English Faculty

Jill Erwin
260.665.4853 | erwinj@trine.edu
B.A. - Spalding University
M.A. - University of Louisville
Faculty Profile

Jeanette Goddard, Ph.D.
Director of Humanities Institute
Associate Professor
260.665.4730 | goddardj@trine.edu
B.S. - Calvin College
M.A. / Ph.D. - University of Wisconsin, Madison
Specialty: Comparative Literature, Genre, British Literature, Literary Criticism/Theory
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Kandee Heisler
Lecturer, Faculty Liaison for Dual Enrollment
260.665.4204 | heislerk@trine.edu
B.A. / M.A. - Morehead State University
Faculty Profile

Timothy Hopp, Ph.D.
Professor
260.665.4852 | hoppt@trine.edu
B.A. - Rocky Mountain College, Billings MT
M.A. - University of Maine, Orono
Ph.D. - Texas A&M University, Commerce
Specialty: Rhetoric and Composition, Drama
Faculty Profile

Melissa Mayus, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
260.665.4329 | mayusm@trine.edu
B.A. - University of Notre Dame
M.A. - Saint Louis University
M.A. - University of Iceland
Ph.D. - University of Notre Dame
Specialty: Medieval Literature, Old English, Old Norse-Icelandic, Religion and Literature

Jill Noyes
260.665.4179 | noyesj@trine.edu
A.A.S. - Culinary Institute of America
B.A. - Purdue University
M.L.S. / M.S.Ed - Indiana University
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Janelle Pulczinski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor 
260.665.4339 | pulczinskij@trine.edu
B.A. - The College of St. Scholastica
M.A. (English) - The University of Nebraska - Lincoln
M.A. (English) / Ph.D. - The University of Wisconsin - Madison
Specialty: Comparative Literature, Modern, British and American Literature, Literary Theory (Gender/Critical Race Theory), Narrative
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Ryan Schnurr, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
260.665.4833 | schnurrr@trine.edu
B.A. - Huntington University
M.A. - University of Illinois at Chicago and Purdue University
M.A. / Ph.D. - Purdue University
Specialty: American Literature/Studies, Environmental Humanities, Journalism and Film and Media Studies
Faculty Profile

Henry Yukevich, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
260.665.4362 | yukevichh@trine.edu
B.A. - Grove City College
M.A. - University of Dayton
Ph.D. - Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Specialty: Romantic poetry, 18th Century Philosophy, Creative Writing
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Humanities and Communications Adjuncts
Andy Brown, Trine Broadcasting Network
LouAnn Homan, Theatre 

Department of Humanities and Communication Office
Amber Ellert
Administrative Assistant
260.665.4236 | ellerta@trine.edu | Taylor Hall 106

In Memoriam

Ana Boman
Tom Tierney