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Faculty Emeritus

(Year of appointment in parentheses)

William L. Brightman (1975)
Professor of English
A.B., Ph.D., University of Washington.

Teaching and Research Interests: 19th century novel: English, American, Russian, and French; modern and contemporary literature.

Office: Hearst 306, ext. 8380. wbrightman@oglethorpe.edu


Robert B. Hornback (2000)
Associate Professor of English.
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin.

Teaching and Research Interests: Shakespeare, non-Shakespearean drama and comedy, other Renaissance literature and culture, Chaucer, Medieval literature, drama (ancient to modern), ancient literature.

Office: Robinson 109, ext. 8379. rhornback@oglethorpe.edu (On sabbatical fall 2007)


Rebecca C. Hyman (1998)
Associate Professor of English.
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia.

Teaching and Research Interests: 19th and 20th century American literature and culture; African-American and ethnic literatures, feminist theory, philosophy of the mind, and history of the body.

Office: Hearst 310, ext. 8390.. rhyman@oglethorpe.edu


Jeanne H. McCarthy
Visiting Assistant Professor of English


Douglas McFarland (1992)
Associate Professor of English. (Division Chair)
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.

Teaching and Research Interests: classics, 16th century French Renaissance, especially Rabelais and Montaigne, Renaissance Epic.

Office: Robinson 105, ext. 8396. dmcfarland@oglethorpe.edu


Linda J. Taylor (1975)
Professor of English.
A.B., Cornell University; Ph.D., Brown University.

Teaching and Research Interests: modern poetry, 19th and 20th century American literature, short fiction, and writing poetry, prose, and autobiography; author of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.

Office: Hearst 301, ext. 8398. ltaylor@oglethorpe.edu


Visit Professor Weiss' WebsiteVictoria L. Weiss (1977)
Professor of English
Director of Student Success
B.A., St. Norbert College; M.A., Ph.D., Lehigh University

Teaching and Research Interests: Arthurian literature, Chaucer, medieval romance, medieval court entertainments, descriptive linguistics.

Office: Hearst 313, ext. 8393. vweiss@oglethorpe.edu

 

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