Faculty and Staff
Department Chair | Dept. Administrative Aides | Full-time Faculty | Part-time Faculty | Staff
Department Chair
Email: teri.hurst@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5425
Office Location: Rockville Campus, MT 526
Office Hours: By appointment.
Biography
Professor Teri Hurst is Department Chair of the English and Reading Department at Montgomery College, Rockville Campus. She has served as Developmental Reading and IERW Coordinator, chair of the Academic Appeals Committee, as well as an academic advisor for the Rockville Campus. As a full-time faculty member, Professor Hurst has taught Developmental Reading, Reading in the Content Area, English composition, IERW, College Vocabulary and many ELAP and Gateway to College classes. Additionally, she has served on several college-wide committees, such as the President’s Advisory Committee for Equity and Inclusion and the Developmental Reading and English program redesign committee. Professor Hurst has been recognized with the Montgomery College Outstanding Faculty Service Award. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Penn State University as well as a Master of Science degree in Education from the University of Dayton. Professor Hurst is a Reading Specialist.Educational Background
BS, Education, Pennsylvania State UniversityMS, Education in English and reading specialist, University of Dayton
Department Administrative Aides
Email: Elham.Zenhari@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7458
Office Location: Rockville Campus, MT 526
Educational Background
BS, Computer Networking and Cyber Security, University of Maryland, University College
AS, Networking and Information Technology, Montgomery College
BS, Architectural Engineering, Iran University
Full-time Faculty
Email: Isaiah.Ayafor@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7444
Office Location: Rockville Campus, CC 240
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Educational Background
BA, English, Linguistics, and Humanities, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon
MA, English Linguistics, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon
MA, ESOL Pedagogy, Graduate Teachers' College, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon
PhD, English Linguistics and Romance Languages, European Center for Humanities, University
of Freiburg, Germany
Email: Karen.Basuel@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7561
Office Location: Rockville Campus, MT 224
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Educational Background
BA, English Literature, Ateneo de Manila UniversityMA, Education, Ateneo de Manila University
Email: Stephen.Bess@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-4353
Office Location: Rockville Campus, MT 524
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Biography
Stephen Bess is an associate professor of English in the English and Reading Department at Montgomery College. His areas of interest include English Composition, African American Literature, Critical Literacy, and Culturally Responsive Teaching. Stephen has authored one book of poetry, Liquid Lunch: Blues-Inspired Poetry (2010). His poetry as also appeared in various online publications including Poéfrika and Sligo Journal.Educational Background
BA, English Language and Literature, Savannah State UniversityMA, Teaching English, Trinity University, Washington, D.C.
EdD, Curriculum, Teaching, Leadership and Learning, Northeastern University (2018-Present)
Email: Genevieve.Carminati@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7446
Office Location: Rockville Campus, MT 503
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Educational Background
BA, English and Women's Studies, Vermont College of Norwich UniversityMA, English, West Chester University
Email: Anna.Deadrick@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-4233
Office Location: Rockville Campus, MT 221
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Educational Background
BA, English, University of Kurgan, RussiaMA, English, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Coordinator Duties
ENGL 102 collegewide distance learning (DL) common course coordinator
Email: Swift.Dickison@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-4004
Office Location: Rockville Campus, SB 107B
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Biography
Dr. Swift Stiles Dickison has lived in Damascus, Syria, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guadalajara, Mexico. He grew up in California and moved to Maryland in 1996; Dr. Dickison has been a professor of English at Montgomery College since 2001. He enjoys writing fiction and poetry and plays guitar and percussion in the MC World Ensemble.Educational Background
BA, English, University of California, BerkeleyMA, Creative Writing, Sonoma State University
PhD, Caribbean Literature in English, Washington State University
Email: Rebecca.Eggenschwiler@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-1751
Office Location: Rockville Campus, MT 219
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Educational Background
BA, English, Hope CollegeMA, English (American literature), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Email: constance.farley@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7415
Office Location: Rockville Campus, SB 115F
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Teaching Philosophy
I am a lifelong learner interested in almost every area of study. I love teaching and advising at MC and enjoy working with my students. I have a strong interest in the success of all students.
Educational Background
BA, English, Towson UniversityMEd, English - Secondary & Adult, Towson University
MA, English, Johns Hopkins University
PhD, English, Calamus International University
Office Location: Rockville Campus, MT 502
Office Hours: By appointment
Educational Background
BA, English, University of MarylandMA, English, University of Maryland
PhD, English Composition & Rhetoric, University of Maryland
Email: Megan.Howard@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5418
Office Location: Rockville Campus, SB 107G
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Biography
Megan Howard is a Professor of English on the Rockville Campus. She has been a member of the faculty since 2009 and teaches composition, literature, and Women’s Studies courses.Professor Howard is currently Co-Coordinator of the Digital Storytelling Internship for the Paul Peck Humanities Institute. She is also RV Campus Coordinator for the Women’s and Gender Studies Program. Her previous leadership roles include ENGL101 Coordinator, Tech/Web Coordinator, and Part-time Faculty Coordinator. She is a 2019-2020 Smithsonian Faculty Fellow.
