Graduate study in English Language and Literature at The University of Tulsa develops knowledgeable scholars, critics, and teachers of English literature.
Long known for its faculty strength and library resources in Modernism, Women’s and Gender studies, and Victorian studies, and with its strong cohort of faculty and graduate students working in earlier periods, the English Department a the University of Tulsa has also recently established itself as a center for Digital Humanities research and Public Humanities outreach. We offer a world-renowned Joyce collection, the archives of Nobel laureates V. S. Naipaul and Bob Dylan, the papers of Rebecca West, Jean Rhys, and Stevie Smith, and New World collections at the Helmerich Center for American Research, as well as internships with the James Joyce Quarterly, Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature, and the Modernist Journals Project. Add diverse creative writing opportunities and Tulsa's dynamic downtown writing, art, and music scene, and our graduate students enjoy exceptional possibilities for research, creativity, and professional development.
University of Tulsa Dissertation Authors, 1995-Present
Last updated October 2016
* = could not obtain current information
1995
La Donna M. Flagg *
Sueng-Hee Roh – Associate Professor of English, Chonnam National University (South Korea)
Lesley Thompson Scott – Senior Assoc.- North Western Regional Education Laboratory
(Portland, OR) *
1996
Rebecca Anne Creasy – East Central High School (Tulsa)
Robert L. Keeble, Assistant Professor of English, Schreiner University, now owner-director, Tuscany Ranch, Kerrville, Texas.
1997
Carol Young Kealiher – Managing Editor-James Joyce Quarterly
1998
Thomas Allen Culpepper – Assistant Professor of English, Tulsa Community College
Kiheon Nam – Professor of English, Seoul National University of Science and Technology (Korea)
Sarah M. Theobald-Hall – Programs Coordinator, Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa, Managing Editor, Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature until 2010, now freelance editor in Dallas
Blake Westerlund – Assistant Professor of English, University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire, WI)
1999
Sue Ayers McCurdy Hosterman – Post-Doc at TU, then Highland Lakes Community College (Marble Falls, TX) * Now retired.
James Bernard Kelley – Associate Professor, Mississippi State University at Meridian
Susan L. Tillman – Assistant Professor, Tulsa Community College
2000
Mark R. Hall – Dean of College of Arts & Cultural Studies and Professor of English, Oral Roberts University
Nainsí Jean Houston – Tenure track at Creighton University, then earned MLS and is
Director of Library Service, Heidelberg University (Tiffin, OH)
Toni Linton Van Der Moere *
2001
David Farley, Associate Professor, Institute for Core Studies, St. John's University, NYC
Mary Elizabeth Aldridge – Residential Faculty, Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ)
Doohyun Park – Professor & Chair of English, Korea University of Education (South
Korea)
2002
Hetty Lanier Keaton Yelland – Instructor, Harnell College (Salinas, CA)
Pauline T. Newton – Lecturer in English, Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)
Olena Mary Turnbull (Scotland)*
2003
Nancy Mohrlock Bunker – Associate Professor of English, Middle Georgia State University (Macon, GA), retired last year
Diane Burton – Retired last year as Instructor, University of Tulsa
Maryann R. Donahue – Grant-writer and Registered Nurse, Tulsa
Jihee Han – Professor of English and Dean of School of Language Education at Gyeongsang National University, Republic of Korea. Editor in Chief, Journal of Modern British and American Poetry.
Ben Preston Robertson – Professor of English, Troy University (Troy, AL)
2004
Joann Furlow Allen – Professor of English, Oral Roberts University
Allen H. Bauman – Associate Professor of English, Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Elin Marie Dowdican – corporate work in Tulsa (now retired)
Eunyoung Oh – Professor of English, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea
2005
Michael Gorman – Assistant Professor of English, Penn State (Erie) The Behrend College, now deceased
Marcia Kathleen Farrell – Associate Professor of English, Wilkes University (Scranton, PA)
Intaek Oh –Yonsei University, South Korea
Lisa Ann Wellinghoff – Course Mentor in General Ed., Western Governors University
(Salt Lake City, UT)
Seung-Bok Yi – Assistant Professor, Soongsil University, South Korea
2006
Michael Howard Berglund – Holland Hall Preparatory School (Tulsa)
Richard Allen Black, Jr. – Associate Professor of English, Northwest Missouri State University
(Maryville, MO)
Jeffrey S. Longacre – Associate Professor of English, University of Tennessee at Martin
(Martin, TN)
Kara Marie Ryan – Assistant Professor of English, Tulsa Community College SE
Marilyn Dallman Seymour – Associate Professor of English, Newberry College (Newberry, SC)
Cristina Emanuela Dascălu – Apollonia University (Iasi, Romania)
2007
Geoffrey A. Wright – Associate Professor of English, Samford University (Birmingham, AL)
2008
Victoria Jan Chance – University of Phoenix-online (retired; Kansas City, KS)
Jeremy Saint Larance – Associate Professor of English and Department Chair, West Liberty University (West Liberty, WV)
Matthew David Perry – Associate Professor and Chair of English, Del Mar College
(Corpus Christi, TX)
Lisa BreAnn Riggs – Assistant Professor of English, Oklahoma Wesleyan University (Bartlesville, OK)
Elizabeth J. Thompson – Instructor in English, Ohio University (Athens, OH)
Seung-Bok Yi – Assistant Professor of English, Soonsil University (South Korea)
Matthew Huculak – Postodoctoral Fellow in Digital Scholarship, University of Victoria
(Canada)
2009
Gordon Appleton – Missouri Community College (Joplin, OH) (part-time)
Jennifer McKellar Handy– Associate Professor, Los Medanos College and Columbia College (Coast Guard Island campus) (Pittsburg, CA)
2010
Sara Beam, Writing Coordinator, Rogers State University (Claremore, OK), 2011-16, 2016-present Writing Program Director and Applied Assistant Professor of English, The University of Tulsa
Karen Dutoi, Managing Editor, Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature
Dane Spencer, formerly Visiting Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; now Head of English Department, Rancho Solano Preparatory School,
Scottsdale, AZ, formerly
Irina Strout, Visiting Research Professor, Northeastern State University (Tahlequah, OK)
2011
Lavaughn Towell -- Associate Professor, School of Humanities & Communication, Daytona State College (Daytona Beach, FL)
Shelly Gregory – Independent Scholar
2012
Jennifer Krisuk, Assistant Professor, Dodge City Community College (Dodge City, KS)
Seung-a Ji, Assistant Professor of English Education, Chonnam National University, South Korea
Patrick Belk, Post-doctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities, Dickinson College (Carlisle,
PA), until 2014; now Assistant Professor, Dept. of Multimedia and Digital
Culture, University of Pittsburgh -- Johnstown
Tara Aveilhe, Director of Education, Sweet Adelines International (Tulsa, OK)
2013
Jennifer Fuller, formerly Assistant Professor of English, Warner University, now Assistant Lecturer in English, Idaho State University
Barbara Woodfin, Sponsored Programs Coordinator, Tulsa Community College
Kristen Marangoni, Assistant Professor of English, Tulsa Community College
Younghee Kho, Korea University
2014
Lexi Stuckey, Composition Mentor, Western Governors University
Kristen Gravitte, fixed-term faculty, East Carolina University
Matthew Vaughn, Instructor, Jefferson College, MO
Tabatha Hibbs – Instructor, Connors State College (Muskogee, OK)
2015
David Chandler -- Associate Director of Research, ConsumerAffairs, Tulsa
Melissa Antonucci – Renewable Term Lecturer, First-Year Composition Program,
University of Oklahoma, Norman
Greg Stone, Provost and Professor of English, Tulsa Community College Metro Campus
Gidong Aum -- Seoul, Korea*
Miram Abu Daqqa – Instructor, Cape Breton University, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada; now pursuing further study in Women's and Middle Eastern Studies
Hyundong Ko – Instructor in English Literature, Chungbuk University and Hankyk University of Foreign Studies, Korea; Visiting Assistant Professor, Incheon National University, Korea
Kate Williams, Director of Research, ConsumerAffairs, Tulsa
Jami Barnett, Director, Center for Writing Excellence, Drew University, NJ
Matthew Kochis, Assistant Professor of English and Journalism, Mercer County Community College, NJ
Jina Moon, Post-doctoral Researcher, Visiting Instructor, Yonsei University, Korea
2016
Ashley Schoppe – post-doc at TU
Kent Emerson – post-doc at TU
Lindi Smith, Adjunct Professor of English, Brookhaven College, TX
Omer Kazmi - Instructor, Valencia College, and English teacher, Leaders' Preparatory Academy, Orlando, FL
