766-4269
ahagy@uwyo.edu
Harvey Hix
Harvey Hix
Professor
poetry

BA Belmont College 1982; MA University of Texas, Austin 1985; PhD 1987

Office hours: T 1-3 F 9-11
Hoyt Hall 407 | (307) 766-5247
hhix@uwyo.edu
Caroline McCracken-Flesher
Caroline McCracken-Flesher
Professor
The Novel; 19th-Century British Literature; British Culture; Scottish Literature; Postcolonial Studies; Literature/Film; Literary Theory; Comedy etc.

M.A. University of Edinburgh 1980; M.A. Brown University 1986; Ph.D. 1989

Office hours: M-1-3, R 10-12
Hoyt Hall 429 | 307-766-5113
cmf@uwyo.edu
Cedric Reverand II
Cedric Reverand II
Professor
General Editor of Eighteenth-Century Life

B.A. Yale University 1963; M.A. Columbia University 1964; Ph.D. Cornell University 1972

Office hours: By appt.
Hoyt 334 | 307-766-6298
reverand@uwyo.edu | Personal Web site
David Romtvedt
David Romtvedt
Professor
poetry

BA Reed College 1972; MFA University of Iowa 1975

Hoyt Hall 412 | (307) 766-4269
romtvedt@uwyo.edu
Bob Torry
Bob Torry
Professor
English and Religious Studies

B.A. Hiram College 1972; Ph.D. State University of New York-Buffalo 1988

Office hours: M/W 1-2; T 11-12
Hoyt 309A | 307-766-6401
misix@uwyo.edu
Carolyn Anderson
Associate Professor
Medieval Historiography; Middle English Literature; and Critical Theory.

B.A. Auckland University 1981; M.A. 1984; Ph.D. Stanford University 1992

Office hours: MWF 2-3
403 Hoyt Hall | 307-766-4115
lingian@uwyo.edu
Duncan Harris
Duncan Harris
Associate Professor

A.B. Stanford University 1965; M.A. Boston University 1966; Ph.D. Brandeis University 1973

Office hours: M 2.30-3.30 T1.30-3 R10.30-11.30 F 2.30-4 (in Merica 102)
Merica 102 | 307 766 4110
dharris@uwyo.edu
Jeanne Holland
Jeanne Holland
Associate Professor

B.A. Auburn University 1978; M.A. 1981; Ph.D. State University of New York-Buffalo 1989

Office hours: T/R 1-2:30
Hoyt Hall 310 | 307-766-3376
jholland@uwyo.edu
Michael Knievel
Michael Knievel
Associate Professor

B.A. Creighton University 1995; M.A. Creighton University 1997; Ph.D. Texas Tech University 2002

Office hours: MW 11.30-12.30 F 12-1
Hoyt Hall 427 | 307-766-2589
MKnievel@uwyo.edu
Beth Loffreda
Beth Loffreda
Associate Professor-MFA Director
nonfiction

BA University of Virginia; MA Rutgers University; PhD 1997

Office hours: By appt.
| (307) 766-4355
loffreda@uwyo.edu
Cliff Marks
Cliff Marks
Associate Professor

A.B. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 1983; M.A. State University of New York-Buffalo 1988; Ph.D. 1992

Office hours: MWF 11-12
Hoyt Hall 433 | 307-766-2870
clifford@uwyo.edu
Kate Northrop
Kate Northrop
Associate Professor
poetry

BA University of Pennsylvania, 1991; MFA University of Iowa, 1995

Office hours: T/R 12:30-2:30
Hoyt Hall 309B | 307-766-6056
knorthro@uwyo.edu
Eric W. Nye
Eric W. Nye
Associate Professor

B.A. St. Olaf College 1974; M.A. University of Chicago 1976; Ph.D. 1983

Office hours: MWF 9:30-10:30
Hoyt Hall 308 | 307-766-3244
nye@uwyo.edu | Personal Web site
Mary Sheridan-Rabideau
Mary Sheridan-Rabideau
Associate Professor
Composition; Feminist Theory; Community Literacy.

B.A. University of Notre Dame; M.A. University of Illinois, Chicago 1994; Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne 2000

Office hours: MW 2-3
Hoyt Hall 318 | (307) 766-6201
msherid1@uwyo.edu
Andrew Fitch
Andrew Fitch
Assistant Professor

BA University of Wisconsin, Madison (1997) PhD Graduate Center of the City University of New York (2009)

Hoyt Hall 309D | (307) 766-6052
afitch3@uwyo.edu
Erin Forbes
Assistant Professor

B.A. Reed College, English (2002) Ph.D. Princeton University, English (2009)

309C | 766-6050
eforbes@uwyo.edu
Danielle Pafunda
Danielle Pafunda
Assistant Professor



| 307-766-2057
dpafunda@uwyo.edu
Nicole Quackenbush
Nicole Quackenbush
Assistant Professor
Disability Studies, Rhetorics of the Body, and Composition Pedagogy.

