English Department Faculty

Anne Bratt, B.A.: Assistant, 1960; retired, 1975; died November 8, 2005

Dennis D. Camp, A.M.: Instructor, 1961-1964

Edward B. Savage, Ph.D.: Associate Professor, 1961-1966; died April 4, 2008

Edward E. Ericson, A.M.: Instructor, 1963-1965

Della Vander Kolk, A.M.: Assistant, 1963-1970

R. Dirk Jellema, M.F.A.: Instructor, 1964; Assistant Professor, 1967; Associate Professor, 1972; Professor, 1982; died, December 11, 1993

Stuart M. Wilson, A.M.: Instructor, 1965-1968

Charles Huttar, Ph.D.: Professor, 1966; retired, 1996

Nancy Taylor Nicodemus, M.A.: Instructor, 1966; Assistant Professor, 1969; Associate Professor, 1975; Professor, 1987; retired, 1999

Ronald Dwelle, M.A.: Instructor, 1967-1970

Elizabeth Reedy, Ph.D.: Associate Professor, 1967; Preceptor, 1971-1977

Jane Harrington Bach, Ph.D.: Assistant, 1968-1971; Visiting Instructor, 1975; Associate Professor, 1982; Professor, 1995; retired, 2000

Francis G. Fike, Ph.D.: Associate Professor, 1968; Professor, 1984; retired, 1998

Mary Jellema, M.A.: Teaching Associate, 1968; Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1986; retired, 2000

Nancy Sonneveldt Miller, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor in Education and English, 1968; Associate Professor, 1972-1973; Professor, 1984; Dean for the Social Sciences, 1984; retired, 2008

Walter Pancik, M.A.: Teaching Associate, 1968; Assistant Professor, 1969-1974

Mali Finn, B.S.: Assistant in English, 1969; Teaching Associate in English and Theatre, 1971-1975; died, Nov. 28, 2007

Peter J. Schakel, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1969; Associate Professor, 1972; Professor, 1979; The Peter and Emajean Cook Professor of English, 1985

William Reynolds, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1971; Associate Professor, 1977; Professor, 1985; Dean for the Arts and Humanities, 1994

Jack R. Ridl, M.Ed.: Instructor, 1971; Assistant Professor, 1973; Associate Professor, 1981; Professor, 1990; retired, 2005

Stephen I. Hemenway, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1972; Associate Professor, 1978; Professor, 1986

Beth Pancik: Part-Time Teaching Associate, 1974-1975

Maura Reynolds, M.A.: Teaching Associate, 1974-1979

Helen Westra, Ph.D.: Teaching Associate, 1974-1977; Part-Time Teaching Associate, 1983-1984

Barbara Mezeske, Ph.D.: Teaching Associate, 1978; Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1986; Adjunct Associate Professor, 1998-2003; Associate Professor, 2003, Professor, 2010-2011

Kathleen Verduin, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1978; Associate Professor, 1985; Professor, 1992

Elizabeth Brown, M.A.: Part-Time Teaching Associate, 1979-1981

John D. Cox, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1979; Associate Professor, 1982; Director of Interdisciplinary Studies, 1984; Professor, 1989; The DuMez Professor of English, 1996

Kevin Kuipers, M.A.: Part-Time Teaching Associate, 1979-1980

Cornelia Pepoy, M.A.: Teaching Associate, 1979-1984

Leon Raikes, M.A.: Teaching Associate, 1979-1982; Part-Time Lecturer, 1994; Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1996-1999

Marie J. Martineau, M.A.: Teaching Associate, 1980-1985; Part-Time Lecturer, 1986-1987

Daniel Vander Ark, M.A.: Teaching Associate, 1980-1983

David R. James, M.A.: Intern, 1982-1984; Adjunct Assistant Professor and Director of the Writing Center, 1987; Adjunct Associate Professor and Director of the Writing Center, 2001

Barbara Reynolds, Ph.D.: Distinguished Visiting Professor of English, spring semester, 1982

Bernard van't Hul, Ph.D.: Visiting Professor, 1982; Adjunct Assistant Professor and Director of the Writing Center, 1987

William H. Moreau, M.Ed.: Part-Time Teaching Associate, 1983; Part-Time Lecturer, 1985; Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1989; Adjunct Associate Professor, 2001

Lynda Farrar, M.S.: Part-Time Teaching Associate and Coordinator of ESL Tutors, 1984-1985; Lecturer in ESL and English and Coordinator of ESL Tutors, 1986-1989

Richard K. Smith, M.A.: Intern, 1984-1985; Visiting Instructor, 1986-1988; Part-Time Lecturer, 1989; Adjunct Associate Professor of English, 2000

