Department of Literature, Writing, and Journalism

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Name & Synopsis	Contact Info	Photo
Anne Wheeler Chair of the Department of Literature, Writing, and Journalism, Associate Professor of Composition & Rhetoric Interests Composition Pedagogy Rhetorical Memory Visual Rhetoric	awheeler2@springfield.edu (413) 748-3606
Jill Giebutowski Writing Program Director, Assistant Professor of Writing Interests Writing Pedagogy/Andragogy Online Pedagogy First-Year Experience	jgiebutowski@springfield.edu (413) 748-3013
Rebecca Lartigue Honors Program Director, Professor of English Interests Medieval Literature Early Modern Literature Chaucer Shakespeare	rlartigu@springfield.edu (413) 748-3189
Paul Thifault Assistant Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, Professor of English Interests Early American Literature US Drama Native American Studies	ethifault@springfield.edu (413) 748-3260
Donna Croteau Administrative Associate	dcroteau@springfield.edu (413) 748-3607
Martin Dobrow Professor of Communications Interests Civil Rights Journalistic Ethics Feature Writing Sports and Social Justice	mdobrow@springfield.edu (413) 748-3253
Justine Dymond Professor of English Interests Multicultural Literature of the United States Motherhood Memoirs Transatlantic Modernism Creative Writing	jdymond@springfield.edu (413) 748-3902
Alice Knox Eaton Professor of English Interests Post-Colonial Literature Toni Morrison Literature and Gender Studies	aeaton@springfield.edu (413) 748-3669
Dennis Gouws Professor of English Interests British Literature after 1789 The Victorian Manhood Question Postcolonial Literature	dgouws@springfield.edu (413) 748-3844
Jenny Krichevsky Assistant Professor of Composition and Rhetoric Interests Literacy studies Language diversity Cultural rhetorics Writing Across the Curriculum STEM Writing in the Disciplines	ekrichevsky@springfield.edu
Jeremy Menard Visiting Assistant Professor of Multimedia Journalism	jmenard@springfield.edu (413) 748-4876
Sherri VandenAkker Professor Interests Modern and Contemporary Poetry Rhetoric and Composition Documentary Film Writing Photography	svanden@springfieldcollege.edu (413) 748-4307