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
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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
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Sarah Franzen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Liaison 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
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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 Liaison for Dual Enrollment
260.665.4204
heislerk@trine.edu
B.A. Morehead State University
M.A. Morehead State University
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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
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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
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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
Specialty: American Literature/Studies, Environmental Humanities, Journalism and Media Studies

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
Specialty: Romantic poetry, 18th Century Philosophy, Creative Writing

Humanities and Communications Adjuncts
Andy Brown, Trine Broadcasting Network
LouAnn Homan, Theatre 
Colin Meadowcroft, Trine Broadcasting Network
Michael Oliver, Speech Specialist 

Department of Humanities and Communication Office
Sydney Hollinger
Administrative Assistant
260.665.4650
hollingers@trine.edu