Faculty & Staff

The English Department faculty at Colorado College challenges students to think critically about a broad spectrum of literature through a major that balances historical concerns with theoretical engagement of texts.

Ruth Barton: Children’s Literature, Romantic Poetry, Modern Poetry, Shakespeare

George Butte: British Novel: 18th & 19th Century, Film Studies: Hitchcock & Comedy, Narrative Theory

Regula Meyer Evitt - CV: Medieval Literature & Culture, English & Continental, including: Medieval Drama, Fabliaux, Anti-Judaism/Anti-Semitism, Chaucer, Dante, Marie de France (link to ReEvittCV)

Claire Garcia: African American Literature, Late 19th/Early 20th Century British and American Literature

Steven Hayward: Creative Writing, Fiction

Jane Hilberry: Creative Writing: Poetry, Shakespeare, Creativity & Leadership, Contemporary Poetry

Lisa B. Hughes: Greek and Latin language, The Classical Tradition in American culture, Comedy

Genevieve Love: Shakespeare, Non-Shakespearean Renaissance Drama, Milton, Queer Theory & Literature

David Mason: Modern Literature, Creative Writing, Postcolonial Literature, International Literatures

Bonnie Nadzam : Daehler Fellow in Creative Writing

Laura Padilla : Mexican-American Literature, Southwestern Literature

Tom Sanny: Film Studies Artist in Residence

Barry Sarchett: Literary Theory, Film, Film Noir, 20th Century American Literature, Detective Fiction

Adrienne Lanier Seward: Folklore, African Literature, Toni Morrison, Blacks in the Cinema

John Simons: Modern American Literature, James Joyce, Film Studies

Dan Tynan: American Renaissance, American Realism, 20th Century American Literature, Literature & the Environment