Hawaii Pacific University

English Department

The HPU English department has sixteen full-time faculty members and several adjunct (part-time) faculty.

Full-Time Faculty 2012-2013

	Name, Rank, Graduate Program	Contact Information	Scholarly Interests
	Breitenfeldt, Jeffrey Instructor of Writing M.A. Oregon State University	LB 7D jbreitenfeldt@hpu.edu	Mr. Breitenfeldt's research interests include information literacy instruction, new media composition, and the role of attention in digital rhetoric. He is a Writing Curriculum Area Liaison for the HPU Military Campus Programs.
	Cassity, Kathleen Associate Professor of English Ph.D. University of Hawai'i	LB Mezz 4 356-5235 kcassity@hpu.edu	Dr. Cassity's scholarly interests include writing pedagogy, creative nonfiction, 20th-century British literature, and postcolonial literature, especially of South Asia. She has published in Writing on the Edge and other journals. She is the coordinator for first-year writing.
	Gili, Angela Instructor of English M.A. University of Hawai'i	LB 7 B 544-0297 agili@hpu.edu	Ms. Gili is a doctoral candidate at University of Hawai'i. Her research focuses on postcolonial theory, contemporary detective fiction, and South African literature. She teaches the composition studies course and coordinates the peer tutors.
	Leach, Laurie Professor of English Ph.D. Louisiana State University	LB 7 C 544-1103 lleach@hpu.edu	Dr. Leach is the department chair for English. Her scholarly interests include American literature, ethnic literature, and the literature of slavery. Her articles have appeared in journals such as Biography, South Central Review, Studies in Literary History and LIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory. She has published a biography of Langston Hughes.
	Mauricio, David Instructor of English M.A. University of Hawai'i	BH 204 356-2539 dmauricio@hpu.edu	Mr. Mauricio is a specialist in developmental writing, composition, and argument. His MA’s include Teaching English as a Second Language and Theatre of Southeast Asia.
	McMahon, Tyler Assistant Professor of English M.F.A., Creative Writing, Boise State University, 2007	LB 7 A 544-1107 tmcmahon@hpu.edu	Mr. McMahon has won the Glenn Balch Award for Fiction, the Gary Wilson Short Fiction Award, and was a finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. His work has appeared in Three Penny Review, Sycamore Review, The Surfer’s Journal and many others. His novel How the Mistakes Were Made will be published by St. Martin's Press in 2011.
	Ne Jame, Adele Assistant Professor of English M.A. University of Hawai'i	LB Mezz 3 566-2413 anejame@hpu.edu on leave Fall 2012	Author of the books Field Work, Land and Spirit, and South Wind, Ms. NeJame has received the Pablo Neruda Prize, a fellowship from the NEA, and prizes from the American Academy of Poets. Her poems have appeared in such journals as Poetry Kanto, American Nature Writing, The Denver Quarterly, Manoa, Ploughshares, and The Hawaii Pacific Review.
	Opitz, Andrew Assistant Professor of English Ph.D. University of Minnesota	LB 507 544-0812 aopitz@hpu.edu	Dr Opitz's interests include transatlantic literature, media studies, critical theory and the politics of satire and irony. He also writes about piracy and the Atlantic slave trade. He has written for journals such as Cultural Critique, Comparative Literature, Darkmatter, African American Review and Cultural Politics.
	Robinson, Steve Instructor of English M.A. California State Univ. Consortium	LB 6 356-5240 srobinson@hpu.edu	Mr. Robinson specializes in composition and rhetoric and is currently working on a chapbook of poems. He has taught all levels of writing at HPU as well as the student literature magazine, Wanderlust.
	Ross, Deborah Professor of English Ph.D., English, University of Rochester	LB 7 D 544-0297 dross@hpu.edu	Dr. Ross’s scholarship primarily concerns gender issues in both literary and pop culture narratives, especially Disney and Miyazaki. She has also published creative work in CT Review, Hawai‘i Pacific Review, and several on-line magazines.
	Soong, Micheline Associate Professor of English Ph.D. UCLA	LB 507 544-0809 msoong@hpu.edu	Dr. Soong’s research interests include local literature of Hawai‘i, Asian-America literature, classical and modern Japanese and Chinese literatures, identity politics, and feminist theory.
	Tjarks, Mark Associate Professor of English Ph.D. University of Hawai'i	LB 6 566-2445 mtjarks@hpu.edu	Dr. Tjarks’ research interests include creative writing, particularly scriptwriting, film, narrative theory, and modern drama. He is an award-winning playwright whose plays have been performed throughout the Hawaiian Islands and in Los Angeles and Houston.
	Williams, Christy Instructor of English Ph.D., University of Hawaii	LB 507 687-7029 cwilliams@hpu.edu	Ms. Williams specializes in fairy-tale studies and gender and narrative theory. Her articles have appeared in The Comparatist and are forthcoming in Marvels & Tales and the collection Fairy Tale Film and Cinematic Folklore.She also works in composition and rhetoric and popular culture studies. She is co-editor of the book Beyond Adaptation: Radical Transformations of Literary Works (2010).
	Wilson, Patrice Assistant Professor of English Ph.D. University of Hawai'i	LB 7 A 544-1108 pwilson@hpu.edu	Dr. Wilson specializes in postcolonial literature and theory. Also a poet, she is the author of three chapbooks: When All Else Falters (2004), On Neither Side (2009) and A Different Current (2011). She is the editor of Hawai‘i Pacific Review and adviser to the English Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta.
	Wilson, Robert Instructor of English	LB Mezz 3 544-0206 rwilson@hpu.edu	Mr. Wilson's background is in second-language acquisition and computer-assisted language learning. He is the Writing Curricular Area Liaison for HPU's Military Campus Programs.
	Wood, Houston Professor of English Ph.D. University of Hawai'i	BH 204 544-1118 hwood@hpu.edu	Dr. Wood has published three books: The Reality of Ethnomethodology, Displacing Natives: The Rhetorical Production of Hawai'i , and Native Features: Indigenous Films from Around the World. His current research includes film studies and peace studies.

Adjunct Faculty Spring 2013 Bold courses are being taught in spring 2013


	Falgout, David	dfalgout@hpu.edu	WRI 1100, WRI 1200
	Fillmore, Nicholas	nfillmore@hpu.edu	WRI 1100, 1200
	Garcia, Marisol	mgarcia@hpu.edu	WRI 1100
	Godefroy, Andy	agodefroy@hpu.edu	WRI 1100, WRI 1200
	Kawai, Lisa	lkawai@hpu.edu	WRI 1100, WRI 1200
	Mitchell, Charles	cmitchell@hpu.edu	WRI 1200
	Niblock, Amanda	aniblock@hpu.edu	WRI 1100
	Risch, Marla	mrisch@hpu.edu	WRI 1050, WRI 1100, WRI 1200
	Rugen, Brian	brugen@hpu.edu	WRI 1101, WRI 1100-ESL, WRI 1200 (Brian is not adjunct fauclty but FT in the department of Languages and Applied Linguistics)
	Tomchak, Laurie	ltomchak@hpu.edu	WRI 1200
	Whitehorse, Marilyn	mwhitehorse@hpu.edu	WRI 1100, WRI 1200