Ryan Fong
Professor of English
Department Chair
Phone: 269.337.7047
Office: Humphrey House, room 208
Email: ryan.fong@kzoo.edu
Dr. Fong specializes in 19th Century Literature & Culture;
Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies
Dr. Fong is on sabbatical for the 2026/27 Academic Year.
Marin Heinritz
Professor of English
Phone: 269.337.5734
Office: Humphrey House, room 212
Email: marin.heinritz@kzoo.edu
Dr. Heinritz specializes in Journalism
and Creative writing (Nonfiction)
Benjamin Kingsley
Associate Professor of English
Phone: 269.337.7038
Office: Humphrey House, room 211
Email: benjamin.kingsley@kzoo.edu
Dr. Kingsley specializes in Creative Writing (Poetry)
Shanna Salinas
Associate Professor of English
Phone: 269.337.7115
Office: Humphrey House, room 108
Email: shanna.salinas@kzoo.edu
Dr. Salinas specializes in Late 19th to 21st Century American
Literature, and Chicanx Literature
Dr. Salinas is Director of the
Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Babli Sinha
Professor of English
Phone: 269.337.7075
Office: Humphrey House, room 203
Email: babli.sinha@kzoo.edu
Dr. Sinha specializes in Film, 20th Century Literature,
Post-Colonial Literature, and Film and Theory
Ani Bezirdzhyan
Visiting Assistant Professor
2026-27 academic year
Office: Humphrey House, room 208
Email: ani.bezirdzhyan@kzoo.edu
Erika Carbonara
Visiting Assistant Professor
2024-27 academic years
Phone: 269.337.7046
Office: Humphrey House, room 209
Email: erika.carbonara@kzoo.edu
Sidne Lyon
Visiting Assistant Professor
2026-27 academic year
Office: Humphrey House, room TBD
Email: sidne.lyon@kzoo.edu
Scott Bade
Visiting Professor
Winter 2027
Office: Humphrey House, room 205
Email: scott.bade@kzoo.edu
Kevin Fitton
Visiting Professor
Spring 2027
Office: Humphrey House, room 205
Email: kevin.fitton@kzoo.edu
Tom Ludwig
Visiting Professor
Fall 2026
Office: Humphrey House, room 205
Email: thomas.ludwig@kzoo.edu
Amelia Katanski
Professor of English, Emerita
Email: amelia.katanski@kzoo.edu
Dr Katanski specializes in American Indian Literatures,
World Indigenous Literatures, Literature & the Environment,
and Late 19th and 20th Century U.S. Literature
Bruce Mills
Professor of English, Emeritus
Email: bruce.mills@kzoo.edu
Dr. Mills specializes in Colonial to 19th Century U.S, Literature,
African American Literature, and Short Fiction
Andrew Mozina
Professor of English, Emeritus
Email: andrew.mozina@kzoo.edu
Dr. Mozina specializes in Creative Writing (fiction),
Contemporary Fiction, British and American Modernists
Amy Smith
Professor of English, Emerita
Email: amy.smith@kzoo.edu
Dr. Smith specializes in Shakespeare, British Literature to 1800,
Women’s Literature, and Drama
Sarah Bryans
Academic Office Coordinator
Phone: 269.337.7043
Office: Humphrey House, room 110
Email: sarah.bryans@kzoo.edu