UNI Department of English Language & Literature Faculty

Kenneth E. Baughman  Assistant Professor of English, 1972

Ph.D., M.A., University of Chicago; B.A., Lawrence University.  
Areas of Specialty:  Early English literature, history of literary criticism.  
E-mail:   Kenneth.Baughman@uni.edu

G. Scott Cawelti  Professor of English, 1968 (1995)

Ph.D., University of Iowa; M.A., B.A., University of Northern Iowa.  
Areas of Specialty:  Composition, film, American literature, theory and practice of writing.  
E-mail:   S.Cawelti@uni.edu

Jeffrey S. Copeland  Professor of English, 1981 (1995)

Head of the Department of English Language and Literature, 1997.
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia; M.A., Arkansas State University; B.S., University of Missouri-Columbia.  
Areas of Specialty:  English education, children's literature.  
E-mail:   Jeffrey.Copeland@uni.edu

James S. Davis  Associate Professor of English, 2003

Director, Iowa Writing Project, 2003.
Ph.D., M.A., University of Missouri; B.S., Southwest Missouri State University.  
Areas of Specialty:  English education, teaching writing, K-12 school reform.  
E-mail:   James.Davis@uni.edu

Stephen J. Gaies  Professor of English, 1978 (1986)

Ph.D., M.A., Indiana University; B.A., Hamilton College.  
Areas of Specialty:  TESOL and applied linguistics.  
E-mail:   Stephen.Gaies@uni.edu

Samuel Lyndon Gladden  Associate Professor of English, 2000 (2004)

Ph.D., M.A., Texas A&M University; B.A., University of Texas.  
Areas of Specialty:  Nineteenth-Century British literature and culture, literary theory, and gender studies.  
E-mail:   Samuel.Gladden@uni.edu

Vince Gotera   Professor of English, 1995 (2005)

Editor, North American Review, 2000.  
Ph.D., M.F.A., Indiana University; M.A., San Francisco State University; B.A., Stanford University; A.A. City College of San Francisco.  
Areas of Specialty:  Creative writing, poetics, contemporary poetry, multicultural literature (especially Asian American), American literature, Vietnam War studies.  
E-mail:   Vince.Gotera@uni.edu     For North American Review business: nar@uni.edu

David Grant Assistant Professor of English, 2007

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.A., Northern Arizona University; B.A. Winona State University. 
Areas of Specialty:  Rhetoric and composition, Native American studies. 
E-mail:   David.Grant@uni.edu

Tammy Gregersen  Assistant Professor of English, 2003

Ph.D., Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso (Chile); M.A., Universidad Los Condes (Chile); B.A., Bethel College (Minnesota).  
Areas of Specialty:  Individual differences in language acquisition, TESOL methodology.  
E-mail:   Tammy.Gregersen@uni.edu

Julie Husband  Associate Professor of English, 2000 (2007)

Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo; M.A., University of Chicago; B.A., Bucknell University.  
Areas of Specialty:  American literature, African American literature.  
E-mail:   Julie.Husband@uni.edu

Michael D. Janopoulos  Associate Professor of English, 1989 (1995)

Ph.D., Ohio State University; M.A., University of Northern Iowa; M.A., B.S., Northwestern University.  
Areas of Specialty:  TESOL, foreign language education, composition.  
E-mail:   Michael.Janopoulos@uni.edu

Jerome F. Klinkowitz  Professor of English, 1972 (1976)

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; M.A., B.A., Marquette University.  
Areas of Specialty:  Contemporary narrative and literature.  
No E-mail address.  Call (319) 273-2821 to leave a message for Dr. Klinkowitz.

