Department of English
Scroll through our list of media-ready experts based out of or affiliated with the Department of English. Click on their name to learn more about their unique expertise, recent media coverage and how to connect with them.
Sarah Florini
Department of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics
Expert in: Social media, Digital media, Digital culture, Digital humanities, Film studies, Ethics, Race relations, Media studies
Mark Hannah
Department of English, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
Expert in: Rhetoric, Communication, Writing, Information systems, Literacy, Social media
Karen Leong
School of Social Transformation, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Department of English
Expert in: Asian Pacific American studies, Gender studies, American studies, Ethnic studies, Feminism
Email: Karen.Leong@asu.edu
Phone: (480) 965-6936
Media Relations Officer
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Karen Kuo
School of Social Transformation, Center for Asian Research, Department of English
Expert in: Asian Pacific American studies, Asian history, Culture and social change, Film studies, Literature
Email: Karen.Kuo@asu.edu
Phone: (480) 965-9121
Media Relations Officer
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Vanessa Fonseca-Chavez
College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Department of English, School of Transborder Studies, School of International Letters and Cultures
Expert in: Indigenous education, Colonial theory, History, Latino history, Borderlands
Email: vfonseca@asu.edu
Phone: (480) 727-3881
Media Relations Officer
Gaby Kemp / gabriella.kemp@asu.edu
Ayanna Thompson
Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Department of English
Expert in: Medieval studies, Shakespeare, History, Literature, Performance studies
Email: Ayanna.Thompson@asu.edu
Phone: (480) 965-5982
Media Relations Officer
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Jeffrey Cohen
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of English
Expert in: Literature, Environmental humanities, Medieval studies, Posthumanism, Ecocriticism
Email: jeffrey.j.cohen@asu.edu
Phone: (480) 965-9958
Media Relations Officer
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Paul Kei Matsuda
Department of English
Expert in: Writing, Literacy, Rhetoric, Linguistics, Higher education, Second-language writing
Mark Lussier
Department of English, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict
Expert in: Literature, European history, Health education, Art in society, Religion, Sustainability, Buddhism
Joe Lockard
Department of English, Center for Jewish Studies
Expert in: Literature, African American history, Human rights, Cultural diversity, U.S. history, Literacy, Race relations, Religion, Refugees, Writing, Prison, Censorship, Slavery