UTEP Faculty , Staff and  Student Directory

Meredith E. Abarca
(PhD, University of California at Davis) Chicana/o Literature, Mexican-American Folklore, Introduction to 20th- Century U.S, Literature and special topics courses in the areas of literature and film of the Americas and Women Philosophers in the Kitchen.
mabarca@utep.edu

 Esther Al-Tabaa
(MA, University of Texas at El Paso) Professional Writing and Rhetoric. eaI-tabaa@utep.edu

 

Patricia G. Armendariz
(MA, University of Texas at El Paso) Children's Literature, Writing Processes of Children and Reading and Responding to Literature pgarmendariz@utep.edu

 

 Shelley Armitage
(PhD, University of New Mexico) American and Transnational Studies, Cultural Studies, Creative Nonfiction. armitage@utep.edu

 

 Isabel Baca
(PhD, New Mexico State University) Rhetoric and Professional Communication. Ibaca@utep.edu
 

 Donna M. Bronner
(PhD, Kansas State University) Creative Writing, Composition and Rhetoric. dmbronner@utep.edu  

 Beth Brunk-Chavez 
(PhD,University of Texas, Arlington) History of Rhetoric, Composition Pedagogy, Autobiography, and Women’s Literature. blbrunk@utep.edu

 

 Ezra Cappell
(PhD, New York University) 20th Century and Contemporary American Literature. ecappell@utep.edu

 

 James B. Carter
(Ph.D., University of Virginia) English Education; Sequential Art Narratives; Literacy; New, Multimodal, Visual and Critical Literacies, Young Adult Literature.
jbcarter2@utep.edu

 

 Robert E. Cason
(PhD, and JD, Southern Illinois University) Business Communication, English Grammar and Usage, Legal Writing, Early American Literature.   rcason@utep.edu

 

 Carol Lea Clark
(PhD, Texas Christian University) Composition and Rhetoric, Writing and Technology, Business Communication, Creative Non-fiction. cclark@utep.edu

 John A.R. Dick
(PhD, Yale University) Renaissance Non-dramatic Literature, Textual Editing, Development of Prose Style. jdick@utep.edu  

 

Ruben Espinosa
(PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder) Shakespeare, Early Modern Literature, Sixteenth-Century Cultural Studies, Gender Studies. 
respinosa2@utep.edu

 Helen Foster
(PhD, Purdue University) 20thC Rhetoric and Composition History, Theory, and Pedagogy; Cultural Studies; First-Year and Professional Writing Curricula Development; Community Based Teaching and Learning. hfoster@utep.edu

 Judith A. Fourzan-Rice
(MFA, University of Texas at El Paso) Creative Writing, English Composition, Research and Writing, and Introduction to American Fiction. jfourzan@utep.edu

 

 Elaine F. Fredericksen
(PhD, University of Alabama) Composition and Rhetoric, Technical Writing, Business Writing. efrederi@utep.edu

 

 Lynn Gilden 
(MFA,University of Texas at El Paso) Creative Writing, First-year Composition. lgilden@utep.edu 

 

 Mimi R. Gladstein
(PhD, University of New Mexico) Contemporary American Literature, 18th Century British Literature, Women's Studies, Theatre Arts, Steinbeck, Hemingway, Ayn Rand. mgladstein@utep.edu 

 

 Robet L. Gunn 
(PhD, New York University) Antebellum American Literature and Culture. rlgunn@utep.edu

  Maryse Jayasuriya

  Lawrence J. Johnson
(PhD, John Hopkins University) Medieval Literature, Rhetorical Theory, Humanities.  ljohnson@utep.edu 

 

 Bruce J. Lawson
(PhD, University of Southern California) 17th Century British Literature, Composition and Rhetoric, Milton. blawson@utep.edu  

 

 Kate Mangelsdorf
(PhD, University of Arizona) Composition and Rhetoric, Basic Writing, ESL. kmangels@utep.edu

 

 Deane Mansfield-Kelley
(PhD, University of Texas at Austin) 19th Century American Literature, Southwestern Literature, Young Adult Literature, American-Indian Studies. deane@utep.edu  

 

 Lois A. Marchino
(PhD, University of New Mexico) 20th Century British Literature, 20th Century American Literature, Women's Studies, Detective Fiction, Doris Lessing. lmarchin@utep.edu

 

 G. Douglas Meyers
(EdD, University of Maryland) Composition and Rhetoric, English Education. dmeyers@utep.edu  

 

 Carol Price Miller
(PhD, New Mexico State University)  Business and Technical Communication, Composition. cmiller@utep.edu

 

 J. Michael Mullins
(MFA, University of Texas at El Paso) First-Year Composition, American Literature. mullins@utep.edu

 

 Michelle Palmer (MFA, The University of Texas at El Paso) Creative Writing, Composition. mipalmer@utep.edu

Jonna Perrillo
( PhD, New York University) Young Adult Literature, Grammar and Writing. jperrillo@utep.edu

 Keith Polette
(PhD, St. Louis University) Children's Literature; Young Adult Literature; Children's Writing. kpolette@utep.edu  

 

 Evelyn Posey
(PhD, New Mexico State University) Rhetoric and Composition, Computers and Writing, Developmental Writing, Advancement of Women. eposey@utep.edu

 

 Marion Christina Rohrleitner
(PhD, University of Notre Dame) U.S. Latino/a Literature, 20th Century American and Contemporary Ethnic American Literatures, Caribbean Literature, Literature of the Americas, Comparative Immigrant Literatures in the United States and the European Union. 

mcrohrleitner@utep.edu

 David Ruiter
(PhD, Baylor University) Shakespeare, Medieval and Renaissance Drama, Early Modern Studies. druiter@utep.edu

 

  Carlos Salinas
(PhD, Purdue University) Rhetoric and Composition, with emphases in Technical & Professional Communication and Cultural Studies. cdsalinas@utep.edu

 John Scenters-Zapico
(PhD, University of Arizona) Rhetoric and Technology, Spanish and English Technical and Workplace Writing, Freshman Composition, Literacy Studies. jscenters@utep.edu

 

 Thomas Schmid
(PhD, University of Utah) British Romanticism,18th Century British Literature; 19th Century British Literature; Literary Theory. tschmid@utep.edu 

 

 Anne Marie A. Sobin
(MFA, Bowling Green State University) Technical and Expository Writing, Creative Writing, Novel and Writing for Film and Media. amsobin@utep.edu

 

 Tony J. Stafford
(PhD, Louisiana State University) Shakespeare, American Drama, Modern British Drama, Playwriting. tstaffor@utep.edu  

 

 Steven T. Varela
(M.A in Literature; MEd in  Reading Education; MEd in Educational Administration)
stvarela@utep.edu
 

 Judika C. Webb
(MA, University of Texas at El Paso) Professional Writing and Rhetoric.  jcwebb@utep.edu

 Brian Yothers
(PhD, Purdue University) American Literature, Postcolonial Studies, Poetry. byothers@utep.edu

 Tommy J. Boley (PhD, The University of Texas at Austin)

 Robert N. Burlingame (PhD, Brown University) 

 Mary L. Collingwood (MA, University of Michigan)

 Rick DeMarinis (MA, University of Montana) 

 Robert M.Esch (PhD, University of Wisconsin) 

 Joseph L. Leach (PhD, Yale University) 

 James K. Mortensen (PhD, University of New Mexico)

 Gail Mortimer (PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo)

 Maureen A. Potts (PhD, Texas Women's University) 

 Joan P. Quarm (MA, San Francisco State University)

  Walter F. Taylor (PhD, Emory University)

 John O. West (PhD, The University of Texas at Austin)