Kathleen M. Thompson, M.A.: Intern, 1984-1985

Linda Cardina, B.S.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1985-1990

Janet Lootens, M.A.: Intern, 1985-1986

Terrance Pott, M.A.T.: Part-time Lecturer, 1985-2001

Sanford Schwartz, Ph.D.: Visiting Associate Professor, 1985-1986

John Fiedler, M.A.: Intern, 1986-1987; Part-Time Lecturer, 1988-1990; Visiting Instructor, 1990; Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1992-1999

Nikola Koljevic, Ph.D.: Fulbright-Hays Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature and Foreign Curriculum Consultant, 1986-1987; died, January 26, 1997

Julie Fiedler, M.A.: Visiting Instructor, 1987-1990; Part-Time Lecturer and English and Humanities Division Recruiting Coordinator, 1990; Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1992-1999

David Ihrman, Ph.D.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1987-1988

Jon Huisken, B.A.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1988; Adjunct Associate Professor, 1999-2011

Dianne Portfleet, Ph.D.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1988; Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1993; Adjunct Associate Professor, 1997

Elizabeth Trembley, Ph.D.: Intern, 1988; Visiting Assistant Professor, 1990-1991; Adjunct Associate Professor, 2000; Visiting Associate Professor, 2001; Associate Professor of English and Director of the FOCUS and SOAR Programs, 2002

Jacquelyn Bartley, M.F.A.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1989; Visiting Assistant Professor, 1991-1992; Part-Time Lecturer, 1993-1994; Visiting Assistant Professor, 1995; Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1997; Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of IDS 101, 2000; Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2005

Sharon Dwyer, M.A.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1989-1995

Bobby Fong, Ph.D.: Dean for the Arts and Humanities and Professor of English, 1989-1994; Professor of English, 1994-1995

Alan VerSchure, M.A.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1989

Eileen Beyer, A.B.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1990-1991

Reuben J. Ellis, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1993; Associate Professor, 1997-1999

Jennifer Maj, M.S.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1993-1996

Sara Culver, Ph.D.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1994-1996

Richelle Kortering Hofman, M.A.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1994-2000

Marla Hoffman Lunderberg, Ph.D.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1994; Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2001

Charles A. Fear, M.A.: Part-Time Lecturer, spring semester, 1995

Patricia Quattrin, Ph.D.: Part-Time Lecturer, fall semester, 1995

David B. Schock, Ph.D.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1995-2000

Heather L. Sellers, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1995; Associate Professor 1998; Professor, 2006

Kim Meilicke Douglas, M.F.A.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1995; Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2000, 2003, 2005

Suzanne Fong, J.D.: Part-Time Lecturer, spring semester, 1995

Pinckney Benedict, M.F.A.: Associate Professor, 1996-1998

Kary Love, J.D.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1996

Michael J. Theune, M.F.A.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1996-1997

Linda L. Dove, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1997-2000

Margaret C. Fincher, B.A.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1997

Curtis Gruenler, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1997; Associate Professor, 2003; Professor, 2011

Julie Costello Kipp, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1998; Assistant Professor and Towsley Research Scholar, 2001; Associate Professor, 2004; Professor, 2010

Carla Vissers, M.F.A.: Part-Time Lecturer, 1998; Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2003-2010

Susan Atefat Peckham, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1999-2002; died, February 7, 2004

Teresa Gilliams, Ph.D.: Visiting Assistant Professor, 1999-2000

Jesus Montaño, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1999; Associate Professor, 2006

Natalie A. Dykstra, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 2000; Associate Professor, 2006

Rhoda Janzen, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 2000; Associate Professor, 2006

David J. Klooster, Ph.D.: Associate Professor, 2000; Professor, 2003

William A. Pannapacker, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 2000; Associate Professor, 2006

Joel B. Peckham Jr., Ph.D.: Visiting Assistant Professor, 2000-2002

Gregory Rappleye, M.A., J.D.; Part-Time Lecturer, 2000

Janice B. Aslanian, M.S.: Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2001

Karima K. Jeffrey, M.A.: Preparing Future Faculty Teaching Fellow, 2001-2003; Visiting Assistant Professor, 2003; Assistant Professor of English, 2004-2007

Jennifer R. Young, Ph.D.: Preparing Future Faculty Teaching Fellow, 2002; Assistant Professor, 2003; Associate Professor, 2010

Susanna Childress, Ph.D.: Visiting Assistant Professor, 2007-2008

Willa G. Murphy, Ph.D.: Visiting Associate Professor, 2007-2008

David S. Cho, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 2008

Ernest D. Cole, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 2008

Pablo A. Peschiera, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 2008