Adjunct Faculty in the Department of English
Summary of Credentials
Academic Year 2006-07

Emeritus Faculty in Residence

LEVIN, DAN, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1964—Creative Writing, Russian Literature–Author of Spinoza: The Youth of the Philosopher; Stormy Petrel: The Life and Work of Maxim Gorky; From the Battlefield: Dispatches of a World War II Marine; and the novels Mask of Glory, The Dream in the Flesh, and Son of Judah; Author of the play May Day. dan.levin@liu.edu

TUCKER, MARTIN, Ph.D. NYU 1963–Modern Literature, especially World Literature–Author of Joseph Conrad, Africa in Modern Literature, and Sam Shepard; Author of the poetry books While There Is Time: Penultimate Poems, Attention Spans, and Homes of Locks and Mysteries; Editor of Confrontation, The Critical Temper, and Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism; Co-Editor of A Library of Literary Criticism, Modern Commonwealth Literature, and Belles-Lettres in English.
Phone: 516-299-2720, Fax: 516-299-2735, E-mail: confrontation@liu.edu , Web: http://www.liu.edu/confrontation

Faculty from Other Departments

AULETTA, RICHARD, Assistant Professor Foreign Languages, a.b.d. (Romance Linguistics) SUNY Buffalo 1969; a.b.d. (Germanic Philology) SUNY Stony Brook 1975–Romance and Germanic Linguistics–Author of 201 Swedish Verbs, Co-Author of Grammatical Terminology. richard.auletta@liu.edu

GUNTHER, SHEILA SIDLETT, Associate Professor and Chair Foreign Languages, M.A., a.b.d. (Russian) University of Pennsylvania 1963—Russian Language and Literature. Sheila.Gunther@liu.edu

Visiting Research Professor

BAI HONG'AI, Associate Professor Linguistics Yambian University, Ph.D. Fudan University (Shanghai) 2002–Lingusitics–Author of "Epistemic Usage of Modal Auxiliaries," "Jordan: New Hero Image of Hemingway," "Tentative Study of Listening Class for English Major Students," "Reforms in Practical English Grammar Class" "Comparison of Aspect Expressions in English and Chinese Verbs and their Meanings," "Application of Functional - Notional Methodology in Teaching English Major Students," "Analysis of Discourses with Implicit Coherence" "Analysis of Coherence with the Theories of Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics," "Production of Discourse with the Interaction of Genre and Register," "Communicative Functions of Paralinguistic Features," "Deviation in Discourses: From a Functional Perspective," "Deviant Use of Idiomatic Expressions in Chinese Advertising Discourses: From a Cognitive Perspective," Generic Structure and the Production of Planned and Unplanned Discourses" "Creativity of Language: a Cognitive Analysis to Deviation," "Interweaving of L1 and L2 Thinking in L2 Writing," "Cross-Genre Phenomenon in Commercial Advertising Discourses," "Fuzziness of Narrative Perspective in Chinese Students' Writing"; Co-Author with Zhang Zhen'ai, Piao Yingshi, and Li Hua of the textbook KA English; Has given conference papers on "Generic Structure and Construction of Planned and Unplanned Discourses," "Deviation: Creativity in Language Communication," "Motivated Choice: Language Deviation in Advertising Discourses," "Awareness of Perspective-Taking in English Writing," and "Designing Multimodal Discourses."

Campus Administration and Staff

COATES, CHAD, M.B.A. C. W. Post Campus LIU 2005—Associate Director of Learning Support Center—Author of “Improving Performance through Coaching”; Co-Editor of Assessing Excellence; Has given conference presentations on “Stepping Back to Empower Youth,” “Be a Player: The Value of Games,” and “Activities to Connect: Fostering Effective Mentoring Relationships.”  chad.coates@liu.edu

DESMOND, THERESA, M.A. (Spanish) SUNY Albany 1988, M.A. (English) C. W. Post Campus LIU 1990–Composition, Comparative Literature–HEOP Staff–Doctoral candidate in Comparative Literature at SUNY Stony Brook–Has published papers on "Christianity through Thoughts and Deeds in [Miguel de Unomuno's] St. Manuel the Good," and "Clyde Griffith, Protagonist of An American Tragedy"; Has published editorials in the Buffalo News and creative writing in The Spirit; Has given conference paper on "Shakespeare: Alive and Well Behind Prison Bars." theresa.desmond@liu.edu

FIGUERO, TRICIA, M.S. C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University—Counseling, English Education—Academic Advisor for English and English for Adolescence Education.  tricia.figuero@liu.edu

