Department
Department of English Language and Literature
Hoover Hall, Second Floor
1306 E Philadelphia Street, P.O. Box 634
Whittier, CA 90608
562.907.4253
562.698.4581 (fax)
Faculty
Tony Barnstone
Professor of English
Hoover 215
562.907.4200 x4335
tbarnstone@whittier.edu
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Areas of Interest: Poetry and Creative Writing, Translation, The Graphic Novel, American Literature, Asian and Asian-American Literature, Literature of War, and Popular Fiction
Jonathan Burton
Professor of English
Hoover 107
562.907.5021
jburton@whittier.edu
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Areas of Interest: Shakespeare, Early Modern Studies, Drama, Postcolonial Studies, Comparative Literature, Literature and Race, Islam and English Literature, Writing About Music, History of Education
Michelle Chihara
Director, Whittier Scholars Program
Associate Professor of English
Wardman 102
562.907.4200 x4422
mchihara@whittier.edu
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Areas of Interest: Contemporary American Literature and Culture, Economic History and the Culture of Finance, Television and Reality Television, Digital Media and Finance, Creative Writing
Joe Donnelly
Lecturer
Hoover 211
562.907.5168
jdonnel1@whittier.edu
Sean P. T. Morris
Associate Professor of English
Hoover 206
562.907.4200 x4416
smorris@whittier.edu
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Areas of Interest: Beowulf, Medieval Studies, Screenwriting
dAve pAddy
Department Chair
Albert Upton Endowed Chair
Professor of English
Hoover 109
562.907.4200 x4317
dpaddy@whittier.edu
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Areas of Interest: Modern and Contemporary British Literature, J.G. Ballard, Celtic Literature, Black British Culture, Critical Theory, Science Fiction
Douglas Manuel
Bayard Rustin Teaching Fellow
Hoover 208
562.907.4896
dmanueli@whittier.edu
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Faculty Emeriti
Charles S. Adams
Professor of English
cadams@whittier.edu
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Areas of Interest: American Literature and Studies, Literary Theory, Baseball, Autobiography
Wendy Furman-Adams
Professor of English
wfurman@whittier.edu
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Areas of Interest: Milton, Dante, Early Modern Studies, Ecofeminism, Art and Literature, The Bible as Literature, Classical Literature
Administrative Staff
Angela Olivas
Academic Department Management Support
Hoover Building
562.907.4253
aolivas@whittier.edu
