Faculty Profiles Ann Albuyeh ProfessorHistorical Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Ethnolinguistics Loretta CollinsProfessorCaribbean Literature and Culture, Creative Writing, Medical Humanities James Peter ConlanProfessorMedieval & Renaissance Literature, Early New World Travel Narrative, Legislation, Literature & Law Robert DupeyProfessorCode-Switching, Syntax, Comparative Analysis of English & Spanish Nicholas FaraclasProfessorCreole Studies, Sociolinguistics, Language and Globalization Mirerza GonzalezProfessorCommunication Competance, Ethnicity and Discourse, Latinx Media Cristal Heffelfinger-NievesAssistant ProfessorLinguistics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Bilingualism Dannabang KuwabongProfessorCaribbean Literature and Culture, Environmental Studies, Trauma Theory, African Diaspora Literatures Janet MacLennanProfessorRelational and Intercultural Communication, Health Communication, Qualitative Research, Narrative Patrick-André MatherProfessorSociophonetics, Pidgins & Creoles, Language Policy & Planning Nalini NatarajanProfessor19th-Century British & Women’s Literature, Cultural Studies, Post-colonial Theory Daniel Nevárez AraújoAssistant ProfessorDisability Studies, Cinema Studies, Comedy, Apocalyptic Fiction, Heavy Metal Music Carmen Haydée RiveraProfessorUS Latinx Literature, Literature of Puerto Rican Diaspora, and Hispanophone Caribbean Literature Yolanda RiveraProfessorPhonology, Syntax, Language Typology, Creole Studies Michael SharpProfessorCaribbean & African Studies, Romanticism, Victorian Literature, 20th Century Poetry Alma SimounetProfessorEthnolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Bilingualism, Applied Linguistics Maritza StanchichProfessorU.S. American, U.S. Latinx, Caribbean Literatures Rick SwopeProfessor20th-Century U.S. Literature, Postmodernist Fiction, Detective Fiction, Literary Paris Don WalicekProfessorLinguistics, Caribbean studies, Cultural studies, Writing