English at College of the Holy Cross

19 faculty and 36 courses in English at College of the Holy Cross.

Faculty

• Patricia Bizzell, Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emerita h-index 23
• Susan Sweeney, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities h-index 9
  Notable: “Detecting Texts: The Metaphysical Detective Story from Poe to Postmodernism” (2001) · 47 citations
• Richard Matlak, Professor Emeritus h-index 9
  Notable: “Coleridge and Wordsworth: A Lyrical Dialogue” (1991) · 35 citations
• Jonathan Mulrooney, Professor, Department Chair h-index 7
  British Romantic Literature Romantic-period Theater and Public Culture Nineteenth-Century British & American Literature Film; Romantic Historicisms Education Ph.D., Boston University CV RECENT PUBLICATIONS Book Romanticism and Theatrica
  Notable: “Illegitimate Theatre in London” (2004) · 465 citations
• Debra Gettelman, Associate Professor, Dean for the Class of 2027 h-index 3
  19th Century British Literature and Culture The Novel Book History Film Adaptation Education Ph.D., Harvard University College of the Holy Cross Social
  Notable: “"Making Out" Jane Eyre” (2007) · 18 citations
• James Kee, Professor Emeritus h-index 2
  Notable: “The Oxford Companion to the Bible” (1994) · 11 citations
• Helen Whall, Professor Emerita h-index 2
  Notable: “The Visions of Simone Machard” (1984) · 4 citations
• Patrick Whitmarsh, Visiting Assistant Professor h-index 2
  Notable: “Alien plant species threat assessment and management prioritization for Sequoia-Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Parks” (2002) · 8 citations
• Madigan Haley, Associate Professor, Montserrat Cluster Director h-index 2
  20th- and 21st-Century British Literature; Postcolonial and Global Studies Transnational Modernism Comparative World Literatures History and Theory of the Novel Education Ph.D. University of Virginia CV College of the Holy Cross Social Face
  Notable: “Marginal Figures and the Ethos of the Global Novel” (2015) · 4 citations
• Robert Cording, Professor Emeritus h-index 1
  Notable: “Using a Poetry Reading on Hemoglobin To Enhance Subject Matter” (2012) · 9 citations
• Maurice Gerach, Stephen J. Prior Professor of Humanities Emeritus h-index 1
  Notable: “Race in W.M. Thackeray's Vanity Fair and The Virginians” (2016) · 1 citations
• B. Eugene McCarthy, Professor Emeritus
• Christine Coch, Associate Professor, Director of Studies
  Renaissance English Literature and Culture; Shakespeare CV Biography I have published essays on Elizabeth I's self-representation and Tudor ideas about motherhood; Elizabeth I as a writer; Aemilia Lanyer and the early modern garden; the tri
• Kyle Frisina, Assistant Professor
  Twentieth and Twenty-First Century American Drama and Literature Performance Studies Autotheory Education Ph.D., University of Michigan CV Selected Publications Program essay and designer interview for The Hills of California . Huntin
• Matthew Gannon, Visiting Assistant Professor
  Modern British, Irish, and Caribbean literature Modernist poetry, visual art, and film Environmental humanities and ecocriticism Literary theory and philosophy Education Ph.D., Boston College Biography I teach courses on modern British, Iri
• Morris Collins, Assistant Professor, Creative Writing Program Coordinator
• Oliver de la Paz, James N. and Sarah L. O'Reilly Barrett Professor in Creative Writing
  Creative Writing: Poetry and Hybrid Genres Contemporary American Poetry Asian American Literature Education M.F.A, Arizona State University CV Website Biography Oliver de la Paz is the Poet Laureate of Worcester, MA for . He is the
• Sarah Stanbury, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities Emerita
• Sherif Abdelkarim, Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
  Ethics & aesthetics; Law & literature; Lexicography; Medievalism; Narrative theory; Performance studies; Translation studies Education B.A., William & Mary; Ph.D., University of Virginia Biography Sherif Abdelkarim specializes i

Courses

• Intro to Literary Study ENGL 100
• Introduction to Academic Writing ENGL 110
• Poetry and Poetics ENGL 130
• Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry ENGL 141
• Introduction to Creative Writing: Narrative ENGL 142
• Masterpieces of British Literature ENGL 200
• Masterpieces of American Literature ENGL 201
• Intermediate Academic Writing ENGL 210
• Opposites Attract: Science Writing ENGL 211
• Introduction to Screenwriting ENGL 212
• Touchstones 1: Early Brit Lit ENGL 230
• Touchstones 2A: American Lit ENGL 231
• Touchstones 2B: Brit&Anglo Lit ENGL 232
• Ekphrasis ENGL 240
• Intermediate Poetry Workshop ENGL 241
• Intermediate Fiction Workshop ENGL 242
• Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Workshop ENGL 243
• Disability & Literature ENGL 259
• Multi-Ethnic Literature of the U.S. ENGL 260
• Women Writers: Coming of Age ENGL 261
• Shakespeare for Non-Majors ENGL 299-F02
• Twenty-First-Century Irish Writing ENGL 299-F03
• American Crime Fiction ENGL 299-F04
• Medieval Romance ENGL 312
• Chaucer ENGL 314
• The World Novel ENGL 316
• Age of Elizabeth ENGL 320
• Shakespeare ENGL 329
• The Romantic Revolution ENGL 344
• Early American Colonialism ENGL 350
• American Immigrant Narratives ENGL 356
• Joyce ENGL 363
• African American Literature ENGL 368
• Asian American Literature ENGL 375
• Queer Theory ENGL 382
• Literary Theory ENGL 384

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.