Department of English

Larry Adams, (Chair)
Associate Professor of English
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(256) 765-4487

D.A., 2002, Middle Tennessee State University; Specialties in literary criticism, critical theory, and linguistics.

Nancy E. Atkinson
Associate Professor of English
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(256) 765-4499

Ph.D., 1997, University of Pittsburgh; Specialties in Medieval and Renaissance literature and Women's Studies.

Vince Brewton
Director, UNA Honors Program
Associate Professor of English
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(256) 765-5005

Ph.D., 2001, University of Mississippi; Specialties in 19th and 20th century American Literature, Southern literature, and literary theory.

Daryl W. Brown
Associate Professor of English
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(256) 765-4492

M.F.A., 1999, Indiana University; Specialties in composition and creative writing: fiction and poetry.

Cynthia A. Burkhead
Assistant Professor of English
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(256) 765-4790

Ph. D, 2010, Middle Tennessee State University; Specialties in Film and Television Studies, Anglophone Literature, 20th Century American Literature, and Folklore.

Dianne Dodson
Instructor of English
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(256) 765-4187

M.A. 2001 University of North Alabama; Specialties: Composition and Restoration and 18th c. British Literature.

Anita Garner
Professor of English
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M.F.A., 1978, University of Alabama; Specialties in composition, fiction writing, and Southern women writers

Anissa Graham
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Instructor of English; M.A. Auburn University

Latasha C. Howell
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M.A., 2001, University of North Alabama; Specialties in composition and American Literature

Pam Kingsbury
Instructor of English
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M.A., 1994, University of New Mexico; Specialties in composition, contemporary American literature, and multiculturalism

Kelly L. Latchaw
Assistant Professor of English
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Ph.D., 2001, Purdue University; Specialties in Linguistics and Cultural Studies

Nick Mauriello
Associate Professor of English
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Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Specialties in Composition & Rhetoric

Lisa G. Minor
Professor of English
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(256) 765-4498

Ph.D., 1990, Vanderbilt University; Specialties in African American literature, the novel, and 20th century British literature

Lesley Peterson
Associate Professor of English
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(256) 765-4104

Ph.D., 2006, University of Alberta; Specialties in Early-Modern drama, poetry, and juvenilia

Christa Raney
Instructor of English
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Specialties in Composition and Rhetoric

Jim Riser
Professor of English
Director of Graduate Studies in English
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(256) 765-4493

Ph.D., 1983, Florida State University;
Specialties in American literature 1860-1910 and literature of the American West.

Alaina Shockley
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(256) 765-5061

M.A., 2007, Northeastern State University; Specialties in composition, rhetoric, 18th and 19th century British Lit.

 Will Verrone
Assistant Professor of English
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(256) 765-4488

Ph.D. Temple University; Specialities: Film History, Theory, and Criticism; Silent Film; International Film; Film Genres and Authors; Independent Film; American Literary Realism and Naturalism.

Tammy Winner
Assistant Professor of Engish
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(256) 765-4497

Ph.D,  Indiana University of Pennysylvania; Specialties in Professional Writing, Technical Writing, and Composition and Rhetoric