LCA Faculty & Staff

Meet and get in touch with the faculty and staff of Language, Culture, and the Arts Department.

Gabriella Scarlatta, Ph.D.

Provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs; Professor of French
Teaching Areas: French Studies
Research Areas: Early Modern Women Writers and Intellectuals, French and Italian literature of the Renaissance, French Culture / History, Gender

Imran Aijaz, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy
Teaching Areas: Middle East Studies, Philosophy
Research Areas: Islamic Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion

Erik Bond, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English Literature
Teaching Areas: LGBTQ Studies, Women's & Gender Studies, English
Research Areas: Eighteenth-Century British Literature, English Literature, Gender, Literary Theory and Analysis

William DeGenaro, Ph.D.

Professor of Composition and Rhetoric
Teaching Areas: Composition and Rhetoric, Creative Writing, Honors, Writing for Civic Engagement
Research Areas: Basic Writing Pedagogy, Composition, Service Learning, Working-Class Studies

Jerrice Donelson, Ph.D.

Lecturer III, Professional Writing and Rhetoric
Teaching Areas: Composition and Rhetoric, Professional Writing & Rhetoric
Research Areas: Critical Literacy and Pedagogy, Dual Enrollment, Experience Architecture/User, Experience(XA/UX), High School to College transition, Rhetoric, User Design, Writing Studies

Wessam Elmeligi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Director, Center for Arab American Studies
Teaching Areas: Middle East Studies, Arab American Studies, Arabic
Research Areas: Arab Cinema, Classical and Modern Arabic Art and Literature, Comparative Literature, Gender Studies, Immigration Narratives, Literary Psychoanalysis, Narratology, SWANA Cultures, The Graphic Novel, Visual Media