English Faculty

I teach courses in the English department and the Ethnic Studies program, such as Literature of the Harlem Renaissance, Toni Morrison, Expressions of Ethnicity: Ethnicity and the Arts, and Gender and Modernist Literature.

As a faculty member, I teach courses in the English and Environmental Studies departments on topics including unreliable narrators, multiethnic literature, and environmental justice.

I love reading literature: It teaches, delights, and moves me. I enjoy sharing my love of literature with others through my research and teaching. My research areas are human rights and humanitarianism (how to love and live with people) and environmentalism (how to love and live with nature).

I teach courses in creative writing, particularly fiction and nonfiction, as well as contemporary American literature.

I teach courses in creative writing (poetry), nineteenth century American literature, and contemporary poetry, with particular emphasis on women writers and writers of color. 

I teach classes in English and Creative Writing as well as First-Year Studies. My literary specialties are contemporary and 17th-century poetry. I also teach classes in Puritan New England literature. I'm the author of two poetry collections, Door to Remain and Groom.

Dr. Timothy Spurgin is a distinguished faculty member at Lawrence University, holding the position of Bonnie Glidden Buchanan Professor of English Literature and Associate Professor of English. He has been a dedicated educator at the university for over 15 years.