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Faculty Directory

The faculty directory index provides several options to view and search for faculty. For a listing of faculty able to teach a specific topic, use the filter to match information within specific faculty descriptions.  For a broader listing, use the related subject area links.

The filter uses the following fields:
Expertise: Identifies fields that directly correspond with the faculty members' educational background and professional expertise.
Related Subject Areas: A list of subject areas that covers the wide range of subjects offered at Evergreen. It is intended to broaden your search for faculty, and find faculty teaching in related fields. Faculty members choose which of these subject areas, if any, will be listed in their entry.
Interests: Illustrate specific areas that match a faculty member's professional interests.


Literature, Language, and Communication [clear]


Name Phone Location   Interest
Bacho, Peter

Expertise: law, creative writing, literature

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Politics and Government Literature, Language, and Communication 

(253) 680-3028 Tacoma 132   Filipino cultural studies
Bailey, Marianne

Expertise: foreign languages and literature

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Literature, Language, and Communication 

(360) 867-6438 Lab II 2262 literature (French, German, West and North African, Caribbean), mythology and symbolism, theater and ritual studies, comparative religion, history of ideas, French and German languages, philosophy, Francophone culture
Blakeslee, Steve

Expertise: English, writing, literature

Related Subjects: Literature, Language, and Communication 

(360) 867-5740 Sem II B-2127A   writing, literature, American Renaissance literature, autobiography, business/technical writing, comic art, creative nonfiction, expository writing, graphic novels, languages, modernist literature, reading/recitation, translation
Brown, Eddy

Expertise: creative writing, literature

Related Subjects: Literature, Language, and Communication 

(360) 867-6972 Sem II A-2112 writing, humanities, cultural studies, popular culture
Calkins, Jennifer

Expertise: biology, animal studies, literature

Related Subjects: Biological Sciences Literature, Language, and Communication 

(360) 867-6578 Lab II 3269   evolution, phylogenomics, animal behavior, ornithology, natural history, literature, creative writing, animal studies, animal representation in the arts, animal cognition, ecology of sage-chaparral habitats, new world quail species
Cloninger, Sally

Expertise: communications in film and television,digital arts

Related Subjects: Literature, Language, and Communication Media and Film 

(360) 867-6059 Sem II C-2110 film history and theory, nonfiction and experimental film and video production, experimental media, media analysis, digital arts, visual anthropology, visual communication, gender studies
Coontz, Stephanie

Expertise: history, women's studies, family studies

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Literature, Language, and Communication History 

(360) 867-6703 Lab II 2273 American, European, Third World, and economic history, Third World studies, expository writing, family studies, race, class, and gender studies, women's studies, history of marriage and family life
de Acosta, Diego

Expertise: linguistics

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Literature, Language, and Communication 

(360) 867-6852 Lab II 3266 linguistics, Spanish language and literature
de Marcken (Forbes), Anne

Expertise: creative writing, moving-image media

Related Subjects: Literature, Language, and Communication Visual Arts Media Arts 

(360) 867-6694 Lab II 2259   creative writing, moving image media, literature, interdisciplinary art, experimental narratives, narrative studies, rhetoric, critical thinking
Fischel, Anne

Expertise: communication, media and community studies

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Media and Film Literature, Language, and Communication 

(360) 867-6416 Sem II E-3108 film and video production, nonfiction and documentary film, film history and theory, media theory, ethnography, ethnographic film, nonfiction media, social documentation, feminist theory and studies, women's studies, cultural studies, art history, communication, community studies; contract students in media should be juniors or seniors, with basic production skills and previous studies in the arts
Flaherty, Dorothy

Expertise: social work, French

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Social Sciences Literature, Language, and Communication 

(360) 867-6286 Lab I Reservation-Based   social work, French, Quinault studies
Freeman, Marilyn

Expertise: media arts, film and television, creative writing

Related Subjects: Literature, Language, and Communication Media and Film Media Arts 

(360) 867-6595 Sem 3119   video essay, experimental creative nonfiction media art, video art, and installation art.
Hastings, Rachel

