English Department Faculty

English faculty at Clark hold a variety of awards and honors. Marylynne Diggs, Gail Robinson, Julian Nelson, Jim Wilkins-Luton, and Josh Patrick have been awarded Clark's most prestigious teaching honor: The Exceptional Faculty Award. Gail Robinson, Elizabeth Donley, and Michael Guerra have won Oregon Literary Fellowships. One of Alexis Nelson's non-fiction works was selected as a "notable" essay in Best American Essays 2013. Melissa Favara's work was selected for publication on McSweeney's Internet Tendency website. Jill Darley-Vanis and Melissa Favara have written a chapter in the book Teaching Accelerated and Corequisite Composition edited by David Starkey. Joe Pitkin's science fiction novel, Exit Black, was published by Blackstone in 2024.

For more information about faculty interests and specialties, please click on English Faculty Specialties.

For contact information for full-time and part-time English faculty, please see below.

Full-Time Faculty

Lisa Bullard 360-992-2280 lbullard @clark.edu Foster 104	Alexis Nelson 360-992-2373 anelson@clark.edu Foster 208
Dr. Lindsay Christopher 360-992-2475 lchristopher@clark.edu Foster 207	Tobias Peterson Division Chair Placement Coordinator 360-992-2637 tpeterson@clark.edu Foster 209
Jill Darley-Vanis 360-992-2215 jdarley-vanis@clark.edu Hawkins 107	Joe Pitkin 360-992-2407 jpitkin@clark.edu Hawkins 109
Elizabeth Donley 360-992-2305 edonley@clark.edu Foster 219	Gail Robinson 360-992-2728 grobinson@clark.edu T Building 133
Melissa Favara Adjunct Coordinator 360-992-2640 mfavara@clark.edu T Building 132	Chris Smith 360-992-2975 csmith@clark.edu Foster 213
Dr. Mark Keats 360-992-2916 mkeats@clark.edu Foster 206	Cydney Topping 360-992-2161 ctopping@clark.edu Foster 218
Dr. Ray Korpi 360-992-6118 rkorpi@clark.edu CTC 286	Dr. Jim Wilkins-Luton 360-992-2217 jwilkins-luton@clark.edu Foster 113
Jesse Morse 360-992-2198 jmorse@clark.edu Foster 204

Part-Time Faculty

Foster 112 is the part-time faculty office space, but not all part-time faculty use this office. Email is the best way to reach a part-time faculty member.