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      • The Bible as Literature: A New Introduction
      • Keepers of the Marsh
      • Strangers and the Enchantment of Space in Victorian Fiction, 1830-1865
      • Trailing Clouds of Glory
      • At the Garden's Dark Edge: Selected Poems of Anthony Thwaite
      • The Fair Day
      • The Gospel According to James Baldwin: What America's Great Prophet Can Teach Us About Life, Love, and Identity
      • Rhetoric and Religion in the Twenty-First Century
      • Literature and Natural Theology in Early Modern England
      • Shakespeare and Cultural Appropriation
      • Before the Dreadful Daylight Starts: An Anthology of Norfolk Poetry
      • Contraflow: Lines on Englishness, 1922-2022
      • 102 Days of Lying About Lauren
      • Bastille Day
      • The Interpretation of Owls
      • Reanimating Shakespeare's Othello in Post-Racial America
      • Tactics of Hope in Latinx Children's and Young Adult Literature
      • James Joyce and Samaritan Hospitality
      • Literacy in a Long Blues Note
      • Modernity, Community, and Place in Brian Friel's Drama
      • Modernist Authorship and Transatlantic Periodical Culture
      • A Fire to Light Our Tongues
      • Hollow Palaces
      • Haunted Property
      • American Literary Cultures
      • Sacred Rhetorical Education in 19th Century America
      • Modernism in the Green
      • A Long, Long Way
      • Hope and Aesthetic Utility in Modernist Literature
      • The Courage to See
      • The Evil Twins of American Television
      • Harvest Bells
      • Letters of a Long Name
      • Constructing Nineteenth-Century Religion
      • Reforming Women
      • Thomas Hoccleve
      • Mark Twain Under Fire
      • Building Natures
      • Understanding Marilynne Robinson
      • Living with the Living Dead
      • The Life Group
      • Then Winter
      • Building Jerusalem
      • The Divine Face in Four Writers
      • Seamus Heaney: An Introduction
      • Imagined Spiritual Communities in Britain's Age of Print
      • Housework and Gender in American Television
      • The Boke of the Cyte of Ladyes
      • Entertaining Judgment
      • Seamus Heaney's Regions
      • Elegy on Kinderklavier
      • Tracing Southern Storytelling in Black and White
      • Mapping Christian Rhetorics
      • The Tulip-Flame
      • The Glyph and the Gramophone
      • The Prodigal
      • Beyond the Pulpit
      • The Reconstruction of Mark Twain
      • Sylvia Plath's Fiction
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Dr. Kara Poe Alexander

Professor Managing Director, Center for Writing Excellence

Dr. Kara Poe Alexander

Professor Managing Director, Center for Writing Excellence

Kara_Alexander@baylor.edu
(254) 710-7400
Ms. Lois Avey

Office Manager

Ms. Lois Avey

Office Manager

Lois_E_Avey@baylor.edu
(254) 710-1768
Dr. Laura Biagi

Lecturer

Dr. Laura Biagi

Lecturer

Laura_Biagi@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6889
Dr. Clay Butler

Senior Lecturer Director of Baylor in New Zealand

Dr. Clay Butler

Senior Lecturer Director of Baylor in New Zealand

Clay_Butler@baylor.edu
(254) 710-4404
Dr. Katie Calloway

Associate Professor

Dr. Katie Calloway

Associate Professor

Katie_Calloway@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6883
Dr. Mona Choucair

Senior Lecturer Faculty-in-Residence at South Russell Hall

Dr. Mona Choucair

Senior Lecturer Faculty-in-Residence at South Russell Hall

Mona_Choucair@baylor.edu
(254) 710-7398
Dr. Vanessa Corredera

Professor General Editor, Shakespeare Quarterly Trustee, Shakespeare Association of America

Dr. Vanessa Corredera

Professor General Editor, Shakespeare Quarterly Trustee, Shakespeare Association of America

Vanessa_Corredera@baylor.edu
Dr. Julia E. Daniel

Associate Professor Graduate Program Director

Dr. Julia E. Daniel

Associate Professor Graduate Program Director

Julia_E_Daniel@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6904
Dr. Timothy DeJong

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Timothy DeJong

Senior Lecturer

Timothy_DeJong@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6901
Dr. Michael-John DePalma

Professor Department Chair

Dr. Michael-John DePalma

Professor Department Chair

michael-john_depalma@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6899
Dr. Melisa Dracos

