English Department Faculty

Faith Barrett, Assistant Professor of English

Interests:  Nineteenth-Century American literature and culture, literature and the Civil War, race in American Literature, twentieth-century American poetry, Puritanism, modern lyric poetry in English, French, and German.
Phone: (920) 832-6943
Email: faith.barrett@lawrence.edu

Garth Bond, Assistant Professor of English

Interests:  Renaissance literature, manuscript studies, history of the book, Shakespeare, film
Phone: (920) 832-6941
Email: garth.bond@lawrence.edu

Bertrand Goldgar, Professor of English and John N. Bergstrom Professor of Humanities

Interests:  Satire, 18th-century politics and literature (particularly Pope, Swift, and Fielding)
Phone: (920) 832-6694
Email: bertrand.a.goldgar@lawrence.edu

Karen Hoffmann, Associate Professor of English

Interests:  20th-century English and American literature, African-American literature
Phone: (920) 832-7246
Email: karen.a.hoffmann@lawrence.edu

David McGlynn, Assistant Professor of English

Interests:  Fiction and nonfiction writing, late 19th and 20th century British and American literature, literary theory, publishing and editing
Phone: (920) 832-6887
Email: david.e.mcglynn@lawrence.edu
Website: http://www.david-mcglynn.com

Timothy Spurgin, Associate Professor of English and the Bonnie Glidden Buchanan Professor of English Literature

Interests:  The history of the novel, literary theory, cultural studies
Phone: (920) 832-6696
Email: timothy.a.spurgin@lawrence.edu

Megan Ward , Visiting Professor of English
Interests: Victorian literature and culture; the history of the novel; literature, science and technology; and Victorian material culture.
Phone: (920) 832-7223
Email: megan.e.ward@lawrence.edu