About

B.A. Southwest Texas State University
M.A. University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. University of Iowa

Doug Anderson earned his M.A. at the University of Texas, Austin and later attended the University of Iowa, where he received his Ph.D.  He has been a member of the Caldwell English Department since the fall of 2011, teaching courses such as Literature and Diversity, Work and Working-Class Life in Literature, Poking Fun:  Irony and Satire in Literature, and Contemporary Fiction; he also facilitates the University’s Writing Across the Curriculum Program.  His research interests include gender, race and class in twentieth-century and contemporary American fiction; utopian and dystopian fiction; and environmental issues in literature.

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Dr. Katie Kornacki is an Associate Professor and Chair of the English Department. She earned a PhD in English from the University of Connecticut and her MA in American and New England Studies from the University of Southern Maine. Professor Kornacki teaches a variety of courses, including: American Literature; African American Literature; Women in Literature; Literature and the Environment; American Images in Literature; Literature of the Romantic Movement; The American Novel; and Coming of Age Literature.

BIO

B.A., University of Maine
M.A.T., University of Maine
M.A., University of Southern Maine
Ph.D., University of Connecticut

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Dr. Tara Harney-Mahajan received her B.A. from Le Moyne College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Connecticut. Her research interests include twentieth- and twenty-first-century Irish and South Asian literature with a focus on women writers and feminist postcolonial theory. Dr. Harney-Mahajan currently teaches College Writing, Global Literature, Foundations of Western Literature, Contemporary South Asian Literature, The Irish Novel, and Modern and Contemporary Irish Drama. Her scholarship has been published in journals such as Women’s Studies, New Hibernia Review, and the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies. In 2021, with Dr. Claire Bracken (Union College), she co-edited a collection of essays entitled Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland and Contemporary Women’s Writing: Feminist Interventions and Imaginings, published by Routledge. In 2022, in Screening Contemporary Irish Fiction and Drama (Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture), she published a chapter on representations of Ireland’s architecture of containment in recent films. She is currently working on a collection on Tramp Press with Dr. Mary Burke (University of Connecticut).

Dr. Harney-Mahajan also serves as co-editor of the literary and cultural studies journal LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory which publishes four issues a year: 2 general issues and 2 special issues (with guest editors).

Jennifer began her career as an English teacher, teaching courses ranging from college preparatory English and AP Literature to humanities and technical writing.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Master of Arts in Educational Administration from Caldwell University, as well as a Master of Arts and Letters and a Doctor of Letters with dual concentrations in literary studies and writing from Drew University. Her doctoral work explored the intersections of memoir, identity, trauma, and transformation through creative nonfiction.

Throughout her career, Jennifer has received recognition for excellence in teaching, curriculum innovation, and literacy leadership. She has received numerous honors, including recognition for the Morris Hills Regional District Summer Reading Program as a National Promising Practice in Character Education. She has served on the New Jersey Standards Validation Committee, presented professional learning for educators, and continues to mentor teachers and support curriculum development throughout New Jersey.

Jennifer’s professional interests include composition studies, memoir and life writing, literacy development, curriculum design, and helping students discover the power of reading and writing as tools for personal and academic growth.

M.A. St. Peter’s College

Mark is a writer, Educator, Traveler, and Musician. He’s at home in the Caribbean or Paterson, NJ.

Nicole Lazzaro is an adjunct professor in the English department. She is a Caldwell University alumna, having graduated with her BA in 2011 and her MA in 2015. Nicole had been an educator in the New Jersey Public School System for ten years. When she is not teaching, Nicole spends time with her family and friends.

M.A., Caldwell University, 2015
B.A., Caldwell University, 2011

A PhD- Literature degree holder from The University of Texas at Dallas (in Fall 2025- Research: Women in Anime and Manga).

Previously taught as a Lecturer (First Year College Writing at the University of Texas at Dallas; Teaching Associate- Rhetoric (1302); an Instructor of Record (Introduction to World Literature- Women and Power); and as a Teaching Assistant (literature/humanities/history) at UTDallas.

Member of Sigma Tau Delta- UTDallas
Served as Vice President and President (consecutively) at the Alpha Psi Nu Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta at UT-Dallas

Graduated with a Masters in Humanities (Studies in Literature) at the University of Texas-Dallas, with a minor in Creative Writing, History, and Aesthetics.