精东AV

精东AV

Faculty and Staff

Department of Communication, Modern Languages, and Philosophy

Dr. Rhonda CollierDr. Rhonda Collier

Chair, Modern Languages, Communication and Philosophy/
Director, 精东AV Global Office (TUGO)听

Office: Kenney Hall 70-303
Office Phone: 334-727-8100
Email: rcollier@tuskegee.edu

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Dr. Camille Alexander

Assistant Professor of English
Office: Kenney Hall 70-300
Office Phone: 334-727-8771
Email: calexander@tuskegee.edu

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Dr. Elizabeth Appleby

Instructor of French
Office: Kenney Hall 70-311
Office Phone:听
Email: eappleby@tuskegee.edu

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Dr. Garrett Ashley

Assistant Professor of English
Office: Kenney Hall 70-307
Office Phone:听
Email: gashley@tuskegee.edu

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Professor Janie Beason-Bowen

Instructor of English
Office: Kenney Hall 70-315
Office Phone:听
Email: jbowen@tuskegee.edu

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Dr. Zanice Bond

Associate Professor of English
Office: Kenney Hall 70-310
Office Phone: 334-727-8104
Email: zbond@tuskegee.edu

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Dr. Brett CoppengerDr. Brett Coppenger

Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Office: Kenney Hall 70-428
Office Phone: 334-725-5489
Email: bcoppenger@tuskegee.edu
Ph.D. University of Iowa
M.A. University of Iowa
M.A. Western Michigan University
B.A. Biola University

Research Areas: Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Religion, Modern Philosophy

Representative Publications and Presentations:

  • 2011听听听 鈥淚s Justified True Bluth Belief Knowledge?鈥 (with Kristopher Philips) in Arrested Development & Philosophy, eds. Phillips, Kristopher and Jeremy Wisnewski, Blackwell.
  • 2017听听听 鈥淐lose Possible (Dystopian) Worlds, Truth Tracking, and Knowledge鈥 in The Man in the High Castle and Philosophy, eds. Heter, Joshua and Bruce Krajewski, Open Court.
  • 2016听听听 Intellectual Assurance: Essays on Traditional Epistemic Internalism (with Michael Bergmann), Oxford University Press.
  • 2018听听听 鈥淚nternalism, Memory, and Skepticism鈥 in forthcoming, eds. Kevin McCain and Ted Poston.
  • 2018听听听 鈥淪elf-Knowledge and Skepticism鈥 in Westworld and Philosophy, eds. Heter, Joshua and Richard Greene, Open Court.

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Dr. Benjamin Fishkin

Associate Professor of English
Office: Kenney Hall 70-308
Office Phone: 334-727-8931
Email: bfishkin@tuskegee.edu
Ph.D. University of Alabama
M.A. Miami University
B.A. University of Michigan

Research areas: literature and anglophone studies

Representative Publications and Presentations:听

  • The Repressed Expressed: Novel Perspectives on African and Black听Diasporic Literature听Edited by听Adaku听T.听Ankumah, Bill F.听Ndi听and Benjamin Hart听Fishkin听(January 17, 2017)
  • 鈥淭he Inner Narrative in Francis B.听Nyamnjoh鈥檚听Souls Forgotten鈥澨齣n听Secrets, Silences and Betrayals听Edited听by听 Bill听F.听Ndi听(August 7, 2015)
  • Co-author with听Adaku听T.听Ankumah听and Bill F.听Ndi听鈥淐haracter Nomenclature, the Bead-string in Thomas Jing鈥檚听Tale of An African Woman鈥 in听Nomenclatural听Poetization听and Globalization听Edited by听Adaku听T.听Ankumah听(October 20, 2014)
  • 鈥淣ames, Power Relationships and Influences in Francis B.听Nyamnjoh鈥檚听Married听But听Available鈥 in听Nomenclatural听Poetization听and Globalization听Edited by听Adaku听T.听Ankumah听(October 20, 2014)听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听听
  • A War of Ideas: American Thought in The Modern World听by Benjamin听Hart听Fishkin听(August 27, 2014)

Dr. Gregory S. Gray

Professor of Philosophy
Dean, 精东AV Chapel
Office: Chapel
Office Phone: 334-727-8322
Email: ggray@tuskegee.edu

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Dr. Mark Henderson

Assistant Professor of English
Office: Kenney Hall 70-320
Office Phone:听
Email: mhenderson@tuskegee.edu

Ph.D.听 English (19th- and 20th-century American literature, psychoanalytic theory), Auburn University
M.A.听 (English, Creative Writing), University of Louisiana at Monroe
B.A. (English), University of Louisiana at Monroe

Research areas:听 American modernism, the American Gothic, American film

Representative Publications & Presentations:

