
We offer a nurturing and challenging environment where you can learn to use writing and literature as a way to make sense of experience, bring order to chaos and communicate effectively.
When students take classes in the English Department, they expand their skills in reading, writing, listening, speaking and thinking through encounters with the work of historically and culturally significant writers. They bring to class the experiences of their generation, the stamp of their own lives and the ability to express their own voices.
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Programs in this Department
Faculty & Staff
Leadership

Megan Coakley
Department Head
(616) 234-3135
Professional Support Staff

Laura DeVries
Support Professional
(616) 234-4243
Faculty

Michelle Allen Smith
Assistant Professor

Colleen Becker
Professor
(616) 234-4901

Brenna Burghardt
Assistant Professor
(616) 234-3329

Lyttron Burris
Professor
(616) 234-4370

Vikki Cooper
Professor
(616) 234-4291

Susan Davis
Professor
(616) 234-4601

Shavval Douglas
Professor
(616) 234-4609

Tony Dykema VanderArk
Assistant Professor
(616) 234-3068

James Hayes
Professor
(616) 234-4372

Katie Kalisz
Professor
(616) 234-4386

Maryann Lesert
Professor
(616) 234-4368

Megan Lockard
Assistant Professor
(616) 234-2311

Andrew Lussky
Professor
(616) 234-4378

Rachel Lutwick Deaner
Assistant Professor, Faculty Liaison
(616) 234-3088

Sean Mackey
Assistant Professor
(616) 234-2368

Zachary Marshall
Assistant Professor
(616) 234-3328

Christina McElwee
Associate Professor
(616) 234-4393

Mursalata Muhammad
Professor
(616) 234-4950

Nora Neill
Assistant Professor
(616) 234-4912

Kimberly Olushola
Assistant Professor
(616) 234-2363

Patrick Prominski
Assistant Professor
(616) 234-3024

Beverly Shannon
Professor
(616) 234-4361

Sheryl York
Associate Professor
(616) 234-3193
Adjunct Faculty

Elizabeth Ainsworth
Instructor

Valerie Amante
Instructor

Pinky Babulal
Instructor

Janet Balyeat
Instructor

Jessica Blandford
Instructor

Kaari Bloedow
Instructor

Kimberly Bolt
Instructor

Marybeth Bradley
Instructor

Eric Brower
Instructor

Lindsay Burton
Instructor

Roselyn Charles Mahe
Instructor

Susan Clemens
Instructor

Thomas Cornell
Instructor

Anne Damiecka
Instructor

Laura DeJonge
Instructor

John Dix
Instructor

Judith Englesby
Instructor

Tammy Friesen
Instructor

Karin Gallagher
Instructor

Roel Garcia
Instructor

Richard Garn
Instructor

Amy Gortsema
Instructor

Kathleen Hall
Instructor

Alyssa Jewell
Instructor

Juliet Keller
Instructor

Soonja Koole
Instructor

Laura Kozminski
Instructor

Susanna Lankheet
Instructor

Jeffrey Larsen
Instructor

Heather Lawrence
Instructor

Kaye Longberg
Instructor

David Lyons
Instructor

Patricia Morris
Instructor

Tom Mulder
Instructor

Kevin Mulvihill
Instructor

Tran Nguyen
Instructor

Lynn Prince
Instructor

Mary Schafer
Instructor

David Settle
Instructor

Tracy Sharp
Instructor

Jennifer Shinabarger
Instructor

Michael Sikkema
Instructor

Stacy Slomski
Instructor

Todd Soule
Instructor

Brandy Springstubbe
Instructor

Benjamin Stancil
Instructor

Nathan Teft
Instructor

Ole Tundevold
Instructor

Angie Van Arnam
Instructor

Susan Vanderveen
Instructor

Peter Vangorp
Instructor

Rachel Vereeke
Instructor

Tracy Wakefield
Instructor

Kari Wiest
Instructor