HARTMAN, ELIZABETH, M.L.S. C. W. Post Campus LIU 2003—Librarianship, Writing and Editing—Visiting Librarian—Author of The Smart Girl’s Guide to Sports: A Hip Handbook for Women Who Don’t Know a Slam dunk from a Grand Slam, “William Randolph Hearst, Art Collector: Debunking the Myths,” “Can I Meet Your Elephant?” Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Ethics for All,” “Think Twink,” “Andy Borowitz, Part of the Problem,” “Rita Rudner: Up for Adventure,” “Tara Fletcher’s Dream Comes True,” “Miriam Marx Allen: A Labor of Love,” “Happy 30th Birthday, Spider-Man,” “A Whole Lot of Business,” and the encyclopedia article “Publishing: Books,”; Co-Author of “State of the Art: Industry Leaders Talk about the Mass Market Today”; Author of the electronic column “Reviews You Can Use.” elizabeth.hartman@liu.edu

KATZ, COREY, M.S. C W Post Campus of Log Island University—Journalism and School Counseling—Associate Director of Academic Counseling Center.  corey.katz@liu.edu

KREMER, BELINDA, M.FA. U of Michigan 1998–Rhetoric and Composition, Creative Writing–Writing Program Administrator (Director of Composition and Director of the Writing Center)–Author of the poetry books Blue and All Begin Guy Walks into a Bar; Author of a poetry  chapbook series including  Lake Diary, Chaos & Other Love Songs, and Field( 0); Author of the article "So It Was This Beautiful Night: Infecting the Hybrid" and of poetry in CALYX, Fence, Washington Square Journal, and other journals; Has given conference paper on "Hyperlinking the Process: Writing Center as Text" and "(When the Center Holds): Sex, Suicide and Scholarship"; Editor with Richard McNabb of Collide: Styles, Structures and Ideas in Disciplinary Writing. belinda.kremer@liu.edu

MARSHALL, ROBIN C., B.A. C. W. Post Campus Long Island University 2004 Theatre—Secretary Department of English—Artistic Director of the Memorial Presbyterian Church and Director and Choreographer of the Liturgical Dance Group; Author of the play Victims of Circumstance.  robin.marshall@liu.edu

MENDALL, KATHY A., M.S. Central Connecticut State 1995—Reading and Writing—Associate Director of Conference Services.  kathy.mendall@liu.edu

MICHAELS, EILEEN, M.S C. W. Post Campus LIU 1974–Developmental Reading–Coordinator America Reads Program–Co-Author of Studies Strategies Handbook and of the second edition of Reading, Writing, and Interpretation. eileen.michaels@liu.edu

ROCK, SUSAN, M.A. C. W. Post Campus LIU 1993–Composition, Victorian–Director of the Learning Support Center–Author of "The Indivisible Lives of Trollope's Barsetshire Clergymen"; Co-Editor of Assessing Excellence. susan.rock@liu.edu

Adjuncts with Doctoral Degrees

ANGELO, PETER GREGORY, Ph.D. SUNY Stony Brook 1978–Milton, Renaissance, Bible–Author of "Sonnets and Illustrations for Christmas," "The Mechanics of the Butterfly Stroke," "How to Get Started in Adapted Aquatics," "Alertness Reduces Risks in Adapted Aquatics," "A Teaching Progression for the Butterfly Stroke" and Fall to Glory: Theological Reflections on Milton's Epics and the textbook Adapted Aquatics Aide Training.

ELKIN, ROBERT TERRELL, Ph.D. SUNY Stony Brook 1999—Popular Literature, Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Literature, Postmodernism—Author of “The Demiurgic Reflection: Hypertextual Construction in the Lovecraftian Universe of Discourse,” “Locating the Kalem Klybb: Amateur Letters and Architectonic Cryptography in the Lovecraftian Writing Body,” “The French Connection: Extending the Early 1960s PBO Canon of Edward D. Wood, Jr.,” “APB: Dean Hudson,” “France Books: A Checklist”; Author of the novels Memebook and The Devil Steals Your Soul from the Back of Your Skull; Author of a volume of poetry entitled Node; Co-Editor of The Devil and Miss Grundy: Edward D. Wood, Jr.’s Take on Witchcraft & Censorship.

GREENE, D RANDOLF, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Madison 1973–Romantic Poetry–Has given conference papers on "‘Thinks . . .': David Lodge and the Carnival of Cognition" and "Business Writing for Young CPA's of Long Island."