Expertise: linguistics, mathematics

Related Subjects: Literature, Language, and Communication Mathematics and Physics 

(360) 867-6151 Lab II 3268 mathematics, applied mathematics, linguistics
Hendricks, Steven

Expertise: book arts, literature, creative writing

Related Subjects: Literature, Language, and Communication Visual Arts 

(360) 867-5745 Sem II C-3102 experimental fiction, Samuel Becket, Stéphane Mallarmé, Oulipo, letterpress printing, fine binding
Herbison, Chico

Expertise: African American studies, American studies

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Literature, Language, and Communication History 

(360) 867-6285 Sem II A-2104 American studies, African American studies, Asian/Pacific Islander American studies, disability studies
Huntington, Sara

Expertise: librarianship

Related Subjects: Literature, Language, and Communication 

(360) 867-6643 LIB 3423 library science, library research methods, librarianship, English and satirical literature, rhetorical, professional, technical, and scientific writing (and any combination of these writing disciplines), cultural studies of science, information systems
Jang, Rose

Expertise: China studies, theater

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Performing Arts Literature, Language, and Communication 

(360) 867-6705 Sem 3168 performance, performing arts, theater arts and production, Chinese culture, China studies
Keegan, Cael

Expertise: american studies, LGBT/queer studies, popular culture (U.S.)

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Politics and Government Media and Film Media Arts Literature, Language, and Communication History Ethnic Studies 

(360) 867-6880 Lab I 1024   cultures of gender & sexual minorities (U.S.), democracy studies, the moving image, 20th century U.S. culture & history, LGBT social & political movements, transgender studies, queer theory
Krafcik, Patricia

Expertise: Russian language and literature

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Literature, Language, and Communication History 

(360) 867-6491 Sem II A-2110 Russian language and literature, Russian and Slavic folklore and mythology, Russian folk music, classical music, Orthodox Christianity, Russian and Slavic history and culture, Slavic ethnicity and ethnic experience, Russian and Slavic studies
Lardner, Emily

Expertise: composition, education, literature

Related Subjects: Literature, Language, and Communication Sustainability Studies 

(360) 867-6637 Sem II E-3119 Education, writing across the curriculum, writing for civic/public advocacy, writing for work, sustainability
Li, Mingxia

Expertise: biology, Chinese cultural studies, molecular pharmacology

Related Subjects: Biological Sciences Literature, Language, and Communication Cultural Studies 

(253) 680-3025 Tacoma 131 bioethics, human biology, research methodology, healthcare-related subjects, biomedical health, molecular pharmacology, public health, medical sciences, Chinese poetry, Chinese cultural studies, Mandarin language
Marr, David

Expertise: literature, history

Related Subjects: History Philosophy Literature, Language, and Communication 

Lab II 2250 American philosophy
Mellis, Miranda

Expertise: fiction, nonfiction, and contemporary literature

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Visual Arts Philosophy Literature, Language, and Communication History 

(360) 867-6716 Lab II 3271
Moruzzi, Harumi

Expertise: cultural studies, film studies, literature

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Literature, Language, and Communication History 

(360) 867-6309 Sem II E-2104 art and media theory, Japanese history and cultural studies, Japanese language and literature, film, film studies, cultural studies, gender studies, American and English literature, mythology, philosophy, psychology, intercultural communication, language
Mullins, Greg

Expertise: comparative literature, American studies

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Literature, Language, and Communication 

(360) 867-6243 Sem II D-3108 U.S. literature, Brazilian literature, human rights, cultural studies, film history, LGBT/Queer Studies, cultural and political theory
Nelson, Alice

Expertise: Spanish language, Latin American studies

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Literature, Language, and Communication History 

(360) 867-6629 Sem II E-3112 Spanish language, Spanish cultural studies, Latin American literature and cultural studies, women's studies, feminist studies, gender studies, Latin American studies, writing, literature, community studies
Pedersen, Sarah

