Faculty
Contact info and brief biography of our English faculty.
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Education
- BA Walla Walla University, 1993
- PhD University of Oregon, 2002
Teaching Areas
Literature, Composition and Honors Western Thought
Experience
- Joined the Walla Walla English Department in 2004
- Served as College Writing Coordinator from 2005-2009
Research/Interests
Modern poetry is the focus of her research, as it was at the University of Oregon—specifically the work of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Carl Sandburg, and Sterling Brown.
Nineteenth- and twentieth-century American literature, modern literature, poetry, composition
Hobbies
Basketball, cats, reading novels and reading poems
Education
- MA Andrews University
- PhD University of Nebraska; Renaissance Literature
Teaching Areas
Medieval Literature, Classical Literature and Biblical Literature
Research/Interests
Old Testament Narrative, the Book of Judges and the role of women in the early Adventist church
Devotional poets of the seventeenth-century, particularly George Herbert
Other
- Came to Walla Walla University in 1976
- Selected as the Distinguished Faculty Lecturer for fall of 2005
Education
- MA University of Notre Dame
- PhD University of Notre Dame
Teaching Areas
Biblical, medieval, and Renaissance literature, composition and Honors Western Thought
Research/Interests
"Remembering the Sabbath: Law, Labor, and Liberty in Milton and His Contemporaries"
English Renaissance literature, and interactions between religion and literature
Education
- BA Walla Walla University, 1998; English and History
Teaching Areas
College Writing
Hobbies
Reading, knitting, chicken farming and baking
Other
- Lives in Milton-Freewater with husband
- Has three children
Education
- BA Walla Walla University, 1970
- MA University of Utah
- PhD University of Michigan
Other
- Taught for 35 years
- Reached legendary status at Walla Walla Valley Academy
- Joined Walla Walla university in 1987
- Has worked at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Loma Linda University, and La Sierra University
Education
- BA Walla Walla College; English
- MA Andrews University; English
Research/Interests
Transcendental Utopian societies in early America
Hobbies
Playing violin, painting watercolor, talking to family on Amateur Radio and sponsoring "His Kids in Action"
Other
- Began teaching at Walla Walla University in 1985
- Served as College Writing Coordinator from 2009-present
Education
- BA Walla Walla University
- MA Claremont Graduate University; literature and film
- PhD Claremont Graduate University; textual studies
Teaching Areas
Literature, film and writing
Research/Interests
He uses film (a) as an effective way to examine narrative structure, (b) as the focus of College Writing Research papers, and (c) as a dialogue base toward understanding whole-person care for medical students. His recent publications include two research volumes on gospel sources published by Peeters Press, Leuven, Belgium.
Other
- Directs the campus Film Studies minor
Dan Lamberton
Assistant Professor of English
Humanities Program Director
(509) 527-2123
dan.lamberton@wallawalla.edu
Education
- MFA University of Washington; creative writing
Teaching Areas
Humanities Program Director, Fulbright adviser and Oxford (CMRS) year abroad program adviser
Other
- Author of On the River through the Valley of Fire: The Collaborative Ceramics of the Frank Boyden and Tom Coleman (American Museum of Ceramic Art, 2008)
- Contributing editor to Poetry Northwest
- Delivered over 100 lectures on Washington’s poets and artists for Humanities Washington’s state speaker’s bureau
- Lectured for the Teachers as Scholars program
- Taught at the University of Washington
- Created a northwest literary history anthology in cooperation with the University of Washington history department
Education
- MA Andrews University
- PhD University of Minnesota, 1991; Curriculum and Instruction
Teaching Areas
Literature for Children and Young Adults, Grammar and Linguistics, Jewish Literature, Arthurian Literature, Children’s Classics, Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults, Seminar in Classics
Experience
- taught for the English department at Walla Walla University since 1978
Research/Interests
Some of her research interest is literature about the 1893 Columbian World’s Fair in Chicago. She presented a paper on “A Comparison of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s Two Little Pilgrim’s Progress with Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women and Richard Peck’s Fair Weather.” Her latest research concerns “The Unvarnished Opinions of Josiah Allen’s wife on the 1893 World’s Fair Art,” a reading of excerpts from Marietta Holley’s Samantha at the World’s Fair, presented with pictures of the art.
Cynthia Westerbeck
Professor of English
Honors General Studies Program Director
(509) 527-2370
cynthia.westerbeck@wallawalla.edu
Education
- MA Washington University in St. Louis
- PhD Washington University in St. Louis
Teaching Areas
English major seminars in Restoration and Enlightenment, Romantic British Literature, Victorian Literature, Honors Western Thought, composition, Literature and the Arts and Environmental Literature
Research/Interests
She has a particular interest in the intersection between literature and the arts as reflected in her dissertation, "Jubal's Journey: The Musician as Exile in Victorian Literature."
Nineteenth- century British literature
Hobbies
Playing viola and piano, hiking, mountaineering
Other
- Joined the faculty at WWU in 2017
- Served as Chair and Professor of English at Pacific Union College and Columbia Union College