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Professor Emeritus of EnglishPhD, University of Washington
Email: tamorose@spu.edu
Professor Emerita of EnglishPhD, Harvard University
Professor of English; Director of the MFA in Creative WritingPhD, Utah State University
Email: cairnss@spu.eduPhone: 206-281-2109Office: Marston 236
Professor Emerita of EnglishMA, Mississippi State University
Assistant Professor of Writing and English; Director of Campus WritingPhD, University of Washington
Email: thansen3@spu.eduPhone: 206-281-2403Office: Marston 233
Administrative Assistant for Humanities
Email: johnsonr10@spu.eduPhone: 206-281-2617Office: Marston Hall 227
Professor of English; Writer-in-Residence; Co-director of Art and Incarnation Rome Study Abroad ProgramPhD, Tulane University
Email: jmaier@spu.eduPhone: 206-281-2976Office: Marston 235
Associate Professor of English: Department ChairPhD, University of Illinois
Email: amiddel@spu.eduPhone: 206-281-2401Office: Marston 238
Assistant Professor of English and Writing; Writer-in-ResidenceMFA, Seattle Pacific University
Email: overstreet@spu.eduPhone: 206-281-2155Office: Marston 232
Professor Emeritus of EnglishPhD, University of Michigan
Email: lreinsma@spu.edu
Professor of English and Cultural Studies; Director of Social Justice & Cultural Studies; Director of the South Africa and Spain/Morocco Study Abroad ProgramsPhD, Northwestern University
Email: segalk@spu.eduPhone: 206-281-2040Office: Marston 234
Email: dthorpe@spu.edu
Assistant Professor of English and Cultural StudiesPhD, University of Washington
Email: umj@spu.eduPhone: 206-281-2311Office: Marston 251
Professor Emeritus of EnglishPhD, Northwestern University
Email: mwalhout@spu.edu