Faculty and Staff
Members of the English Department faculty and staff are available to answer your questions about the various programs and courses offered by the Department and to guide you in your English studies. Please visit them during their office hours, call them (or leave messages on their voice mail), or send them email messages. You will find telephone numbers, office locations, and email addresses in the University Faculty Directory . You will find current office hours posted on the English major BlackBoard site.
Professors
Dennis Chester, Ph.D.
- Department Chair
- African American Literature
- James Baldwin
- Graphic Novels
Sarah Nielsen, Ph.D.
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Extensive Reading
- Sociolinguistics
Associate Professors
Ryan Heryford, Ph.D.
- Environmental Literature
Doug Taylor, Ph.D.
- African American & Multiethnic Literature
Assistant Professors
Sara Borjas
- Occam's Razor Director
- Creative Writing (Poetry)
- Poetry and Poetics
Katie Bramlett
- Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Director
- Asian American Women's Activism and Rhetoric
Trinie Dalton, M.F.A.
- Creative Writing (Fiction, Non-fiction)
- Visual Art
- English Literature
Christine Gottlieb, Ph.D.
- Medieval and Renaissance Literature
Crystal R. Pérez, Ph.D.
- Latinx and Chicanx Literature
- Multiethnic Women's Literature
Professors Emeriti
Eileen Barrett, Ph.D.
- Twentieth Century British Literature
- Women’s Literature, LGBT Literature
- Feminist, Queer, and Literary Theory
Debra Barrett-Graves, Ph.D.
- Shakespeare & Renaissance Literature
Charles DeBose, Ph.D.
- English Language and Linguistics
Zelda Boyd, Ph.D.
- Nineteenth Century British Literature
- Medieval British Literature
Jacqueline Doyle, Ph.D.
- Ethnic American Literature
- Nineteenth-and Twentieth-Century American Literature
- Women's Literature
- Memoir and Creative Non-Fiction
Jacob Fuchs, Ph.D.
- Eighteenth Century British Literature
- Twentieth Century American Fiction
- Classical Literature
Susan Gubernat, M.F.A.
- Creative Writing (Poetry)
- Poetry and Poetics
- Contemporary British and American Poetry
Stephen Gutierrez, M.F.A.
- Creative Writing (Fiction)
K.M. Lant, Ph.D.
- Nineteenth Century American Literature
- Women Writers
- Technology and Teaching
Eve M. Lynch, Ph.D.
- Nineteenth Century British Literature
- Eighteenth Century British Literature
Sara McAulay, M.A
- Creative Writing (Fiction)
- Women's Studies
- Modern American Fiction
E. J. Murphy, Ph.D.
- Medieval British Literature
- Renaissance British Literature
- Classical Literature
Margaret Rustick, Ph.D.
- Composition and Rhetoric
- 20th Century American Fiction
Marilyn Silva, Ph.D.
- Linguistics
Alison Warriner, Ph.D.
- Composition Studies
Ke Zou, Ph.D.
- English Language and Linguistics
Lecturers
Three-year Lecturers
Michael Rovasio, M.A.
Scott Bentley, M.A., M.F.A.
Chris Blood, M.A.
Mary D'Alleva, M.A., M.F.A.
Paul Duarte, M.A.
Faith Espudo, M.A.
Tupelo Hassman, M.F.A.
Dale Ireland, M.A.
Sujin Lee, M.A.
Dabney Lyons, M.A.
Leslie Marron, M.A.
John Robinson, M.A.
Marina Sapozhnikov, M.A.
Karen Seneferu, M.A.
Michelle St. George, M.A.
Jill Sumstad, M.A.
ChenXia Zhu, M.A.
Staff
Mica Barreiro, Administrative Support Coordinator II
- Office: MB 2579
- Phone: (510)885-3151
- Email: mica.barreiro@csueastbay.edu
Department Chair
Dennis Chester, Ph.D.
- Office: MB 2575
- Phone: (510)885-3151
- Email: dennis.chester@csueastbay.edu