BA Kalamazoo College 1996; MFA University of Arizona 2000; and PhD University of Arizona 2008

Office hours: T 3-4 R 3-5
Hoyt Hall 431 | 307-766-2111
nquacken@uwyo.edu
Caskey Russell
Caskey Russell
Assistant Professor

Ph.D. English

Office hours: MWF 2-3
Hoyt 428 | 307-766-6217
ccaskey@uwyo.edu
Jason Thompson
Jason Thompson
Assistant Professor
New Media, Game Studies, Classical Rhetoric, Rhetorcial Poetics, Kenneth Burke

BA Pacific Lutheran University 1996; MFA University of Arizona 2000; PhD University of Arizona 2008

Office hours: T 1:30-3:30
Hoyt Hall 423 | 307-766-6459
jthomp32@uwyo.edu | Personal Web site
Brad Watson
Brad Watson
Assistant Professor
fiction

BA Mississippi State University 1978; MFA University of Alabama 1985

Office hours: W 2-5
Hoyt Hall 406 | (307) 766-2591
wwatson@uwyo.edu
Colin Keeney
Colin Keeney
WWP Director

B.A. University of Wyoming 1982; M.A. 1988

Office hours: MWF 1-2
Hoyt Hall 425 | 307-766-6202
lupo@uwyo.edu
Margaret  Garner
Margaret Garner
Director of Writing Center; Senior Lecturer

B.A. University of Wyoming; M.A. University of Utah

Office hours: T/R 9:30-11
Hoyt Hall 420 | 307-766-6123
mgarner@uwyo.edu
Bruce Richardson
Bruce Richardson
Senior Lecturer ETT
English

B.A. University of California at Los Angeles 1972; M.A. 1978; Ph.D. 1983

Administration Building 178, UW Casper College | (307) 268-2393
brichard@uwyo.edu
Christine Stebbins
Christine Stebbins
Senior Lecturer

B.A. University of Wyoming 1992; M.A. 1993

Office hours: M 4:15-5:15 W 3:15-5:15
Hoyt Hall 304 | 307-766-3248
Stebbins@uwyo.edu
Julianne Couch
Julianne Couch
Associate Lecturer

B.S., B.F.A. Emporia State University 1982; M.A. 1984

Hoyt Hall 404 | 307-766-26-51
JCouch@uwyo.edu | Personal Web site
Paul Bergstraesser
Paul Bergstraesser
Assistant Lecturer

B.A. Oberlin College 1989; M.A. Northern Michigan University 2000; Ph.D. University of Illinois, Chicago 2007

Office hours: W 8:30-11:30
Hoyt Hall 306 | 766-6461
pbergst1@uwyo.edu
April Heaney
April Heaney
LeaRN Director/Lecturer

B.A. University of Wyoming 1998; M.A. 2000

Office hours: MW 11-12 EN 1075
Hoyt Hall 420/Engineering Bldg 1075 | 307-766-6049
aprilh@uwyo.edu
Shelly Norris
ESL Oral Skills Coordinator

B.A. University of Wyoming 1992; M.F.A. University of Alaska, Fairbanks 1995

Office hours: MWF 10-11:00
CIC 14 (basement) | 307-766-6311
SNorris@uwyo.edu
Val Pexton
Assistant Lecturer

MFA, Creative Writing, University of Wyoming MA, English, University of Wyoming BA, Art, Humboldt State University

Office hours: T 12-1 R 11-1
Hoyt Hall 311 | 307-766-6033
VaPexton@uwyo.edu
Joyce Stewart
Joyce Stewart
Assistant Lecturer

M.A. Creighton University, Omaha, N.E. 1998 B.A. Felician College, lodi, N.J. 1994

Hoyt Hall 419 | 307-766-2660
JoStewar@uwyo.edu
Meg Van Baalen-Wood
Meg Van Baalen-Wood
Assistant Lecturer

B.A. University of Wyoming 1983; M.A. 2003

Office hours: M 10-11 T 8:45-10:45
Hoyt Hall 426 | 307-766-3166
MegW@uwyo.edu
Diane Panozzo
Diane Panozzo
Visiting Lecturer



Office hours: M/W 1:30-3 (Ross Hall 23A)
Hoyt Hall 434 | 307-766-4162
dep@uwyo.edu
Rick Fisher
Rick Fisher
Temporary Lecturer
Composition/Rhetoric

B.A., English, UW; B.S., English Education, UW; M.A., English, UW

Office hours: M 9-9:50 W 9-10:50
Hoyt Hall 434 | 307-766-4162
fishr78@uwyo.edu
Pam Galbreath
Pam Galbreath
Temporary Lecturer
Composition and Rhetoric, Creative Writing

BA, MA in Theatre, MFA in Creative Writing Disciplines- Composition and Rhetoric, Creative Writing

Office hours: M 10-12 W 10:30-12:30
Hoyt Hall 301 | 307-766-2146
PamG@uwyo.edu
Nell Hanley
Assistant Lecturer
Fiction

M.F.A., University of Texas at Austin, James A. Michener Center for Writers.

Office hours: T 3-4:30 W 11:30-12:30 R 12:45-1:45
Hoyt Hall 301 | 307-766-2146
nhanley@uwyo.edu
Jason Kirkmeyer
Jason Kirkmeyer
Temporary Lecturer



Office hours: M/W/F 1-2
Hoyt Hall 314 | 307-766-2125
jkirkmey@uwyo.edu
Luke Stricker
Luke Stricker
Temporary Lecturer



Office hours: T/R 9:30-11
Hoyt Hall 314 | 307-766-6452
LUKEPLEX@uwyo.edu
Rachel Ferrell
Rachel Ferrell
Office Associate

BS in Business, University of Wyoming, 2007

Office hours: 8 AM - 5 PM
Hoyt Hall 303 | (307) 766-2867
cw@uwyo.edu
Keith Kanbe
Keith Kanbe
Office Associate, Senior



Office hours: 8AM - 5PM
Hoyt Hall 210 | (307) 766-6453
kanbe@uwyo.edu
Patricia Romero
Accounting Associatie, Senior



Office hours: 7AM - 4PM
Hoyt Hall 203 | (307) 766-6486
pita@uwyo.edu
Plum Schultz
Plum Schultz
Office Assistant Sr.

B.A. UW 1999 Criminal Justice

Office hours: 8:00am- 5:00pm
Hoyt Hall 201 | (307) 766-6452
iguana@uwyo.edu