Faculty in English Studies | Kean University

**Full-time Faculty**
	CHARLES P. NELSON Chair/Associate Professor of English Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin CAS 318 908-737-0393 cnelson@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH Second Language Writing, Complexity Theory, Activity Theory, Radical Constructivism Charles Nelson's Profile

Full-time Faculty

CHARLES P. NELSON

Chair/Associate Professor of English
Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin

CAS 318
908-737-0393
cnelson@kean.edu

AREA OF RESEARCH
Second Language Writing, Complexity Theory, Activity Theory, Radical Constructivism

Charles Nelson's Profile

Faculty in English Studies
	SAMINA GUL ALI Assistant Professor Ph.D. University of Miami CAS 330 908-737-0381 saali@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH Contemporary U.S. Literature, U.S. Latine/x Literature, Asian American Literature, Critical Muslim Studies, Feminist Theory Samina Ali's Profile
	DENA ARGUELLES Lecturer, Coordinator of World Literature D.Litt. Drew University darguell@kean.edu CAS 320
	JAN BALAKIAN Professor of English Ph.D. Cornell University CAS 322 908-737-0374 jbalakia@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH American Drama, Modern American Literature
	DEAN CASALE Associate Professor of English Ph.D. SUNY Stony Brook CAS 333 908-737-0379 dcasale@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH American Literature - Nineteenth & Twentieth Centuries, Literary Theory & Continental Philosophy, Poetry
	SHANNON CASE Lecturer Ph.D. University of Virginia CAS 319 908-737-0382 scase@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH World Literature, 19th-20th Century, American and European Literature, Society and Culture, Intellectual History Shannon Case's Profile
	MIA FIORE Lecturer, Coordinator and Advisor at Kean Ocean Ph.D. Drew University Kean Union: CAS 324 Kean Ocean, Gateway 333 908-737-5326 x 0380 mfiore@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH Contemporary American Literature, Literary Theory, and James Baldwin Mia Fiore's Profile
	CHRIS FRIEND Assistant Professor of English Ph.D. University of Central Florida CAS 325 908-737-0395 cfriend@kean.edu chrisfriend.us AREA OF RESEARCH Rhetoric & Composition, Computers & Writing, Digital Pedagogies
	NIRA GUPTA-CASALE Associate Professor of English Ph.D. SUNY Stony Brook CAS 323 908-737-0389 ncasale@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH 18th and 19th Century British Literature, Feminist Theory and the Novel, Gender and Cultural Studies, Postcolonial and Literary Theory, National and Transnational Identities, Cosmopolitanism, Indian Cinema, Travel Writing, South Asian Literature
	TAMARA HART Lecturer, Provost Fellow M.F.A Drew University CAS 333 thart@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH Poetry, Women's Studies, LGBTQ+ Studies, Midrashic Writing; Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Creative Nonfiction
	ABRIANA JETTÉ Lecturer Ph.D. St. John's University CAS 332 908-737-0381 abjette@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH Creative Writing, Poetry, Creative Writing Pedagogy, Composition Studies, Writing Studies, Alternative Pedagogies, Contemporary Literature, Literary Criticism Abriana Jette's Profile
	MELISSA LIBBEY Lecturer, Coordinator of Composition Studies D.Litt. Drew University CAS 328 mlibbey@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH Creative Writing, The Personal Essay, and Writing in the College Classroom.
	CHRISTINA MASTROENI Lecturer, Program Coordinator M.A. Kean University CAS 331 908-737-0397 mastroec@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH Business Writing, Technical Writing, Writing for Marketing and Advertising, Screenwriting, Humor Writing, English Writing, Communications, Media Studies, Marketing Christina Mastroeni's Profile
	SHALANDER (SHELLY) SAMUELS Assistant Professor of Literacy and Reading Education Ed.D. Curriculum and Instruction, University of Central Florida CAS 318 908-737-4637 ssamuels@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH Literacy, Bridging the gap in ESOL/ESL/ELL/EL academic performance, and advancing the BIPOC community
	LISA SISLER Lecturer D.Litt. Drew University M.F.A. New England College CAS 317 908-737-0398 lsisler@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH Memoir, Creative Non-Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Poetry; Composition and Rhetoric Lisa Sisler's Profile
	MARK PHILIP SMITH Assistant Professor of English as a Second Language Ph.D. University of Delaware CAS 302A 908-737-0422 marksmit@kean.edu ORCID AREA OF RESEARCH Cognition, Development, and Instruction, Dialogic Pedagogy, Dialogic Environments for Learning, Language Learning Agency, Genre Pedagogy, Multiculturalism, Academic Integrity, Bullying, Interpersonal Relations Directory Profile
	MIA ZAMORA Professor of English Director, MA in Writing Studies Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison CAS 329 908-737-0385 mzamora@kean.edu miazamoraphd.com @MiaZamoraPhD AREA OF RESEARCH World Literature, Digital Culture, Writing Theory, Digital Humanities, and New Media Composition Mia Zamora's Profile

Faculty in English Studies

SAMINA GUL ALI

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Miami

CAS 330
908-737-0381
saali@kean.edu

AREA OF RESEARCH
Contemporary U.S. Literature, U.S. Latine/x Literature, Asian American Literature, Critical Muslim Studies, Feminist Theory

Samina Ali's Profile

DENA ARGUELLES

Lecturer, Coordinator of World Literature
D.Litt. Drew University
darguell@kean.edu
CAS 320

