SPU English Department

English Department
Phone: 206-281-2617
Email: English@spu.edu

Study Abroad

Study Abroad

Creative Writing

Image Journal

Faculty

As highly regarded scholars and teachers, and well-published experts as well as authors, SPU's English Department helps students cultivate an understanding of "the word" as a unique human gift from God.

English Faculty

Tom Amorose

Professor of English
Director of Campus Writing

Christine Chaney

Chair of English
Professor

Jennifer Maier

Professor of English
Associate Editor of Image

April Middeljans

Assistant Professor

Luke Reinsma

Professor of English
Director of University Scholars

Kim Segall

Associate Professor

 

 

Doug Thorpe

Professor of English
Lingua Faculty Advisor

Tom Trzyna

Professor of English

Susan VanZanten

Professor of English

Mark Walhout

Professor of English

Gregory Wolfe

Writer-in-Residence
Director, SPU Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Publisher and Editor of Image

Suzanne Wolfe

Instructor of English
Executive Editor of Image

By Our Faculty

Dark Alphabet

by Jennifer Maier

Mending a Tattered Faith: Devotions With Dickinson

Joining the Mission: A Guide for (Mainly) New College Faculty

Wisdom Sings the World: Poetry, Creation, and the Way of Dwelling

Beauty Will Save the World

LeClézio's Spiritual Quest

 

Call me Ishmael."

 

- Herman Melville, Moby Dick