Associate Professor Undergraduate Program Director for Linguistics

Dr. Melisa Dracos

Associate Professor Undergraduate Program Director for Linguistics

Melisa_Dracos@baylor.edu
(254) 710-4895
Dr. Sara M. Dye

Lecturer Interim Assistant Director, Division of Undergraduate Writing, Center for Writing Excellence

Dr. Sara M. Dye

Lecturer Interim Assistant Director, Division of Undergraduate Writing, Center for Writing Excellence

Sara_Dye@baylor.edu
(254) 710-3704
Dr. Alex Engebretson

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Alex Engebretson

Senior Lecturer

Alexander_Engebretson@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6907
Dr. Luke Ferretter

Professor

Dr. Luke Ferretter

Professor

Luke_Ferretter@baylor.edu
(254) 710-2710
Dr. Tara C. Foley

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Tara C. Foley

Senior Lecturer

Tara_Foley@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6882
Dr. Sarah Gilbreath Ford

Professor

Dr. Sarah Gilbreath Ford

Professor

Sarah_Ford@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6903
Dr. Joe B. Fulton

Professor

Dr. Joe B. Fulton

Professor

Joe_Fulton@baylor.edu
(254) 710-4329
Dr. Kevin J. Gardner

Professor

Dr. Kevin J. Gardner

Professor

Kevin_Gardner@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6895
Dr. Greg Garrett

Professor The Carole Ann McDaniel Hanks Chair of Literature & Culture

Dr. Greg Garrett

Professor The Carole Ann McDaniel Hanks Chair of Literature & Culture

Greg_Garrett@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6879
Dr. Tammy S. Gregersen

Associate Professor

Dr. Tammy S. Gregersen

Associate Professor

Tammy_Gregersen@Baylor.edu
Dr. Ginger Hanchey

Senior Lecturer Director of the Core Undergraduate Program Director for Literature & Creative Writing

Dr. Ginger Hanchey

Senior Lecturer Director of the Core Undergraduate Program Director for Literature & Creative Writing

Ginger_Hanchey@baylor.edu
(254) 710-4593
Dr. Jennifer L. Hargrave

Associate Professor Affiliate Faculty, Women's and Gender Studies

Dr. Jennifer L. Hargrave

Associate Professor Affiliate Faculty, Women's and Gender Studies

Jennifer_Hargrave@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6892
Mr. Arna Bontemps Hemenway

Associate Professor

Mr. Arna Bontemps Hemenway

Associate Professor

Arna_Hemenway@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6891
Dr. Tracy Hoffman

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Tracy Hoffman

Senior Lecturer

Tracy_Hoffman@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6983
Dr. Chloe Honum

Associate Professor Coordinator of the Beall Poetry Festival

Dr. Chloe Honum

Associate Professor Coordinator of the Beall Poetry Festival

Chloe_Honum@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6890
Dr. Kristi Humphreys

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Kristi Humphreys

Senior Lecturer

Kristi_Humphreys@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6884
Dr. Hope Johnston

Associate Professor

Dr. Hope Johnston

Associate Professor

Hope_Johnston@baylor.edu
(254) 710-4810
Dr. Maura Jortner

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Maura Jortner

Senior Lecturer

Maura_Jortner@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6880
Dr. Joshua King

Professor Director of Environmental Humanities Minor

Dr. Joshua King

Professor Director of Environmental Humanities Minor

Joshua_King@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6906
Dr. Callie F. Kostelich

Assistant Professor Professional Writing and Rhetoric Director of First Year Writing

Dr. Callie F. Kostelich

Assistant Professor Professional Writing and Rhetoric Director of First Year Writing

callie_f_kostelich@baylor.edu
Dr. Sebastian Langdell

Associate Professor

Dr. Sebastian Langdell

Associate Professor

Sebastian_Langdell@baylor.edu
(254) 710-4896
Dr. Luke Mitchell

Lecturer

Dr. Luke Mitchell

Lecturer

L_Mitchell@baylor.edu
Dr. Jesus Montaño

Assistant Professor

Dr. Jesus Montaño

Assistant Professor

Jesus_Montano@baylor.edu
Dr. Tori Thompson Peters

Assistant Professor

Dr. Tori Thompson Peters

Assistant Professor

Tori_Peters@baylor.edu
Dr. Coretta Pittman

Associate Professor

Dr. Coretta Pittman

Associate Professor

Coretta_Pittman@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6980
Dr. Kristen Pond

