Faculty: Degrees and Specialties

Peter Benson, Professor of English/Literature; Department Chair
Degree: Ph.D., State University of NewYork, Stony Brook
Specialties: American literature, African literature, world literature

Patricia Bazan-Figueras, Professor of Spanish/Literature
Degree: Ph.D., New York University
Specialties: Spanish and Latin American literatures and culture

John E. Becker, Emeritus Professor of English/Literature
Degree: Ph.D., Yale University
Specialties: American literature, literary theory, nature writing, Bible as literature, Classical literature

Silvia Belen-Ramos, Lecturer in Spanish
Degree: M.A., Universidad de Belgrano (Buenos Aires)
Specialties: Latin American literature and culture

Matthieu Boyd, Assistant Professor of English/Literature
Degree: Ph.D., Harvard University
Specialities: ancient and medieval literature; multilingual British and Irish literature; oral tradition; history of English; Celtic languages; French; College Writing.

Bianca Finzi-Contini Calabresi, Assistant Professor of English/Literature
Degree: Ph.D., Columbia University
Specialties: Shakespeare, drama, Early Modern Literature

Laureano Corces, Professor of Spanish/Literature
Degree: Ph.D., New York University
Specialties: Spanish literature and culture; modern Spanish drama

Walter Cummins, Emeritus Professor of English 
Degree: Ph.D., University of Iowa
Specialties: fiction writing, 19th-20th century fiction studies, literary theory

David Daniel, Assistant Professor of English, Creatve Writing; Director, B.A. in Creative Writing
Degree: M.F.A., University of Virginia
Specialties: poetry writing, poetry studies

Martin Donoff, Director, M.F.A. in Creative Writing
Degree: B.A., Boston University
Specialties: screenwriting, playwriting, film studies

M. Kathryn Douglas, Director of College Writing
Degree: M.A., William Paterson University
Specialties: composition, children's literature, Milton

Drew Fader, Lecturer in English
Degree: M.F.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University
Specialties: expository writing, fiction writing

Nandita Ghosh, Associate Professor of English/Literature
Degree: Ph.D., Fordham University
Specialties: postcolonial fiction and theory, poststructuralist discourse, culture studies, contemporary world literature, 19th and 20th century British literature, studies in narratives, environment, development, and modernity

David Grand, Assistant Professor of English, Creative Writing
Degree: M.F.A., New York University
Specialities: fiction writing; reading like a writer

James Kuehl, Professor of Philosophy; Director, University Core
Degree: Ph.D., Northwestern University
Specialties: phenomenology, ethics, modern philosophy

Odysseus Makridis, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Degree: Ph.D., Brandeis University
Specialties: ancient and modern philosophy, political philosophy, law and justice

Gloria Pastorino, Assistant Professor of Italian and French/Literature
Degree: Ph.D., Harvard University
Specialties: Italian literature and culture, modern and contemporary European drama, French language and literature, comparative literature

JR Pinto, Lecturer in English
Degree: M.F.A. Fairleigh Dickinson University
Specialties: college writing, travel writing

Bethany Rabinowitz , Lecturer in English
Degree: M.A., SUNY-Albany
Specialties: composition, reading, developmental writing 

Lynn Reid, Lecturer in English
Degree: M.A., City College of New York (CUNY)
Specialties: basic writing, composition and rhetoric, digital literacies, multimodal composition, adult learning theory, TESOL

Marilyn Rye, Associate Professor of English; Associate Provost, College at Florham
Degree: Ph.D., Rutgers University
Specialties: writing, native American writers, detective fiction, women writers, modernism

Kenneth Sammond, Lecturer in English
Degree: Ph.D., Rutgers University
Specialities: composition, research, rhetoric, mythology, classical literature

Katie Singer, Lecturer in English
Degree, M.F.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University
Specialties: composition, research, rhetoric

Robyn Schiffman, Assistant Professor of English/Literature
Degree: Ph.D. University of Chicago
Specialties: British and German Romanticism; 18th-19th-century British literature, comparative literature, children's and young adult literature, Jewish-American literature, film

René Steinke, Associate Professor of English, Creative Writing
Degree: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
Specialties: fiction writing, contemporary literature

Geoffrey Weinman, Professor of English/Literature; Dean, Becton College
Degree: Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University
Specialties: American literature, American drama