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English Faculty and Staff

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Christopher P. Brown

Part-time Instructor, English
[email protected]
814-949-5770
Hawthorn Building, 203
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Ingrid Das

Part-time Instructor, English
[email protected]
Hawthorn Building, 111
Todd Davis

Todd F. Davis, Ph.D.

Professor, English and Environmental Studies
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814-949-5634
Hawthorn Building, 208
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Kimberly DeHainaut

Part-time Instructor, English
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William J. Fine

Part-time Instructor, English
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Hawthorn Building, 103
Jutta Gsoels-Lorensen

Jutta Gsoels-Lorensen

Associate Professor, German, English, and Comparative Literature
Program Coordinator, Multidisciplinary Studies
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Hawthorn Building, 124
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Dorothee Hendoux-Goodman

Faculty and Program Assistant, English, Honors Program, Human Development and Family Studies, Information Sciences and Technology, Mathematics, Multidisciplinary Studies, Visual Art Studies, and World Languages
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Hawthorn Building, 103
Kyle King

Kyle R. King, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, English
Director, Writing Commons
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Eiche Library, 127
Catherine Latterell

Catherine Latterell, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, English
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Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts, 132
Erin Murphy

Erin C. Murphy

(She, Her, Hers)
Professor, English
Director of Promotion and Tenure, Academic Affairs
[email protected]
814-949-5625
Hawthorn Building, 212
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Eliza Nicewonger

Part-time Instructor, English
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Laura E. Rotunno

Laura E. Rotunno, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, English
Coordinator, Honors Program
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Hawthorn Building, 210
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Sarah Snee

Part-time Instructor, English
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Jeffery Stoyanoff

Jeffery G. Stoyanoff, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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Hawthorn Building, 211
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Abigail Stump

Part-time Instructor, English
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Patricia Jabbeh Wesley

Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, Ph.D.

Professor, English
[email protected]
814-949-5501
Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts, 125

English

  • Why major in English?
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  • Hard Freight Literary Arts Magazine
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Suggested Academic Plan

Suggested Academic Plans (SAPs) are sample semester-by-semester guides you can use to meet degree requirements.

English SAP for Prospective Students

View the SAP for the B.A. in English.

English SAP for Current Students

To access previous years' suggested academic plans, please visit the archive to view the appropriate Undergraduate Bulletin edition.

English Newsletter

The English Program publishes English E-News, a weekly email newsletter distributed each Tuesday during the academic year. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, please email English Program Coordinator Jeffery Stoyanoff at [email protected].

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Student Success Center

Located in room 125 on the lower level of the Eiche Library, the Student Success Center supports two main functions:

  • To GET HELP for those students who need academic and non-academic assistance, and
  • To GET AHEAD for those students ready to take the next steps in their education.
Learn more about the Student Success Center

Out-of-Class Learning

Out-of-classroom academic experiences that complement in-class learning, including:

  • Study Away Programs
  • Academic Internships
  • Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry
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Notes from the Allegheny Front

An audio blog by Professor Todd Davis focussing on his ecological observations and experiences in the forests and on the streams of central Pennsylvania

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A full-service, four-year, residential campus located less than 45 miles from the research campus at University Park. Offering 21 four-year degrees and the first two years of over 275 Penn State majors.
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