In 2024, Professor Howard was recognized with a Montgomery College Outstanding Full-Time Faculty of the Year award.
Educational Background
BA, English & Writing, UMBCMA, Literature, George Mason University
Email: jennifer.s.lee@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2314
Office Location: Rockville Campus, MT 223
Educational Background
BS, University of Maryland, College Park
MA, Georgetown University
Email: Greg.Malveaux@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7197
Office Location: Rockville Campus, MT 212F
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Biography
Dr. Gregory F. Malveaux is a Professor of English and literature, and Coordinator
of Study Abroad at Montgomery College. He has been a study abroad coordinator and
international education director in higher education for nearly two decades. Dr. Malveaux
is the co-Chairperson of the Maryland Community College International Education Consortium
and serves on the board for the College Consortium for International Studies.
In addition, he is an accomplished writer and editor; his most recent works being
Study Abroad Opportunities for Community College Students and Strategies for Global
Education (IGI-Global, 2019) and Look Before Leaping: Risks, Liabilities, and Repair of Study Abroad in Higher Education (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016).
He has traversed more than 60 countries and has led student, faculty and community-based
study abroad programs to Africa, Asia, Central America, South America, and Europe.
His passion to be a global citizen led him to pursue overseas studies in Africa, teach
ESOL throughout Southeast Asia, Chair the English and U.S. Business Department at
Nation University in Thailand, and serve as a study abroad specialist in American
higher education.
Educational Background
BS, English Composition, Rutgers CollegeMA, English Composition and Literature, Howard University
PhD, Higher Education and Administration, Morgan State University
Email: Monica.Mische@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-4123
Office Location: Rockville Campus, MT 222
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Educational Background
BA, English, Earlham CollegeMA, English, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
PhD, English Literature, The Catholic University of America
Email: Eurae.muhn@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-9156
Office Location: Rockville Campus, MT 509
Educational Background
MA in English, Georgetown University
BA in English, Georgetown University
Email: Stanley.Niamatali@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7454
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Educational Background
BA, English, West Virginia UniversityMA, English, West Virginia University
PhD, English, University of Georgia
Email: ra.portis@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5167
Office Location: Rockville Campus, MT 525
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Educational Background
BA, English, Dillard UniversityMA, English, Xavier University
Email: Karin.Rodrick@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5074
Office Location: Rockville Campus, SB 115B
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Educational Background
BA, English/Education, Mt. Vernon Nazarene CollegeMEd, Reading Specialist, Loyola University
EdD, Doctor of Educational Leadership and Management, Travecca Nazarene University
Email: Emily.Rosado@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-4102
Office Location: Rockville Campus, MT 220
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Biography
Social media: X @emilyrosado13Educational Background
BA, Linguistics, Magna Cum Laude, University of FloridaMA, International Journalism, University of Westminster, UK
EdD, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Email: Shweta.Sen@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7411
Office Location: Rockville Campus, SB 106C
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Biography
Prof. Shweta Sen has been teaching English at Montgomery College as full-time faculty
since 2002. She teaches courses in English composition, world literature, British
literature, and mythology and an honors capstone seminar. She has also taught courses
in women’s studies and Asian American literature.
Her research interests include British romantic literature, Indian literature in English,
studies in culture and identity, and globalization and interdisciplinary studies.
She served as the advisor of the Bollywood Club on Rockville Campus for five years
and continues to work with students on various projects and events. She was a Smithsonian
Fellow and won the F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story Contest Award in 2010.
Educational Background
BA, English Literature (Honors), Shri Shikshayatan College, IndiaMA, English Literature, University of Calcutta, India
Email: Susan.Simpson@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7449
Office Location: Rockville Campus, SB 115C
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Educational Background
BS, Art History, University of MarylandMS, Reading Specialist, Hood University
Email: Jarvis.Slacks@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7978
Office Location: Rockville Campus, MT 226a
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Teaching Philosophy
My focus is fiction writing. I teach regular composition courses but I also teaching creative writing classes. By advising students in Humanities, I hope to give students the same opportunities that I had. Sometimes, we only need a chance.Educational Background
BFA, Creative Writing, Fiction, University of North Carolina at WilmingtonMFA, Creative Writing, Fiction, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Email: Leah.Sneider@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-4354
Office Location: Rockville Campus, MT 212E
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Biography
I specialize in American Ethnic/Multi-Cultural Literature, specifically Native American and women's literature. My favorite book is Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo).Educational Background
BA, English, University of MichiganMA, English, San Diego State University
PhD, English, University of New Mexico
Email: Marianne.Szlyk@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7433
Office Location: Rockville Campus, SB 107D
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Biography
Author of On the Other Side of the Window (Pski's Porch, 2018), I Dream of Empathy (Flutter Press, 2015), and Listening to Electric Cambodia, Looking up at Trees of Heaven (Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2014). Co-founder of It Takes a Community, a poetry group for students, faculty, staff, and community members.
