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Department of English Language and Literature

Hoover Hall, Second Floor
1306 E Philadelphia Street, P.O. Box 634
Whittier, CA 90608
562.907.4253
562.907.4956 (fax)

Faculty

Tony Barnstone

The Albert Upton Chair in English Language & Literature
Professor of English
Hoover 215
562.907.4335
tbarnstone@whittier.edu
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Areas of Interest: Poetry and Creative Writing, Translation, The Graphic Novel, American Literature, Asian and Asian-American Literature, Literature of War, and Popular Fiction

Jonathan Burton

Professor of English
Hoover 107
562.907.5021 
jburton@whittier.edu
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Areas of Interest: Shakespeare, Early Modern Studies, Drama, Postcolonial Studies, Comparative Literature, Literature and Race, Islam and English Literature, Writing About Music, History of Education

Michelle Chihara 

Associate Professor of English 
Hoover 213 
mchihara@whittier.edu

Joe Donnelly

Lecturer
Hoover 211
562.907.5168
jdonnel1@whittier.edu

Douglas Manuel

Assistant Professor
Hoover 208
562.907.4896
dmanueli@whittier.edu
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Sean P. T. Morris

Department Chair
Associate Professor of English
Hoover 206
562.907.4416
smorris@whittier.edu​
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Areas of Interest: Beowulf, Medieval Studies, Screenwriting​

dAve pAddy

Associate Dean of Interdisciplinary Programs & Director of Whittier Scholars Programs (WSP)
Professor of English
Hoover 109 
562.907.4317
dpaddy@whittier.edu​
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Areas of Interest: Modern and Contemporary British Literature, J.G. Ballard, Celtic Literature, Black British Culture, Critical Theory, Science Fiction  

Staff

Jacqueline Moreno 

Whittier College Academic Department Management Support
562.907.4256
jmoreno9@whittier.edu