Meet the Faculty/Staff

The English, Creative Writing, and Film Department faculty are expert scholars and practitioners from nationally recognized researchers in their respective fields to award-winning poets, playwrights, novelists, and filmmakers. Our faculty, who have received a multitude of teaching awards, create rich opportunities for students to explore and immerse themselves in the cultural, historical, and technological aspects of a variety of topics in both theory and practice. Please contact faculty members for more information about our academic programs, internships, events, and engagement opportunities.

English

Robert Anderson
Associate Professor & Department Chair
Office: 544D O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2266
Email: r2anders@oakland.edu

Christopher Apap
Special Lecturer
Office: 544 O'Dowd Hall
Email: apap@oakland.edu

Susan Lynn Beckwith
Special Lecturer
Office: 521 O'Dowd Hall
Email: beckwit2@oakland.edu

Jeff Chapman
Associate Professor & Program Director of Creative Writing
Office: 324 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2249
Email: chapman4@oakland.edu

Timothy Donahue
Associate Professor
Office: 542 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2254
Email: tdonahue@oakland.edu

Kitty Dubin
Lecturer
Office: 207 Varner Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2030
Email: dubin@oakland.edu

Joanne Lipson Freed
Associate Professor
Office: 540 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2255
Email: freed@oakland.edu

Annette Gilson
Associate Professor
Office: 348 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2262
Email: gilson@oakland.edu

Jennifer Gower-Toms
Special Lecturer
Office: 544B O'Dowd Hall
Email: gowertoms@oakland.edu

Kevin T. Grimm
Associate Professor
Office: 519 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2257
Email: grimm@oakland.edu

Jeffrey Insko
Professor & Coordinator of American Studies
Office: 544F O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2253
Email: insko@oakland.edu

Andrea Knutson
Associate Professor
Office: 526 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2258
Email: knutson@oakland.edu

Kevin Laam
Associate Professor
Office: 538 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2256
Email: laam@oakland.edu

Bailey McDaniel
Associate Professor
Office: 522 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2008
Email: mcdanie2@oakland.edu

Megan Peiser
Associate Professor
Office: 530 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-4186
Email: mpeiser@oakland.edu

Kathleen Pfeiffer
Professor
Office: 544B O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2267
Email: pfeiffer@oakland.edu

Doris Plantus
Special Lecturer
Office: 521 O'Dowd Hall
Email: plantus@oakland.edu

Rachel V. Smydra
Associate Professor
Office: 322 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2380
Email: smydra@oakland.edu

Amanda Stearns-Pfeiffer
Associate Professor
Office: 544G O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2145
Email: stearnspfeiffer@oakland.edu

Leslie Wells
Administrative Secretary
Office: 544C O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2251
Email: lmgalan@oakland.edu

Film Studies and Production

Kyle Edwards
Associate Professor
Office: 524 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-4118
Email: edwards2@oakland.edu

Andrea Eis
Professor
Office: 528 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2987
Email: eis@oakland.edu

Adam Gould
Associate Professor
Office: 536 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2152
Email: agould@oakland.edu

Bridget Kies
Associate Professor
Office: 532 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-3382
Email: bkies@oakland.edu

Daewon Kim
Assistant Professor
Office: 531 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2268
Email: daewonkim@oakland.edu

Brendan Kredell
Associate Professor, Director of Film Studies and Production
Office: 534 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2259
Email: kredell@oakland.edu

Charlie Meyers
Special Lecturer
Office: 544 O'Dowd Hall
Email: meyers2@oakland.edu

David Shaerf
Associate Professor
Office: 544E O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2988
Email: shaerf@oakland.edu

Annie Sullivan
Assistant Professor
Office: 521 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-4131
Email: anniesullivan@oakland.edu

Creative Writing

Jeff Chapman
Associate Professor, Program Director
Office: 324 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2249
Email: chapman4@oakland.edu

Jonathan Chappell
Special Lecturer
Office: 544 O'Dowd Hall
Email: jchappell@oakland.edu

Annette Gilson
Associate Professor
Director of Creative Writing
Office: 348 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2262
Email: gilson@oakland.edu

Katie Hartsock
Associate Professor
Office: 344 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2263
Email: hartsock@oakland.edu

Peter Markus
Special Lecturer
Office: 544 O'Dowd Hall
Email: markus@oakland.edu

Susan McCarty
Associate Professor
Office: 349 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2252
Email: smccarty@oakland.edu

Dunya Mikhail

Special Lecturer

Office: 544 O'Dowd Hall

Email: mikhail@oakland.edu

Kathleen Pfeiffer
Professor
Office: 544B O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2267
Email: pfeiffer@oakland.edu

David Shaerf
Assistant Professor
Office: 544E O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2988
Email: shaerf@oakland.edu

English With Secondary Ed

Amanda Stearns-Pfeiffer
Associate Professor
Office: 544G O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2145
Email: stearnspfeiffer@oakland.edu

American Studies

Christopher Apap
Special Lecturer
Office: 544 O'Dowd Hall
Email: apap@oakland.edu

Jeffrey Insko
Associate Professor
Coordinator of American Studies
Office: 544F O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2253
Email: insko@oakland.edu

Andrea Knutson
Associate Professor
Office: 526 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2258
Email: knutson@oakland.edu

Honors College

Christopher Apap
Special Lecturer
Office: 544 O'Dowd Hall
Email: apap@oakland.edu

Susan Lynn Beckwith
Special Lecturer
Office: 521 O'Dowd Hall
Email: beckwit2@oakland.edu

Doris Plantus
Special Lecturer
Office: 521 O'Dowd Hall
Email: plantus@oakland.edu

Retired Faculty and Staff

Rosemary Aiello, Administrative Secretary
Natalie Bell Cole, Professor Emeritus
Gladys Cardiff, Professor Emeritus
Brian Connery, Professor Emeritus
Jane Eberwein, Distinguished Professor
Cynthia Ferrera, Administrative Secretary
June Ann Fisher, Administrative Secretary Emerita
Thomas Fitzsimmons
Martha Hammel, Special Instructor
Niels Herold, Professor Emeritus
Ed Haworth Hoeppner, Professor Emeritus
James F. Hoyle, Professor Emeritus
Nancy Joseph, Associate Professor
David W. Mascitelli, Associate Professor Emeritus
Donald E. Morse, Emeritus Professor
Brian F. Murphy, Professor
Joan G. Rosen, Associate Professor

In Memoriam

Maurice F. Brown II
Joseph DeMent
Robert Eberwein
Nigel Hampton
Susan E. Hawkins
Linda McCloskey
Jim McClure
Gertrude White