Faculty in English Studies

Full-time Faculty

Chair of English Studies
	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 INTEREST Second Language Writing, Complexity Theory, Activity Theory, Radical Constructivism Directory 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 INTEREST Contemporary U.S. Literature, U.S. Latine/x Literature, Asian American Literature, Critical Muslim Studies, Feminist Theory Directory Profile
	DENA ARGUELLES Lecturer 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 INTEREST 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 INTEREST American Literature - Nineteenth & Twentieth Centuries, Literary Theory & Continental Philosophy, Poetry
	SHANNON CASE Lecturer/Coordinator of World Literature Ph.D. University of Virginia CAS 319 908-737-0382 scase@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH INTEREST World Literature, 19th-20th Century, American and European Literature, Society and Culture, Intellectual History Directory 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 INTEREST Contemporary American Literature, Literary Theory, and James Baldwin Directory 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 INTEREST Rhetoric & Composition, Computers & Writing, Digital Pedagogies
	DANIEL GOVER Professor of English Ph.D. Harvard University CAS 327 908-737-0386 dgover@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH INTEREST English Literature, African Literature, World Literature
	NIRA GUPTA-CASALE Associate Professor of English Ph.D. State University of N.Y., Stony Brook CAS 323 908-737-0389 ncasale@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH INTEREST 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 M.F.A Drew University CAS 333 thart@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH INTEREST 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 INTEREST Creative Writing, Poetry, Creative Writing Pedagogy, Composition Studies, Writing Studies, Alternative Pedagogies, Contemporary Literature, Literary Criticism Directory Profile
	MELISSA LIBBEY Lecturer M.F.A Fairleigh Dickinson University, M.A. Writing Studies Kean University CAS 328 mlibbey@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH INTEREST Creative Writing, The Personal Essay, and Writing in the College Classroom.
	ABBY MAGUIRE Lecturer maguirab@kean.edu CAS 326
	CHRISTINA MASTROENI Lecturer/Coordinator of Business & Professional Writing M.A. Writing Studies, Kean University CAS 331 908-737-0397 mastroec@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH INTEREST Business Writing, Technical Writing, Writing for Marketing and Advertising, Screenwriting, Humor Writing, English Writing, Communications, Media Studies, Marketing Directory Profile
	ELIZABETH REDDINGTON Lecturer of English as a Second Language Ed.D. Teachers College, Columbia University AREA OF RESEARCH INTEREST Classroom Interactions; Second-Language Instruction; Discourse Analysis; Conversation Analysis
	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 INTEREST Literacy, Bridging the gap in ESOL/ESL/ELL/EL academic performance, and advancing the BIPOC community
	LISA SISLER Lecturer/Coordinator of Composition Studies D.Litt. Drew University, M.F.A. New England College CAS 317 908-737-0398 lsisler@kean.edu AREA OF RESEARCH INTEREST Memoir, Creative Non-Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Poetry; Composition and Rhetoric Directory 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 INTEREST 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 INTEREST World Literature, Digital Culture, Writing Theory, Digital Humanities, and New Media Composition Directory Profile