FACULTY OF ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS
LYSBETH EM BENKERT Office: TC 373 
605/626-7698 
Dr. Benkert primarily teaches writing courses and the literature of the Renaissance. Her interests include Shakespeare, writings from the English Reformation and writing by women. She graduated in 1994 from Washington State University with a Ph.D. and M.A. in English Literature. She received her bachelor's from Chatham College, a small women's college in Pittsburgh, PA, in English and Biology.
ANDRZEJ DUSZENKO Office: TC 254 605/626-7703
Dr. Duszenko teaches courses in modern literature, composition and hypertext. He received his M.A. in English from the University of Wroclaw (Poland) and his Ph.D. in English from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, specializing in the writings of James Joyce. Among his current professional interests are interrelations between literature and other fields, literary translation and Web design.
A. WALLER HASTINGS Office: TC 255 605/626-7705
Dr. Hastings (A.B. Brown 1974; M.A. DePaul 1983; Ph.D. Wisconsin 1988) has specialties in the Victorian novel and children's literature. He teaches a variety of courses in children's literature, the 19th-century survey, journalism, and postcolonial literature, as well as composition. His current research interests include the relationship between Disney animated film and children's literature, L. Frank Baum's life in Aberdeen (1888-91), and historical fiction for children. Among his publications are "Bambi and the Hunting Ethos" (Journal of Popular Film and Television) and "Moral Simplification in Disney's Little Mermaid" (Lion and Unicorn). He is currently working on an article entitled "Baum and the Indians" and on a book about Disney's animated films. He also writes poetry.
DOMINIQUE HOCHE Office: TC 371 605/626-7699
Dr. Hoche teaches courses in composition and Ancient, Classical and Medieval literature. Her interests include the writings of Christine de Pizan, chivalry and medieval warfare, the legend of King Arthur, medieval gender studies, and science fiction. She has recently branched out into popular culture studies, especially the visual culture of graphic novels and superhero comics.
PEN PEARSON Office: TC 259 605/626-2608
Dr. Pearson primarily teaches courses in creative writing and composition. She received a bachelor's degree from Briar Cliff College, a master's degree from South Dakota State University, and a doctoral degree from the University of South Dakota. Her areas of specialization are creative writing and contemporary poetry and fiction, as well as twentieth-century American literature. Her scholarly interests include literary theory, and in particular, the history of Western poetics.
PATRICK WHITELEY Office: TC 256 605/626-2241
Dr. Whiteley took his bachelors and masters degrees in English at California State University, Long Beach (1975, 1978). He took his doctorate in English at the University of California, Riverside (1983), with a specialization in modern American and British literature with a particular interest in epistemology. His publications include one book, Knowledge and Experimental Realism in Conrad, Lawrence, and Woolf (1987), which studies the interrelations between literary and philosophical realism, and two articles, "The Social Framework of Knowledge: Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (Mosaic, 1996), and "Embodied Perception: Perspective and Indeterminacy in Charles Tomlinson's Verse" (Arachne, 1998). He is now at work in the field of law and literature.