University of Texas at El Paso Academic Catalog

Academic Catalog

English

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Welcome to the Department of English! We are a large and diverse department, featuring undergraduate and graduate programs in English and American Literature, English Education, and Rhetoric and Writing Studies, including a Ph.D. program in Rhetoric and Composition, M.A. degrees in English and American Literature and Rhetoric and Writing Studies, an M.A.T. degree in English Education, and B.A. degrees in English and American Literature (ENAL) and English Education (ENGL). The First Year Composition sequence is housed in our department, which means that virtually every undergraduate student at UTEP comes into contact with us at one time or another. Our faculty have published widely across the fields represented in our department, and many of them have won awards for teaching and student support, as well as being recognized for their scholarship. We are committed to achieving the highest quality of scholarship and teaching, and we pride ourselves on welcoming and supporting our students at all levels, from their first semester in the university to the completion of their highest degree. 

Undergraduate Degree Requirements

Requirements for all undergraduate degrees from The University of Texas at El Paso include successful completion of RWS 1302 or ENGL 1313 (or ESOL 1312). Course work toward this goal consists of a three-step program to develop college-level competence in composition, rhetoric, and research procedures. This program is designed to provide students the skills in language and communication which they will need for the remainder of their undergraduate careers and for professional achievement in their selected fields following graduation.

Students place into a first-year composition course by virtue of their placement test scores. Students should be enrolled in a composition course every semester until they complete the first-year composition sequence. All students must present test scores for placement into the first-year composition program. For information in this catalog concerning placement into the proper freshman composition courses, students should refer to the University College section, under Student Assessment and Testing,

Developmental English Program

The Developmental English Program prepares students for the first-year composition sequence. The program consists of ENGL 0111, ENGL 0310, and ENGL 0311. The program is located in the Education Building Room 205; the phone number is 915.747.5693.

English Degree Concentrations

Students are expected to consult with the Director of Literature, the Director of English Education, or the Director of Rhetoric and Writing Studies concerning the selection of concentrations and courses.

Bilingual Professional Writing Certificate

Students in any major who have some fluency in both English and Spanish are eligible to pursue certification. They are required to pass, with a B or better, a combination of two English classes and two Translation classes in the Department of Languages and Linguistics. They then pass an exit exam to receive the certificate. For further information, consult either the Department of English or the Department of Languages and Linguistics.

Chair

Joseph Ortiz
Contact Information: mailto:jmortiz7@utep.edu; 915-747-5276
Education: BA, Yale University; Ph D, Princeton University

Professor

Meredith Abarca
Contact Information: mabarca@utep.edu; 915-747-6249
Education: Ph D, The University of California, Davis

Isabel Baca
Contact Information: ibaca@utep.edu; 915-747-6245
Education: Summer Credit, University of Warwick; BA, The University of Texas at El Paso; MA, The University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, New Mexico State University

Beth Brunk
Contact Information: blbrunk@utep.edu; 915-747-6318
Education: BA, New Mexico State University; MA, University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, University of Texas at Arlington

Mimi Gladstein
Contact Information: mgladstein@utep.edu; 915-747-6259
Education: BA, Texas Western College; MA, Texas Western College; Ph D, University of New Mexico

Joseph Ortiz
Contact Information: jmortiz7@utep.edu;
Education: BA, Yale University; Ph D, Princeton University

Jonna Perrillo
Contact Information: jperrillo@utep.edu; 915-747-6059
Education: BA, University of Michigan; MA, University of Maryland; Ph D, New York University

Keith Polette
Contact Information: kpolette@utep.edu; 915-747-5123
Education: BA, Central Methodist College; MA, Idaho State University; MA, Idaho State University; Ph D, Saint Louis University

Associate Professor

Lucía Durá
Contact Information: ldura@utep.edu; 915-747-5199
Education: MA, The University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, The University of Texas at El Paso

Andrew Fleck
Contact Information: ajfleck@utep.edu; 915-747-0246
Education: Ph D, Claremont Graduate University

Robert Gunn
Contact Information: rlgunn@utep.edu; 915-747-6265
Education: BA, Oberlin College; MA, New York University; Ph D, New York University

Marion Rohrleitner
Contact Information: mcrohrleitner@utep.edu; 915-747-5647
Education: M. Phil., Leopold-Franzens-Universitaet Innsbruck; Ph D, University of Notre Dame

Lauren Rosenberg
Contact Information: lmrosenberg@utep.edu;
Education: Ph D, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Barbara Zimbalist
Contact Information: bezimbalist@utep.edu;
Education: BA, San José State University; BA, San José State University; MA, San Diego State University; Ph D, University of California, Davis; Ph D, University of California; Additional Administration Coursework, Harvard Business School Online

Assistant Professor

Elias Adanu
Contact Information: eadanu@utep.edu; 915-747-6248
Education: Ph D, Texas A&M University

Brad Jacobson
Contact Information: bjacobson@utep.edu; 915-747-6623
Education: MA, University of Arizona; Ph D, University of Arizona

Soyeon Lee
Contact Information: slee15@utep.edu; 915-747-8806
Education: BA, Yonsei University; MA, Yonsei University; Ph D, University of Houston

Celina Osuna
Contact Information: cosuna3@utep.edu;
Education: BA, University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, Arizona State University

Oishani Sengupta
Contact Information: osengupta@utep.edu;
Education: Ph D, University of Rochester

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Anjanette Darrington
Contact Information: adarrington@utep.edu; 915-757-6696
Education: Ph D, Arizona State University

Judith Fourzan
Contact Information: jfourzan@utep.edu; 915-747-6624
Education: BA, The University of Texas at El Paso; MFA, The University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, University of Texas at El Paso

Maria Isela Maier
Contact Information: mmaier@utep.edu; 915-747-5369
Education: MA, University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, University of Texas at El Paso

Levi Martin
Contact Information: lrmartin@utep.edu; 915-747-6687
Education: BA, University of Texas, El Paso; MA, University of Texas, El Paso; Ph D, The University of Texas at El Paso

Teresa Quezada
Contact Information: tquezada2@utep.edu; 915-747-7714
Education: MBA, UTEP; Ph D, University of Texas at El Paso

Senior Lecturer

Esther Al-Tabaa
Contact Information: EAl-Tabaa@utep.edu;
Education: MA, The University of Texas at El Paso

The University of Texas at El Paso
Department of English
Hudspeth Hall, Room 113
500 W University
El Paso, Texas 79902


Phone: 915.747.5731
Email: english@utep.edu

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