English faculty:

Dr. Brent Royster, Department Chair

• Ph.D., 2006, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH; 

Rhetoric and Composition.  Dissertation title:  The Construction of Self in the Contemporary Creative Writing Classroom.

• M.F.A., 1998, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH; Creative Writing.

       Thesis title: The Light Thief (poems).

• B.S., 1995, Ball State University, Muncie, IN; English.  Writing and Philosophy minors.

David Estringel

MFA (Master of Fine Arts) – University Texas Rio Grande Valley
MS (Master of Science) – University Texas at Austin
BA (Bachelor of Arts) – University Texas Rio Grande Valley
BA (Bachelor of Arts) – University Texas – Brownsville/Texas Southmost College

Joshua Everett

MA (Master of Arts) – Stephen F Austin State University
BA (Bachelor of Arts) – Texas A&M University

Anelia Fairfield

MA (Master of Arts) – Mississippi State University
BA (Bachelor of Arts) – Mississippi State University
BA (Bachelor of Arts) – Mississippi State University

Cassie Graham

MA (Master of Arts) – Southern New Hampshire University
MS (Master of Science) – Webster University
BA (Bachelor of Arts) – Northwestern State University

Thomas Klincar

PHD (Doctor of Philosophy) – Foreign Colleges
MS (Master of Science) – University Southern California
BS (Bachelor of Science) – Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Mike Matthews

MFA (Master of Fine Arts) – Texas State University
BA (Bachelor of Arts) – University Texas at Austin

Christina Murphy

BS (Bachelor of Science) – University Maryland Global Campus
DED (Doctor of Education) – Liberty University
MED (Master of Education) – Liberty University

Brenda Queen

MA (Master of Arts) – Angelo State University

Rhonda Sullivan

MA (Master of Arts) – West Virginia University
BA (Bachelor of Arts) – McDaniel College

Jennifer Williamson

MA (Master of Arts) – East Texas A&M University
BA (Bachelor of Arts) – Louisiana State University at Shreveport

Foreign languages faculty:

Dr. Federico Schweizer

PHD (Doctor of Philosophy) – University Texas at Austin
MA (Master of Arts) – University Arkansas
BMED (Bachelor of Music Education) – Mississippi State University

Dr. Lisa Volle

PHD (Doctor of Philosophy) – University Texas at Austin
MA (Master of Arts) – West Virginia University
BA (Bachelor of Arts) – Juanita College

Speech faculty

Bonniejean Alford

MA (Master of Arts) – Northern Illinois University
MA (Master of Arts) California State University - Fullerton

Graciela Alvarez-Gutierrez

MA (Master of Arts) – Missouri State University
MAED (Master of Arts/Education) – Trident University International
BA (Bachelor of Arts) – National University

Neal Heatherly

MA (Master of Arts) – Northern Illinois University

Bethany Winkler

MA (Master of Arts) – Texas A&M University
BS (Bachelor of Science) – Howard Payne University

Online Coordinators

Paige Tracy

MA (Master of Arts) – Baylor University
BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) – Baylor University

Bethany Winkler

MA (Master of Arts) – Texas A&M University
BS (Bachelor of Science) – Howard Payne University