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English Faculty

"Wheaton's English department is . . . where you are going to learn from some of the most experienced, well-spoken, intelligent individuals on campus who will not only teach you how to read and write but [also] how to communicate.” - Caroline Ryan Cunningham ’13, Assistant Editor for Washingtonian Magazine

James Beitler, Ph.D.

Director of the Wade Center; Marion E. Wade Chair of Christian Thought; Professor of English

Andrew B. Bratcher, M.F.A.

Assistant Professor of English

Christine Colón, Ph.D.

Professor of English, Department Chair

Jeffry C. Davis, Ph.D.

Professor of English; Director of Interdisciplinary Studies

Susan Dunn-Hensley, Ph.D.

Associate Lecturer of English

Jeffrey Galbraith, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English

Alison Caviness Gibson, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer of English, Director of the Writing Center and First-Year Writing

Richard Hughes Gibson, Ph.D.

Professor of English

Tiffany Eberle Kriner, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English

Christina Bieber Lake, Ph.D.

Professor of English Emerita

Karen An-hwei Lee, Ph.D.

Provost and Professor of English

Dyanne K. Martin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of English and Core Studies

Thomas Martin, Ph.D.

Clyde S. Kilby Professor of English

Nicole Mazzarella, M.F.A.

Associate Professor of English

Miho Nonaka, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English

Kimberly Sasser, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English

Benjamin Weber, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English

Faculty Books

Discover what our faculty are thinking and writing about. See English Faculty books >

Emeriti Faculty

Today's Wheaton English Department stands on the shoulders of our emeriti faculty >

Remembering Those Who've Gone Ahead

We remember and celebrate the legacy of English faculty who have gone ahead of us to meet the Lord.

Beatrice Batson

Remembering Beatrice Batson, MA '47 (1920-2019)

Professor of English Emerita, Dr. Beatrice Batson (MA ’47), died in Batavia, Illinois on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 98 years of age.

Remembering Beatrice Batson

Remembering Brett Foster (1973-2015)

Brett Foster was professor of English and Wheaton's Poet in Residence since 2005.

Remembering Brett Foster (1973-2015)

Remembering Roger Lundin '71 (1949-2015)

Roger Lundin '71 was Professor of English and Arthur F. Holmes Professor of Faith and Learning at Wheaton College. He had been on faculty since 1978.

Remembering Roger Lundin (1949-2015)