Languages & Literature - Faculty
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Bill Hays
Professor of English, Division Chair
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Office: 202 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4084
Email: whays@deltastate.edu
D.A. University of Mississippi
M.A. Eastern Kentucky University
B.A. Eastern Kentucky University |
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Courses Taught: Creative Writing
American Literature
Film Studies
Scholarly Interests: Fiction & Poetry Writing |
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Karen Bell
Associate Professor of German
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Office: 216 Bailey Hall
Office Phone: 846-4086
Email: kbell@deltastate.edu
Ph.D. Queen’s University
M.A. Queen’s University
B.A. University of Waterloo |
Courses Taught: German Language, Literature & Culture
English Composition for International Students
Survey of World Literature
Scholarly Interests: Feminism, Film, Animals, Food, Photography in Literature |
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Jerome Billingsley
Instructor of English
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M.S. Library Science
Univesity of Illinois
M.A. English University of Mississippi
B.A. Delta State University
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Courses Taught: Composition
Introduction to Literature
Expository Writing |
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Benjamin Burgos-Aguilar
Professor of Spanish
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Office: Kethley 260
Office Phone: 846-4071
Email: bburgos@deltastate.edu
Ph.D.University of New Mexico
M.A. Michigan State University
B.S. Alma College
A.A. Warren Wilson College
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Courses Taught: Elementary Spanish The Literature of Spain
Cervantes Spanish Drama of the Golden Age
Latin American Literatur Intermediate Spanish
Advanced Spanish Spanish Conversation |
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Georgene Clark
Assistant Professor of English, Coordinator of Composition
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Office: 251 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4078
Email: gclark@deltastate.edu
M.S. Illinois Institute of Technology
B.A. Tougaloo College
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Courses Taught: Composition
Introduction to Literature
Expository Writing
African-American Literature |
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Nancy Clark
Associate Professor of Communication Studies And Theatre Arts
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Office: Jobe 108
Office Phone: 846-4075
Email: nclark@deltastate.edu
Ph.D. University of Mississippi
M.Ed. University of Mississippi
B.A. Mississippi Univesity for Women
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Courses Taught: Directing for Theatre Public Speaking
Introduction to Theatre Dramatic Performance and Production
Acting History of Theatre
Theatre Activities |
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John R. Ford
Assistant Professor of English
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Office: 261 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4108
Email: jford@deltastate.edu
Advanced Study University of Michigan
M.A. University of Maine
B.A. Boston College
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Courses Taught: Shakespeare Milton
Shakespeare’s Contemporaries Renaissance Lit.
Introduction to Poetry and Drama Composition
Scholarly Interests: Shakespeare in performance, Shakespeare’s contemporaries
Selected Publications: Twelfth Night: A Guide to the Play (Greenwood Press, 2005)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Focus Edition, 2009)
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Susan Allen Ford
Professor of English, Writing Center Coordinator
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Office: 259 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4082
Email: sford@deltastate.edu
Ph.D. University of Michigan
M.A. University of Michigan
B.A. Kenyon College
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Courses Taught: Composition (including Advanced) British Literature
Jane Austen Detective Fiction
Approaches to Tutoring Writers British Novel
The Romantic Period The Gothic
Scholarly Interests:
Jane Austen and her contemporaries, Shakespeare in the 18th and 19th centuries, and Detective Fiction
Editor:
Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal & Persuasions On-Line
www.jasna.org/persuasions/index.html
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Bonnie Horton
Adjunct Instructor of English
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Office: 250 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4076
Email: bhorton@deltastate.edu
M.A. Delta State University
B.A. Mississippi State University
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Courses Taught: English Composition
Expository Writing |
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Stephen A. King
Professor of Communication Studies, Coordinator of Communications Studies and Theatre Arts
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Office: 240 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4090
Email: sking@deltastate.edu
Ph.D. Indiana University
M.A. University of New Mexico
B.A. Boise State University
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Courses Taught: Rhetorical Criticism Rhetoric of Social Movements
Interpersonal Communication Communication Theory
Internship in Communication Small Group Discussion
Selected Publications: Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control. UP of Mississippi, 2002. “Protest Music as ‘Ego-Enhancement’: Reggae Music, the Rastafarian Movement, and the Reexamination of Race and Identity in Jamaica.” The Resisting Muse: Popular Music and Social
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D. Allan Mitchell
Assistant Professor of English, Chair of the University Service Learning Committee
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Office: 242 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4091
Email: amitchell@deltastate.edu
M.F.A. The University of Mississippi
B.A. The University of Virginia
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Courses Taught: Modern American Drama History and Literature of the Blues
Expository Writing Introduction to the Short Story and Novel
Composition Introduction to Poetry and Drama
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Renelda L. Owen
Instructor of English
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Office: 256 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4063
Email: rowen@deltastate.edu
M.A. University of Mississippi
B.A. Blue Mountain College
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Courses Taught: English Composition
Introduction to Literature
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William A. Pennington
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Past President of the Mississippi Philosophy Association, Past Secretary of the Mississippi Philosophy Association
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Office: 242 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4059
Email: wpningtn@deltastate.edu
