Helen Pike Bauer, Ph.D.
Professor of English
BA, MA: Hunter College
Ph.D.: City University of New York, 1974
Phone: (914) 633-2161
Teaching interests: Victorian Novel, Chaucer, composition and rhetoric
hbauer@iona.edu

Miles C. Beckwith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
BA: St. John's College,
Ph.D.: Yale University, 1996
Phone: (914) 637-2725
Teaching interests: Linguistics, Classical Mythology
mbeckwith@iona.edu

Christina Carlson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
BA, Drew University
MA, University of Wales, Lampeter
Ph.D., Fordham University, 2004
Phone: (914) 633-2157
Teaching interests: Celtic Spirituality, Chaucer, Middle English hagiography and romance
cmcarlson@iona.edu

Peter Chapin, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
BA, Franklin & Marshall College
MA, New York University
Ph.D., New York University, 2003
Teaching interests: 19C British and American Literature, literary theory, and the novel.
pchapin@iona.edu

Peter N. Chetta, MA
Associate Professor of English
BA, Iona College
MA, Loyola University
Certificate in Chinese Civilization, USEF in China, 1961
Phone: (914) 633-2058
Teaching interests: Asian Literature in Translation;  Drama
pchetta@iona.edu

Scott Cleary, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
B.A. St. Francis Xavier University, 2000
M.A. New York University, 2002
Ph.D. New York University, 2005
Phone: (914) 633-2056
Teaching interests: 18th-Century British literature, Law and Literature, Science Fiction, and Poetry.
scleary@iona.edu

Dean Defino, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Englsh
BA, MA, Ph.D., Binghamton University,1999
Phone: (914) 633-2160
Teaching interests: Film Studies, Twentieth-century American literature
ddefino@iona.edu

Edward Dramin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Englsh
BA, Amherst College
MA, Ph.D., Columbia University, 1972
Phone: (914) 633-2052
Teaching Interests: British Romanticism; Victorian Poetry and Prose
edramin@iona.edu

John W. Mahon, Ph.D.
Professor of English
Co-editor, Shakespeare Newsletter
BA, Fordham University
MA, Ph.D., Columbia University, 1980
Phone: (914) 633-2060
Teaching interests: Shakespeare, Irish Literature and Sixteenth-Century English literature
jmahon@iona.edu

Thomas J. Moretti, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
Co-editor, The Shakespeare Newsletter
BA, Providence College
MA, University of New Hampshire
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2011
Phone: (914) 633-2058
Teaching interests: Shakespeare; Early Modern English Literature, Religion, and Culture; Gender Studies
tmoretti@iona.edu

Eileen Panetta, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
BA, Marymount College
MA, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1980
Phone: (914) 633-2157
Teaching interests: Modern British Novel; Nineteenth-century American literature
epanetta@iona.edu

Thomas A. Pendleton, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Co-editor, Shakespeare Newsletter
BA, St. Michael’s College; University of Toronto
MA, Ph.D., Fordham University, 1973
Phone: (914) 633-2156
Teaching interests: Shakespeare
tpendleton@iona.edu

Aaron Rosenfeld, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Director of Writing
BA, Brandeis University
MA, Ph.D., New York University, 2000
Phone: (914) 633-2055
Teaching interests: Modern British and American poetry; Theory; Composition
arosenfeld@iona.edu

Laura Shea, Ph.D.
Professor of English
Department Chair
BA, Barnard College
MA, Ph.D., Boston University, 1984
Phone: (914) 637-2723
Teaching interests: Drama
lshea@iona.edu

Hugh Short, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Assistant Chair, Department of English
BA, Manhattan College
MA, Ph.D., Fordham University, 1994
Phone: (914) 637-7725
Teaching interests: Twentieth-century American literature, Faulkner, Epic, Greek and Modern Drama
hshort@iona.edu

Barbara Solomon, Ph.D.
Professor of English
BA, Brooklyn College
MA, University of Kansas
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1968
Phone: (914) 633-2054
Teaching interests: Twentieth-century American literature, women’s studies; theory of composition
bsolomon@iona.edu

Amy Stackhouse, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Assistant Chair, Department of English
AB, The College of William and Mary
MA, Boston College
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1998
Phone: (914) 633-2058
Teaching interests: Milton; Seventeenth-Century British Literature; Renaissance; Poetry; Shakespeare on Film; History of the Author
astackhouse@iona.edu


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