Languages, Humanities, & the Arts

Chairs, Coordinators and Full-time Faculty

Art

Chair — James A. Krauss, Professor of Art
jkrauss@oakton.edu

Peter Hessemer, Professor of Art/Humanities
peterh@oakton.edu

Mark Palmeri, Associate Professor of Art
mpalmeri@oakton.edu

English (English, English as a Second Language, Reading, Business and Technical Writing and WSAT)

Chair — Lynn Woodbury, Professor of English
woodbury@oakton.edu

Debbie Albano, Professor of English
dalbano@oakton.edu

Jelena Bankovic, Associate Professor of English
bankovic@oakton.edu

Amy Blumenthal, Professor of English
Coordinator, College Program English as a Second Language
amyblu@oakton.edu

Lorenz Boehm, Professor of English
lboehm@oakton.edu

Carol Bustamante, Associate Professor of English
Coordinator, Developmental Reading and Writing
cbustama@oakton.edu

Will Crawford, Assistant Professor of English
Coordinator, Creative Writing
crawford@oakton.edu

Anna Cuomo-Paul, Professor of English
acuomo@oakton.edu

Madhuri Deshmukh, Professor of English
Coordinator, Peace and Social Justice
mdeshmuk@oakton.edu

Maureen Douglas, Professor of English
Coordinator, Business and Technical Writing Program
douglas@oakton.edu

Pamela D. Drell, Professor of English
pdrell@oakton.edu

Virginia Gibbons, Professor of English
vgibbon@oakton.edu

Marilee McGowan, Professor of English
mcgowan@oakton.edu

Lori Oster, Assitant Professor of English
loster@oakton.edu

Lyn Ward Page, Professor of English
Coordinator, Great Books program
lpage@oakton.edu

Toni Rowitz, Professor of English/Speech
tonirow@oakton.edu

Mona Scheuermann, Professor of English
monas@oakton.edu

Marian Staats, Assistant Professor of English
mstaats@oakton.edu

Sylvia Stacey, Professor of English
Coordinator, WSAT Program
sylvia@oakton.edu

Gabriel Wallace, Professor of English
gabew@oakton.edu

Graphic Design

Chair — Bernard Krule, Professor of Art
berney@oakton.edu

Judy Langston, Professor of Art and Graphic Design
clouds@oakton.edu

Humanities and Philosophy

Co-Chair — Hollace Graff, Professor of Philosophy
hgraff@oakton.edu

Co-Chair -Joo Heung Lee, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Humanities
jlee@oakton.edu

Thomas Bowen, Professor of Philosophy
Honors Program Co-Coordinator
tbowen@oakton.edu

Carlos Briones, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Humanities
cbriones@oakton.edu

Kathleen Carot, Associate Professor of Speech and Theater
Coordinator, Women’s Studies Program
kcarot@oakton.edu

Mohamed Mehdi, Assistant Professor of Humanities and Philosophy
mmehdi@oakton.edu

Amy Zumfelde, Associate Professor of Modern Languages
azumfeld@oakton.edu

Modern Languages
(Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish)

Chair — Marguerite Solari, Professor of Modern Languages
solari@oakton.edu

Camille Harrison, Associate Professor of Modern Languages
harrison@oakton.edu

Michael Kristiansen, Associate Professor of Modern Languages
mkristia@oakton.edu

Amy Zumfelde, Professor of Modern Languages
azumfeld@oakton.edu

Speech, Theater and Music

Chair — Denis R. Berkson, Professor of Speech and Communications
dberkson@oakton.edu

Kathleen Carot, Associate Professor of Speech and Theater
Coordinator, Women’s Studies Program
kcarot@oakton.edu

Dan J. Detloff, Professor of Music
ddetloff@oakton.edu

John Frisco, Associate Professor of Speech and Theater
jfrisco@oakton.edu

Patti Interrante, Associate Professor of Speech
pinterra@oakton.edu

Toni Rowitz, Professor of English/Speech
tonirow@oakton.edu

Glenna M. Sprague, Professor of Music
Coordinator of Music
gsprague@oakton.edu