Faculty & Staff

Faculty

David Baker

Professor Emeritus

Faculty | English

Barney-Davis Hall - 209

baker@denison.edu

740-587-6419

Paul Barickman

Visiting Assistant Professor

Faculty | English

Barney-Davis Hall - 210

barickmanp@denison.edu

740-587-6460

Molly Born

Writing in Place Fellow

Faculty | English

bornm@denison.edu

Sylvia Brown

Associate Professor

Faculty | English

Barney-Davis Hall - 300

browns@denison.edu

740-587-5792

Michael Croley

Assistant Professor

Faculty | English / Journalism

Barney-Davis Hall - 316

croleym@denison.edu

740-587-6570

Melissa Faliveno

Assistant Professor

Faculty | English

Barney-Davis Hall

falivenom@denison.edu

740-587-5631

Peter Grandbois

Professor

Faculty | English / Journalism

Barney-Davis Hall - 304

grandboisp@denison.edu

740-587-5793

Linda Krumholz

Professor

Faculty | English / Black Studies

Barney-Davis Hall - 207

krumholz@denison.edu

740-587-8674

Jennifer Leonard

Visiting Assistant Professor (Part-Time)

Faculty | English

leonardj@denison.edu

Yen Loh

Assistant Professor

Faculty | English

Barney-Davis Hall - 319

lohy@denison.edu

740-587-6752

Diana Adesola Mafe

Professor

James and Carolyn Gillingham Endowed Chair

Faculty | English / Black Studies / International Studies / Women's & Gender Studies

Barney-Davis Hall - 306

mafed@denison.edu

740-587-6237

Regina Martin

Associate Professor

Faculty | English / Global Commerce

Barney-Davis Hall - 315

martinr@denison.edu

740-587-5773

Michael Mayne

Visiting Assistant Professor

Faculty | English / Queer Studies

Barney-Davis Hall - 318

maynem@denison.edu

740-587-6207

Alan Miller

Visiting Instructor

Faculty | Journalism / Communication / English

Barney-Davis Hall - 307

millerad@denison.edu

740-587-8520

Matthew Moser Miller ’10

Visiting Assistant Professor

Faculty | English

millermm@denison.edu

Fred Porcheddu-Engel ’87

Professor

Faculty | English

Barney-Davis Hall - 208

porcheddu@denison.edu

740-587-6246

Michal Raizen

Visiting Assistant Professor

Faculty | English

raizenm@denison.edu

Sandy Runzo

Professor

Faculty | English / Women's & Gender Studies / Queer Studies

Barney-Davis Hall - 203

runzo@denison.edu

740-587-6494

Jack Shuler

Professor

Director of Journalism

Faculty | English / Black Studies / Journalism

Barney-Davis Hall - 305

shulerj@denison.edu

740-587-6244

Margot Singer

Professor (English/Creative Writing)

Director of Creative Writing

Director of the Eisner Center

Faculty | English / Journalism / Michael D. Eisner Center for the Performing Arts

Barney-Davis Hall - 308

Michael D. Eisner Center for the Performing Arts - 112

singerm@denison.edu

740-587-5741

Doug Swift

Visiting Assistant Professor

Faculty | English / Journalism

Barney-Davis Hall - 309

swiftd@denison.edu

740-587-5335

Ann Townsend ’85

Professor

Thomas B Fordham Chair in Creative Writing

Faculty | English / Environmental Studies

Barney-Davis Hall - 201

townsend@denison.edu

740-587-6331

James Weaver

Associate Professor

Chair of English

Faculty | English / Environmental Studies / Journalism

Barney-Davis Hall - 202

weaverj@denison.edu

740-587-5794

Staff

Anneliese Deimel Davis

Academic Administrative Assistant

Staff | English

Barney-Davis Hall - 200

davisa@denison.edu

740-587-6207

Emeriti Faculty

Brenda Boyle

Professor Emerita

Emeriti Faculty | English

boyleb@denison.edu

Kirk Combe

Professor Emeritus

Emeriti Faculty | English / Modern Languages

combe@denison.edu

Janet Freeman

Professor Emeritus

Emeriti Faculty | English

janet-freeman@uiowa.edu

John N. Miller

Professor Emeritus

Emeriti Faculty | English

William W. Nichols

Professor Emeritus

Emeriti Faculty | English

nichols@denison.edu

Dennis Read

Associate Professor Emeritus

Emeriti Faculty | English

read@denison.edu

Anne Shaver

Professor Emeritus

Emeriti Faculty | English

4shaver@bellsouth.net

Charles Stoneburner

Professor Emeritus

Emeriti Faculty | English

stoneburn@denison.edu

Highlights

Beck Series: Writers That Inspire

Reynolds Young Writers Workshop

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Phone

740-587-6207

Barney-Davis Hall 200

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James Weaver

Associate Professor

Chair of English

weaverj@denison.edu

740-587-5794

Margot Singer

Professor (English/Creative Writing)

Director of Creative Writing

Director of the Eisner Center

singerm@denison.edu

740-587-5741

Anneliese Deimel Davis

Academic Administrative Assistant

davisa@denison.edu

740-587-6207

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Illustration of a person spying with toilet paper rolls

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Beck guest and GLCA fiction award winner Lesley Nneka Arimah

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Students during an on-campus Reynold Writing Workshop

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