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.

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Megan L. Becker, Ph.D.

Department Chair & Professor
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Mail Code: 5011
Phone: 702-895-1258

Rachel Bovard

Assistant Professor-in-Residence
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John M. Bowers

Professor
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Phone: 702-895-3533

Stephen G. Brown

Professor
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Phone: 702-895-1292

Elaine Bunker

Associate Director of Freshman Composition
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Phone: 702-895-5072

Melissa Carrion

Assistant Professor
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Phone: 702-895-2735

Natalie E. Carter

Senior Lecturer
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Phone: 702-895-3533

Maile Chapman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
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Phone: 702-895-3767

Wendy Chen, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
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Mail Code: 5011
Phone: 702-895-0152

Kaitlin Clinnin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
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Mail Code: 5011
Phone: 702-895-4629

Christopher Decker, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
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Office: RLL 210
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Phone: 702-895-3533

April Fikstad

Administrative Assistant IV, Office Manager, Assistant to Department Chair
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Mail Code: 5011
Phone: 702-895-4662

Stephanie Flores

Administrative Assistant IV, Composition Program & Writing Center Assistant
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Phone: 702-895-3153

Gregory Galindo

Administrative Assistant III
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Mail Code: 5011
Phone: 702-895-3716

Amy M. Green, Ph.D.

Associate Professor-in-Residence, Sigma Tau Delta Chapter Advisor & Editor-in-Chief of Popular Culture Review
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Eryn D. Green, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor-in-Residence, World Literature Coordinator
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Phone: 702-895-1019

Caylyn Greenwood

Administrative Assistant III, Front Desk Reception 
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Phone: 702-895-3799

John Hay, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
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Phone: 702-895-3909

Cassidy Holahan

Assistant Professor
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Phone: 702-895-0154

Scott Hollifield

Associate Professor-in-Residence
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Mail Code: 5011
Phone: 702-895-4877

Jeffrey A. Jablonski, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
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Phone: 702-895-0947

Claudia Keelan

Professor, Director of Creative Writing
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Office: RLL 250
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Phone: 702-895-5355

Jarret Keene, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
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Phone: 702-895-5164

Abby Kincaid

Lecturer
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Mail Code: 5011
Phone: 702-895-4186

Roberto Lovato

Assistant Professor
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Phone: 702-895-1384

Kelly J. Mays

Associate Professor
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Phone: 702-895-3589

Cynthia Mishlove

Lecturer
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Phone: 702-895-3533

David Morris, MFA

Assistant Professor
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Phone: 702-895-3533

Edwin Nagelhout

Professor
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Phone: 702-895-3533

Andrew Nicholson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor-in-Residence
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Phone: 702-895-3195

Francisco Ortega

Lecturer
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Phone: 702-895-4186

Vincent Perez, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Alliance of Latino Faculty
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Mail Code: 5011
Phone: 702-895-4001

Tanya Robertson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor-in-Residence
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Phone: 702-895-1802

Beth C. Rosenberg, Ph.D.

Professor
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Phone: 702-895-3633

Philip Rusche

Associate Professor
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Phone: 702-895-3533

Emily Setina

Associate Professor
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Phone: 702-895-3533

Steven Sexton Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
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Phone: 702-895-5696

Siddharth Srikanth

Assistant Professor
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Phone: 702-895-3533

Jessica E. Teague, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
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Phone: 702-895-1311

Denise Tillery, Ph.D.

Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator
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Phone: 702-895-5071

Douglas A. Unger

Professor/Writer
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Phone: 702-895-3405

Katherine Walker, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
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Phone: 702-895-3533