Portland-State-University 2024-2025 Bulletin

Faculty

John Beer (2011) M.F.A.

Director of Creative Writing, Associate Professor of English. M.F.A. 1996 University of Iowa.

Keri Sanburn Behre (2018) Ph.D.
Teaching Assistant Professor of English. Ph.D. 2011 University of Kansas.

Kathi Inman Berens (2015) Ph.D.

Professor of English. Ph.D. 1999 University of California at Berkeley.

Joel Bettridge (2006) Ph.D.

Professor of English. Ph.D. 2002 State University of New York, Buffalo.

Elisabeth A. Ceppi (2000) Ph.D.

Chair, Professor of English. Ph.D. 2000 University of Chicago.

Michael Clark (1999) Ph.D., J.D.

Professor of English. Ph.D. 1989 State University of New York, Binghamton; J.D. 1995 University of Oregon.

Paul Collins (2006) Ph.D.

Professor of English. Ph.D. 2016 City University of New York Graduate Center.

Kathryn Comer (2017) Ph.D.
Director of Composition, Associate Professor of English. Ph.D. 2011 Ohio State University.

Robyn Crummer-Olson (2020) M.A.
Publisher, Ooligan Press. M.A. 2011 Portland State University.

Dan DeWeese (2003) M.A.

Instructor of English, Director of the Writing Center. M.A. 2003 Portland State University.

W. Tracy Dillon (1993) Ph.D.

Professor of English. Ph.D. 1988 University of California, Riverside.

Joshua Epstein (2014) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English, Ph.D. 2008 Vanderbilt University.

Thomas Fisher (2002) Ph.D.

Professor of English. Ph.D. 2000 State University of New York, Buffalo.  

Maude Hines (2000) Ph.D.

Professor of English. Ph.D. 1998 Duke University.

Alastair Hunt (2009) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English. Ph.D. 2009 University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Susan Kirtley (2011) Ph.D.

Professor of English. Ph.D. 2002 University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

William Knight (2011) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English. Ph.D. 2009 Duke University.

Janice Lee (2017) M.F.A.
Associate Professor of English. M.F.A. 2008 California Institute of the Arts.

Bishupal Limbu (2010) Ph.D.

Associate Chair, Associate Professor of English. Ph.D. 2010 Northwestern University.

Sarah Lincoln (2010) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English. Ph.D. 2008 Duke University.

Marie Lo (2001) Ph.D.

Professor of English. Ph.D. 2001 University of California, Berkeley. 

Hildy Miller (2000) Ph.D.

Professor of English. Ph.D. 1990 University of Minnesota.

Anoop Mirpuri (2012) Ph.D.

Director of MA English, Associate Professor of English. Ph.D. 2010 University of Washington

Rachel Noorda (2017) Ph.D.
Director of Book Publishing, Associate Professor of English. Ph.D. 2016 University of Stirling.

Sarah Read (2017) Ph.D.

Director of Professional & Technical Writing, Associate Professor of English. Ph.D. 2011 University of Washington.

Susan Reese (1991) M.F.A.

Teaching Assistant Professor of English. M.F.A. 2006 Pacific University. 

John V. Smyth (1998) Ph.D.

Professor of English. Ph.D. 1982 University of Pennsylvania.

Gabriel Urza (2016) M.F.A., J.D.

Associate Professor of English. J.D. 2004 University of Notre Dame, M.F.A 2012 Ohio State University.

Jonathan Walker (2004) Ph.D.

Professor of English. Ph.D. 2004 University of Illinois, Chicago. 

Helen Zumas (2011) M.F.A.

Professor of English. M.F.A. 2004 University of Massachusetts, Amherst.