Languages & Literature - Faculty

  

 

Bill Hays
Professor of English, Division Chair

Office: 202 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4084
E-mail: whays@deltastate.edu 


D.A. University of Mississippi
M.A. Eastern Kentucky University
B.A. Eastern Kentucky University
Courses Taught:     Creative Writing
                            American Literature
                            Film Studies

Scholarly Interests: Fiction & Poetry Writing

 


 

Karen Bell
Associate Professor of German, Director of the Honors Program

Office: 238 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4086
E-mail: kbell@deltastate.edu 


Ph.D. Queen’s University
M.A. Queen’s University
B.A. University of Waterloo (Honors)
Courses Taught:     German Language
                            Literature & Culture
                            English Composition for International Students
                            Survey of World Literature

Scholarly Interests: Feminism, Film, Animals, Food, Photography in Literature 
 

 


 

 

 

Jerome Billingsley
Adjunct Instructor of English

 

Office: 244 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4551
E-mail: jbilling@deltastate.edu
 
 
M. S. Library Science University of Illinois
M.A. English University of Mississippi
B.A. Delta State University
Courses Taught:     Composition
                            Introduction to Literature
                            Expository Writing

 


Benjamin Burgos-Aguilar
Professor of Spanish

  Office: Kethley 260
Office Phone: 846-4071 
Email: bburgos@deltastate.edu

 

Ph.D. The University of New Mexico
M.A. Michigan State University
B.S.  Alma College
A.A. Warren Wilson College

Courses Taught: Elementary Spanish           The Literature of Spain
                        Cervantes                         Spanish Drama of the Golden Age
                        Latin American Literatur      Intermediate Spanish
                        Advanced Spanish              Spanish Conversation  

  


  

 

Georgene Clark
Assistant Professor of English, Coordinator of Composition

Office: 251 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4078
E-mail: gclark@deltastate.edu

 

M.S. Illinois Institute of Technology
B.A. Tougaloo College

Courses Taught:  Composition
                         Introduction to Literature
                         Expository Writing
                         African-American Literature

 


  

 

Nancy Clark
Associate Professor of Communication Studies And Theatre Arts

Office: Jobe 108
Office Phone: 846-4075
E-mail: nclark@deltastate.edu

 

 

Ph.D. University of Mississippi
M.Ed. University of Mississippi
B.A. Mississippi University for Women

Courses Taught: Directing for Theatre         Fundamentals of Speech Communication     
                        Introduction to Theatre     Dramatic Performance and Production
                        Acting                             History of Theatre
                        Theatre Activities   
 

  

 

John R. Ford
Assistant Professor of English

Office: 261 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4108
E-mail: jford@deltastate.edu

 

 

Advanced Study University of Michigan
M.A. University of Maine
B.A. Boston College

Courses Taught:   Shakespeare                                   Milton
                          Shakespeare’s Contemporaries          Renaissance Literature
                          Introduction to Poetry and Drama       Composition
 

Scholarly Interests:    Shakespeare in performance, Shakespeare’s contemporaries
 

Selected PublicationsTwelfth Night: A Guide to the Play (Greenwood P, 2005)
                               A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Focus Edition, 2009)

 


  

 

Susan Allen Ford
Professor of English, Writing Center Coordinator

Office: 259 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4082
E-mail: sford@deltastate.edu

 

 

Ph.D. University of Michigan
M.A. University of Michigan
B.A. Kenyon College

 

 Courses Taught:  Composition (including Advanced)    British Literature

                          Jane Austen                                   Detective Fiction
                          Approaches to Tutoring Writers         British Novel
                          The Romantic Period                       The Gothic 

 

Scholarly Interests
Jane Austen and her contemporaries, Shakespeare in the 18th and 19th centuries, and Detective Fiction

Editor
Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal & Persuasions On-Line
www.jasna.org/persuasions/index.html

 

  


 

 

Bonnie Horton
Instructor of English

Office: 252 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4089
E-mail: bhorton@deltastate.edu

 

 

M.A. Delta State University
B.A. Mississippi State University
 

Courses Taught:   English Composition
                          Expository Writing

 

 


 

Stephen A. King
Professor of Communication Studies, Coordinator of Communications Studies and Theatre Arts


Office: 240 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4090
E-mail: sking@deltastate.edu
 

 

Ph.D. Indiana University
M.A. University of New Mexico
B.A. Boise State University

 

Courses Taught: Rhetorical Criticism                    Rhetoric of Social Movements
                        Interpersonal Communication     Communication Theory
                        Internship in Communication      Small Group Discussion 
 

Selected PublicationsReggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control. UP of Mississippi, 2002. “Protest Music as ‘Ego-Enhancement’: Reggae Music, the Rastafarian Movement, and the Reexamination of Race and Identity in Jamaica.” The Resisting Muse: Popular Music and Social

 

 


  

D. Allan Mitchell
Assistant Professor of English, Chair of the University Service Learning Committee

Office: 257 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4091
E-Mail: amitchell@deltastate.edu 


M.F.A. The University of Mississippi
B.A.    The University of Virginia


Courses Taught
: Modern American Drama    History and Literature of the Blues
                        Expository Writing             Introduction to the Short Story and Novel
                        Composition                     Introduction to Poetry and Drama

 



 

Renelda L. Owen
Instructor of English

Office: 256 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4063
E-mail: rowen@deltastate.edu

 

 

M.A. University of Mississippi
B.A. Blue Mountain College
 


Courses Taught
: English Composition
                        Introduction to Literature

 

 


 

William A. Pennington
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Past President of the Mississippi Philosophy Association, Past Secretary of the Mississippi Philosophy Association

Office: 242 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4059
E-mail: wpningtn@deltastate.edu

 

 

