Faculty: Degrees and Specialties

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

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

John E. Becker, Emeritus Professor of English
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

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

Laureano Corces, Professor of Spanish
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; 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, Assistant Professor of English
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

Martin Green, Professor of English
Degree: Ph.D., Indiana University
Specialties: medieval literature, myth, English language, linguistics, print media history, American literature

Harry Keyishian, Professor of English; Director, FDU Press
Degree: Ph.D., New York University
Specialties: Shakespeare, drama and film

Delicia Koeneke, Lecturer in Spanish
Degree: M.A., New York University
Specialities: Spanish language

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
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

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: M.A., 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
Degree: Ph.D. University of Chicago
Specialties: British and German Romanticism; 18th-19th-century British literature, comparative literature, Jewish-American literature, film

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

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

William Zander, Emeritus Professor of English
Degree: M.A., University of Missouri
Specialties: poetry writing, poetry studies