JAN BALAKIAN

Professor of English
Ph.D. Cornell University

CAS 322
908-737-0374
jbalakia@kean.edu

AREA OF RESEARCH
American Drama, Modern American Literature

DEAN CASALE

Associate Professor of English
Ph.D. SUNY Stony Brook

CAS 333
908-737-0379
dcasale@kean.edu

AREA OF RESEARCH
American Literature - Nineteenth & Twentieth Centuries, Literary Theory & Continental Philosophy, Poetry

SHANNON CASE

Lecturer
Ph.D. University of Virginia

CAS 319
908-737-0382
scase@kean.edu

AREA OF RESEARCH
World Literature, 19th-20th Century, American and European Literature, Society and Culture, Intellectual History

Shannon Case's Profile

MIA FIORE

Lecturer, Coordinator and Advisor at Kean Ocean
Ph.D. Drew University

Kean Union: CAS 324
Kean Ocean, Gateway 333
908-737-5326 x 0380
mfiore@kean.edu

AREA OF RESEARCH
Contemporary American Literature, Literary Theory, and James Baldwin

Mia Fiore's Profile

CHRIS FRIEND

Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D. University of Central Florida

CAS 325
908-737-0395
cfriend@kean.edu
chrisfriend.us

AREA OF RESEARCH
Rhetoric & Composition, Computers & Writing, Digital Pedagogies

NIRA GUPTA-CASALE

Associate Professor of English
Ph.D. SUNY Stony Brook

CAS 323
908-737-0389
ncasale@kean.edu

AREA OF RESEARCH
18th and 19th Century British Literature, Feminist Theory and the Novel, Gender and Cultural Studies, Postcolonial and Literary Theory, National and Transnational Identities, Cosmopolitanism, Indian Cinema, Travel Writing, South Asian Literature

TAMARA HART

Lecturer, Provost Fellow
M.F.A Drew University

CAS 333
thart@kean.edu

AREA OF RESEARCH
Poetry, Women's Studies, LGBTQ+ Studies, Midrashic Writing; Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Creative Nonfiction

ABRIANA JETTÉ

Lecturer
Ph.D. St. John's University

CAS 332
908-737-0381
abjette@kean.edu

AREA OF RESEARCH
Creative Writing, Poetry, Creative Writing Pedagogy, Composition Studies, Writing Studies, Alternative Pedagogies, Contemporary Literature, Literary Criticism

Abriana Jette's Profile

MELISSA LIBBEY

Lecturer, Coordinator of Composition Studies
D.Litt. Drew University

CAS 328
mlibbey@kean.edu

AREA OF RESEARCH
Creative Writing, The Personal Essay, and Writing in the College Classroom.

CHRISTINA MASTROENI

Lecturer, Program Coordinator
M.A. Kean University

CAS 331
908-737-0397
mastroec@kean.edu

AREA OF RESEARCH
Business Writing, Technical Writing, Writing for Marketing and Advertising, Screenwriting, Humor Writing, English Writing, Communications, Media Studies, Marketing

Christina Mastroeni's Profile

SHALANDER (SHELLY) SAMUELS

Assistant Professor of Literacy and Reading Education
Ed.D. Curriculum and Instruction, University of Central Florida

CAS 318
908-737-4637
ssamuels@kean.edu

AREA OF RESEARCH
Literacy, Bridging the gap in ESOL/ESL/ELL/EL academic performance, and advancing the BIPOC community

LISA SISLER

Lecturer
D.Litt. Drew University
M.F.A. New England College

CAS 317
908-737-0398
lsisler@kean.edu

AREA OF RESEARCH
Memoir, Creative Non-Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Poetry; Composition and Rhetoric

Lisa Sisler's Profile

MARK PHILIP SMITH

Assistant Professor of English as a Second Language
Ph.D. University of Delaware

CAS 302A
908-737-0422
marksmit@kean.edu
ORCID

AREA OF RESEARCH
Cognition, Development, and Instruction, Dialogic Pedagogy, Dialogic Environments for Learning, Language Learning Agency, Genre Pedagogy, Multiculturalism, Academic Integrity, Bullying, Interpersonal Relations

Directory Profile

MIA ZAMORA

Professor of English
Director, MA in Writing Studies
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison

CAS 329
908-737-0385
mzamora@kean.edu
miazamoraphd.com
@MiaZamoraPhD

AREA OF RESEARCH
World Literature, Digital Culture, Writing Theory, Digital Humanities, and New Media Composition

Mia Zamora's Profile

Retired Faculty

Betsy Rodriguez-Bachiller

Professor
Ed.D., Rutgers University
Coordinator, Graduate and Post-Baccalaureate TESL

Margot Harper Banks

Professor
Ed.D. Rutgers University
Coordinator, Writing Across the Curriculum and Composition Program

Linda Best

Professor
Ed.D., University of Rochester
Director, Kean University Writing Project

Nancy Brilliant

Assistant Professor
M.A., Boston University

Sally Chandler

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Wayne State University

Robert Cirasa

Professor
Associate Vice President, Kean Ocean
Chancellor, Wenzhou Kean University

James Connor

Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa

Charles DeFanti

Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., New York University

Sarah Ducksworth

Professor
Ed.D., Rutgers University

William Evans

Professor
Ph.D.,Columbia University

Robert Fyne

Professor
Ph.D., New York University

Daniel Gover

Professor of English
Ph.D. Harvard University

Ruth Griffith

Professor
Ed.D., Rutgers University

John C. Gruesser

Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin--Madison

Richard Katz

Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Washington

Susanna Rich

Professor
Ph.D. New York University

Marsha Robinson

Professor
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Sharon Snyder

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University

Carole Shaffer-Koros

Professor
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Bernard Weinstein

Professor
Ph.D., New York University
Founding Director, M.A. in Holocaust and Genocide Studies