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Contact Information:
Salisbury Laboratories, 022
Phone: +1-508-831-6573
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
efboucher@wpi.edu
Esther F. Boucher-Yip
- Assistant Professor, Humanities & Arts
Contact Information:
Salisbury Laboratories, 125
Phone: +1-508-831-5246
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
kboudreau@wpi.edu
Kristin Boudreau
- Associate Dean
- Professor & Department Head, Humanities & Arts
Professor Boudreau became Associate Dean of Humanities & Arts in 2012 and teaches HUA writing courses and the Great Problems Seminar’s "Feed the World.” She finds WPI invigorating because the value of the humanities and arts is built into the curriculum. Read more...
Contact Information:
Salisbury Laboratories, 24
Phone: +1-508-831-5572
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
jjb@wpi.edu
Joel J. Brattin
- Professor, Humanities & Arts
Professor Brattin has enjoyed teaching British literature at WPI since 1990 and likes the intelligence and good work ethic of WPI students. He especially enjoys the opportunity to meet and interact with students in small groups and individually. Read more...
Contact Information:
Salisbury Laboratories, 26
Phone: +1-508-831-5104
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
jcocola@wpi.edu
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Jim Cocola
- Assistant Professor, Humanities & Arts
Jim Cocola teaches courses in literary studies, along with those in American studies, creative writing, film studies, and media studies. Teaching at WPI allows him to be in thought with a unique set of creative, dynamic, and innovative students. Read more...
Contact Information:
Salisbury Laboratories, 15
Phone: +1-508-831-6679
jdewinter@wpi.edu
Jennifer deWinter
- Co-Director, Professional Writing
- Assistant Professor, Humanities & Arts
Professor deWinter particularly respects WPI’s motto, "Theory and Practice." She believes projects provide a concrete application to abstract knowledge, but strong leaders ponder projects abstractly and connect ideas between disciplines and settings. Read more...
Contact Information:
Salisbury Laboratories, 237
Phone: +1-508-831-6129
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
ephraim@wpi.edu
Michelle Ephraim
- Associate Professor, Humanities & Arts
Michelle Ephraim is WPI’s Shakespeare scholar. She is the author of Reading the Jewish Woman on the Elizabethan Stage as well as numerous articles on 16th- and 17th-century literature. Professor Ephraim also teaches creative and expository writing. Read more...
Contact Information:
Salisbury Laboratories, SL223D
Phone: +1-508-831-5383
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
kpl@wpi.edu
Kent P. Ljungquist
- Professor, Humanities & Arts
Professor Ljungquist teaches courses and seminars on supernatural fiction. What fascinates him are novels, poems, short stories, memoirs, and other forms of literary expression that illuminate and help readers inhabit mental spaces outside themselves. Read more...
Contact Information:
Salisbury Laboratories, 236
Phone: +1-508-831-5441
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
wmott@wpi.edu
Wesley T. Mott
- Professor, Humanities & Arts
Professor Mott particularly enjoys WPI’s opportunities to blend teaching, scholarship, and professional and public service on the writers who matter most to him. He sometimes teaches Emerson and Thoreau in his wide range of literature courses. Read more...
Contact Information:
Salisbury Laboratories, 027
Phone: +1-508-831-5514
les@wpi.edu
Lance Schachterle
- Co-Director, Liberal Arts & Engineering
- Professor, Humanities & Arts
Lance Schachterle enjoys the excitement of the classroom--meeting new students each term, sharing ideas about works of literature that matter, and learning to communicate more effectively. He finds WPI students work harder than most. Read more...
Contact Information:
Salisbury Laboratories, 17
Phone: +1-508-831-5682
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
svick@wpi.edu
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Susan Vick
- Professor, Humanities & Arts
Vick came to WPI in 1981 thinking the job might provide a short bridge to the next phase of her acting, directing, or playwriting career. She remains here mainly due to the unique way faculty forge projects in the lab with undergraduates. Read more...

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