Educational Background
BA, English, Tufts UniversityMA, English, University of Oregon
PhD, English, Purdue University
Specialty and Favorite Courses
ENGL 102ENGL 103
ENGL 272DL
Coordinator Duties
ENGL 103 Coordinator, Rockville campus
Email: John.Wang@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5416
Office Location: Rockville Campus, HU 203
Office Hours: Contact the professor or check your course syllabus for office hours.
Biography
John Wang is editor of Potomac Review and founding editor of Juked, which he edited for 14 years. He has also served on the editorial staff for Southeast Review and Mississippi Review. His fiction and poetry have appeared in such publications as Cimarron Review, Hobart, Quarterly West, Poet Lore, and other journals. Originally from Los Angeles, John has settled in Maryland nicely, enjoying the seasons.Educational Background
BA, Economics, University of California, BerkeleyMA, English, University of Southern Mississippi
PhD, Literature with an emphasis in Creative Writing - Fiction, Florida State University
Part-time Faculty
Email: Jaime.Campomar@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5242
Office Location: Rockville Campus, HU 008
Office Hours: By appointment
Biography
My interests are, far and wide, literature written on the American continent, from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska, and film studies. I'm particularly drawn to how Hollywood films use nineteenth-century novels as sounding boards to figure out segregation, trauma, and gender roles in the United States throughout the twentieth century. At Montgomery College, I teach writing courses with a focus on revision as the driving force behind successful writing practice.Educational Background
Ph.D. (English) The George Washington UniversityMA (English) The George Washington University
BA (Spanish Language and Literature) Catholic University of Argentina
Email: Evan.Crump@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5242
Office Location: Rockville Campus, HU 008
Office Hours: By Appointment
Educational Background
Ed.D., George Washington UniversityMFA, Mary Baldwin University
Email: Mesfin.Hailegebriel@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5242
Office Location: Rockville Campus, HU 008
Office Hours: By appointment
Educational Background
PhD, International Relations and African Studies, Howard UniversityMA, English Literature, Addis Ababa University
BA, Language and Literature, Addis Ababa University
Educational Background
BA, Languages and LiteratureMA, English Literature
PhD, International Relations
Email: Jane.Fidler@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5242
Office Location: Rockville Campus, HU 008
Office Hours: By appointment
Biography
Adjunct Professor, Montgomery College Department of English and Reading
Director of Training, Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services
Manager, Institute of Mental Health Initiatives
Educational Background
BEd, cum laude, University of BuffaloMEd, cum laude, University of Maryland
Email: Ethan.Goffman@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5242
Office Location: Rockville Campus, HU 008
Office Hours: By appointment
Educational Background
BS, Literature/History, Earlham CollegePhD, English, Indiana University
Email: Tyler.Herman@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5242
Office Location: Rockville Campus, HU 008
Office Hours: By appointment
Biography
A professional actor, director, and writer, Tyler is also the son of a broadcast journalist. So, he has the crippling pleasure of having been grilled on grammar, word choice, and essay construction from an early age. He performs at theatres around the DMV, runs the Drama program at Walt Whitman High School, and is an avid strategy board gamer.Educational Background
MFA, Brown University/Trinity Repertory Company Programs for Acting and DirectingBA, Theatre, Dance (double major), Music minor
Email: Kimberly.Henley-Oarr@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5242
Office Location: Rockville Campus, HU 008
Office Hours: By appointment
Educational Background
BS, Education, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Maryland, College ParkMEd, Education, School Administration and Supervision, Johns Hopkins University
Email: Emily.Holmstead@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5242
Office Location: Rockville Campus, HU 008
Office Hours: By appointment
Educational Background
MA, University of Maryland
Email: Heather.Levine@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5242
Office Location: Rockville Campus, HU 008
Office Hours: By appointment
Educational Background
MA, English and Creative Writing, Ohio UniversityMFA, Creative Writing–Poetry, West Virginia University
Email: Catherine.Lutter@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5242
Office Location: Rockville Campus, HU 008
Office Hours: By appointment (please contact via email)
Educational Background
BA, English, Yale UniversityMAT, English education, Harvard University
MPPM, Yale University School of Management
Email: David.Sommers@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5242
Office Location: Rockville Campus, Hu 008
Office Hours: By appointment
Educational Background
BA, Vanderbilt University,MEd, The George Washington University
Email: lauren.strawbridge@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5242
Office Location: Rockville Campus, HU 008
Office Hours: By appointment
Educational Background
BA, English and Outdoor Educational Leadership, Salisbury UniversityMFA, Writing, Savannah College of Art and Design
Email: Nathan.Tucker@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5242
Office Location: Rockville Campus, HU 008
Office Hours: By appointment
Educational Background
B.A., West Virginia University, English and Geography (2007)M.F.A., Georgia College, Creative Writing (2010)
Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Language Literacy and Culture (In Progress)