English Faculty
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Charles Aukema In addition to teaching creative writing, Professor Aukema teaches studies computer applications in writing. These include writing hypertext fiction. He is the founder of The Coe Review, the college's nationally known literary magazine. |
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Robert D. Drexler Author of two poetry chapbooks, Dr. Drexler has been director of the ACM Japan studies Program, director of the India Studies Program at Puna, and a Fulbright Lecturer at Chiang Mai University in Thailand. He teaches Early Modern British, Medieval English, 20th Century British, Irish and Asian Literature. |
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Carol Gorman Ms. Gorman has published more than 35 novels for young readers. These books have won numerous awards, including New York City Public Library's Books for the Teen Age, American Library Association's Children's and Young Adult Choice Awards, American Booksellers' Pick of the Lists, and honorable mention from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights. Her books have sold to publishers in England, France, Germany, Sweden, and Finland. She teaches creative writing and courses in the Genders Studies Program. One of her more recent books is Stumptown Kid, a novel about an interracial friendship in a small Midwestern town in the 1950s. |
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Gina Hausknecht Dr. Hausknecht teaches early modern British literature, including Shakespeare, British Renaissance poetry, andthe Milton seminar. She also teachesgender studies and teaches regularly in the First Year Seminar program. She has published articles on Milton, 17th century literature and culture, pedagogy and technology, and girls in contemporary popular culture. |
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Terry Heller 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. |
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Gordon Mennenga Professor Mennenga is a fiction writer whose short story, "Peepers" won a Nelson Algren Award. He has written monologues for Garrison Keillor and a film based on a monologue was released in 1999. Professor Mennenga teaches film and creative writing. His academic interests include hip hop music and popular culture. |
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Patrick Naick Mr. Naick is completing his Ph.D. in American Studies. His dissertation "Representations of the Black Metropolis: Place and African American Identity on Chicago's South Side" focuses on the Chicago Renaissance in 20th-century African-American literature and arts. |
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James Randall Professor Randall's offerings include courses in African-American, Caribbean, and African literature; he also teaches African-American history. He helped establish the Cedar Rapids African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa. |
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Melissa Sodeman Melissa Sodeman joined the Coe English faculty in 2007. She studies eighteenth-century British literature, with particular interests in sentimental literature, the history of the novel, gender studies, and the history of the book. At Coe, she teaches courses on the eighteenth-century novel, Romantic literature, Victorian fiction, and women writers. |
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Ann Struthers Founding faculty advisor for The Pearl, Dr. Struthers is the author of two chapbooks and two collections of poetry. She has published numerous book reviews, articles in literature reference books, academic essays, and short fiction. She was a Fulbright Fellow in Syria and in Sri Lanka. She teaches creative writing, modern American literature, and Middle Eastern Literature. |
