Literature
Kristin Boudreau
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...
Joel J. Brattin
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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...
Ulrike Brisson
Contact Information:
Salisbury Laboratories, 333
Phone: +1-508-831-5742
ubrisson@wpi.edu
Ulrike Brisson
- Assistant Teaching Professor of German Studies
- Humanities & Arts
Coming from a family with a long teaching tradition, teaching has always been fundamental to Professor Brisson’s well being. Being a German professor at WPI has been a great privilege because the students are motivated, hardworking, and eager to learn. Read more...
Jim Cocola
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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...
David B. Dollenmayer
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Salisbury Laboratories, 35
Phone: +1-508-831-5939
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
dbd@wpi.edu
David B. Dollenmayer
- Professor, Humanities & Arts
Professor Dollenmayer's primary area of scholarly interest is teaching German as a second language and translating contemporary literature of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. He has also written critical books and articles on a number of German writers. Read more...
Michelle Ephraim
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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...
Kent P. Ljungquist
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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...
Aarti S. Madan
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Salisbury Laboratories, 03
Phone: +1-508-831-6587
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
amadan@wpi.edu
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Aarti S. Madan
- Assistant Professor, Humanities & Arts
Though Professor Madan’s primary area of research includes Latin American literary and cultural studies, particularly the intersection of literature and geography in 19th-century narrative, at WPI she teaches all things Spanish. Read more...
Ingrid E. Matos-Nin
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Salisbury Laboratories, 5
Phone: +1-508-831-5356
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
imatos@wpi.edu
Ingrid E. Matos-Nin
- Assistant Teaching Professor of Spanish
- Humanities & Arts
WPI students have highly inquisitive minds, making Professor Matos-Nin’s job a rewarding, challenging, and pleasant undertaking. Her classes are small communities of learning, where her role is to guide and facilitate the process. Read more...
Wesley T. Mott
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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...
Svetlana Nikitina
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Salisbury Laboratories, 35
Phone: +1-508-831-5939
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
svetlana@wpi.edu
Svetlana Nikitina
- Assistant Teaching Professor of English
- Humanities & Arts
Professor Nikitina teaches a variety of English, American, and comparative literature courses and is involved in the First-Year Experience Program, teaching Grand Challenges Seminar: Sustainable Development for the 21st Century. Read more...
Angel A. Rivera
Contact Information:
Salisbury Laboratories, 016
Phone: +1-508-831-5779
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
arivera@wpi.edu
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Angel A. Rivera
- Associate Professor, Humanities & Arts
Professor Rivera has been conducting research on 19th- and 20th-century Spanish Caribbean literature and theories related to the exploration of limits or borders (i.e., the edges or places where multiple cultures touch or come into contact). Read more...
Lance Schachterle
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...
John Griffith Urang
Contact Information:
Salisbury Laboratories, 330
Phone: +1-508-831-5215
jgurang@wpi.edu
John Griffith Urang
- Assistant Professor, Humanities & Arts
Susan Vick
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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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