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Department: English

Department of English

Humanities Building, H-428 and H-322
Phone: 718-631-6302
Fax: 718-631-6637
Email: medlin@qcc.cuny.edu
English Department Website

Faculty and Staff

  • Dr. Margot Edlin, Chairperson

  • Dr. Kathleen Alves, Dr. Ilse Schrynemakers, Deputy Co-Chairpersons

  • Professors: Kitty Bateman, Trikartikaningsih Byas, Julia Carroll, Beth Counihan, Jean Darcy, Margot Edlin, George Fragopoulos, David Humphries, Susan Jacobowitz, Zivah Perel Katz, Linda Reesman, David Shimkin, John Talbird, Jilani Warsi

  • Associate Professors: Kathleen Alves, Leah Anderst, Aliza Atik, Melissa Dennihy, Noelia Diaz, Robin Ford, Joel Kuszai, Cary Lane, Matthew Lau, Christopher Leary, Jennifer Maloy, Robert McAlear, Benjamin Miller, Cara Murray, Jan Ramjerdi, Angela Ridinger-Dotterman, William Ryan, Mark Schiebe, Ilse Schrynemakers, Danny Sexton, Jed Shahar, Kerri-Ann Smith, Meghmala Tarafdar, Elizabeth Toohey, Agnieszka Tuszynska, Weier Ye, Tanya Zhelezcheva

  • Assistant Professors: Joan Dupre, Chy Sprauve

  • Doctoral Lecturer: Raquel Corona, Victoria Tomasulo

  • Lecturers: Alisa Cercone, Alison Cimino, Michael Dolan, Kristen Hoffman, Susan Hock, Susan Lago, Manuel Martinez, Holly O’Donnell, David Rothman, Tammi Rothman, Madiha Shameem, Brigitte Tilley, Irvin Weathersby, Sybil White, John Yi

  • Senior College Laboratory Technician: Peter Irigoyen

  • Adjunct Faculty: approximately 30 each year

  • Professors Emeriti: Doris R. Asmundsson, Alfred Dorn, Terezinha Fonseca, Sheena Gillespie, Allen H. Lanner, Robert S. McLean, Eli Merchant, Anthony Pipolo, Alan Schwartz, Sidney Shanker, Robert R. Singleton, Linda Stanley, Karen Wunsch

  • Office Personnel:

    • Margaret Chin Quee, CUNY Office Assistant

    • Eric Leong, CUNY College Assistant

For information about academic programs in English, contact the Department or the following advisers directly:

  • Writing Program Director: Dr. Robin Ford

  • WID/WAC Program Co-Coordinator: Melissa Dennihy

  • Creative Writing: Prof. Alison Cimino, Prof. Benjamin Miller

  • Journalism: Prof. Alisa Cercone, Dr. Elizabeth Toohey

Programs of Study:

  • Liberal Arts and Sciences  (A.A. Degree Program)

    Concentrations:

    • American Studies

    • Black, Race and Ethnic Studies (BRES)

    • English

    • Gender Studies

Transfer Options

Within the CUNY System, many colleges offer bachelor’s degree programs in English, American Studies, and Women and Gender Studies. (See CUNY's Academic Programs website for more information.)  Additionally, Queensborough Community College currently has an agreement with the following program that allows students to complete a bachelor’s degree in English in an efficient manner after transfer.

Queens College

  • A.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences (English Concentration) to B.A. in English at Queens College

Those interested in the transfer agreement should contact the Transfer Resource Center or the Department for more information.

English Placement

Please see Placement and Testing for information on English placement at Queensborough Community College.

Electives

These courses (ENGL-201 and higher) emphasize critical reading and are open to all students who have completed ENGL-102. With Departmental permission, students may take electives concurrently with ENGL-102.

Departmental Awards for Student Excellence

  • Dr. Arnold Asrelsky Award for achievement in writing and literature by an Evening Student

  • The Sheena Gillespie Literary Award

  • The Marcia Keizs Award for outstanding achievement in literature and writing for students in the Education Curriculum

  • The Smithline/Trefman Awards for outstanding creative writing pieces

  • The Linda Stanley Award for the writing of non-fiction

  • The Herbert Seitz Award for Liberal Arts students in financial need

  • The Harold Stolerman Award for outstanding English 101 essays

  • The Hedy Jacobowitz Memorial Award for outstanding writing in Journalism

  • The Meredith Young Endowed Award for a single parent

The Accelerated Learning Program (ALP)

ALP allows developmental students to take college-level English (ENGL-101) concurrently with a developmental course (ENGL-99). Students with a deep developmental need should also consider CUNY Start. ESL students should consider ENGL-90 and the CLIP program. For more information, please see Placement and Testing.