Associate Professor Margarett Root Browning Chair in Robert Browning and Victorian Studies First-Year Writing Director

Dr. Kristen Pond

Associate Professor Margarett Root Browning Chair in Robert Browning and Victorian Studies First-Year Writing Director

Kristen_Pond@baylor.edu
Ms. Marilee Rafferty

Administrative Associate

Ms. Marilee Rafferty

Administrative Associate

Marilee_Rafferty@baylor.edu
(254) 710-1794
Dr. Richard Rankin Russell

Professor

Dr. Richard Rankin Russell

Professor

Richard_Russell@baylor.edu
(254) 710-4815
Dr. Ryan Sharp

Associate Professor Director of Ethnic Studies

Dr. Ryan Sharp

Associate Professor Director of Ethnic Studies

Ryan_Sharp@baylor.edu
(254) 710-7396
Dr. Lisa Shaver

Professor Interim Undergraduate Program Director for Professional Writing & Rhetoric

Dr. Lisa Shaver

Professor Interim Undergraduate Program Director for Professional Writing & Rhetoric

Lisa_Shaver@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6547
Dr. Jacob Shores-Argüello

Assistant Professor

Dr. Jacob Shores-Argüello

Assistant Professor

J_ShoresArg@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6634
Dr. Lauren Short

Lecturer Director of Undergraduate Writing, Center for Writing Excellence

Dr. Lauren Short

Lecturer Director of Undergraduate Writing, Center for Writing Excellence

Lauren_Short@baylor.edu
(254) 710-6881
Dr. Amanda Sigler

Assistant Professor

Dr. Amanda Sigler

Assistant Professor

Amanda_Sigler@baylor.edu
(254) 710-1430
Dr. Dan Walden

Associate Professor

Dr. Dan Walden

Associate Professor

Dan_Walden@baylor.edu
(254) 710-4311

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      • Keepers of the Marsh
      • Strangers and the Enchantment of Space in Victorian Fiction, 1830-1865
      • Trailing Clouds of Glory
      • At the Garden's Dark Edge: Selected Poems of Anthony Thwaite
      • The Fair Day
      • The Gospel According to James Baldwin: What America's Great Prophet Can Teach Us About Life, Love, and Identity
      • Rhetoric and Religion in the Twenty-First Century
      • Literature and Natural Theology in Early Modern England
      • Shakespeare and Cultural Appropriation
      • Before the Dreadful Daylight Starts: An Anthology of Norfolk Poetry
      • Contraflow: Lines on Englishness, 1922-2022
      • 102 Days of Lying About Lauren
      • Bastille Day
      • The Interpretation of Owls
      • Reanimating Shakespeare's Othello in Post-Racial America
      • Tactics of Hope in Latinx Children's and Young Adult Literature
      • James Joyce and Samaritan Hospitality
      • Literacy in a Long Blues Note
      • Modernity, Community, and Place in Brian Friel's Drama
      • Modernist Authorship and Transatlantic Periodical Culture
      • A Fire to Light Our Tongues
      • Hollow Palaces
      • Haunted Property
      • American Literary Cultures
      • Sacred Rhetorical Education in 19th Century America
      • Modernism in the Green
      • A Long, Long Way
      • Hope and Aesthetic Utility in Modernist Literature
      • The Courage to See
      • The Evil Twins of American Television
      • Harvest Bells
      • Letters of a Long Name
      • Constructing Nineteenth-Century Religion
      • Reforming Women
      • Thomas Hoccleve
      • Mark Twain Under Fire
      • Building Natures
      • Understanding Marilynne Robinson
      • Living with the Living Dead
      • The Life Group
      • Then Winter
      • Building Jerusalem
      • The Divine Face in Four Writers
      • Seamus Heaney: An Introduction
      • Imagined Spiritual Communities in Britain's Age of Print
      • Housework and Gender in American Television
      • The Boke of the Cyte of Ladyes
      • Entertaining Judgment
      • Seamus Heaney's Regions
      • Elegy on Kinderklavier
      • Tracing Southern Storytelling in Black and White
      • Mapping Christian Rhetorics
      • The Tulip-Flame
      • The Glyph and the Gramophone
      • The Prodigal
      • Beyond the Pulpit
      • The Reconstruction of Mark Twain
      • Sylvia Plath's Fiction
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