Chair
Becker, Megan L.
Professor; B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine. Rebel since 1999.
Director of Graduate Studies and MA/PhD Graduate Coordinator
Hay, John
Associate Professor; B.A., University of Pittsburgh; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University. Rebel since 2013.
Director of Creative Writing and MFA Graduate Coordinator
Keelan, Claudia
Professor; B.A., Humboldt State University; M.F.A., University of Iowa. Rebel since 1996.
Graduate Faculty
Bowers, John M.
Professor; B.A., Duke University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia; M.Phil., Oxford University. Rebel since 1987.
Brown, Stephen
Professor; B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Ph.D., University of South Florida. Rebel since 2002.
Carrion, Melissa
Assistant Professor; B.A., M.A., Arizona State University; Ph.D., Purdue University. Rebel since 2019.
Chapman, Maile
Associate Professor; B.A. Evergreen State College; M.F.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rebel since 2011.
Clinnin, Kaitlin
Associate Professor; B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.A., Virginia Tech; Ph.D., The Ohio State University. Rebel since 2017.
Decker, Christopher
Associate Professor; B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Cambridge University. Rebel since 2004.
Erwin, Timothy
Professor; B A., Marquette University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago. Rebel since 1990.
Jablonski, Jeffrey A.
Associate Professor; B.A., M.A., State University of New York College at Buffalo; Ph.D., Purdue University. Rebel since 2000
Johnson, Javon
Assistant Professor; B.A., M.A., California State University at Los Angeles; Ph.D., Northwestern University. Rebel since 2017.
Keene, Jarret
Assistant Professor; B.A., University of Central Florida; M.A., Ph.D., Florida State University. Rebel since 2015.
Mays, Kelly J.
Associate Professor; B.A., Emory University; Ph.D., Stanford University. Rebel since 2001.
Morris, David
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
Professor; B.A., California State University-Fullerton; M.A., Ph.D., Purdue University. Rebel since 2005.
Perez, Vincent
Associate Professor; B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University. Rebel since 1999.
Revell, Donald
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
Professor; B.A., Douglass College, Rutgers University; M.S., Ph.D., New York University. Rebel since 1994.
Rusche, Philip
Associate Professor; B.A., M.A., Emory University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University. Rebel since 1998.
Setina, Emily
Associate Professor; B.A., Davidson College; Ph.D., Yale University. Rebel since 2014.
Sexton, Steven
Assistant Professor; B.A., University of New Mexico; M.A., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma. Rebel since 2018.
Srikanth, Siddharth
Assistant Professor; Integrated M.A., Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Ph.D., The Ohio State University. Rebel since 2022.
Teague, Jessica E.
Associate Professor; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University. Rebel since 2014.
Tillery, Denise
Professor; B.A., Ph.D., University of New Mexico; M.A., University of North Carolina. Rebel since 2004.
Tseptsura, Mariya
Associate Director of Composition and Assistant Professor-in-Residence; B.A., M.A., Russian New University, Moscow; M.A., University of South Dakota; Ph.D., University of New Mexico. Rebel since 2019.
Totten, Gary
Professor; B.A., M.A., Brigham Young University; Ph.D., Ball State University. Rebel since 2016.
Unger, Douglas
Professor; B.A., University of Chicago; M.F.A., University of Iowa. Rebel since 1991.
Walker, Katherine
Assistant Professor; B.A., University of North Texas; M.A., Texas Christian University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina. Rebel since 2020.
Whiteside, Brianna
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.
Gajowski, Evelyn
Emerita Professor; B.A., Cleveland State University; M.A., Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University. Joined UNLV 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
Emerita Professor; B.A., M.A., Brigham Young University; Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Joined UNLV 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.
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.
Weinstein, Mark A.
Emeritus Distinguished Professor; B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University. Joined UNLV 1970.
Whitney, Charles
Professor; B.A., San Francisco State College; Ph.D., City University of New York. Joined UNLV 1988.
Wiley, Richard
Emeritus Professor; B.A., University of Puget Sound; M.A., Sophia University; M.F.A., University of Iowa. Joined UNLV 1989.
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