Washington College

Department of English

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Faculty

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Kate Moncrief Kathryn Moncrief, Chair

  • Early Modern English Drama, Literature, and Culture

Christopher Ames Christopher Ames

  • 20th Century English Literature
  • Hollywood Films

Diane Cousineau Diane Cousineau

  • Jewish-American Writers
  • Women in Literature

Thomas Cousineau Thomas Cousineau

  • Modernist Literary Theory

Richard De Prospo Richard De Prospo

  • American Literature and Popular Culture

Jehanne Dubrow Jehanne Dubrow

  • Poetry
  • American Jewish Literature

Barbara Gillin Barbara Gillin

  • Children's and Young Adult Literature

Richard Gillin Richard Gillin

  • English Literature

Alisha Knight Alisha Knight

  • African American Literature
  • American Literary Realism

John Lang John Lang

  • Journalism

Sean Meehan Sean Meehan

  • Composition Theory and Pedagogy
  • Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture

Robert Mooney Robert Mooney

  • Fiction
  • The Novel

Corey Olsen Corey Olsen

  • Medieval Literature
  • J. R. R. Tolkien

Joshua Wolf Shenk Joshua Wolf Shenk

  • Creative Non-Fiction
  • Humor and Satire

Katherine Wagner Katherine Wagner

  • Creative Writing
  • Special Interest Literature

Philip Walsh Philip Walsh

  • Comparative Literature
  • Ancient Greek and Latin Languages

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