The UNLV English department faculty covers a diverse range of fields in their coursework and research. Among our areas of strength are gender and sexuality studies, literary theory, literary nonfiction studies, medical humanities, poetry and poetics, race and ethnicity studies, rhetoric and composition, and world literature and translation. Faculty specialize in all periods of literary history from medieval to the twenty-first century.
Elaine Bunker
Associate Director of Freshman Composition
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-5072
Email:
elaine.bunker@unlv.edu
Melissa Carrion
Assistant Professor
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-2735
Email:
melissa.carrion@unlv.edu
Natalie E. Carter
Senior Lecturer
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-3533
Email:
natalie.carter@unlv.edu
Maile Chapman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-3767
Email:
maile.chapman@unlv.edu
Wendy Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-0152
Email:
wendy.chen@unlv.edu
Kaitlin Clinnin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-4629
Email:
kaitlin.clinnin@unlv.edu
Christopher Decker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office:
RLL
210
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-3533
Email:
christopher.decker@unlv.edu
April Fikstad
Administrative Assistant IV, Office Manager, Assistant to Department Chair
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-4662
Email:
april.fikstad@unlv.edu
Stephanie Flores
Administrative Assistant IV, Composition Program & Writing Center Assistant
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-3153
Email:
Stephanie.flores1@unlv.edu
Gregory Galindo
Administrative Assistant III
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-3716
Email:
Gregory.Galindo@unlv.edu
Amy M. Green, Ph.D.
Associate Professor-in-Residence, Sigma Tau Delta Chapter Advisor & Editor-in-Chief of Popular Culture Review
Mail Code:
5011
Email:
greena@unlv.nevada.edu
Eryn D. Green, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor-in-Residence, World Literature Coordinator
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-1019
Email:
eryn.green@unlv.edu
Caylyn Greenwood
Administrative Assistant III, Front Desk Reception
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-3799
Email:
caylyn.greenwood@unlv.edu
John Hay, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-3909
Email:
john.hay@unlv.edu
Cassidy Holahan
Assistant Professor
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-0154
Email:
cassidy.holahan@unlv.edu
Scott Hollifield
Associate Professor-in-Residence
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-4877
Email:
scott.hollifield@unlv.edu
Jeffrey A. Jablonski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-0947
Email:
jeffrey.jablonski@unlv.edu
Claudia Keelan
Professor, Director of Creative Writing
Office:
RLL
250
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-5355
Email:
claudia.keelan@unlv.edu
Jarret Keene, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-5164
Email:
jarret.keene@unlv.edu
Roberto Lovato
Assistant Professor
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-1384
Email:
roberto.lovato@unlv.edu
David Morris, MFA
Assistant Professor
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-3533
Email:
david.morris@unlv.edu
Andrew Nicholson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor-in-Residence
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-3195
Email:
andrew.nicholson@unlv.edu
Vincent Perez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Alliance of Latino Faculty
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-4001
Email:
vincent.perez@unlv.edu
Tanya Robertson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-1802
Email:
tanya.robertson@unlv.edu
Beth C. Rosenberg, Ph.D.
Professor
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-3633
Email:
beth.rosenberg@unlv.edu
Philip Rusche
Associate Professor
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-3533
Email:
ruschep@unlv.nevada.edu
Steven Sexton Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-5696
Email:
steven.sexton@unlv.edu
Siddharth Srikanth
Assistant Professor
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-3533
Email:
siddharth.srikanth@unlv.edu
Jessica E. Teague, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-1311
Email:
jessica.teague@unlv.edu
Denise Tillery, Ph.D.
Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-5071
Email:
denise.tillery@unlv.edu
Katherine Walker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mail Code:
5011
Phone:
702-895-3533
Email:
Katherine.Walker@unlv.edu