GRONER, MARLENE San MIGUEL, D.A. St. John's University 1988–Modern British, Linguistics–Co-Author of You Don't Say and The Write Stuff and Blueprint for Writers and a Glossary of Usage; Author of "Barbara Pym's Allusions to Seventeenth-Century Poets," and encyclopedia articles on Barbara Pym, Madeline l'Engle, and Mae West; Has given conference papers on "Cerca del Cielo: Legacies in John Sayles's Men with Guns" and other topics.

HARTNETT, MICHAEL, Ph.D. SUNY Stony Brook 1997–Modern American Novel, Creative Writing–Author of "Thomas Pynchon's Long Island Years," "A High School Record for Disturbing the Peace: [Thomas Pynchon]," countless newspaper articles, and the novel Universal Remote.

KOVICH, CHARLES M, Ph.D. St Louis University 1981–Rhetoric and Composition, Continental Renaissance–Author of First Things First; Co-Author of The Case of Ockham's Razor, The Case of the Muse of Madness, and other Father Shrader Mysteries; Has given countless conference papers.

SHIMKIN, DAVID, Ph.D. NYU 1979–American–Author of "Emerson's Playful Habit of Mind" and "The Vandals Took the Handles: The Art of Rebellion in Kerouac and Dylan"; Author of the memoir "After the Dead Are Buried"; Author of the short stories "Maybe We Ain't That Young Anymore", "The Pilots's Tale" and "The Promised Land"; Co-Editor of State of the Art: Issues in Contemporary Mass Communication and Ways of Writing: Purpose, Task, and Process; Co-Author of "The Triadic Journal: The Purposes and Processes of Journal Writing across the Curriculum"; Has given conference paper on "Rebellious Civility: Narrative Voice in 18th-Century American Memoir," "Yakety-Yak: Back Talk in the Art of the Counterculture," "Telling Tales: Bridging the Gap between Narrative Acts and Critical Insights";  "Singing Songs and Telling Tales: How Meaning Is Made," "Narrative Acts and Interpretive Stances," "Composing and Canon-Making," and "Reading, Writing, and Reconstructing."

Other Adjuncts

ANGIUS, LISA, M.A. C W Post Campus LIU 2004—Composition—Author of Writing Workbook: Lessons on How to Write Well; Author of the one-act play “Awake” (semi-finalist in the Creative Mechanics 2005 Stage This! International Short Play Competition).

BABSON, ANNE, M.A. City College C.U.N.Y 2003—Creative Writing, Journalism—Author of the poetry chapbooks Counterterrorist Poems, Dictation, Uppity Poems, Commute Poems, and Schizophrenic Interlocutions of a High School Girl; Author of the libretto for the opera Upbringing (music by Su Lian-Tan); Author of poems in over a hundred magazines. 

BARNES, CHRISTOPHER, M.A. U Chicago 2002, M.Phil. Trinity College Dublin 2005—Comparative Literature; Critical Theory; Modern and Postmodern British, Irish, and American Literature—English Department Administrative Assistant—Author of “Edgeworth as Subversive? Ireland, Otherness, and the Discourse of Colonialism”; Has given conference paper on “From Derry to the Congo: Political Position and Geographic Location in Ronan Bennett’s The Catastrophist.”

BISSON HADOULIS, AVON, M.A. C W Post Campus LIU 1989–Composition, English as a Second Language–Author of reviews in Confrontation.

BRENT, RICHARD, M.A. NYU 1958–Composition, Journalism, Business Writing–Professional Diploma from St. Johns; Author of articles in the New York Times, the New York Daily News, The New Yorker, and elsewhere.

BUSCEMI, NICOLE, M.A, Hofstra 2004–Creative Writing–Author of book reviews.

COHEN, CHARLOTTE, M.A. NYU 1973–Reading, Writing, and Literature–Author of "Use of the Double Period in the New York City College Bound Program" and of poetry in The Fire Island Tide.

COHN, GARY, M.A. Bowling Green SU 1980, doctoral candidate in History at S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook—Popular Culture, Creative Writing, American History—Author of the comic book scripts Blue Devil, Amethyst, Barren Earth, Shi: Senryaku (also issued in book versions), Demon Gun,Shi/Cy Blade, Atomic Angels, Shi: East Wind Rain, Shi: Heaven and Earth; Author of novella Deadly Prey in The Further Adventures of Batman and short story “Rules of Moopsball” in Orbit 18; Author of three Hardy Boys and two Nancy Drew young adult mysteries and of young adult encyclopedia articles on American Presidents.

