Nov 25, 2024  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
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Chair  

Totten, Gary - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., M.A., Brigham Young University; Ph.D., Ball State University. Rebel since 2016.

Graduate Coordinator

Mays, Kelly J. - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.A., Emory University; Ph.D., Stanford University. Rebel since 2001.

Director of Creative Writing  

Unger, Douglas - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., University of Chicago; M.F.A., University of Iowa. Rebel since 1991.

Graduate Faculty  

Becker, Megan L. - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine. Rebel since 1999.

Bowers, John M. - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., Duke University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia; M.Phil., Oxford University. Rebel since 1987.

Brown, Stephen - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, M.A., Ph.D., University of South Florida. Rebel since 2002.

Campbell, Felicia Florine - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., M.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison; Ph.D., United States International University, San Diego. Rebel since 1962.

Carrion, Melissa – Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.A., M.A., Arizona State University; Ph.D., Purdue University. Rebel since 2019.

Chapman, Maile - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.A. Evergreen State College; M.F.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rebel since 2011.

Clinnin, Kaitlin - Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.A. University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.A., Virginia Tech; Ph.D., The Ohio State University. Rebel since 2017.

Decker, Christopher - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Cambridge University. Rebel since 2004.

Erwin, Timothy - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B A., Marquette University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago. Rebel since 1990.

Hay, John - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.A., University of Pittsburgh; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University. Rebel since 2013.

Jablonski, Jeffrey A. - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.A., M.A., State University of New York College at Buffalo; Ph.D., Purdue University. Rebel since 2000

Johnson, Javon - Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.A., M.A., California State University at Los Angeles; Ph.D., Northwestern University. Rebel since 2017.

Keelan, Claudia - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., Humboldt State University; M.F.A., University of Iowa. Rebel since 1996.

Keene, Jarret – Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.A., University of Central Florida; M.A., Ph.D., Florida State University. Rebel since 2015.

Morris, David - Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.A., Texas A&M University; M.A., San Diego State University; M.F.A., University of California, Irvine. Rebel since 2017.

Nagelhout, Edwin - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., California State University-Fullerton; M.A., Ph.D., Purdue University. Rebel since 2005.

Orduña, José Roach - Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.A., Columbia College Chicago; M.F.A., University of Iowa. Rebel since 2017.

Perez, Vincent - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University. Rebel since 1999.

Revell, Donald - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., Harpur College at Binghamton University; M.A., State University of New York at Binghamton; Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo. Rebel since 2008.

Rosenberg, Beth Carole - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.A., Douglass College, Rutgers University; M.S., Ph.D., New York University. Rebel since 1994.

Rusche, Philip - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.A., M.A., Emory University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University. Rebel since 1998.

Setina, Emily - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.A., Davidson College; Ph.D., Yale University. Rebel since 2014.

Sexton, Steven - Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.A., University of New Mexico; M.A., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma. Rebel since 2018.

Stevens, Anne H. - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., New York University. Rebel since 2004.

Teague, Jessica E. - Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University. Rebel since 2014.

Tillery, Denise - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., Ph.D., University of New Mexico; M.A., University of North Carolina. Rebel since 2004.

Tseptsura, Mariya – 

Associate Director of Composition; B.A., M.A., Russian New University, Moscow; M.A., University of South Dakota; Ph.D., University of New Mexico. Rebel since 2019.

Walker, Katherine – Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.A., University of North Texas; M.A., Texas Christian University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina. Rebel since 2020.

Whiteside, Brianna - Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.A., Tougaloo College; M.A., Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville; Ph.D., The University of Alabama. Rebel since 2018.

Professors Emeriti  

Coburn, W. Leon

Emeritus Associate Professor; B.A., University of New Mexico; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Davis. Joined UNLV 1969.

Engberg, Norma J.

Emerita Associate Professor; B.A., George Washington University; M.A., University of Florida; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. Joined UNLV 1969.

Gajowski, Evelyn - Full Graduate Faculty

Emerita Professor; B.A., Cleveland State University; M.A., Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University. Rebel since 1991.

Geuder, Patricia

Emerita Associate Professor; B.A., M.E., University of Nevada, Reno; Ph.D., University of New Mexico. Joined UNLV 1969.

Hafen, Jane - Full Graduate Faculty

Emerita Professor; B.A., M.A., Brigham Young University; Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rebel since 1993.

Hazen, James F.

Emeritus Professor; B.A., Princeton University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. Joined UNLV 1971.

Irsfeld, John H.

Emeritus Professor; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas. Joined UNLV 1969.

McCullough, Joseph B. - Full Graduate Faculty

Emeritus Distinguished Professor; B. Ed., Gonzaga University; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio University. Joined UNLV 1969.

Unrue, Darlene Harbour

Emerita Distinguished Professor; B.A., M.A., Marshall University; Ph.D., The Ohio State University. Joined UNLV 1972.

Unrue, John C.

Emeritus Professor; B.A., M.A., Marshall University; Ph.D., The Ohio State University. Joined UNLV 1970.   

Weinstein, Mark A.

Emeritus Distinguished Professor; B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University. Joined UNLV 1970. 

Whitney, Charles - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., San Francisco State College; Ph.D., City University of New York. Rebel since 1988.

Wiley, Richard - Full Graduate Faculty

Emeritus Professor; B.A., University of Puget Sound; M.A., Sophia University; M.F.A., University of Iowa. Rebel since 1989.