English Faculty
Brendan Allen
Chair, Department of Humanities and Communication
Assistant Professor
260.665.4342
allenb@trine.edu
B.A. - University of Kansas
M.A. - University of Maine
M.F.A. - Temple University
Specialty: Contemporary Poetry and Poetics, Ecopoetics, Urbanism, Rhetoric and Composition.
Faculty Profile
Ana Boman
Lecturer
260.665.4893
bomana@trine.edu
B.A. - Indiana University
M.A. (English) - Indiana University
M.A. (Spanish) - Universidad de Salamanaca (Spain)
Specialty: Spanish Linguistics, Second Language Applications, Spanish Comparative
Literature, Latin American Literature
Faculty Profile
Sarah Franzen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Higher Learning Commission Accrediation Liason Officer
260.665.4849
franzens@trine.edu
Ph.D. - Indiana University of Pennsylvania
B.A./M.S. - Indiana University, Bloomington
Specialty: American literature, Feminist theory and criticism
Jeanette Goddard, Ph.D.
Director, Indiana Humanities Institute
Associate Professor
260.665.4730
goddardj@trine.edu
B.S. - Calvin College
M.A. - University of Wisconsin, Madison
Ph.D. - University of Wisconsin, Madison
Specialty: Comparative Literature, Genre, British Literature, Literary Criticism/Theory
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Kandee Heisler
Lecturer, Faculty Liason for Dual Enrollment
260.665.4204
heislerk@trine.edu
B.A. - Morehead State University
M.A. - Morehead State University
Faculty Profile
Timothy Hopp, Ph.D.
Professor
260.665.4852
hoppt@trine.edu
B.A. - Rocky Mountain College, Billings MT
M.A. - University of Maine, Orono
Ph.D. - Texas A&M University, Commerce
Specialty: Rhetoric and composition, Drama
Faculty Profile
Melissa Mayus, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
260.665.4329
mayusm@trine.edu
B.A. - University of Notre Dame
M.A. - Saint Louis University
M.A. - University of Iceland
Ph.D. - University of Notre Dame
Specialty: Medieval Literature, Old English, Old Norse-Icelandic, Religion and Literature
Janelle Pulczinski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
260.665.4339
pulczinskij@trine.edu
B.A. - The College of St. Scholastica
M.A. (English) - The University of Nebraska - Lincoln
M.A. (English) - The University of Wisconsin - Madison
Ph.D. - The University of Wisconsin - Madison
Specialty: Comparative Literature, Modern, British and American Literature, Literary
Theory (Gender/Critical Race Theory), Narrative
Ryan Schnurr
Assistant Professor
260.665.4333
schnurrr@trine.edu
B.A. - Huntington University
M.A. - University of Illinois at Chicago and Purdue University
Ph.D. (in progress) - Purdue University
Specialties: American Literature/Studies, Environmental Humanities, Journalism and
Media Studie
Henry Yukevich, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
260.665.4362
yukevichh@trine.edu
B.A. - Grove City College
M.A. - University of Dayton
Ph.D. - Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Specialy: Romantic poetry, 18th Century Philosophy, Creative Writing
Sarah Zimmer
Lecturer
260.665.4328
zimmers@trine.edu
B.A. - Columbia College Chicago
Post Bachelors - Studio Are Centers International, Florence Italy
MFA - Cranbrook Academy of Art
Specialty - Photography, Visual Communication, Art History
Humanities and Communications Adjuncts
Deborah Blaz
LouAnn Homan
Department of Humanities and Communication Office
Sydney Hollinger
Administrative Assistant
260.665.4650
hollingers@trine.edu