Ryan Fong

Associate Professor of English
Phone: 269.337.7046
Office: Humphrey House, room 209
Email: ryan.fong@kzoo.edu
Dr. Fong is the Director for the
Women, Gender, & Sexuality Program
Marin Heinritz

Associate Professor of English
Phone: 269.337.5734
Office: Humphrey House, room 21
Email: marin.heinritz@kzoo.edu
Amelia Katanski

Professor of English
Phone: 269.337.7045
Office: Humphrey House, room 207
Email: amelia.katanski@kzoo.edu
Dr. Katanski is Co-Chair of the
Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Dr. Katanski is on leave for the Fall 2021 quarter
Bruce Mills

Professor of English
Phone: 269.337.7037
Office: Humphrey House, room 208
Email: bruce.mills@kzoo.edu Phone:
Andrew Mozina

Professor of English
Phone: 269.337.7041
Office: Humphrey House, room 210
Email: andrew.mozina@kzoo.edu
Dr. Mozina is the Junior Class Dean
Shanna Salinas

Associate Professor of English
Phone: 269.337.7115
Office: Humphrey House, room 108
Email: shanna.salinas@kzoo.edu
Dr. Salinas is Co-Chair
of the Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Babli Sinha

Professor of English
and Department Chair
Phone: 269.337.7075
Office: Humphrey House, room 203
Email: babli.sinha@kzoo.edu
Dr. Sinha is the Director of the
Film and Media Studies Concentration
Amy Smith

Professor of English
Phone: 269.337.7036
Office: Humphrey House, room 213
Email: amy.smith@kzoo.edu
Mika Kennedy

Visiting Assistant Professor
2020-2022
Phone: 269.337.7437
Office: Humphrey House, room 205
Email: Mika.Kennedy@kzoo.edu
About Mika
Mika Kennedy is from the San Francisco Bay Area. She earned her PhD in English from the University of Michigan and, prior to that, her BA in Literature from UC San Diego. Her teaching centers race, ethnicity, and Indigeneity in American literature and the environmental humanities. She’s taught courses about environmental justice in the literature of cities; Asian American literature and culture; and climate justice. Her research follows a similar framework: Dr. Kennedy’s current book project is about the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans, and the ways this experience intersects not only with fantasies of the Western frontier, but also the fight for Native sovereignty. Her research has been supported by the James A. Winn Fellowship at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities, a Rackham Humanities Research Candidacy Fellowship, and the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, among others.
Dr. Kennedy is also devoted to public-facing work, particularly within the Japanese American and Nikkei communities. For the past several years, she has been the co-curator of a museum exhibit titled Exiled to Motown, which brings to life the history of the Japanese American community in metro Detroit. You can learn more about the project here.
Scott Bade

Visiting Assistant Professor
2021-2022
Phone:
Office: Dewing, 212G
Email: Scott.Bade@kzoo.edu
Greg Purcell

Visiting Assistant Professor
Spring 2022
Phone: 269.337.7437
Office: Humphrey House, Room 205
Email: Greg.Purcell@kzoo.edu
Susan Ramsey

Visiting Assistant Professor
Winter & Spring 2022
Phone: 269-337-7043
Office: Humphrey House, Room 209
Email: Susan Ramsey
Deia Sportel

Academic Office Coordinator
Phone: 269.337.7043
Office: Humphrey House, room 110
Email: Deia.Sportel@kzoo.edu
About Deia
Deia has a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Management from Cornerstone University and is a Certified Green Dot Instructor.