Adrienne P. Lamberti  Assistant Professor of English, 2005

Ph.D., Iowa State University, M.A., Iowa State University, B.A., Simpson College.  
Areas of Specialty:  Rhetoric, professional communication, organizational culture, technology-mediated communication, discourse communities.  
E-mail:   Adrienne.Lamberti@uni.edu

Catherine A. F. MacGillivray  Associate Professor of English, 1996 (1999)

Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley; M.A., University de Paris VIII; A.B., Barnard College.  
Areas of Specialty:  Feminist theory, women's literature, translation theory, comparative literature, critical theory.  
E-mail:   Catherine.MacGillivray@uni.edu

Ardith J. Meier  Professor of English, 1992 (2005)

Ph.D., University of Vienna, Austria; M.A., University of Iowa; B.A., Wartburg College.  
Areas of Specialty: Sociopragmatics, intercultural communication, language teacher education, sociolinguistics.  
E-mail:   AJ.Meier@uni.edu

Joyce B. Milambiling  Associate Professor of English, 1997 (2003)

Ph.D., City University of New York; M.A., University of California at Berkeley; B.L.S., Boston University.
Areas of Specialty:  Bilingualism, educational linguistics, English as a Global Language.  
E-mail:   Joyce.Milambiling@uni.edu

Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure  Associate Professor of English, 1995 (2000)

Ph.D., M.A., State University of New York-Buffalo; M.A., B.A.,National University of Rwanda.  
Areas of Specialty:  19th-century American literature, African American literature and literary theory, African literature, multicultural literature, postcolonial theory and literatures, African diaspora literatures.  
E-mail:   Pierre.Mvuyekure@uni.edu

Anne G. Myles  Associate Professor of English, 1999 (2005)

Ph.D., M.A., University of Chicago; A.B., Bryn Mawr College.  
Areas of Specialty:  Early American literature and culture, American women writers, poetry, gender studies.  
E-mail:   Anne.Myles@uni.edu

Jim O'Loughlin  Assistant Professor of English, 2003

Ph.D., State University of New York-Buffalo; M.A., Boston College; B.A., Trinity College.  
Areas of Specialty:  Post-1865 American literature, creative writing, professional writing.
E-mail:   Jim.OLoughlin@uni.edu

Jan C. Robbins  Professor of English, 1976

Ph.D., M.A., University of Minnesota; B.A., Pennsylvania State University.  
Areas of Specialty:  Freedom of expression, advanced writing, European novel, humanities.  
E-mail:   Jan.Robbins@uni.edu

Cheryl A. Roberts  Professor of English, 1986 (2005)

Acting Head, Department of Modern Languages, 2004.  
Ph.D., M.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; B.A., Illinois State University.  
Areas of Specialty:  Sociolinguistics, second language teacher education.  
E-mail:   Cheryl.Roberts@uni.edu

Susan M. Rochette  Associate Professor of English, 1994 (2003)

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.A., Boston College; B.A., Kent State University.  
Areas of Specialty:  Genre theory/short story, creative writing, 20th-century British and American literature, women's studies.  
E-mail:   Mysticbead@aol.com

Jesse G. Swan   Associate Professor of English, 1998 (2002)

Ph.D., M.A., Arizona State University; B.A., University of Texas-San Antonio.  
Areas of Specialty:  Renaissance/early modern English literature and culture including women writers, bibliography and textual studies, critical race studies.  
E-mail:   Jesse.Swan@uni.edu

John W. Swope  Associate Professor of English, 1988 (1994)

Ed.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.S., Radford College; B.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.  
Areas of Specialty:  English education, composition, pedagogy.  
E-mail:   John.Swope@uni.edu

Grant Tracey  Associate Professor of English, 1996 (2002)

Editor, North American Review, 2000.  
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; M.A., Kansas State University; B.A., Trent University, Ontario.  
Areas of Specialty:  Film studies, creative writing, popular culture.  
E-mail:   Grant.Tracey@uni.edu     For North American Review business: nar@uni.edu

Karen Tracey  Associate Professor of English, 1994 (2000)

Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; M.A., B.A., Kansas State University.  
Areas of Specialty:  19th-century American literature, professional writing, composition.  
E-mail:   Karen.Tracey@uni.edu