Department of Humanities Faculty and Staff

Department Chair

• Matthieu Boyd, Professor of Humanities

Foundational Writing Program Leadership

• Lynn Reid, Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition and University Director of Writing
• Michele McCormick, Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition and Associate Director of Writing
• 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: Humanities (incl. English/Literature and Philosophy)

• Matthieu Boyd, Professor, Florham and Metro
• Michael Cotto, Assistant Professor, Metro and Florham
• Nandita Ghosh, Associate Professor, Florham and Metro (on leave Fall 2026)
• James Gifford, Professor, Vancouver Campus
• Orion Kidder, Clinical Assistant Professor, Vancouver Campus
• Odysseus Makridis, Professor, Florham Campus
• Adam Rudder, Assistant Professor, Vancouver Campus

Full-time Faculty: Creative Writing

• David Daniel, Professor, Florham Campus
• David Grand, Associate Professor, Florham Campus

Full-time Faculty: Spanish

• Patricia Bazán, Professor, Florham Campus
• Antonio Velásquez, Assistant Professor, Metro Campus

Full-time Faculty: Foundational Writing Program

• Janet Boyd, Associate Professor, Metro Campus (on leave 2026–27)
• Annaleigh Horton, Assistant Professor, Metro Campus
• Jeremy Marousis-Bush, Lecturer, Metro Campus
• Michele McCormick, Lecturer, Florham Campus
• Erika Oliveros, Senior Lecturer, Metro 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: Pre-University Program and English for Specific Purposes

• Craig Noels, Lecturer and Coordinator, Vancouver Campus (on leave Fall 2026)
• Mehran Norafkan, Lecturer, Vancouver Campus

Humanities Faculty with administrative positions outside the department

• 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