English/Writing Program
Faculty
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David Axelrod, Professor of English/Writing
Cori L. Brewster, Assistant Professor of English/Writing
April Curtis, Professor of Theatre and Speech
Linda Elegant, Instructor of English/Writing
Sandra (Fischer) Ellston, Professor of English/Writing
Marilyn M. Ewing, Professor of English/Writing
Neil Gustafson, Associate Professor of Media Arts/Journalism
Nancy Knowles, Associate Professor of English/Writing and Director of the Oregon Writing Project at Eastern
Matt Schumacher, Instructor of English/Writing
Mark Shadle, Professor of English/Writing
Jodi Varon, Professor of English/Writing
Susan Whitelock, Senior Instructor of English/Writing and Writing Lab Director
Donald Wolff, Professor of English/Writing and Director of the Oregon Writing Project at Eastern
Distance and Credit-Overlay Instructors
Marion E. Cornell
Richard Daniels
Elizabeth Henry
Thomas Hofheinz
Ben Morgan
Eric Ottem
Retired Faculty
Lois Barry
Tom Madden
Gerry McNamee
George Venn
Recent Faculty Publications and Presentations
Axelrod, David. The Cartographer’s Melancholy. Eastern Washington UP, 2005. Finalist for the 2006 Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry presented by the Oregon Book Awards.
Brewster, Cori. “Trading on the Exploited: Fanny Fern and the Marketplace Rhetoric of Social Justice.” Popular Nineteenth-Century Women Writers and the Literary Marketplace. Eds. Earl Yarington and Mary DeJong. Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007.
Ellston, Sandra. “Heritage Tree.” (poem) The Oregonian. 14 Jan. 2007 and "Hearing Ophelia: Gender and Tragic Discourse in Hamlet," Renaissance & Reformation, n.s. 14 (Feb. 1990): 1-10. Consistently reprinted in The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature, ed. Michael Meyer and The Bedford Introduction to Literature, ed. Michael Meyer, most recently in the 8th edition (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2008) as "Ophelia's Mad Speeches."
Ewing, Marilyn M. “’Gotta Dance!’ Structure, Corruption, and Syphilis in Singin’ in the Rain.” Journal of Popular Film and Television. 34.1 (Spring 2006): 12-23.
Gustafson, Neil. “Willa Cather and Hamlin Garland: Early Parallel Lives.” Willa Cather Newsletter and Review. Summer 2005.
Knowles, Nancy. "Collaboration through Technology: Integrating Computer Resources into 'Literature and Composition.'" With M. Wendy Hennequin. Electronic Collaboration in the Humanities: Issues and Options. Eds. James A. Inman, Cheryl Reed, and Peter Sands. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003.
Schumacher, Matt. “A Brief Correspondence Between Halloween and the Aurora Borealis.” The Eleventh Muse. 2005. Awarded the 2005 Hayna Prize and nominated for a 2005 Pushcart Prize.
Shadle, Mark F. Teaching Multiwriting: Researching and Composing with Multiple Genres, Media, Disciplines, and Cultures. With Robert L. Davis. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 2007.
Varon, Jodi. Drawing to an Inside Straight: The Legacy of an Absent Father. U of Missouri P, 2006.
Whitelock, Susan. “Composing Bridges: University/High School Writing Connection.” Continuums of Service Conference, Portland, OR. Spring 2004.
Wolff, Donald. Some Days. (poetry chapbook) Brandenburg P, 2004.
Recent Retired Faculty Publications
Madden, Tom. Lessons for Custer. La Grande, OR: Wordcraft, 2007. Finalist for the 2007 Spur Award.
Venn, George. Soldier to Advocate: C.E.S. Wood's 1877 Legacy. La Grande, OR: Wordcraft, 2006.