Department of English

Faculty

Name 

 

Specialty and Degree 

Box, Mark

ffmab@uaf.edu

Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century British Literature, Romantic-era British Literature.
D. Phil. Oxford University, 1985. 

Brightwell, Gerri

gabrightwell@alaska.edu

Creative Writing--Fiction, Non-fiction, Victorian Literature,
Women's Literature.
M.A. University of East Anglia (1989),
M.F.A. University of Alaska Fairbanks (1994),
Ph.D. University of Minnesota (2004).

Burleson, Derick

ffdwb@uaf.edu

Creative Writing--Poetry, Non-Fiction
Ph.D. University of Houston, 2000.

Carr, Richard 

Writing Center Director

ffrsc@uaf.edu

Pacific Literature, Scandinavian Literature,
Victorian and Edwardian Literature.
Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 1994 .

Coffman, Chris

cecoffman@alaska.edu

British, American, and European Modernisms; Comparative Literature; Theory; Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Ph.D. University of Southern California, 2001

Cooper, Burns 

Department Chair

gbcooper@alaska.edu

Linguistics, Poetry, Poetics.
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, 1989.  

Corti, Lillian

lzcorti@alaska.edu

Comparative Literature, African Studies, Psychoanalytic Theory. Ph.D. The Graduate School of The City University of New York, 1984.

Crouse, David

dcrouse1@alaska.edu

Creative Writing--Fiction.
M.F.A. University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1994.

Doetschman, Sarah

Director of Composition

sarahfatman@yahoo.com

Composition Studies, Cultural Studies, Life-Writing
BA English and German from University of Cincinnati (1993)
MA Comparative Literature from the Pennsylvania State University (1995)
ABD Interdisciplinary (English & Anthropology) University of Alaska Fairbanks

Dupras, Joseph

jadupras@alaska.edu

Nineteenth-century British Literature, Literary Criticism.
Ph.D. State University of New York Binghamton, 1975.  

Grossweiner, Karen

ffkag3@uaf.edu

Medieval Literature, Film Studies, Women's Literature.
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Madison, 2001.

Heyne, Eric

efheyne@alaska.edu

American Literature, Critical Theory,
Alaskan and Northern Literature.
Ph.D. Ohio State University, 1984.

Kamerling, Len

ljkamerling@alaska.edu

Creative Writing--Screenwriting, Drama.
M.F.A. University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1999.

Reilly, Terry

tjreilly@alaska.edu

British Literature, Shakespeare, World Literature.
Ph.D. University of Miami, 1993.

Ruppert, Jim

jkruppert@alaska.edu

Native American Literature, American Literature,
Northern Studies, Cinema Studies, Native American Studies.
Ph.D. University of New Mexico, 1981.

Schell, Jennifer                

jschell5@alaska.edu

B.A. in Anthropology from Emory University (1996)
M.A. in English from the University of Georgia (1998)
Ph.D. in English and Cultural and Critical Studies from University of Pittsburgh (2006)

Thomas, Amber Flora

amber.thomas@alaska.edu

Creative Writing--Poetry
M.F.A. Washington University, St. Louis 1999.