  • 2018, Fall.听鈥淟osing Your Faith for Seeing Too Much:听 The Anti-Bible as Indictment of American Heroism in Gregory Widen鈥檚 The Prophecy.鈥澨 Chapter in Terrifying Texts.听 McFarland & Company Press.
  • 2017, Spring. 鈥淕od鈥檚 Bloody Hand:听 The Horrible Ambiguity of Religious Murder in Paxton鈥檚 Frailty.鈥澨 Chapter in Divine Horror.听 McFarland & Company听Press.
  • 2016, Fall. 鈥淒enial and Dominance in the Semantics of Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs.鈥澨 Chapter in Critical Essays for the 25th Anniversary of The Silence of the Lambs.听Salem/Greyhouse Press.
  • 2016, Fall. 鈥淐oprophagia as Class and Consumerism in the Human Centipede Films.鈥澨鼵hapter in What鈥檚 Eating You?:听 Food and Horror on Screen.听Bloomsbury Publishing.
  • 2016, Summer. "Dutchman on the Brink:听 The Ghost Ship as Dark (American) Nature Edgar Allan Poe's 'MS. Found in a Bottle.'"听 Chapter in Dark Nature in American Literature.听 Lexington Books.

Dr. Kristen Miller Hill

Assistant Chair, Department of Modern Language, Communication, and Philosophy

Assistant Professor of English
Director, 精东AV Writing Center
Office: Kenney Hall 70-305
Office Phone: 334-727-8776
Email: khill@tuskegee.edu

Ph.D. English (Rhetoric and Composition), Auburn University
M.A. English (Literature), Auburn University
B.A. English, LaGrange College

Research areas: rhetorical theory, composition pedagogy, film, popular culture, the horror genre, video games and literacy

Representative Publications & Presentations:

  • "'We Lie Best When We Lie to Ourselves': Stephen King's听It听and the Horrors of Nostalgia" in听Horror Studies听12:2 (2021)
  • "Seeing and Believing as a Child in听It听补苍诲听The Outsider" in听Children and Childhood in the Works of Stephen King, edited by Debbie Olson, Lexington Books (2020).
  • 鈥淪teven Spielberg鈥 in 100 Entertainers Who Changed America, edited by Robert Sickels. ABC-CLIO, 2013. (Book Chapter)
  • 鈥淕aming as a Woman: Gender Difference Issues in Video Games and Learning鈥 in Immersive Environments, Augmented Realities and Virtual Worlds: Assessing Future Trends in Education, edited by Steven D鈥橝ugustino.听 IGI Global, 2013. (Book Chapter)
  • 鈥淔rom Fears of Entropy to Comfort in Chaos: Arcadia, The Waste Land, Numb3rs and Man鈥檚 Relationship with Science鈥 in Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society 27.1 (2007) (Journal Article)

Dr. Crystal Keels

Instructor of English and Communication
Office: Kenney Hall 70-317
Office Phone:听
Email: ckeels@tuskegee.edu

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Dr. Amy King

Assistant Professor of English
Office: Kenney Hall 70-313
Office Phone:听
Email: aking@tuskegee.edu

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Dr. Carolina Marquez-Serrano

Associate Professor of Spanish
Office: Kenney Hall 70-304
Office Phone: 334-727-8046
Email: cmarquezserrano@tuskegee.edu


Dr. Cortney McLeod

Associate Professor of English
Office: Kenney Hall 70-316
Office Phone:听
Email: cmcleod@tuskegee.edu

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Professor Jaemon McLeod

Instructor of English
Office: Kenney Hall 70-314
Office Phone:听
Email: jmcleod@tuskegee.edu

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Dr. William Ndi

Associate Professor of English
Office: Kenney Hall 70-306
Office Phone: 334-727-8694
Email: wndi@tuskegee.edu

Dual Doctorate in Languages: Translation & Languages, Literatures and Contemporary Civilizations, Paris, Universit茅 de Cergy-Pontoise

Research Areas:听History of Ideas and Mentalities, Film Studies, Professional, Technical and Creative Writing, World Literatures, Languages, Applied Linguistics, Literary History, Media and Communication Studies, Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, History of Internationalism, Translation & Translatology, History and Contemporary Cultural Studies.

Representative Publications & Presentations:

  • The Repressed Expressed听
  • Secrets, Silences, and Betrayals听
  • La Logorrh茅e du po猫te ou l鈥橦istoire des Camerouns en 33 gouttelettes,听(French Poetry);听
  • Peace Mongers at War听(Poetry)听听
  • Barbed Forest听(Poetry)

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Professor Janet Sullen

Instructor of English
Office:听
Office Phone:听
Email: jsullen@tuskegee.edu

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Dr. Samuel Taylor

Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Office: Kenney Hall 70-314
Office Phone:
Email: staylor@tuskegee.edu

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