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Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages Faculty

Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages

Faculty

 Susan Amos

Susan Amos

Instructor of Spanish

samos@mail.wtamu.edu
Susan Amos' Bio

Sandra Davdson

Sandra Davidson

Instructor of Spanish

"I enjoy engaging students in the Spanish classroom in spite of inherent fears and discomforts at speaking a foreign language in front of strangers. I make my classroom warm, non-threatening and welcoming, so students can relax and learn to enjoy speaking Spanish, even when they make mistakes. By asking individual students personal questions in Spanish, the entire class finds out who works, who has kids, where they're from, what they study, etc. When the semester is over, many students have found friends for life and hopefully have learned to speak enough Spanish to communicate. What a great way to bridge the gap that exists between us and people who are different from us!"

bcaruthers@wtamu.edu
Sandra Davidson's Bio

 

Dr. Jeffrey Doty

Assistant Professor of English

 jdoty@wtamu.edu 
Dr. Doty's Bio

RayLene Dysert

RayLene Dysert

Instructor

 rdysert@wtamu.edu 
RayLene Dysert's Bio

Dr. David Hart

Dr. David Hart

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

"The Ideas are just as little enthroned above our heads as they reside inside them; they walk among us and step up to us."  -- Martin Buber

dhart@wtamu.edu
Dr. Hart's Bio

 Dr. Monica Smith

Dr. Monica Hart

Associate Professor of English

 "When I first enrolled in graduate school, I thought I was going to specialize in the 20th-century American novel. But then I took Victorian Literature, and before I knew it, I had a degree in 19th-century British poetry. Just goes to show what one class can do!"

mhart@wtamu.edu
Dr. Hart's Bio

 David Horsley

David Horsley

Instructor of English

"I love teaching because I get jazzed watching students grow into more inquisitive, articulate, open-minded, engaged learners.  Knowing I have played a small role in their growth makes me happy."

dhorsley@wtamu.edu
David Horsley's Bio

 Dr. Alexander Hunt

Dr. Alexander Hunt

Associate Professor of English

ahunt@mail.wtamu.edu 
Dr. Hunt's Bio

Dr. Martin Jacobsen

Dr. Martin Jacobsen

Associate Professor of English

"Studying English allows us to look beneath the surface of language and see the human drama unfold, to learn that most of what we think we know probably isn't really so. I sum up studying English—studying period—with the following maxim: We learn more from questioning answers than we do from answering questions."

mjacobsen@wtamu.edu   
Dr. Jacobsen's Bio

Daniel Kerr

Dr. Daniel S. Kerr

Instructor

“All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts. His instincts prompt him to compete for his place in the community, but his ethics prompt him also to co-operate (perhaps in order that there may be a place to compete for).”
Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac

dkerr@wtamu.edu   
Dr. Kerr's Bio

 

 Bonney Macdonald

Dr. Bonney MacDonald

English, Philosophy and Modern Languages Department Head, Professor of English

“The West is the geography of hope.”
- Wallace Stegner

bmacdonald@mail.wtamu.edu  
Dr. MacDonald's Bio

 Casey Pleming

Casey J. Pleming

Instructor

cpleming@wtamu.edu  
Casey J. Pleming's Bio

Dr. Andrew Reynolds

Assistant Professor of Spanish

areynolds@wtamu.edu 
Dr. Reynolds' Bio

 Bonnie Roos

Dr. Bonnie Roos

Associate Professor of English

"Learning to read literature well is imperative to understanding our world."

broos@wtamu.edu
Dr. Roos' Bio

 Mark Scala

Dr. Mark Scala

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

mscala@mail.wtamu.edu
Dr. Scala's Bio

Dr. Steven Severn

Dr. Stephen Severn

Associate Professor of English, Director of Freshman English

 "Students who enroll in my classes can expect to work hard, write frequently, and in doing so, gain a greater understanding of the language that they use everyday.  This knowledge will prepare them for success in whatever professional field or academic discipline that they pursue."

ssevern@wtamu.edu
Dr. Severn's Bio

 

Theresa Trela

Theresa Trela

Lecturer in English

"My students can expect fairness, fireworks and an intense relationship with the power of the written word.  Believe it or not, grammar can be sexy."

ttrela@wtamu.edu
Theresa Trela's Bio

 Dr. Patricia Tyrer

Dr. Patricia Tyrer

Associate Professor of English

"If you looked in my high school year book under 'future plans,' you would see 'English Teacher' because I've been certain that I wanted to teach English since I was a teenager. I find teaching to be both a challenge and a joy, and I take pleasure in discussing everything from writing to literature to the latest film with my students, and I learn as much from them as they learn from me."

ptyrer@wtamu.edu
Dr. Tyrer's Bio

 

Dr. Nicole Walls

Assistant Professor of English

nwalls@wtamu.edu
Dr. Walls' Bio