Faculty
Charles S. Adams
Professor of English
Hoover 206
562.907.4982
cadams@whittier.edu
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Areas of Interest: American Literature and Studies, Literary Theory, Baseball, Autobiography
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
Department Chair
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
Assistant Professor of English
Hoover 208
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
Visiting Assistant Professor
Hoover 211
562.907.5168
jdonnel1@whittier.edu
Kate Durbin
Visiting Instructor
562.907.4253
kdurbin@whittier.edu
Wendy Furman-Adams
Albert Upton Professor of English
Hoover 215
562.907.4896
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
Geoffrey Long
Visiting Assistant Prof. and Media Studies Internship Coordinator
Wardman Hall
562.907.4200
Sean P. T. Morris
Associate Professor of English
Hoover 209
562.907.4200 x4416
smorris@whittier.edu
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Areas of Interest: Beowulf, Medieval Studies, Screenwriting
David Ian Paddy
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
Andrea Rehn
Professor of English
Director, Whittier Scholars Program
Wardman Hall 102
562.907.4200 x4350
arehn@whittier.edu
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Areas of Interest: Victorian Literature, Postcolonial Studies, Digital Humanities, Feminist and Queer Studies,Critical Theory
Katy Simonian
Visiting Instructor
Mendenhall 403
562.907.5165
ksimonia@whittier.edu
Bethany Wong
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Hoover Hall 112
562.907.4253
bwong2@whittier.edu
Administrative Staff
Angela Olivas
English Department Administrative Assistant
Hoover 210
562.907.4253
aolivas@whittier.edu