Expertise: maritime literature, English literature

Related Subjects: Literature, Language, and Communication 

(360) 867-6647 LIB 3503 feminist studies and theory, women's studies, librarianship, library science, American and English literature, maritime studies, maritime literature
Peterson, Yvonne

Expertise: education, Native American studies, political science

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Social Sciences Literature, Language, and Communication 

(360) 867-6485 Lab I 2015 Northwest Native American studies, history of Indian education, political science, critical cultural thinking, cultural studies, education
Ransom, Bill

Expertise: creative writing, sociology

Related Subjects: Literature, Language, and Communication 

education, folklore, American literature, poetry, science, social science, writing (general, creative, expository, screenwriting, writing as a small business), English
Sandifer, Arleen

Expertise: law, Spanish, Bilingual/ELL education

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Politics and Government Literature, Language, and Communication 

(360) 867-6588 Sem II B-2124   civil rights law, employment law, immigration law & history, legal history, Latino experience in U.S., Spanish language, educational policy and practices as they affect ELLs in U.S., pre-law studies, women in the legal profession
Sandoz, Joli

Expertise: academic and creative writing, U.S. literature, research methods in the humanities

Related Subjects: History Social Sciences Literature, Language, and Communication 

(360) 867-6786 Sem II B-2129 leisure studies, sports studies, public administration, disability studies, public history, theological studies
Schaub, John

Expertise: physics, mathematics, creative writing

Related Subjects: Literature, Language, and Communication Philosophy Mathematics and Physics 

(360) 867-6019 Lab I 1010   nuclear and particle physics, quantum mechanics, composites, alternative energy, prose poetry, philosophy, science and literature, intersections of literature, science, and philosophy, literary theory, writing and the outdoors, outdoor education
Schwartz, Leonard

Expertise: philosophy, creative writing

Related Subjects: Literature, Language, and Communication Philosophy 

(360) 867-5412 Sem 3128   poetics, poetry, literary arts, continental philosophy, film theory and criticism, creative writing, literature
Simons, Suzanne

Expertise: writing, journalism, sociology

Related Subjects: Community Field-Based Studies Social Sciences Literature, Language, and Communication Cultural Studies 

(360) 867-6710 Sem II B-3117 consciousness studies, poetry, religion, Middle East studies
Smurr, Robert

Expertise: Russian history, environmental history

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Literature, Language, and Communication History 

(360) 867-5056 Sem II C-3112 Russian and Soviet history, environmental history, German and Eastern European history, Nationalism, Russian language
Speller, Trevor

Expertise: British literature

Related Subjects: Literature, Language, and Communication 

(360) 867-6063 Lab II 2263 British literature, Restoration and 18th century studies, Romanticism, political theory, political philosophy, theories of place
Walton, Sherry

Expertise: literacy acquisition, learning theories, education

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Social Sciences Literature, Language, and Communication 

(360) 867-6753 Sem II E-3137 child development, education (including literacy acquisition, teaching methods, foundations of education, assessment, special education), human development, children's literature, mediation/conflict resolution, spiritual development, religion, research methods, expository writing, literacy
Williamson, Elizabeth

Expertise: English literature, theater studies

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Literature, Language, and Communication History 

(360) 867-6015 Sem II E-2112 Renaissance drama, modern drama, aesthetics, gender and sexuality studies, film studies, religious history
Wolach, David

Expertise: creative writing, poetics, aesthetics, media/performing arts

Related Subjects: Cultural Studies Philosophy Literature, Language, and Communication 

(360) 867-6588 Sem II B-2124
Womeldorff, Tom

Expertise: economics

Related Subjects: Business and Economics Literature, Language, and Communication Cultural Studies 

(360) 867-6064 Lab II 3247 community studies, economics, economic development, environmental studies, Latin American cultural studies and history, environmental economics, finance
Young, Artee

Expertise: law, literature, theatre

Related Subjects: Literature, Language, and Communication Politics and Government 

(360) 867-6393 Lab I 1014 law, literature, bioethics