Faculty
Our full-time professors and supporting contract teachers are dedicated to challenging, inspiring, and mentoring students both in and out of the classroom. In addition to teaching, they model their commitment to academic excellence through their scholarship and their leadership in the university governance system.
We’d love to talk with you about your future in the Department of English and Modern Languages! Feel free to contact any of our faculty using the information below.
Cynthia Westerbeck
Professor of English, Chair
(509) 527-2370 | cynthia.westerbeck@wallawalla.edu
Administration Building 209
Education: Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis; M.A., Washington University in St. Louis
Research interests: The intersection between literature and the arts; environmental literature; general studies and curriculum development; Renaissance literature and 18thCentury British literature
Kellie Bond
Professor of English
College Writing Coordinator
(509) 527-2825 | kellie.bond@wallawalla.edu
Administration Building 222
Education: Ph.D., University of Oregon; M.A., University of Oregon
Research interests: Modern literature; modern poetry; poetics
Larry Brunt
Associate Professor of English
(509) 527-2778 | larry.brunt@wallawalla.edu
Administration Building 210
Education: MA, English, Western Washington University; MI, Digital Libraries, Rutgers University
Research interests: Composition and rhetoric; digital librarianship; media studies; grading practices.
Sara Kakazu
Professor of English
Honors Co-Director
(509) 527-2782 | sara.kakazu@wallawalla.edu
Administration Building 221
Education: Ph.D., University of Buffalo, SUNY; M.A., Western Washington University
Research interests: Poetry and American narratives, particularly 19th century travel narratives and their role in identity formation; slave/liberation narratives; captivity narratives
Lauren Peterson
Associate Professor
Adventist Colleges Abroad Coordinator
(509) 527-2861 | lauren.peterson@wallawalla.edu
Administration Building 208
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Davis; M.A., Western Washington University
Research interests: Nineteenth century transatlantic literature, empire studies, environmental humanities, medical humanities, science fiction, folklore, Middle and Old English
Adjunct Faculty
Susan Gardner
Professor of English
susan.gardner@wallawalla.edu
Administration Building 202
Maria (Maru) Huamani Quispe
Instructor of Spanish
maria.huamaniquispe@wallawalla.edu
Administration Building 220
Marion Ruybalid
Instructor of College Writing and French
marion.ruybalid@wallawalla.edu
Administration Building 220
Danielle Setniker
Instructor of College Writing
Student Development Center Manager
(509) 527-2664 | danielle.setniker@wallawalla.edu
Student Development Center, Village Hall