English
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The Department of English is a large and diverse department, featuring undergraduate and graduate programs in English and American Literature, English Education, and Rhetoric and Writing Studies, including a Ph.D. program in Rhetoric and Composition, M.A. degrees in English and American Literature and Rhetoric and Writing Studies, an M.A.T. degree in English Education, and B.A. degrees in English and American Literature (ENAL) and English Education (ENGL). The First Year Composition sequence is housed in our department, which means that virtually every undergraduate student at UTEP comes into contact with us at one time or another. Our faculty have published widely across the fields represented in our department, and many of them have won awards for teaching and student support, as well as being recognized for their scholarship. We are committed to achieving the highest quality of scholarship and teaching, and we pride ourselves on welcoming and supporting our students at all levels, from their first semester in the university to the completion of their highest degree.
MA, MAT, and PhD Degrees
The English Department offers a Master of Arts (MA) in English degree with two concentrations available:
- English and American Literature,
- Rhetoric and Writing Studies; and a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) in English.
The department also offers a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Rhetoric and Composition.
Chair
Joseph Ortiz
Contact Information: jmortiz7@utep.edu
Education: BA, Yale University; Ph D, Princeton University
Professor
Isabel Baca
Contact Information: ibaca@utep.edu; 915-747-6245
Education: Summer Credit, University of Warwick; BA, The University of Texas at El Paso; MA, The University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, New Mexico State University
Beth Brunk
Contact Information: blbrunk@utep.edu; 915-747-6318
Education: BA, New Mexico State University; MA, University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, University of Texas at Arlington
Mimi Gladstein
Contact Information: mgladstein@utep.edu; 915-747-6259
Education: BA, Texas Western College; MA, Texas Western College; Ph D, University of New Mexico
Joseph Ortiz
Contact Information: jmortiz7@utep.edu;
Education: BA, Yale University; Ph D, Princeton University
Jonna Perrillo
Contact Information: jperrillo@utep.edu; 915-747-6059
Education: BA, University of Michigan; MA, University of Maryland; Ph D, New York University
Keith Polette
Contact Information: kpolette@utep.edu; 915-747-5123
Education: BA, Central Methodist College; MA, Idaho State University; MA, Idaho State University; Ph D, Saint Louis University
Associate Professor
Lucía Durá
Contact Information: ldura@utep.edu; 915-747-5199
Education: MA, The University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, The University of Texas at El Paso
Andrew Fleck
Contact Information: ajfleck@utep.edu; 915-747-0246
Education: Ph D, Claremont Graduate University
Robert Gunn
Contact Information: rlgunn@utep.edu; 915-747-6265
Education: BA, Oberlin College; MA, New York University; Ph D, New York University
Marion Rohrleitner
Contact Information: mcrohrleitner@utep.edu; 915-747-5647
Education: M. Phil., Leopold-Franzens-Universitaet Innsbruck; Ph D, University of Notre Dame
Lauren Rosenberg
Contact Information: lmrosenberg@utep.edu;
Education: Ph D, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Barbara Zimbalist
Contact Information: bezimbalist@utep.edu;
Education: BA, San José State University; BA, San José State University; MA, San Diego State University; Ph D, University of California, Davis; Ph D, University of California; Additional Administration Coursework, Harvard Business School Online
Assistant Professor
Elias Adanu
Contact Information: eadanu@utep.edu; 915-747-6248
Education: Ph D, Texas A&M University
Brad Jacobson
Contact Information: bjacobson@utep.edu; 915-747-6623
Education: MA, University of Arizona; Ph D, University of Arizona
Soyeon Lee
Contact Information: slee15@utep.edu; 915-747-8806
Education: BA, Yonsei University; MA, Yonsei University; Ph D, University of Houston
Celina Osuna
Contact Information: cosuna3@utep.edu;
Education: BA, University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, Arizona State University
Oishani Sengupta
Contact Information: osengupta@utep.edu;
Education: Ph D, University of Rochester
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Anjanette Darrington
Contact Information: adarrington@utep.edu; 915-757-6696
Education: Ph D, Arizona State University
Judith Fourzan
Contact Information: jfourzan@utep.edu; 915-747-6624
Education: BA, The University of Texas at El Paso; MFA, The University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, University of Texas at El Paso
Maria Isela Maier
Contact Information: mmaier@utep.edu; 915-747-5369
Education: MA, University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, University of Texas at El Paso
Levi Martin
Contact Information: lrmartin@utep.edu; 915-747-6687
Education: BA, University of Texas, El Paso; MA, University of Texas, El Paso; Ph D, The University of Texas at El Paso
Teresa Quezada
Contact Information: tquezada2@utep.edu; 915-747-7714
Education: MBA, UTEP; Ph D, University of Texas at El Paso
Senior Lecturer
Esther Al-Tabaa
Contact Information: EAl-Tabaa@utep.edu;
Education: MA, The University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at El Paso
Department of English
Hudspeth Hall, Room 113
500 W University
El Paso, Texas 79902
Phone: 915.747.5731
Email: english@utep.edu