English, Languages & Fine Arts Faculty

Sharon L. Burns

Associate Professor, CC English

215F CLER MCDONH

513-558-5347

burnssl@ucmail.uc.edu

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Stephanie Alcantar

Assistant Professor, CC Foreign Language

CLER MCDONH

513-732-5245

alcantse@ucmail.uc.edu

Stephanie Alcantar holds a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from the University of Cincinnati. She completed her BA in Applied Mathematics from the Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango in Mexico before moving to Cincinnati to complete her MA in Spanish at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Alcantar has published five books of poetry and the book El orden del infinito: relectura de un tema borgiano. Her research consists of a semiotic study of mathematical concepts and their relationship to literary works. It focuses on hybrid texts, which are those that develop new meanings and unprecedented aesthetical experiences from the resignification of mathematical concepts.

Dr. Alcantar has taught Latin American Studies, Hispanic and Chicano Literature, and Spanish at the University of Cincinnati and Miami University.

Her creative writing is included in magazines and anthologies published in Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Spain, Poland, Mexico, and the United States.

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Victoria S. Appatova

Professor, CC English

251 CC West Woods Acad Cntr

513-558-5361

appatovs@ucmail.uc.edu

Dr. Victoria Appatova is Associate Professor of Reading/English at the University of Cincinnati-Clermont College and Academic Coordinator of the College Success Program.  She has more than twenty years of experience in literacy instruction and research and has an extensive publication record in this area. She is currently a Fellow of the Academy for Teaching and Learning at the University of Cincinnati, Co-Director of the Teaching Academic Survival and Success national conference, and Past Chair of the College Literacy and Learning Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association. In March 2016, Dr. Appatova was elected President-Elect of the major organization in her field, the College Reading and Learning Association.  Her current research is focused on disciplinary literacy, college success programs, testing and standard setting for college academic preparedness, effective learning environments for different populations of students, gender-specific mentoring of first-year students, and widening access and participation in global higher education.
 

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Anuradha R. Chatterjee

Associate Professor, CC English

215H CLER MCDONH

513-732-5200

chattear@ucmail.uc.edu

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Kimberly A Clifford

Assistant Professor Educator, CC Foreign Language

272K CC Snyder Addition

513-558-8407

cliffoky@ucmail.uc.edu

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Thomas Henry Dinsmore

Professor, CC Foreign Language

269 CC West Woods Acad Cntr

513-732-8962

dinsmoth@ucmail.uc.edu

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Cassandra D Fetters

Associate Professor, CC English

S272N CC Snyder Addition

513-732-5200

fettercd@ucmail.uc.edu

Associate Professor of English.
Dr. Fetters received her PhD from the University of Kentucky. She is the Coordinator of the English and Liberal Arts Programs at UC Clermont, where she teaches composition and American literature courses.  

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Kelly Frigard

Professor, CC Fine Arts

215I CLER MCDONH

513-732-5334

frigark@ucmail.uc.edu

Master of Fine Arts, University of Iowa
BA, North Park University

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Daniel J. Goodman

Assoc Professor, CC English

273 CC West Woods Acad Cntr

513-732-5208

goodmadj@ucmail.uc.edu

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Kimberly Jacobs-Beck

Professor, CC English

215G CLER MCDONH

513-732-5217

jacobsk@ucmail.uc.edu

Kim Jacobs-Beck is Professor of English at UC Clermont. She joined the college in 2001 and has served as Chair of the English, Languages, and Fine Arts Department (2010-2014) and as Interim Associate Dean (2014-2017). Dr. Jacobs-Beck teaches both literature and composition courses. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing - Poetry and a PhD in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literature, both from MIami University. 

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Deborah J. Kellner

Assoc Professor, CC English

272D CC Snyder Addition

513-558-5234

kellnedj@ucmail.uc.edu

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Chao B. Li

Associate Professor, CC English

S272F CC Snyder Addition

513-732-5310

licb@ucmail.uc.edu

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David G.C. Madrid

Assistant Professor, CC Foreign Language

CC West Woods Acad Cntr

513-558-8413

gomezcdm@ucmail.uc.edu

Dr. David Gomez-Cambronero Madrid is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at theDepartment English, Langauge and Fine Arts at the University of Cincinnati's Clermont College campus. His primary research fields include 19th, 20th and 21st century Spanish poetry and he is currently working on his doctoral thesis entitled In Search of Elysium: Spanish Poetry of Diferencia at the Dawn of the 20th century. His ancillary interests include Spanish Golden Age and 20th century Avant-Garde theatre as well as theories on social systems. He has taught all levels of basic Spanish, is currently teaching an Online Spanish section, and will be an assistant teacher for a 19th and 20th century Spanish Novel course. Additionaly, he has chaired the 2013 Romance Lanuage Conference and is currently the Editorial Assistant of the Cincinnati Romance Review journal (cromrev.com). He has a journal article under revision and is completing a personal book of poetry.

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Phoebe P. Reeves

Prof., CC English

215H CLER MCDONH

513-558-5231

reevescp@ucmail.uc.edu

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Rebecca Leigh Proud

Doctor, CC English

252C CC Snyder Addition

513-558-4535

reynolrc@ucmail.uc.edu

Rebecca Proud completed her undergraduate work at the University of Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky University.  She completed her MA at Eastern Kentucky Universty in Medieval Britisth Literature before moving to Waco, Texas where she earned  a PhD at Baylor University.  Her dissertation focused on the legend of King Arthur and Malory's Morte D'Arthur. She has been at UC Clermont since Fall of 2006.

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Gregory S Sojka

Professor, CC English

257 CC West Woods Acad Cntr

513-732-5256

sojkagy@ucmail.uc.edu

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Kim Rae Taylor

Associate Professor, CC Fine Arts

272-M CLER MCDONH

513-732-5244

taylork6@ucmail.uc.edu

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Jo Ann Thompson

Associate Professor, CC English

255 CC West Woods Acad Cntr

859-750-0654

thompsjp@ucmail.uc.edu

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