Post-Graduate Employment
MA, MFA, and PhD graduates from the Department of English at UNM have enjoyed great success in obtaining positions around the globe, both as tenure track faculty and as contributors to public sector work and private enterprise.
Daoine Bachran
Program: American Literary Studies
Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Denver
Oliver Baker
Program: American Literary Studies
Specialty: Long C19 American Literature
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Penn State University
Loyola Bird
Program: Rhetoric and Writing
Specialty: American Indian Literature, American Indian Rhetoric, American Indian Education
Current Position: Educator
Institution: Dulce High School
Ashley Carlson
Program: British and Irish Literary Studies
Specialty: Victorian Literature
Current Position: Associate Professor
Institution: University of Montana Western
Bruce Carroll
Program: British and Irish Literary Studies
Specialty: Early Modern Literature
Current Position: Lecturer
Institution: New York University, Singapore Campus
Genesea Carter
Program: British and Irish Literary Studies / Rhetoric and Writing
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Wisconsin - Stout
Daniel Cryer
Program: Rhetoric and Writing
Specialty: Rhetoric and Composition
Current Position: Associate Director of Composition and Special Assistant Professor
Institution: Colorado State University
Ann D'Orazio
Program: Medieval Studies
Specialty: Old English Literature
Current Position: Operations Director
Institution: National Institute of Flamenco
Greg Evans Haley
Program: Rhetoric and Writing
Current Position: Director
Institution: ACT Foundation
Annarose Fitzgerald
Program: American Literary Studies
Specialty: Modernist Poetry
Current Position: Assistant Professor of English
Institution: University of Nebraska at Kearney
Paul Formisano
Program: American Literary Studies / Rhetoric and Writing
Specialty: Environmental Literature / Writing Center Administration
Current Position: Director of Writing / Associate Professor
Institution: University of South Dakota
Randall Gann
Program: American Literary Studies
Current Position: Owner
Institution: Gann PR
Christine Garcia
Program: Rhetoric and Writing
Current Position: Associate Professor
Institution: Eastern Connecticut State University
Genevieve Garcia de Mueller
Program: Rhetoric and Writing
Specialty: Race, Policy
Current Position: Senior Research and Policy Analyst
Institution: Institute of Higher Education Policy
Logan Greene
Program: Rhetoric and Writing / Medieval Studies
Specialty: Women's Rhetoric
Curent Position: Professor
Institution: Eastern Washington University
Amy Gore
Program: American Literary Studies
Specialty: Indigenous Book History
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: North Dakota State University
Rachel Harmon (Keller)
Program: American Literary Studies
Current Position: Associate Professor
Institution: Snow College
Brian Hendrickson
Program: Rhetoric and Writing
Specialty: Rhetorical Engagement in STEM
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Writing Studies, Rhetoric and Composition
Institution: Roger Williams University
Mellisa Huffman
Program: Rhetoric and Writing
Current Position: Assistant Professor / Coordinator of First-Year Writing
Institution: Angelo State University
Lindsey Ives
Program: Rhetoric and Writing
Specialty: Composition / Multi-lingual Writers
Current Position: Associate Professor / Director of the Writing Program
Institution: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Leigh Johnson
Program: American Literary Studies
Specialty: Mexican American Literature
Current Position: Associate Professor
Institution: Marymount University
Stacey Kikendall
Program: British and Irish Literary Studies
Specialty: Victorian Literature
Current Position: Associate Professor
Institution: Park University
Valeri Kinsey
Program: Rhetoric and Writing
Specialty: Female Rhetorical Strategies
Current Position: Lecturer
Institution: Stanford University
Jana Koehler
Program: American Literary Studies
Specialty: American Literature, Literature and Culture of the American Southwest, Ethnic Literature
Current Position: Faculty Associate, Adjunct English Instructor
Institution: Arizona State University, University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus
Christine Kozikowski
Program: Medieval Studies
Specialty: Middle English
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: College of the Bahamas
Karmen Lenz
Program: Medieval Studies
Specialty: Old English
Current Position: Professor
Middle Georgia State University
Laurie Lowrance
Program: American Literary Studies
Specialty: Gender Studies, Chicano/a Literature
Current Position: Assistant Professor of English
Institution: Cisco College
John D. Miles
Program: Rhetoric and Writing
Specialty: Rhetorical Agency
Current Position: Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Institution: Reinhardt University
Erin Murrah-Mandril
Program: American Literary Studies
Specialty: Chicano/a Literature
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Texas, Arlington
Tom Pierce
Program: Rhetoric and Writing
Current Position: English Faculty
Institution: Morton College
Dalicia Raymond
Program: Medieval Studies
Specialty: Magic and Romance
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Spartanburg Methodist College
Noreen Rivera
Program: American Literary Studies
Specialty: Chicano/a Literature
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Texas, Brownsville
Abigail Robertson
Program: Medieval Studies
Specialty: Medieval Literature
Current Position: Senior Manager of Corporate Partnerships & Cause Marketing for the National Parks Conservation Association
Calinda C. Shely
Program: English Language and Literary Studies
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Northern Arizona University
Karra Shimabukuro
Program: British and Irish Literary Studies
Specialty: Medieval and Early Modern Literature
Current Position: Associate Professor
Institution: Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina
Marisa Sikes
Program: Medieval Studies
Specialty: Middle English
Current Position: Associate Professor
Institution: Austin Peay State University
Leah Sneider
Program: American Literary Studies
Specialty: Native American Literature
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Montgomery College, Rockville
Mariya Tseptsura
Program: Rhetoric and Writing
Specialty: Online Education
Current Position: Director of the Online Writing Program
Institution: University of Arizona
Soha Turfler
Program: Rhetoric and Writing
Current Position: Associate Staff Attorney at NM Supreme Court
Roy Turner
Program: American Literary Studies
Specialty: Native American Literature
Current Position: Department Chair
Institution: Lone Star College-Montgomery
Jill Walker Gonzalez
Program: American Literary Studies
Specialty: Religion and Literature
Current Position: Director of Graduate Studies / Assistant Professor
Institution: La Sierra University
Julie Williams
Program: Rhetoric and Writing
Specialty: Policy, Outreach, Grantwrriting, and Qualitative Research
Current Position: Media Communications Specialist
Institution: The Rural Institue for Inclusive Communities at the University of Montana
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