English Department Faculty

English faculty at Clark hold a variety of prestigious 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. 

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

Dr. Lindsay Christopher

Adjunct Coordinator
360-992-2475
lchristopher@clark.edu
Foster 207

Alexis Nelson

360-992-2373
anelson@clark.edu
Foster 208

Jill Darley-Vanis

360-992-2215
jdarley-vanis@clark.edu
Hawkins 107

Dr. Julian Nelson

360-992-2280
jnelson@clark.edu
Hawkins 113

Dr. Marylynne Diggs

360-992-2162
mdiggs@clark.edu
T Building 134

Tobias Peterson

360-992-2637
tpeterson@clark.edu
Foster 209

Elizabeth Donley

Division Chair
Placement Coordinator
360-992-2305
edonley@clark.edu
Foster 219

Joe Pitkin

360-992-2407
jpitkin@clark.edu
Hawkins 109

Melissa Favara

360-992-2640
mfavara@clark.edu
T Building 132

Gail Robinson

360-992-2728
grobinson@clark.edu
T Building 133

Dr. Mark Keats

360-992-2916
mkeats@clark.edu
Foster 206

Chris Smith

360-992-2975
csmith@clark.edu
Foster 213

Dr. Ray Korpi

360-992-6118
rkorpi@clark.edu
CTC 286

Kimberly Sullivan

360-992-2822
ksullivan@clark.edu
Foster 104

Jesse Morse

360-992-2198
jmorse@clark.edu
Foster 204

Cydney Topping

360-992-2161
ctopping@clark.edu
Foster 218

 

Dr. Jim Wilkins-Luton

360-992-2217
jwilkins-luton@clark.edu
Foster 113

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.

Justin Allen

jallen@clark.edu

Michael Guerra

mguerra@clark.edu

Airin Miller

amiller@clark.edu

Jennifer Stone

jstonehill@clark.edu

Lisa Bullard

lbullard@clark.edu

Bryan Hoffer 

bhoffer@clark.edu

Sara Marshall

smarshall@clark.edu

Mackenzie Streissguth

mstreissguth@clark.edu

Erin Burrows

eburrows@clark.edu

Eleanor Howell

ehowell@clark.edu

Kymber Miller

kmiller@clark.edu 

Brogan Sullivan

bsullivan@clark.edu 

Tina Cabrera

tcabrera@clark.edu

Soohyon Ji

sji@clark.edu

Lynne Nolan

lnolan@clark.edu

Maureen Sullivan

msullivan@clark.edu

Chris Cottrell

ccottrell@clark.edu

Shannon Kelley

skelley@clark.edu

Josh Patrick

jlpatrick@clark.edu

Julia Tillinghast

jtillinghast@clark.edu

Jason Eversman

jeversman@clark.edu

Meredith Kirkwood

mkirkwood@clark.edu

Dr. Gerry Smith

gsmith@clark.edu

Todd Walker

twalker@clark.edu

Jennifer Denrow

jdenrow@clark.edu

Alexis Khoury

akhoury@clark.edu 

Rachana Son

rson@clark.edu

Lee Ware

lware@clark.edu

James Finley

jfinley@clark.edu

Dawn Knopf

dknopf@clark.edu

Zoe Speidel

zspeidel@clark.edu

Elle Wilder-Tack

ewilder-tack@clark.edu

Cassia Gammill

cgammill@clark.edu

Aubrey Lenahan

alenahan@clark.edu

Dr. Arwen Spicer

aspicer@clark.edu

Lacy Williams

lwilliams@clark.edu

   

Linda Stewart

lstewart@clark.edu

Tara Williams

twilliams@clark.edu