Faculty & Staff
Note: All faculty members teach EN 101 (The Art of Reading) and EN 200-level courses (second Core) in addition to upper-division courses in their fields of expertise.
Carol Nevin Abromaitis Professor Emerita
Ph.D., University of Maryland
Areas of Interest: Restoration and 18th-century English literature, fantasy literature
Areas of Interest: Restoration and 18th-century English literature, fantasy literature
Brett H. Butler Assistant Teaching Professor
Ph.D., Morgan State University
Areas of Interest: 20th century American literature, popular culture, comic books / graphic novels, men and masculinity studies, technical / professional writing
Areas of Interest: 20th century American literature, popular culture, comic books / graphic novels, men and masculinity studies, technical / professional writing
- 410-617-5517
- bhbutler@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242K
Jean Lee Cole Professor Emerita
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Areas of Interest: American literature, American Studies, multiethnic American literature, gender studies, history of the book, visual cultural studies
Areas of Interest: American literature, American Studies, multiethnic American literature, gender studies, history of the book, visual cultural studies
Bryan Crockett Associate Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Areas of Interest: English Renaissance literature and culture, modern drama
Areas of Interest: English Renaissance literature and culture, modern drama
David C. Dougherty Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Miami University (Ohio)
Areas of Interest: Detective and crime literature, filming Shakespeare's plays, Vietnam War fiction and films, sports and literature
Areas of Interest: Detective and crime literature, filming Shakespeare's plays, Vietnam War fiction and films, sports and literature
Juniper Ellis Professor
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Areas of Interest: Postcolonial literature, Pacific Rim literature
Areas of Interest: Postcolonial literature, Pacific Rim literature
- 410-617-5492
- jellis@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242I
Kathleen Forni Professor
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Areas of Interest: Chaucer, Middle English literature, medievalism, popular culture
Areas of Interest: Chaucer, Middle English literature, medievalism, popular culture
- 410-617-2816
- kforni@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242E
Melissa Girard Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Areas of Interest: Modern poetry and poetics, 20th and 21st century American literature, gender studies, history of literary criticism
Areas of Interest: Modern poetry and poetics, 20th and 21st century American literature, gender studies, history of literary criticism
- 410-617-2126
- magirard@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242F
Sondra Guttman Teaching Professor
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Areas of Interest: U.S. Multi-ethnic literatures, African American literature, 20th century protest literature, Modernism, Gender Studies
Areas of Interest: U.S. Multi-ethnic literatures, African American literature, 20th century protest literature, Modernism, Gender Studies
- 410-617-2147
- sfguttman@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242H
Justin Hastings Assistant Teaching Professor
Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago
Areas of Interest: Old and Middle English literature and language, Early Modern literature, post-classical reception of Greek and Roman literature, vernacularity, satire as a genre, embodiment
Areas of Interest: Old and Middle English literature and language, Early Modern literature, post-classical reception of Greek and Roman literature, vernacularity, satire as a genre, embodiment
- 410-617-2025
- jhastings@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center HU-242M
Gayla McGlamery Associate Professor, Co-Director of the Loyola Honors Program
Ph.D., Emory University
Areas of Interest: Victorian literature and culture, the novel, film adaptation
Areas of Interest: Victorian literature and culture, the novel, film adaptation
- 410-617-2321
- gmcglamery@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242N
Nicholas Andrew Miller Department Chair, Associate Professor, Director of Film Studies
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Interest: Modernism, Irish literature, early cinema, film animation
Areas of Interest: Modernism, Irish literature, early cinema, film animation
- 410-617-5695 (office)
- nmiller@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242J
Robert S. Miola Gerard Manley Hopkins Professor, Lecturer in Classics
Ph.D., University of Rochester
Areas of Interest: Shakespeare, Renaissance drama and poetry, classical backgrounds of English literature, Catholic Renaissance writers
Areas of Interest: Shakespeare, Renaissance drama and poetry, classical backgrounds of English literature, Catholic Renaissance writers
- 410-617-2748
- rmiola@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242L
Lori Neikirk Program Assistant of English and Political Science
- 410-617-2418
- llneikirk@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242A
Mark Osteen Professor
Ph.D., Emory University
Areas of Interest: Modern and contemporary literature, film studies, disability studies
Areas of Interest: Modern and contemporary literature, film studies, disability studies
- 410-617-2363
- mosteen@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242B
Stephen Park Associate Professor, Faculty Director of Community-Engaged Learning and Scholarship
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Areas of Interest: 20th-Century American Literature, Multiethnic U.S. Literature
Areas of Interest: 20th-Century American Literature, Multiethnic U.S. Literature
- 410-617-2497
- smpark@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242C
Hunter Plummer Assistant Teaching Professor
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Areas of Interest: 19th and 20th century transatlantic literature, periodical studies, feminist geography, modern drama
Areas of Interest: 19th and 20th century transatlantic literature, periodical studies, feminist geography, modern drama
- 410-617-2841
- jplummer@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 243A
Thomas Scheye Loyola Distinguished Service Professor
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Interest: Renaissance literature, Shakespeare, Milton
Areas of Interest: Renaissance literature, Shakespeare, Milton
- 410-617-7200
- scheye@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242P
Katherine Shloznikova Assistant Teaching Professor
Ph.D., City University of New York (CUNY)
Areas of Interest: American 19th-century poetry and prose, Henry James, Environmental Humanities, Humor and Pop Culture
Areas of Interest: American 19th-century poetry and prose, Henry James, Environmental Humanities, Humor and Pop Culture
- 410-617-5514
- kshloznikova@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242D
Gary Slack Jr. Post-Doctoral Fellow - African American Literature
Ph.D., Cornell University
Areas of Interest: African American literature, the Black Arts Movement, editing, print culture, publishing
Areas of Interest: African American literature, the Black Arts Movement, editing, print culture, publishing
- gslack@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242G