English Department Faculty
Paul Bator, DA, English, University of Michigan; teaches freshman English and Writing Center. Office: Campus Center, Room 8 (650-508-3780; pbator@stanford.edu)
Jacqueline Berger, MFA, Creative Writing, Mills College; MA Program Direction has published two books of poetry (The Mythologies of Danger and Things That Burn); teaches creative writing, advanced writing, graduate studies. Office: Campus Center, Room 6 (650-508-3730; wordjlb@aol.com)
Sandra Bernhard, MA, English, University of Rochester; Writing Center Director; teaches children’s literature, American literature. Office: Campus Center, Room 8 (650-508-3780; sbernhard@ndnu.edu)
Darth Cabrol-Easton, MA, Gender Cultural Studies, Simmons College; BA, Community Studies, UC Santa Cruz. Office: Campus Center, Room 8 (650-508-3711; dcabrol@ndnu.edu)
Ardavan Davaran, PhD, Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley; teaches freshman English, Writing Center, Shakespeare, graduate studies. Office: Saint Joe’s 100 (650-508-3766; adavaran@ndnu.edu)
Kerry Dolan, MFA, Cornell University; MS, Journalism, Columbia University; teaches creative writing, graduate studies. Office: Campus Center, Room 9 (650-508-3771; kdolan@ndnu.edu)
Ann Fathman, PhD, Education/Linguistics, Stanford University; teaches linguistics and TESL courses. She has published numerous articles on second language acquisition and a number of books on content area instruction for English language learners. Her research interests are in language revitalization and factors affecting second language learning. Office: Campus Center, Room 6 (650-508-3730; afathman@ndnu.edu)
Vince Fitzgerald, PhD, English, University of Southern California; teaches freshman English, American literature, graduate studies. Office: Campus Center, Room 7 (650-508-3769; vfitzgerald@ndnu.edu)
Shirley Morrison, MA, English, University of Washington; recently co-authored Memories and Loss and Dreams of Perfection: Unsuccessful Childhood Grieving and Adult Creativity. Office: Campus Center, Room 5 (650-508-3737; shirlhe@sbcglobal.net)
Erik Oeverndiek, MA, English, NDNU, directs The Bohemian. Office:
Irena Smith, PhD, Comparative Literature, UCLA. Office: Campus Center, Room 9 (650-508-3711; smithirena@hotmail.com)_
Marianne Villanueva, MA, English, Stanford University; published two collections of short stories (The Major of Roses and Ginseng and Other Tales); teaches creative writing, ethnic American literature, freshman English. Office: Campus Center, Room 9 (650-508-3711; ginseng@stanfordalumni.org)
Marc Wolterbeek, Chair of the English Department, received his PhD in Comparative Literature and Medieval Studies at U.C. Berkeley (1984). He has published a book (Comic Tales of the Middle Ages) and numerous articles. He teaches British Literature, Classics of World Literature, and the Seminar in Humanities. Favorite Quote: “Life is comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel” (Horace Walpole). Office: Campus Center, Room One (650-508-3708; mwolterbeek@ndnu.edu)