Department of English Faculty

Suzanne Ashworth, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Office: Towers 240
614.823.1162
sashworth@otterbein.edu

Tammy Birk

Instructor
Office: Towers 329
614.823.1759
tbirk@otterbein.edu

Phyllis Lynne Burns, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Office: Towers 330
614.823.1221
plburns@otterbein.edu

Norman Chaney, Ph.D.

Professor
Office: Towers 233
614.823.1560
nchaney@otterbein.edu

Beth Daugherty, Ph.D.

Professor
Office: Towers 226
614.823.1659
bdaugherty@otterbein.edu

Paul Eisenstein, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Chairperson
Office: Towers 227
614.823.1609
PEisenstein@otterbein.edu

Patti Frick, Ph.D.

Professor
Office: Towers 332
614.823.1572
pfrick@otterbein.edu

Jim Gorman, Ph.D.

Professor and Director of Creative Writing
Office: Towers 225
614.823.1133
jgorman@otterbein.edu

Terry Hermsen, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Office: Towers 234
614.823.1893
thermsen@otterbein.edu

Abhijat Joshi, MFA

Assistant Professor
Office: Towers 229
614.823.1160
ajoshi@otterbein.edu

Margaret Koehler, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Office: Towers 224
614.823.1224
mkoehler@otterbein.edu

Shannon Lakanen, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Office: Towers 228
614.823.1211
slakanen@otterbein.edu

Alison Prindle, Ph.D.

Professor
Office: Towers 232
614.823.1321
aprindle@otterbein.edu

Jeremy Smith, Ph.D.

Professor
Office: Towers 331
614.823.1797
jhsmith@otterbein.edu

Karen Steigman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Office: Towers 216
614.823.1087
ksteigman@otterbein.edu

Emeriti Professors

Jim Bailey, Ph.D.

Lonnell Johnson, Ph.D.

Wayne Rittenhouse, Ph.D.

Nancy Woodson, Ph.D.