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 Emerita
Areas of focus: Postcolonial literature, Justice in Jesuit higher education
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
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, 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
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
Trevon Pegram Assistant Professor
Education:
Ph.D., Howard University
M.A., Howard University
B.A., The Pennsylvania State University
Areas of Specialization:
19th and 20th Century African American Literature and Culture
Hip Hop Studies
Black Geographies
Black Popular Culture Studies
Film Theory and Criticism
Ph.D., Howard University
M.A., Howard University
B.A., The Pennsylvania State University
Areas of Specialization:
19th and 20th Century African American Literature and Culture
Hip Hop Studies
Black Geographies
Black Popular Culture Studies
Film Theory and Criticism
- tapegram@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center HU242I
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
Sophie Ragot they/them Program Assistant of English and Political Science
- 410-617-2418
- sragot@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242A
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. Assistant Professor - 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