Faculty & Staff
Faculty
![Jessica Ann Hughes](images/hughes-jessica-ann-thumb.jpg)
Jessica Ann Hughes, PhD
Chair, Department of Language and Literature
Associate Professor of English
Teaching and Research Interests
- The long 19th century
- The novel
- Religion in 19th-century Britain
- Bible as literature
![Gary Tandy](images/tandy-gary-thumb.jpg)
Gary Tandy, PhD
Professor of English
Teaching and Research Interests
- C.S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, and the Inklings
- Early British literature, Shakespeare
- Music and literature
- Christianity and literature
![Harrison Dietzman](dietzman-harrison-thumb.jpg)
Harrison Dietzman, MFA, PhD
Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
Teaching and Research Interests
- Postsecular theory
- Medical humanities
- Fiction and creative nonfiction writing
![Jay David Miller](images/miller-jay-thumb.jpg)
Jay David Miller, PhD
Assistant Professor of English
Teaching and Research Interests
- Early American literature
- The Atlantic World
- Theology and literature
- Literature and the environment
- Quakerism
![Holly Shelton](shelton-holly-thumb.jpg)
Holly Shelton, PhD
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition
Teaching and Research Interests
- Multilingual Writing
- Translingual literacy
- Multimodel composition
![Melanie Springer Mock](images/mock-melanie-thumb.jpg)
Professor of English
Teaching and Writing Interests
- Journalism
- Creative nonfiction, including longform journalism
- First-year writing
- Cultural criticism
Staff
![Susana Barnreuther-Martinez](images/barnreuther-martinez-susana-thumb.jpg)
Susana Barnreuther-Martinez
Administrative Assistant, Department of Language and Literature