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	Derek Buckaloo Associate Professor of History, Chair B.A., Stanford University M.A., Ph.D., Emory University Phone: (319) 399-8627 Email: dbuckalo@coe.edu Dr. Buckaloo teaches American history, with special interests in twentieth-century politics and culture, foreign relations, particularly the Cold War and the Vietnam War, and Native American history. His present research is on the "Vietnam Syndrome."

	Terry Heller Howard Hall Professor of English A.B. North Central College A.M., Ph.D. University of Chicago Dr. Heller is author of The Delights of Terror and The Turn of the Screw: Bewildered Vision, and editor of Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Fiction. He has written reference articles, short fiction, and literary journal essays. He is the current manager of the on-line archive, the Sarah Orne Jewett Text Project. Dr. Heller teaches Russian, American, and popular literature. One of his favorite courses is Monsters in Film.

	Robert Marrs The Esther & Robert Armstrong Professor of Rhetoric B.A., Kansas State University M.A., Ph.D., Washington State University Dr. Marrs also serves as coordinator of the college's Writing-Across-the-Curriculum program.

	Patrick Naick Assistant Professor of English B.A. University of California, Berkeley M.A. Purdue University Ph.D. University of Iowa Dr. Naick's teaching and research focuses on 20th century Amrican literature and culture with specific interests in Aftican Amrican literature and urban studies. He also serves ias coordinator for the American Studies and African American Studies program.

	Rachael Neal Assistant Professor of Sociology B.A., Beloit College M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona

	Bruce Nesmith James and Abbott Lipsky Professor of Political Science, Chair B.A., North Central College M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois E-mail: bnesmith@coe.edu Dr. Nesmith is Joan and Abbott Lipsky Professor and Chair of political science. He teaches courses on American political institutions, religion and U.S. politics, and political philosophy. He is author of The New Republican Coalition: The Reagan Campaigns and White Evangelicals (Peter Lang, 1994). His current research deals with policy making by the President and Congress. He is the faculty adviser to Political Science Club. He is married with two children. In his spare time he writes and performs original folk songs; he has recorded two albums, "Mouth Full of Mustard" and "Almost Endless Fun".

	Brie Swenson Arnold Assistant Professor of History B.A., Concordia College - Moorhead, MN M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota Phone: (319) 399-8135 Email: barnold@coe.edu Dr. Swenson Arnold teaches United States history, specializing in early American history, the Civil War, and women's and gender history. Her research focuses on gender, politics, and popular culture in the Civil War era.

	Deborah Wooldridge Adjunct Assistant Professor of Rhetoric B.A., B.S., Iowa State University M.F.A, Yale University Ms. Wooldridge teaches Interpersonal, Intercultural, and Small Group Communication; and Speech Seminars.

	Christy Wolfe Assistant Professor of Teacher Education B.A., Saint Mary's College J.D., Ph.D., University of Iowa Office: 402B Stuart Hall Emil: cwolfe@coe.edu Phone: 319-399-8263