Ellen E. Dolgin
Professor of English, Coordinator of the English Program, Coordinator of Gender Studies minor
Phone: (845) 848-4008
Email: ellen.dolgin@dc.edu
Office: Casey Hall English Annex
B.S. – Syracuse Univ.
M.A. – George Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University
Ph.D. – NYU
Ellen Dolgin has been teaching and developing courses at the college level for more than 30 years. Her love of interdisciplinary/intercultural teaching and learning developed from her double major in English and Speech Arts as an undergraduate. Frequently, her literature courses feature the arts of the eras surrounding the readings, and she encourages her students to incorporate this multi-disciplinary vision into their oral presentations and written assignments.
As a teacher/scholar, she enjoys her involvement with professional organizations; through these, she has established friendships as well as professional collaborations. Sharing these experiences with her students is paramount. Her areas of research and conference presentations include modern drama, with particular emphasis on the early 20th century, and contemporary multicultural women writers across genres.
With family and friends, she loves to attend plays, visit museums, and enjoy food and conversation at home and at restaurants, picnic areas, and other people’s homes.
Roles in Professional Organizations:
Past President, Northeast Modern Lang. Assn. (NeMLA)
Vice-President, International Shaw Society (ISS) www.shawsociety.org
Board Member, Comparative Drama Conference
Areas of Interest/Research:
Multicultural American literature
Contemporary women’s fiction
Modern drama and poetry
Kathleen Hickey
Professor of English
Phone: (845) 848-4009
Email: kathleen.hickey@dc.edu
Office: Casey Hall 19
B.A. – Queens College, CUNY
M.S. – Queens College, CUNY
Ed.D. – Teachers College, Columbia University
As an educator for 40 years, Professor Hickey has taught a variety of students, ranging from traditional aged students to returning adults, both undergraduate and graduate students. Her research interests include reading and writing with special emphasis on “remedial” work at the college level. She was instrumental in revamping Dominican College’s Freshmen Writing Sequence to accelerate students with their remediation so they could swiftly proceed with their college careers. Additional research interests span the gamut from at-risk students to multicultural aspects of literature. She is a member of NCTE—National Council of Teachers of English, the NYCLA—New York College Learning Association and NADE—the National Association of Developmental Educators. Yearly, she judges, The Global Undergraduate Awards, an international competition of undergraduate papers from around the world. Additionally, each fall she participates in the NCTE Day of Writing, submitting entries for their National Day of Writing.
Her outside interests include traveling, attending plays, reading, listening to all genres of music, and generally being active.
Tanya Radford
Assistant Professor of English
Phone: (845) 848-4044
Email: tanya.radford@dc.edu
Office: Casey Hall 19
B.A. – English: University of Utah
M.A. – English: University of Utah
Ph.D – English: City University of New York – Graduate Center
Dr. Tanya A. Radford completed a bachelor’s and master’s degree in English literature at the University of Utah and a PhD in English literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Her field of specialization is Eighteenth Century studies, with particular interest in British and American literature of this period. Her research interests also extend to the representation of visual experience in literature and the representation of reading as a magical act in children’s literature.
James Reitter
Associate Professor of English
Phone: (845) 848-4014
Email: james.reitter@dc.edu
Office: Casey Hall 19
B.A. – SUNY Oswego
M.F.A. – CUNY Brooklyn
Ph.D. – University of Louisiana Lafayette
Professor Reitter has been teaching in higher education for over two decades, specializing in Creative Writing, 19th Century Literature, Folklore, and Film Studies. He has published articles and/or chapters on Charles Dickens, Civil War poets, human/animal interaction and symbolism, and zombies in film. He is also the author of Scratched Records, an ekphrastic book of poetry and art, and co-author of Speculative Modernism: How Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Conceived the 20th Century. In addition, he actively publishes poems in a variety of print and online publications and is currently Editor-In-Chief for Masque and Spectacle, a biannual arts and literature online journal.
Outside of his academic interests, he is an avid birder and naturalist, enjoys listening to and playing a diverse array of music, and regularly watches cartoons.
Robert Stauffer
Associate Professor of English
Phone: (845) 848-4105
Email: robert.stauffer@dc.edu
Office: Casey Hall 19
B.A. – New York University (English)
M.A. – Brooklyn College (English Education)
Ph.D. – Arizona State University (Medieval Literature)
Robert Stauffer began working at Dominican College in 2012. His research and teaching interests are in medieval and Renaissance literature, postcolonial studies, science fiction and fantasy literature, and early 20th century writers. He is currently working on editing and writing for a volume for Brill Publishing entitled A Marguerite Porete Companion focusing on Marguerite Porete, a thirteenth-fourteenth century beguine, and her book The Mirror of Simple Souls. His publications include fantasy short stories and baseball biography. He has given several papers at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.