Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty

Janice ChernekoffDr. Janice Chernekoff

  • Chair, English Department
  • Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, 1997
  • Composition Studies, Critical Pedagogy, Women’s Autobiography
  • Lytle Hall 205
  • 610.683.4354
  • cherneko@kutztown.edu
  • Research Interests: Teaching the Personal Essay, Critical Pedagogy, Nonfiction, Writing Programs
  • Courses: Introduction to College Composition, Honors Composition, Advanced Composition, Rhetoric and Writing, The Teaching of Writing

Linda CullumDr. Linda Cullum

  • Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1998
  • Lytle Hall 247
  • 610.683.4344
  • cullum@kutztown.edu
  • Research Interests: Composition and Writing Center theory, gender studies, and Native American Literature
  • Courses: Introduction to College Composition, Honors Composition, Advanced Composition, Ethnic American Literature, The Rhetoric of Literature, The Teaching of Writing

Amy Lynch-BiniekAmy Lynch-Biniek

  • Director of the Writing Center
  • Ph.D. Candidate, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (ABD)
  • Composition
  • Lytle Hall 245
  • 610.683.4334
  • lynchbin@kutztown.edu
  • Research Interests: Composition theory, comparative rhetoric, critical pedagogy, writing and technology, perceptions of literacy
  • Courses: Introduction to College Composition, Honors Composition, Advanced Composition

Kevin Mahoney

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  • Coordinator of Composition
  • Ph.D. Miami University, 2002
  • Composition and Rhetoric, Cultural Studies
  • Lytle Hall 237
  • 610.683.4337
  • mahoney@kutztown.edu
  • http://cookingwithdionysus.net
  • Research Interests: Literacy and globalization, radical pedagogy, rhetoric and democracy, rhetoric of advocacy, autonomous education and social movements
  • Courses: Introduction to College Composition, Honors Composition, Advanced Composition, Rhetorical Traditions/Contemporary Renditions, Graduate Introduction to English Studies

Visiting Faculty

Carissa Pokorny-Golden

  • Ph.D. Candidate, Temple University (ABD)
  • Composition and Rhetoric
  • Lytle Hall 160
  • 610.683.4405
  • pokorny@kutztown.edu
  • Research Interests: Composition/Linguistics, Ethnic/Minority Literature, community literacy/service-learning
  • Courses: Introduction to College Composition, College Composition, Secondary Education English Practicum

Patricia Pytleski

  • Ph.D. Lehigh University, 2008
  • Composition and Rhetoric
  • Lytle Hall 130
  • 610.683.1502
  • pytleski@kutztown.edu
  • Research Interests: Academic discourse vs. personal writing, cultural studies, feminist composition theory
  • Courses: College Composition and Intro to Literature