English and Foreign Languages

John Bowers

Ph.D. (Northern Illinois University), M.A. (Kansas State University). 
Interests: Renaissance poetry; Shakespeare; literature of the Viet Nam War; contemporary poetry.

Kathryn Duys

Ph.D., M.A. (New York University).
Interests:  medieval French and Spanish literature, especially lyric poetry; performance; history of the book; manuscript studies.

Randolph Chilton

Ph.D., M.A. (University of Wisconsin-Madison). 
Interests: modern British and American literature; American poetry; the American West; post-colonialism; rhetoric. 

Ingrid Goobar-Szleifer

M.A. (Hebrew University of Jerusalem).

Interests:  Second/foreign language acquisition, learning and teaching; bilingualism / multilingualism; language maintenance; issues of identity, "biculturalism" and "multi-culturalism"; Boom and Post-Boom Latin American literature; Latino/a and exile literature and culture; contemporary Latin American poetry; film.

Marvin Katilius-Boydstun

Ph.D. (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), M.A. (University of Chicago). 
Interests: rhetorical and literary theory and pedagogy; Romantic poetry.

Marcia Smith Marzec

Ph.D., M.A. (Northern Illinois University). 
Interests: medieval studies; nineteenth century British literature; women and literature; film.

Fr. Warren Carlin, O.Carm.
      (emeritus)

Ph.D. (Northwestern), M.A. (Laval University, Quebec), Certificat avanc, Langage et Litt rature (Sorbonne, Paris). 
Interests: French literature and culture; religion and literature; film; contemporary American literature. 

Marjorie Marion
       (emerita)

M.A. (Purdue University)
Interests:  American literature