Alma Rosa Alvarez
Professor
PhD, English, University of California, Santa Barbara; MA, English, University of California, Santa Barbara; BA, English and Mexican American Studies, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Dr. Alvarez teaches U.S. Literature with a specialty in U.S. Ethnic Literature. She loves the way literature guides students through new experiences. Dr. Alvarez’ research interest is in the formation of the Chicanx canon. In her spare time, she likes writing poetry.
Office: Britt Hall 220
Phone: 541.552.6629
E-Mail: alvarez@sou.edu
Merrilyne Lundahl
Associate Professor; Co-director, Oregon Writing Project at SOU
PhD, English (Rhetoric & Composition), University of Nevada, Reno; MS, Environmental Studies, University of Montana, Missoula; BS, American Studies and English, Utah State University
Dr. Lundahl teaches across the English Studies, specializing in teacher education and writing pedagogy. She loves seeing aspiring teachers make literacy relevant and meaningful for all students. Dr. Lundahl’s research focuses on intersections of literacy studies and environmental education. She hikes and studies natural history during her free time.
Office: Britt Hall 218
Phone: 541.552.7047
E-Mail: lundahlm@sou.edu
Diana Maltz
Professor
BA, Bennington College; MA, PhD, Stanford University
Dr. Maltz is a Professor of English at Southern Oregon University. She is the author of British Aestheticism and the Urban Working Classes (Palgrave, 2006) and the editor of Arthur Morrison’s 1896 novel A Child of the Jago (Broadview, 2013). Her classes include The Animal in Literature; The Decadent 1890s; and Slumming in the Nineteenth Century.
Office: Britt Hall 219
Phone: 541.552.6634
E-Mail: maltzd@sou.edu
Margaret Perrow
Professor; Chair of English Program; Director, Oregon Writing Project at SOU
BA, French (Literature and Language), Minor, Linguistics, Yale College; PhD, MA, Education (Language, Literacy, and Culture) UC Berkeley
Dr. Perrow has taught English at all levels – K-12, undergraduates, graduate students and teachers. She is intrigued by the relationship between language and identity, and is constantly asking: How does language reflect who we are, and shape who we become? She is the author of A Hidden History of Youth Development in South Africa: Learning in Transition (Routledge, 2021).
Office: Britt Hall 221
Phone: 541.552.6632
E-Mail: perrowm@sou.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Edwin Battistella
Bill Gholson
Charlotte Hadella
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