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Our Literature Faculty
“The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faculty (A-I)
Marjorie Allison, Associate Professor
Phone: (309) 298-1140
Email: mc-allison@wiu.edu
Office: 326 Simpkins Hall
Research/Interest:
- Life on the Margins
- Post-Colonial Literature
- Ethnic Literature
- British Literature
David Banash, Associate Professor
Phone: (309) 298-2464
Email: d-banash@wiu.edu
Office: 217 Simpkins Hall:
Website: http://faculty.wiu.edu/D-Banash/
Research/Interest:
- Contemporary Literature
- Popular Culture
- Collage
Merrill Cole, Associate Professor
Phone: (
309) 298-1410
Email: m-cole@wiu.edu
Office: 109 Simpkins Hall
Website: http://faculty.wiu.edu/M-Cole/
Research/Interest:
- Poetry
- Modernism
- Queer Studies
- Creative Writing
Everett Hamner, Assistant Professor
Phone: (309) 762-9481
Email: e-hamner@wiu.edu
Office: 212 WIU Quad Cities
Research/Interest:
- 20th & 21st Century American Literature & Film
- Science & Technology
- Religion & Ethics
Timothy Helwig, Assistant Professor
Phone: (309) 298-1213
Email: tw-helwig@wiu.edu
Office: 010 Simpkins Hall
Research/Interest:
- 19th-Century American Literature
- Popular Print Culture
Chris Iwanicki, Associate Professor
Phone: (309) 298-3169
Email: c-iwanicki@wiu.edu
Office: 219 Simpkins Hall
Research/Interest:
- Literary & Rhetorical Theory
- 20th-Century British Literature, Especially the Novel
Faculty (M-Z)
Daniel S. Malachuk, Associate Professor
Phone: (309) 762-9481
Email: DS-Malachuk@wiu.edu
Office: 287 WIU Quad Cities
Research/Interest:
- 19th-Century Literature
- Political Theory
- The Environment
Christopher Morrow, Assistant Professor
Phone: (309) 298-1633
Email: cl-morrow@wiu.edu
Office: 022 Simpkins Hall
Research/Interest:
- Shakespeare
- Early Modern Drama
- Nationalism
- Print Culture
Mark Mossman, Professor, Chair
Phone: (309) 298-2812
Email: ma-mossman@wiu.edu
Office: 124 Simpkins Hall
Research/Interest:
- 19th-Century British Literature
- Disability Studies
- Irish Studies
Shazia Rahman, Associate Professor
Phone: (309) 298-1112
Email: s-rahman@wiu.edu
Office: 224 Simpkins Hall
http://wiu.academia.edu/ShaziaRahman
Research/Interest:
- Postcolonial Theory
- South Asian Literature
- Ecocriticism
Margaret Sinex, Professor
Phone: (309) 298-1424
Email: ma-sinex@wiu.edu
Office: 226A Simpkins Hall
Research/Interest:
- History of the English Language
- Mythology
Patricia Young, Professor
Phone: (309) 298-1482
Email: p-young1@wiu.edu
Office: 016 Simpkins Hall
Research/Interest:
- United States Literature
- African American Literature
- Drama