Ph.D. University of Mississippi
M.Div. Emory University
B.A. Millsaps College
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Sally F. Paulson
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
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Office: 243 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4079
Email: spaulson@deltastate.edu
Ph.D. University of Memphis
J.D. University of Kentucky
M.A. University of Illinois
B.A. University of Illinois
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Courses Taught: Public Speaking Business Communication
Persuasion Communication Theory
Gender Communication Mass Communication
Performance Studies Small Group Communications
Rhetoric
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Jack Phillips
Instructor of English
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Office: 254 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4068
Email: jphilips@deltastate.edu
Advanced Study University of Mississippi
M.Ed. in English Delta State University
B.S.E. in English Delta State University
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Courses Taught: Composition Introduction to Literature
Expository Writing American Literature
English Literature
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Patricia Roberts
Associate Professor of Journalism, Coordinator of the Journalism Program, Advisor to the Delta Statement
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Office: 245 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4468
Email: proberts@deltastate.edu
M.S. Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
B.A. Douglass College of Rutgers University
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Courses Taught: Writing for the Mass Media News Reporting
Editing for Print Media Print Layout and Design
Investigative Reporting History of Journalism
Feature Writing Newspaper Workshop
Internship in Journalism Special Topics in Journalism
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Elizabeth Sarcone
Professor of English
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Office: 258 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4070
Email: esarcone@deltastate.edu
Ph.D. Vanderbilt
M.A. Mississippi University for Women
B.S. Mississippi University for Women
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Courses Taught: History of the English Language British Literature
Introduction to Literature American Literature I
Composition I and II Chaucer
Developmental English
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J. Gabriel Scala
Resarch Associate
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Email: gscala@deltastate.edu
Ph.D. University of Mississippi
M.F.A. Bowling Green State University
B.A. Methodist University
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Marilyn Schultz
Associate Professor of English, Coordinator of Teacher Education, Sponsor of NCTE Student Group
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Office: 243 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4061
Email: mschultz@deltastate.edu
Ph.D. University of Missouri
M.Ed. Lincoln University
B.S.E. University of Central Missouri
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Courses Taught: Problems of Teaching English Young Adult Literature
Methods of Teaching Secondary Language Arts Composition
Language Development and Writing Grammar for Teachers
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Dorothy Shawhan
Chair Emerita of the Division of Languages and Literature,
Professor Emerita of English
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Office: 250 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4076
Email: dshawhan@deltastate.edu
M.F.A. Creative Writing, George Mason University
M.A. Louisiana State University
B.A. Mississippi University for Women
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Courses Taught: Fiction Writing Workshop
Creative Nonfiction Workshop
Women Writers
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Michael C. Smith
Assistant Professor of English
Editor of Tapestry
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Office:152 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4089
Email: mcsmith@deltastate.edu
M.F.A. University of Notre Dame
M.A. Hollins College
B.A. UNC-Greensboro
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Courses Taught: Introduction to Literature: Poetry and Drama
Expository Writing
Poetry Writing Workshop
Advanced Poetry Writing
American Literature II
Contemporary LIterature
Composition
Literary Magazine Workshop
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Jeff Smithpeters
Assistant Professor of English, Faculty Senator,
Secretary of the Delta State Chapter of American Association of University Professors
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Office: 246 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4062
Email: smithpeters@deltastate.edu
Ph.D. Louisiana State University
M.A. University of Arkansas
B.A. Ouachita Baptist University
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Courses Taught: American Literature I and II Expository Writing
Southern Literature Toni Morrison
Novels of the U.S. Civil War Writers of the Mississippi Delta
Composition
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Donna Buford Watts
Adjunct Instructor of English
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Office: 250 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4076
Email: dspell@deltastate.edu
Advanced Study Oxford University & Vanderbilt University
M.A. University of Alabama
B.A. University of Mississippi
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Courses Taught: Composition
Introduction to Literature
Developmental Writing
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Clint Tibbs
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
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Office: 224 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4085
E-mail: ctibbs@deltastate.edu
Ph.D. The Catholic University of America, Biblical Studies (Aramaic, Syriac and Akkadian)
M.A. The Catholic University of America, Biblical Studies (Greek and Hebrew)
B.A. Delta State University, History
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Courses Taught: Introduction to Philosophy Ethics
Philosophy of Religion Biomedical Ethics
Western Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Logic
Eastern Religions New Testament Greek
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James Tomek
Professor of French
Courses Taught: French Language, Literature & Film – all levels
Interdisciplinary courses (Film, Poetry, Painting)
Introduction to Literature (English)
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Yvonne-Marie Bryan Tomek
Instructor of English, Chair of the Sophomore Literature Committee
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Office: 255 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4064
E-mail: ytomek@deltastate.edu
M.A. Delta State University
B.A. Delta State University
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Courses Taught: Introduction to Literature French Culture, Civilization and Literature
Expository Writing French Grammar, 3rd and 4th semester
French Conversation French Women Writers
Composition
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