English Faculty and Staff
Making the Difference
The English Department is one of the largest departments on campus, with about 30 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, students who major or minor in English will find incredible instruction and academic support.
8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday
8:30am - 2:30pm
My name is Danica Lorasch, and I am the Center for Writing Excellence (CWE) Department Assistant. I am here to create a welcoming and comfortable atmosphere for our CWE Interns and all writers entering the Center. If you have any questions about the Center, setting up an appointment, or anything else, I am here to help.
Mondays 12:45-1:45
Tuesdays 2:00-3:00
and by appointment
Molly Patterson is an Associate Professor in the English Department, specializing in Creative Writing. Her short fiction has been published in The Atlantic Monthly and The Iowa Review, among other publications, and her novel, Rebellion, was published by Harper (HarperCollins).
CWE Office: 2427 Centennial Hall
CWE Student Writing Center:
Student Success Center
Centennial Hall 2104
Jonathan Rylander is an Associate Professor of English and Director of the Center for Writing Excellence (CWE). He teaches first-year writing and courses in the Rhetorics of Science, Technology, and Culture emphasis in the English Department. In the CWE, he mentors student interns and consults with faculty writers and teachers across the university.
Tuesdays 2.00-5.00
Dr. Asha Sen is the Foundation Leadership Faculty Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where she is Professor of English and an affiliate of the Department of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She received her PhD in Postcolonial Literature and Theory from Purdue University in 1996 and is the author of Postcolonial Yearning: Reshaping Spiritual and Secular Discourse in Contemporary Literature (Palgrave MacMillan, 2013) and numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. She directed the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program from 2013-2016, is interested in international education and has participated in international exchanges with Harlaxton University and Delhi University.