
English Faculty + Staff
It's our people who make the difference
The English Department is one of the largest departments on campus, with about 40 current faculty/staff and many active retired faculty/emeriti. The depth of faculty expertise, passion, and engagement sets English apart from other areas of campus.
With prolific writers, researchers, and scholars in everything from creative writing to rhetoric to English education to linguistics to critical studies in literatures, cultures, and film (and many time periods and geographical areas of coverage), students who major or minor in any emphasis of English will find incredible instruction and academic support at every possible turn. When you add the bonus of some of the most musically gifted faculty on campus, outside of the Music and Theatre Arts Department, it’s an irresistible lot.

Black writer of note
An international anthology of critical studies of the creative works of Dr. Tess Onwueme, University Professor of Global Letters in English at UW-Eau Claire, is set to be released in May by Africa World Press.
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Meet the outstanding members of the English department:
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Jan Stirm, Ph.D.
English | Liberal Studies
Department Chair | Professor
- Centennial Hall 4113, Eau Claire | Directions
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Jose Felipe Alvergue, Ph.D., M.F.A.
English | Latin American and Latinx Studies
Associate Professor | Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Centennial Hall 4111, Eau Claire | Directions
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Stephanie Farrar, Ph.D.
English
Associate Professor | Interim Director of Graduate Studies
- Centennial Hall 4219, Eau Claire | Directions
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Kaia Simon, Ph.D. (she/her)
English | Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Associate Professor | Director of the Blugold Seminar Writing Program
- Centennial Hall 4202, Eau Claire | Directions
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B.J. Hollars, M.F.A.
English
Associate Professor | Director of Writing Internships
- Centennial Hall 4104, Eau Claire | Directions
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Candis Sessions
English
Academic Department Associate
- Centennial Hall 4102, Eau Claire | Directions
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Alaina Guns
Philosophy and Religious Studies | English | Languages
University Services Program Associate | Academic Department Associate
- Centennial Hall 4102, Eau Claire | Directions
- Centennial Hall 4508, Eau Claire | Directions
- Hibbard Humanities Hall 632, Eau Claire | Directions
- Office hours: English: Mon, Weds, & alternating Fridays, 8am-12pm
Languages: Tues, Thurs, & alternating Fridays, 8am-12pm
Philosophy & Religious Studies: Mon-Fri, 12:30-4:30pm - View full profile
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Brett Beach, M.F.A.
English
Lecturer
- Centennial Hall 4419, Eau Claire | Directions
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Erica Benson, Ph.D.
English
Interim Executive Director | Professor
- Centennial Hall 4306, Eau Claire | Directions
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Kelly Budruweit, Ph.D.
English
Visiting Assistant Professor
- Centennial Hall 4106, Eau Claire | Directions
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Dorothy Chan, Ph.D.
English
Assistant Professor
- Centennial Hall 4303, Eau Claire | Directions
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Shelley Donnelly
English
Lecturer
- Centennial Hall 4503, Eau Claire | Directions
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Heather Fielding, Ph.D.
English | University Honors Program
Associate Professor | Director, University Honors Program
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Amy Fleury
English
Adjunct Lecturer
- Centennial Hall 4318, Eau Claire | Directions
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Frank Fucile, Ph.D.
English
Visiting Assistant Professor
- Centennial Hall 4603, Eau Claire | Directions
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Karly Grice, Ph.D.
English
Assistant Professor
- Centennial Hall 4116, Eau Claire | Directions
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Dr. David Jones, Ph.D.
English | Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | University Honors Program | History
Interim Department Chair, History | Professor of English
- Centennial Hall 4402, Eau Claire | Directions
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Theresa Kemp, Ph.D.
English | Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Professor
- Centennial Hall 4117, Eau Claire | Directions
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Liz Kitzmann
English
Lecturer
- Centennial Hall 4310, Eau Claire | Directions
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Allyson Loomis, M.F.A.
English
Associate Professor
- Centennial Hall 4417, Eau Claire | Directions
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Sarita Mizin, Ph.D.
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | English
Assistant Professor
- Centennial Hall 4507, Eau Claire | Directions
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Sara Monahan
College of Arts and Sciences | English
Visiting Assistant Professor
- Centennial Hall 4404, Eau Claire | Directions
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Bob Nowlan, Ph.D. (he/him/his)
English
Professor
- Centennial Hall 4319, Eau Claire | Directions
- Office hours: MW 5:50-6:30 p.m. and TR 4:50-5:30 p.m., student drop-in hours, and by appointment.
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Joel Pace, Ph.D.
English
Professor
- Centennial Hall 4511, Eau Claire | Directions
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Molly Patterson, M.F.A.
English
Associate Professor
- Centennial Hall 4217, Eau Claire | Directions
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Cathy Rex, Ph.D.
English | Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Professor
- Centennial Hall 4301, Eau Claire | Directions
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Jonathan Rylander, Ph.D.
English | Center for Writing Excellence
Associate Professor | Director of the Center for Writing Excellence
- Centennial Hall 4110, Eau Claire | Directions
- Centennial Hall 2427, Eau Claire | Directions
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Asha Sen, Ph.D.
English
Professor
- Centennial Hall 4119, Eau Claire | Directions
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Matt Seymour, Ph.D.
English
Assistant Professor
- Centennial Hall 4115, Eau Claire | Directions
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David Shih, Ph.D.
English
Professor
- Centennial Hall 4311, Eau Claire | Directions
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Trevor Sprague
College of Arts and Sciences | English
Visiting Assistant Professor
- Centennial Hall 4307, Eau Claire | Directions
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Stacy Thompson, Ph.D.
English
Professor
- Centennial Hall 4121, Eau Claire | Directions
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Stephanie Turner, Ph.D.
English
Professor
- Centennial Hall 4114, Eau Claire | Directions
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Blake Westerlund, Ph.D.
English
Associate Professor
- Centennial Hall 4204, Eau Claire | Directions
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Lynsey Wolter, Ph.D.
English
Associate Professor
- Centennial Hall 4314, Eau Claire | Directions
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UW-Eau Claire - Barron County:
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Christy Potvin
English
Lecturer
- Ritzinger Hall 209, Rice Lake | Directions
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Kate Worzala
English | UW-Eau Claire – Barron County
Lecturer
- Centennial Hall 4212, Eau Claire | Directions
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Retired/emeriti faculty members
Alea, Mary Ellen
Barker, Debra K.
Browne, T.A.
Bushnell, Jack
Clark, Wilma
Cronje, Ruth
Dale, Helen
Duyfhuizen, Bernard "Duffy"
Fessler, Audrey
Garland, Max
Haakenson, Bergine
Hale-Wilson, Kate
Hanson, Charles
Harder, Harry
Harder, Sarah
Hildebrand, John
Hilger, Michael
Hirsch, Tim
Hochstein, Gloria
Jackson, Alan
Jones, Eleanor
Kelly, Erna
Lauber, Peg
Loeb, Karen
Loomis, Jon
Martin, Larry
Maxwell, Rhoda
Meiser, Mary
Onwueme, Tess
Pearson, Douglas
Preston, Elizabeth
Rubrecht, August
Schneider, Ralph
Shaddock, Jenny
Taylor, Bruce
Utschig, Anne
Waters, Douglas
Welch, Karen
Wood, Marty