Ph.D.  University of Mississippi
M.Div. Emory University
B.A.    Millsaps College
 

 

 

  


 

Sally F. Paulson
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies 

Office: 243 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4079
E-mail: spaulson@deltastate.edu

 

 

Ph.D. University of Memphis
J.D.  University of Kentucky
M.A. UniversJity of Illinois
B.A. University of Illinois
 

Courses Taught:  Public Speaking               Business Communication
                         Persuasion                      Communication Theory             
                         Gender Communication    Mass Communication
                         Performance Studies        Small Group Communications
                         Rhetoric

 

 


  

Jack Phillips
Instructor of English

Office: 254 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4068
E-mail: jphilips@deltastate.edu 

 


Advanced Study University of Mississippi

M.Ed. in English Delta State University
B.S.E. in English Delta State University

Courses Taught:  Composition                          Introduction to Literature
                         Expository Writing                   American Literature
                         English Literature

 



  

Patricia Roberts
Assistant Professor of Journalism, Coordinator of Journalism Program, Advisor to the Delta Statement  

Office: 245 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4468
E-mail: proberts@deltastate.edu

 

M.S. Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
B.A. Douglass College of Rutgers University

Courses Taught:  Writing for the Mass Media    News Reporting
                         Editing for Print Media           Print Layout and Design
                         Investigative Reporting         History of Journalism
                         Feature Writing                    Newspaper Workshop
                         Internship in Journalism        Special Topics in Journalism

 



 

Elizabeth Sarcone
Professor of English

Office: 258 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4070
E-mail: esarcone@deltastate.edu

 

Ph.D. Vanderbilt
M.A. Mississippi University for Women
B.S. Mississippi University for Women

Courses Taught:  History of the English Language    British Literature 
                         Introduction to Literature              American Literature I
                         Composition I and II                   Chaucer
                         Developmental English  

 

 


  

J. Gabriel Scala
Assistant Professor of English, Confidante Faculty Advisor

Office: 257 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4059
E-mail: gscala@deltastate.edu

 

Ph.D. University of Mississippi
M.F.A. Bowling Green State University
B.A. Methodist University

Courses Taught:  Composition I & II                          
                         Introduction to Literature                   Poetry Writing Workshop
                         Literary Magazine Workshop              Modern Poetry
                         Expository Writing                            Contemporary Literature
                       

 

 


  

Marilyn Schultz
Associate Professor of English, Coordinator of Teacher Education, Sponsor of NCTE Student Group

Marilyn Shultz



Office: 243 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4061
E-mail: mschultz@deltastate.edu

 

Ph.D. University of Missouri
M.Ed. Lincoln University
B.S.E. University of Central Missouri

Courses Taught:  Problems of Teaching English                             Young Adult Literature
                         Methods of Teaching Secondary Language Arts     Composition 
                         Language Development and Writing                    Grammar for Teachers

 



  

Dorothy Shawhan
Chair Emerita of the Division of Languages and Literature,
Professor Emerita of English

Office: 250 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4076
E-mail: dshawhan@deltastate.edu 

 

M.F.A. Creative Writing, George Mason University
M.A.    Louisiana State University
B.A.     Mississippi University for Women
 

 

Courses Taught:  Fiction Writing Workshop
                         Creative Nonfiction Workshop
                                  Women Writers

  

 


 

Jeff Smithpeters
Assistant Professor of English, Faculty Senator,
Secretary of the Delta State Chapter of American Association of University Professors


Office: 246 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4062
E-mail: smithpeters@deltastate.edu

 
 

Ph.D. Louisiana State University
M.A. University of Arkansas
B.A. Ouachita Baptist University
 

 

Courses Taught:  American Literature I and II       Expository Writing
                         Southern Literature                   Toni Morrison
                         Novels of the U.S. Civil War       Writers of the Mississippi Delta 
                         Composition

  


  

Donna Buford Spell
Adjunct Instructor of English  


Office: 250 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4076
E-mail: dspell@deltastate.edu 

 

Advanced Study Oxford University & Vanderbilt University
M.A. University of Alabama
B.A. University of Mississippi
 

 

Courses Taught:  Composition 
                         Introduction to Literature
                         Developmental Writing

  

 


  

Clint Tibbs
Assistant Professor of Philosophy 


Office: 224 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4085
E-mail: ctibbs@deltastate.edu

 

Ph.D. The Catholic University of America, Biblical Studies  (Aramaic, Syriac and Akkadian)
M.A. The Catholic University of America, Biblical Studies  (Greek and Hebrew)
B.A. Delta State University, History
 

 

Courses Taught:  Introduction to Philosophy                                              Ethics
                         Philosophy of Religion                                                    Biomedical Ethics
                         Western Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam          Logic

                         Eastern Religions                                                           New Testament Greek

  



  

James Tomek
Professor of French


Office: 233 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4077
E-mail: jtomek@deltastate.edu


Web Page: http://ntweb.deltastate.edu/jtomek  

Ph.D. Duke University
M.T.S. Spring Hill College
M.A Duke University
A.B. St. Peters College
 

 

Courses Taught:  French Language, Literature & Film – all levels                              
                         Interdisciplinary courses (Film, Poetry, Painting)
                         Introduction to Literature (English)

  

 


  

Yvonne-Marie Bryan Tomek
Instructor of English, Chair of the Sophomore Literature Committee


Office: 255 Kethley Hall
Office Phone: 846-4064
E-mail: ytomek@deltastate.edu

 

M.A. Delta State University
B.A. Delta State University

 

Courses Taught:  Introduction to Literature    French Culture, Civilization and Literature
                         Expository Writing              French Grammar, 3rd and 4th semester
                         French Conversation           French Women Writers
                         Composition

  

  


 

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