English Faculty and Staff
Making the Difference
The English Department is one of the largest departments on campus, with about 40 current faculty/staff and many active retired faculty/emeriti. The depth of faculty expertise, passion, and engagement sets English apart from other areas of campus. With prolific writers, researchers, and scholars, students who major or minor in English will find incredible instruction and academic support.
Jennifer Ervin teaches courses in methods for teaching English language arts, young adult literature, and critical reading and writing. Her research focuses on secondary English language arts pedagogy and curriculum; teachers’ engagement with justice-oriented teaching practices, including culturally sustaining and antiracist pedagogies; and the intersection of educational policies with teachers’ classroom work.
Heather Fielding is the Director of the University Honors Program at UW-Eau Claire as well as a professor in the English Department. Her research focuses on the theory of the novel and modern and contemporary British fiction. Her recent work explores discussions about Ukraine and Ukrainian literature in modernist Britain, at the moment when the idea of Ukrainian nationhood was first gaining currency in the west.
Isabella (Bella) Gross teaches Blugold Seminar and English courses at the Eau Claire campus. She is currently the Senate IAS representative for the English Department.
Fridays 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
and by appointment
Dr. Laura Jok teaches in the Blugold Seminar in Critical Reading and Writing.