Department of Humanities Faculty and Staff

Department Chair

Foundational Writing Program Leadership

  • Lynn Reid, Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition and University Director of Writing
  • Kathleen Lyons, Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition and Assistant Director of Writing, Florham Campus
  • Julia Wagner, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Metro Writing Studio, Metro Campus

Administrative Staff

  • Beth Purdue, Administrative Assistant, Metro Campus
  • Chris Sobczak, Administrative Assistant, Florham Campus

Full-time Faculty: Literature, Philosophy, Humanities

Full-time Faculty: Creative Writing

Full-time Faculty: Spanish

Full-time Faculty: Foundational Writing Program

  • Annaleigh Horton, Assistant Professor, Metro Campus
  • Kathleen Lyons, Assistant Professor, Florham Campus
  • JR Pinto, Senior Lecturer, Florham Campus
  • Lynn Reid, Associate Professor, Florham and Metro
  • Kenneth Sammond, Senior Lecturer, Florham Campus
  • Thomas Swanzey, Professor, Metro Campus
  • Julia Wagner, Senior Lecturer, Metro Campus

Full-time Faculty primarily serving the Hispanic Center

  • Erika Oliveros, Senior Lecturer, Metro Campus
  • Cynthia Sobreiro, Senior Lecturer, Metro Campus

Full-time Faculty: Pre-University Program and English for Specific Purposes

Humanities Faculty with administrative positions outside the department

  • Janet Boyd, Associate Professor; Interim Dean of Becton College of Liberal Arts & Education
  • Patricia Keefe Durso, Associate Professor; Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
  • James Gifford, Professor; Assistant Director of University Core, Vancouver Campus; Director of FDU Press
  • Benjamin Rifkin, Professor; University Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs