JOAN N. BUCKLEY
Professor
English
Specialty:
American Literature
Scandinavian Literature
Writing for the World of Work
Research:
Lecture Topics:
• A Norwegian-American Comic Strip: Han Ola og Han
Per
• Norwegian-American Immigrant Women: Role Models
for Today
• An Early Minnesota Novelist — Martha Ostenso; Her
Life and Fiction
Interests:
Literature, music, Norwegian-American heritage
Education:
B.A., St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn.
M.A., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
Ph.D., University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Contact: (218) 299-3812 office, buckley@cord.edu;
(218) 233-6442 home
DAWN DUNCAN
Associate Professor
English
Specialty:
Irish literature
Postcolonial literature (former British Empire—Ireland, Africa,
India…)
Drama/playwriting
Peace studies
Lady Gregory, Yeats, Shaw, Joyce, Beckett, contemporary Irish writers,
Virginia Woolf
Research:
SAMPLING OF PUBLICATIONS/CONFERENCE PAPERS:
BOOK:
• “Postcolonial Theory in Irish Drama, 1800-2000”
(The Edwin Mellen Press 2004)
ARTICLE:
• “Lady, Gregory and the Femine Journey: The Goal Gate
Grania, The Story Brought By Brigit.” Irish University Reveiw,
Spring/Summer 2004.
• “A Flexible Foundation: Constructing a Postcolonial
Dialogue,” Relocating Postcolonialism (Blackwell 2002)
• “The Visit and The Oresteia: How Durrenmatt Makes
Us Re-Visit An Ethics of Responsibility.” Association of Core
Texts and Courses. Notre Dame University (April 2001)
Sampling of lectures/presentations:
• “Pray, Speak, Act Peace.” Chapel Presentation,
Concordia College, (April 9, 2003)
• “Women in the Irish Peace Process.” Irish History.
Concordia College (March 2001)
Education:
B.A., Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
M.Ed., North Texas State University, Denton, Texas
Ph.D., University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Interests:
Ireland; the power of words to harm or to heal; peace making; the
communal power of drama/theatre
Contact: (218) 299-3961 office or
(218) 233-4802 home
NANCY J. JONES
Assistant Professor
English
Specialty:
Creative writing (especially Fiction)
Women's studies
Women's literature
Research:
•Novel: “Molly” (published by Crown in March 2000)
Interests:
Creative writing (fiction), women's studies, women's literature,
therapy dogs, dressage
Education:
B.A., Moravian College, Bethlehem, Penn.
M.F.A., University of North Carolina, Wilmington, N.C.
Contact:
njones@cord.edu
JOAN KOPPERUD
Associate Professor
English
Specialty:
Composition
Young adult literature (English Education)
Pedagogy
Research:
• Panelist for Parents’ College presentation:
“Concordia College and the Liberal Arts” (Concordia
College Parents Weekend) Sept. 20, 2003
• Showcase presentation at national service learning conference:
“Weaving the Fabric of Community: A Celebration of Service
Learning” April 23, 2003
• Centennial Scholars Lecture: “Strangers at Our Gate:
A Social History of Hospitality at a County Poor Farm” (co-researchers
Dr. Harvey Stalwick, Andrea Blake ’02 and Jana Carlson ’02)
Nov. 19, 2002
• “Service Learning 101: How to Successfully Integrate
Service-Learning into Your Course.” Presentation at Collaboration
conference (Feb. 14, 2002)
Interests:
Pedagogy; multicultural literature; young adult literature; service
learning; Minnesota writers
Education:
B.A., Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.
M.S., University of Minnesota Mankato, Mankato, Minn.
Ph.D., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D.
Contact: (218) 299-3710 office, (218)
233-4090 home,
kopperud@cord.edu
GEORGE S. LARSON
Professor
English
Specialty:
Freshman composition
English novel
Romantic literature
Victorian literature
Charles Dickens
Russian literature in translation
Research:
•Research: The novels of Charles Dickens
•Lectures: Readings of satiric essays
•Publications: Essays on various novels
Interests:
The nineteenth-century English novel, German opera and song (lieder)
Education:
B.A., Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minn.
M.A., Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass.
Contact: gslarson@cord.edu,
(218) 299-3714 office
GORDON LELL
Professor
English
Specialty:
Shakespeare
English Renaissance
Research:
•Leader of 23 May Seminars Abroad and two Exploration (Spring
Break) Seminars;
•Presented 20+ Communiversity Sessions at Concordia and at
Rivervew Place in Fargo;
•Presented 8 CommuniverCITY sessions for Concordia alumni
in the Twin Cities
Education:
B.A., Western State College, Gunnison, Colo.
M.A., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo.
Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.
Contact: (218) 299-3717 office, (218)
236-7198 home, lell@cord.edu
CATHERINE MCMULLEN
Assistant Professor
English
Specialty:
Journalism, nonfiction writing
Research:
• Faith and Learning lecturer, 2001
• Lecturer on journalistic writing, numerous state press organizations
PUBLICATIONS:
• “Empty Space,” essay in 2003-2005 North Dakota
“Blue Book”
• Thirteen years of news and feature stories,
“The Forum,” 1981-1994
• Columns in Lifestyle section of “The Forum,”
1985-1993
• Columns on editorial page, “The Forum,” 1993-present
• “Homecoming,” an essay in “Crossings:
A Photographic Document of Fargo,” North Dakota. Prairie Documents
Photographic Book Series. Fargo: Institute for Regional Studies,
1996.
• Freelance articles in numerous magazines, including “Minnesota
Monthly” Two columns anthologized in “The Best of the
Rest,” ed. Sam Riley. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993.
• “It’s Not Something We Talk About,” a
nonfiction essay, published in “Ascent,” ed. W. Scott
Olsen. Moorhead: Concordia College. Vol. 24, No. 3. Spring 2000.
• “A Little Action,” a nonfiction essay, published
in “Ascent,” ed. W. Scott Olsen. Moorhead: Concordia
College. Vol. 21, No. 3. Spring 1997.
Interests: Media ethics, Literary
memoir
Education: B.S., Minnesota State
University-Moorhead, Moorhead, Minn.
M.F.A., Bennington College, Bennington, Vt.
Contact: mcmullen@cord.edu,
(218) 299-3994
BARBARA OLIVE
Professor
English
Specialty:
Early English literature 1650-1800
Women's studies
Research:
SAMPLE OF PUBLICATIONS:
• 2003 “Praising, Preaching and Prophesying:
Mary Chudleigh’s the Song of the Three Children Paraphrase’d,”
in “Puritans and Their Discontents,” ed. Laura Lunger
Knoppers (Univeristy of Delaware Press)
• 2002 “A Puritan Subject’s Panegyrics to Queen
Anne,” Studies in English Liteature 42.3 (Summer 2002): 475-99
• 1996 “Writing Women’s Bodies: A Study of Slifa
Rifaat’s Short Fiction,” International Fiction Review
23 (1996): 44-49.
Interests:
Mary, Lady Chudleigh (1656-1710, author of poetry
and prose); English puritanism during the Restoration and early-eighteenth
century
Jane Austen and film
Revising/editing for clarity and style
Modern Arabic literature
Education:
B.A., Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.
M.A., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondal, Ill.
Contact: Sept.-April (218) 299-3715
office or olive@cord.edu
May-August (701) 282-4183 or jakegust@i29.net
W. SCOTT OLSEN
Professor
English
Specialty:
Writing
Research:
•Several nonfiction books written or edited
Interests: Travel and adventure
Education:
B.A., M.A., University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
M.F.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass.
Contact: olsen@cord.edu
JAMES POSTEMA
Associate Professor
English
Specialty:
American literature, specializing in poetry
Native American literatures, focusing on Anishinaabe and Dakota/Lakota
cultures
Global literature
writing/composition
Robert Frost
Research:
The diary of the Rev. Oscar Elmer, which has daily entries for more
than twenty years, beginning in 1869. Elmer founded the Presbyterian
Church in Moorhead and was instrumental in the founding of many
other regional churches.
OTHER AREAS OF RESERACH:
• Robert Frost’s poetry (dissertation focused on temporal
structures in his lyric poems)
• The “Greenlanders’ Saga,” examined from
the context of American literature: it displays many aspects similar
to other texts which treat Europeans’ first experiences with
what we now call America
Interests:
Anti-racism work, Biblical studies — especially historical
textual studies, regional history, family history
Education:
B.A., Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich.
M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.
Contact: postema@cord.edu,
(218) 299-4175 office
DAVID SPRUNGER
Associate Professor/Chair
English
Specialty:
Medieval Studies
Grammar
History of the English language
Arthurian legends
Research:
SAMPLE PUBLICATIONS
• “Marvels, Monsters, and Miracles in the Middle Ages:
A Book of Essays.” Edited with Timothy Jones of Augustana
College (Medieval Institute Publications, 2002).
• “Mystery and Obsession: J.A. Holvik and the Case of
the Kensington Runestone.” Minnesota History, Fall 2000: 140-54.
• Published essays on such topics as medieval illustrations
of the insane, parodic animal physicians in medieval manuscripts,
and hairy wildmen in medieval art and literature.
Interests:
Arthurian legends, Chaucer, medieval iconography,
fake Canterbury Tales, literary forgery, historical fiction, English
grammar and usage, contemporary American folklore
Education:
B.A., Bethel College, North Newton, Kan.
M.A., University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan.
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill.
Contact: sprunger@cord.edu
JONATHAN STEINWAND
Associate Professor
English
Specialty:
Comparative world literature with an emphasis in South African and
Pacific literature
Literary and cultural theory and criticism
Interests:
South African literature, history, and culture. Pacific literature,
history, and culture. Hawaiian literature, history, and culture.
Understanding institutional racism and white privilege. Post-colonial
theory and literature. Literary and cultural theory and criticism
Education:
B.A., Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.
M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton, (Binghamton
University), Binghamton, N.Y.
Contact: steinwan@cord.edu,
(218) 299-3720 office
MICHELLE L. STEVIER
Instructor
English
Specialty:
Composition-rhetoric
Literacy
Culture wars
Composition pedagogy and theory
Research:
• Presentation: “Coming to College: Changing
Perspectives on Race in the First Year” with Professor Elna
Solvang and Professor Gary Totten. Delivered at the Prizing Diversity
conference (November 8-10, Bloomington, MN), which was sponsored
by the Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching and
Learning
• Presentation: “Slowing Them Down to Speed Them Up:
Discourse 103 and the Information Literacy Pilot Project”
with Molly Flaspohler, Merrie Sue Holtan and Cindy Larson Casselton,
Stillwater, MN (October 2002)
• Concordia College’s Training Our Campuses against
Racism (TOCAR) chapter, a collaborative project with Minnesota State
University-Moorhead, North Dakota State University, and Northwest
Technical College
• Presentation: “Reconfiguring the Role of the Research
Paper: Using Collaborative Writing to Teach Basic Academic Research
and Writing Strategies” (2001 CCCC Conference, Denver, CO)
cf. Yale TLT newsletter: http://www.yale.edu/
tlt/newsletter/dec99/page4.html)
Interests: Composition/writing as
a discipline,
approaches to teaching writing in multicultural settings, writing
block/argument/persuasive writing/negotiation, cultural conflicts/American
culture wars, the Romantic Sublime, writing about/for the environment,
women and writing /postmodern theory and composition, American political
literacy and the politics of American literacy
Education:
B.A., M.A., Carleton College, Northfield, Minn.
Ph.D. in progress, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
Contact: stevier@cord.edu