CORREA, JOSEPH, M.F.A. Baruch College CUNY 1995, M.A. Brooklyn College CUNY 1998, M.S. C. W. Post Campus LIU 2001—Theater and Performance—Author of the off-off-Broadway plays Bird’s Eye View and Neighborhood Knights; Director of The Immortal Beloved by Franklyn McGregor off Broadway; Director off off Broadway of The Big Knife by Clifford Odets, Talk to Me Like the Rain by Tennessee Williams, Margaret’s Bed by William Inge, The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, The Lion in Winter by James Goldman, Measure for Measure and The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, and other plays; Actor off off Broadway  Astrov in Uncle Vanya, Max in Dial M for Murder, Teddy in The Homecoming, and Garcin in No Exit; Film Actor in Possessed and Companions.

COTTER, BRIAN, M.A. C.W. Post Campus L.I.U. 2005–Composition, Film and Literature.

D’ANGELO, RICHARD—M.A. C.W. Post Campus L.I.U. 2002—M.F.A. Rockport College 2007—Video Writing and Directing–Co-Author of the video guides Primal Rage, Mace: The Dark Age, Mortal Kombat Mythologies, and Mortal Kombat Survival Guide; Writer/Director/Editor of the feature films The Book of Me, Almost Amateur, and First Person; Writer/Director/Editor of the film shorts The Things I Do, What Would You Do, Busy Dating, Acad-e-diots! and Building of Lies and a Box of Hate; Actor Director of the plays The Donkey Show by Randy Weiner, Here We Are by Dorothy Parker, and Fool for Love by Sam Shephard; Other production credits.

DeSANTIS, SUSAN, M.A. C W Post Campus LIU 1989–Composition, Business Writing.

GRIMSTEAD, CAROLYN, M.A. City College CUNY 1992—Modern American Theater, Theater History, Playwriting—Author of “Lincoln Center” and the study guide Blackbirds of Broadway; Has given public lectures on  “Vaudeville,” “Minstrelsy,” “Langston Hughes’s Poetry,” “Law and Identity: The Impact of Race on Theatre Casting Decisions,” “Mungo, Minstrelsy, and Jim Crow,” “American Theatre and the Concepts Behind Non-Traditional Casting”; Author of the plays “Wun Actt,” “Sookie Sookie,” and “Bristol Stories” and of the musical “East End Cleaners Hello Blues”; Director of Truth and other plays; Completing a biography of actor Frank Silvera. carolyn.grimstead@liu.edu

HEDIN, BEN, M.F.A. The New School for Social Research—Creative Writing Fiction, Contemporary American Literature and Lyrics—Author of “An Interview with James Wood,” “Scraping the Dirt off Gravestones: On Alice Monro,” “Coetzee, Smith, Lasdun, Roth: New Fiction in Review,” “Half a Life: Richard Ford’s The Lay of the Land,” “The Religion of Now,” “Recreating Henry James,” “Making Music: Bob Dylan’s Chronicles: Volume One,” “Roth and Lindbergh,” “Johnny Cash’s Resurrection,” “A History That Never Happened: Philip Roth’s The Plot against America,” “The Measure of All Things,” “An Interview with Rick Moody,” “On the Road with Bob Dylan”; Editor of Studio A: The Bob Dylan Reader; Has given conference paper on “The Uncollected Fiction of Philip Roth.”

IMPERIALE, CHRISTA, M.A. C. W. Post Campus LIU 2003—Writing, Coaching.

JOHNSON, KEVIN, M.S. Hofstra 2005–Composition–Author of monthly satirical column "Johnson's Jabs" in Great South Bay Magazine.

LITTWIN, JEFFREY S., M.S. Queens College CUNY 2003–Creative Writing, English Education.

LOVE, BONNIE, M.S. Queens College CUNY 1976–Developmental Reading–Co-Author of Studies Strategies Handbook and of the second edition of Reading, Writing, and Interpretation.

O’NEIL, THADDEUS–B.A. Colgate 1998—Creative Writing, Journalism—Author of poems in Vogue Homme, L’Uomo Vogue, Cent Magazine, and Long Island Sounds: An Anthology of Poetry 2007; Author of “Flea Rides the Sea: Mavericks Men-Who-Ride-Mountains Big-Wave Event” and other journalism; Author in collaboration with photographer Bruce Weber of a feature spread of stories, poems, and photographs in Pop Magazine.

PATTERSON, HUGH, M.A. SUNY Stony Brook 1971–Composition, Creative Writing, Shakespeare–Author of poems in little magazines.

PIGLIACELLI, MARY, M.A. C. W. Post Campus LIU 2007—Composition and Journalism—“Nobody’s Parent is Perfect,” “Making It Personal: How to Help Students Ace Their College Admissions Essay,” “What Colleges Are Really Looking For,” “Seven Secrets of Calm Moms,” “Staying Well Through Flu Season,” “Camping and the Rare Gift of Childhood Freedom,” “Savory Lessons in Healthy Eating,” “Sew Simple: The Benefits of Learning the Craft,” “Raising a Can-Do Kid,” “Simply Irresistible: What Fascinates Your Baby, and Why,” “A Jar Full of Summer,” “Words to Love By,” “Three Stages of Separation,” “Returning Women Students at the Touro Law Center,” “Carol Baldwin: A Champion for Breast Cancer,” “How to Wake a Sleepyhead,” “Ten Ways to Get Your Kids to Entertain Themselves,” “New Siblings 101,” “Starting Solids,” “Fun for Two,” “Word Play,” Home Delivery,” “The Body’s Thermostat,” “A Medical Condition You Don’t Have to Live With,” “Strength in Numbers: How to Start a Support Group,” “Nafis Sadik, M,D,: Finding a Balance in Cairo,” “Keeping Kids Fit,” “So Far Away: When Retired Snowbirds Move South . . . ,” “The Newsday Interview with Maxine Jurow: Stemming the Tide of Illiteracy on LI,” “The Long Island Interview with Rose Walton: Health-Care Givers Mustn’t Dodge AIDS,” “The Long Island Interview with Mary Cunningham: Women Want More Information on Birth,” “The Long Island Interview with Edwin W, Martin Jr,: More Mainstream Roles for the Disabled,” “The Long Island Interview: Most People Don’t Know What to Do,” “The Newsday Interview with JoAnne Sanders: Women Need to Know They’re Not Alone.”

SCHUSTER, SYLVIA, M.A. Queens College CUNY 1976–Reading, Creative Writing–Author of fiction in These Funny Kids (ed. Dick Van Dyke) and of poetry in Whereas, The Matter, Jean's Journal, Seasons of Somber, and Cimarron Review.

SEAR, CHARLOTTE, M.A. Columbia University Teachers College 1992–Guidance, Developmental Reading–Has given workshops and presentations on such topics as "Developing Creativity," "Parents and Homework," "Communication between Teacher and Parent," "Discipline: The Setting of Reasonable Limits," and other topics; Has presented her acrylic paintings in solo shows at the Ethical Humanist Society, Great Neck House, and the Finkelstein Memorial Library and in group exhibitions at the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, the Jamaica Arts Center, Columbia University, Rojan House, Great Neck House, and the Great Neck Library (Award of Excellence 2001).

SIMONE, DIANE, M.A. C. W. Post LIU 1992–Composition, Creative Writing–Author of the poetry book Boarderline Blues and individual poems in Long Island Quarterly, Nassau Review, Poetry U.S.A., Confrontation, The Long Islander, and Smokestack Anthology.

STOEPKER, DULCIE, M.A. University of Virginia 1982–Drama–President of the Grumman Theatre Guild; Has appeared recently in Vanities, 6 Rms Riv Vu, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and Plaza Suite; Director of The Foreigner by Larry Shue; Assistant director of The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry.

TEITEL, JODI, M.A. C. W. Post Campus LIU 2003–European Romanticism, Editing–Author of reviews and poetry.

Van BOOY, SIMON, M.F.A. Southampton C LIU–Creative Writing, Theater, Music–Author of The Secret Lives of People in Love, Love and the Five Senses, "Snow Falls and Then Disappears," and other fiction; Author of reviews and articles in the New York Times, the New York Post, the East Hampton Star, and the Sag Harbor Express and for AOL Online; Co-Editor of The John Steinbeck Award, 1978-2002; Feature Writer for VOTSEE Magazine; Author of web-biographies for the British Institute of Biography; Winner of the H. R. Hays Prize for Poetry.

WALSH, RICHARD, M.A. C W Post Campus LIU 1975—American Literature, Creative Writing, Film—Outstanding Adjunct 2007.  richard.walsh@liu.edu

Graduate Student Teacher

KRISTEL, LISA, A.B. Brown 1983—Writing, Computer Science.

Van HOFF, KEMPTON, B.A Green Mountain 2002—Writing and Environmental Studies.