School of Humanities Faculty and Staff

Department Chair

• Matthieu Boyd, Professor of Literature

Writing Program Leadership

• Lynn Reid, Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition and University Director of Writing
• Annaleigh Horton, Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition and Assistant Director of Writing, Metro Campus
• 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

• Matthieu Boyd, Professor, Florham and Metro
• Michael Cotto, Assistant Professor, Metro, and Florham
• Nandita Ghosh, Associate Professor, Florham Campus
• James Gifford, Professor, Vancouver Campus
• Orion Kidder, Clinical Assistant Professor, Vancouver Campus
• Gloria Pastorino, Professor, Florham Campus
• April Patrick, Associate Professor, Florham, and Metro

Full-time Faculty: Languages

Spanish

• Patricia Bazán, Professor, Florham Campus
• Silvia Belén-Ramos, Senior Lecturer, Florham Campus
• Laureano Corces, Associate Professor, Florham Campus
• Antonio Velásquez, Assistant Professor, Metro Campus

Italian and French

• Gloria Pastorino, Professor, Florham Campus

Full-time Faculty: Writing Program

• Kathryn Douglas, Assistant Professor, Florham Campus
• Annaleigh Horton, Assistant Professor, Metro Campus
• Kathleen Lyons, Assistant Professor, Florham Campus
• Eleni Mylonas, 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: Philosophy and General Humanities

• Laureano Corces, Associate Professor, Florham Campus
• Michael Cotto, Assistant Professor, Metro, and Florham
• Nandita Ghosh, Associate Professor, Florham Campus
• James Gifford, Professor, Vancouver Campus
• Odysseus Makridis, Professor, Florham Campus
• Adam Rudder, Assistant Professor, Vancouver 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

• Nela Damjanovski, Lecturer, Vancouver Campus
• Amiena Mohammed, Lecturer, Vancouver Campus
• Craig Noels, Lecturer, Vancouver Campus
• Mehran Norafkan, Lecturer, Vancouver Campus

Humanities Faculty with administrative positions outside the department

• Janet Boyd, Associate Professor; Interim Dean of Becton College of Arts & Sciences
• Patricia Keefe Durso, Associate Professor; Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
• James Gifford, Professor of Literature; Director of the University Core, Vancouver Campus; Director of FDU Press
• April Patrick, Associate Professor of Literature; University Director of Honors
• Benjamin Rifkin, Professor of Russian; Interim University Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs