Faculty and Staff

Our faculty is dedicated to providing a traditional Liberal Arts experience and serving the practical needs of its students and, in turn, the metropolitan community. They have won University Teaching Awards in fourteen of the last seventeen years and are dedicated to scholarship and creative projects that enhance their teaching. In addition, many have won major awards and grants for their research and have achieved national and international recognition in their fields.

English Romance Languages

Graduate Faculty

Division of English

Division of English Administrative Staff

Coordinator of Graduate and Undergraduate English

sbalkun@uno.edu

Olivier Bourderionnet, Ph.D.

Professor and Romance Languages Graduate Coordinator

obourde1@uno.edu

Elaine Brooks, Ph.D.

Professor and Department Chair, English & Foreign Languages

esbrooks@uno.edu

Teresa Jacobson, M.F.A

Coordinator of First-Year Writing Program, Creative Writing Workshop, and Romance Languages M.A. Program

tljacob1@uno.edu

Christie Lacy, M.A.

Instructor and Associate Department Chair, English and Foreign Languages

dclacy1@uno.edu

Janet Barnwell Smith, Ph.D.

Retained Instructor, Director, Greater New Orleans Writing Project, Director, First-Year Writing Program

jbsmith5@uno.edu

Elizabeth Steeby, Ph.D.

Graduate Coordinator of English, Associate Professor

esteeby@uno.edu

Director of Creative Writing Workshop, Associate Professor (fiction)

mowalsh@uno.edu

Division of English Faculty

Denis Augier, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

daugier@uno.edu

Nancy Easterlin, Ph.D.

University Research Professor, Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies

neasterl@uno.edu

Director of the Writing Center

Katie Chosa Franklin, MA

Instructor

Research Professor (Poetry)

Carolyn Hembree

Associate Professor (Poetry)

chembree@uno.edu

Instructor of English

emhogan1@uno.edu

Instructor of English

jhurter1@uno.edu

Associate Professor (Fiction)

bajohns3@uno.edu

Jennifer Kuchta

Retained Instructor

jkuchta@uno.edu

Elizabeth Lewis

Retained Instructor

emlewis1@uno.edu

Associate Professor (Playwriting)

jmaxwell@uno.edu

Retained Instructor

kmcdonal@uno.edu

Doreen Piano, Ph.D.

Associate Professor , Director of the Women and Gender Studies Program

Instructor (Retired)

Shelby Richardson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

elovell@uno.edu

David Rutledge, Ph.D.

Retained Instructor

drutledg@uno.edu

Lisa Verner, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Director, UNO Women's Center

lverner@uno.edu

Robin Werner, Ph.D.

Retained Instructor

rwerner@uno.edu

Leslie White, Ph.D.

Associate Professor (Retired)

ltwhite@uno.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Fredrick Barton

Professor Emeritus, Writer in Residence, University Research Professor (Fiction)

fbarton@uno.edu

Professor of English

rbates1@uno.edu

Kris Lackey, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

klackey@uno.edu

Professor Emeritus

jbleake@uno.edu

Carl Malmgren, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

cmalmgre@uno.edu

Kevin Marti, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Professor Emeritus

kamurph1@uno.edu

Niyi Osundare, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor

oosunda1@uno.edu

Peter Schock, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

pschock@uno.edu

Division of Romance Languages

Division of Romance Languages Administrative Staff

Elaine Brooks, Ph.D.

Department Chair, English & Foreign Languages, Professor

esbrooks@uno.edu

Division of Romance Languages Faculty

Elaine Brooks, Ph.D.

Department Chair, English & Foreign Languages, Professor

esbrooks@uno.edu

Instructor

taevison@uno.edu

Sebastián Figueroa, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Spanish

jfiguer1@uno.edu

Manuel García-Castellón, Ph.D.

Professor

mgarciac@uno.edu

Pia U. Köstner

Instructor

pkostner@uno.edu

Clifton M. Meynard Sutton

Instructor

cmeynard@uno.edu

Assistant Professor

laphilip@uno.edu

Juliana Starr, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

jstarr1@uno.edu

Instructor

Adjunct Instructors

Noriko Ito Krenn

Instructor

James Bryant Smith

Instructor

Emeritus Faculty

Alicia G.R. Aldaya

Professor Emeritus, Spanish

Maria del Carmen Artigas

Professor Emeritus of Spanish

Allen H. Chappel

Professor Emeritus of German

Professor Emeritus of French

Professor Emeritus of Spanish

Research Professor Emeritus of French

Dolores J. Walker

Professor Emeritus of Spanish

Kathryn E. Wildgen

Professor Emeritus of French

John R. Williams

Professor Emeritus of French