Recent Placements, Catholic University Ph.D. Program in English

Below is a list of graduates of the Ph.D. Program and their most recent positions. For more information, please contact the Director of Graduate Studies, Dr. Megan Murton.

Current Students
Monica Schroeder, Upperschool English Teacher, Sidwell Friends School
Rachel Daly, Journals Coordinator, CUA Press

2021-2022
Christopher Petter, Assistant Professor, St. Thomas Aquinas Houston
Jessica Schnepp, Assistant Professor of Literature, Ave Maria University, Florida

2019-2020
Sister Mary Edith Humphries, O.P., Assistant Professor of English and Vice President for Academics, Aquinas College (Nashville, TN)
Sister Maria Frassati Jakupcak, O.P., Assistant Professor, St. Thomas Aquinas Houston
Nancy Furey Michael, Adjunct Professor, Department of English, Northern Virginia Community College (Annandale, VA)

2018-2019
Elizabeth Bloch, Adjunct Faculty, English Department, University of Dallas
Joseph Boyne, Assistant Professor of English, Tulsa Community College-Southeast Campus
Andrew Calis, English Faculty, Archbishop Spaulding High School (Severn, MD)
Benjamin Djain, Professorial Lecturer in the Writing Program, American University
Sarah Wilson, Associate Professor of English, Northern Virginia Community College (Alexandria, VA)

2017-2018
Emily Alianello, Lecturer, English Department, The Catholic University of America
Mary Cuff, Director, Euro Home Ed
Xiaofang Huang, Adjunct Instructor, School of Professional and Extended Studies, American University (Washington, DC)
Jeffrey Peters, Freelance Writer and Political Consultant; Office Manager, The Association of Literary Critics, Scholars, and Writers (Washington, DC)

2016-2017
Angela Geosits, Lecturer in Writing, Department of English, Howard University
Noah Jampol, Assistant Professor, Department of English, The City University of New York - Bronx Community College
Ashley Kniss, Senior Lecturer, Department of English, Stevenson University
Katherine LeNotre, Instructor of Composition, Ave Maria University
Shaun Stiemsma, Associate Professor of English, Dordt College

2015-2016
Colleen Weir, Lecturer in Department of English, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Kristen Wright, Associate Director, Guidehouse (Washington, DC)
Kathleen Sullivan, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Christendom College (Front Royal, VA)
Mollie Crisp-Rugila, Language Arts Faculty, John Hanson Middle School (Waldorf, MD)
Michael Manglitz, English Faculty, St. Anselm's Abbey School (Washington, DC)
Christopher Pipkin, Associate Professor, Department of English, Emmanuel College (Franklin Springs, GA)
Erica Steakley, Operations Manager, Templeton Academy (Nashville, TN)

2014-2015
Brian Chappell, Faculty in American Literature, Bard High School Early College DC (Bard DC) 
Rebecca Vaccaro, Adjunct Faculty, Literature & Languages, Marymount University
Edmund Walsh, Writing Specialist, National Defense University (Washington, DC)

2013-2014
Brooks Lampe, Assistant Professor of English and Associate Director of the Academic Resource Center, George Fox University
Celeste Barker Bright, Managing Editor, Newman Studies Journal at the National Institute for Newman Studies
Marisa Pierson, Instructor in English, Benedictine College
Marcel Brown, Dean and Co-Founder of The Alcuin Institute for Catholic Culture, a Ministry of the Diocese of Tulsa & Eastern OK
Candace Hill, Assistant Professor of English, Anne Arundel Community College

2012-2013
Kevin Farrell, Associate Professor, Department of English, Radford University Carilion (Radford, VA)
Nelly Lambert, Faculty in American Literature, Bard High School Early College DC (Bard DC) 
Joan Romano Shifflett, Writing Center Director and Instructor, United States Naval Academy
Katherine Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Writing and Associate Chair of the Department of Literature, American University

2011-2012
Michael Moir, Associate Professor of English, Georgia Southwestern State University
Margaret McKenzie, Assistant Professor of English, Ohlone College (Fremont, CA)
Kevin Rulo, Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of the Writing and Rhetoric Program and the University Writing Center, The Catholic University of America

2010-2011
Sean Lewis, Associate Professor of English, Mount St. Mary's University
Megan Caughron, English Faculty and Department Chair, Archbishop O'Hara High School (Kansas City, MO)

2009-2010
Bridget Brennan, Associate Professor, Prince George's Community College
Colette Epple, Assistant Professor of English, Ursuline College
Monica Jacobe, Assistant Dean, Academic Advising and Support, Moravian College

2008-2009
Lily Corwin, English Instructor, Virginia Western Community College
L. Michelle Baker, Conservation Writing Pro (Martinsburg, WV) 

2007-2008
Sandra Hiortdahl, Associate Professor of English, Northeast State Community College
Charlotte Robidoux, Senior Content Strategy Manager, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (Boston, MA)
John F. Hussey, Special Assistant to Maritime Administrator / Fiction Writer (Washington, DC)

2006-2007
Mary Ives Thompson, Professor of English, Sussex County Community College (NJ)

2005-2006
Andrea Harbin, Associate Professor, SUNY-Cortland
Lisa Marie Le Blanc, Associate Professor of English and Honors Program Director, Anna Marie College
Magdalena Maczynska, Associate Professor of English and World Literatures, Marymount Manhattan College
Joseph Edward Marshall, Senior Communications Lead, Information Innovators, Inc. (Washington, DC)
Benjamin Opipari, Persuasive Matters (Washington, DC), Freelance Writer, The Washington Post
Kristina Phillips, Freelance Graphic Designer (Nashville, TN)

2004-2005
Christopher K Coffman, Senior Lecturer, Humanities, Boston University
Christopher Crane, Senior Lecturer in English, University of Maryland, College Park
Nicholas P Macaluso, Associate Professor, Eastern New Mexico University, Roswell Campus
Joseph R McCleary, Executive Director of Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School (Boston, MA)
Monica Mische, Associate Professor, Montgomery College (Rockville, MD)
Thomas Wayne Stanford, Associate Professor and Editor of Faith & Reason, Christendom College
Kathleen M Vandenberg, Senior Lecturer in Rhetoric, Boston University

2003-2004
Charles J Ewers, Lecturer in Environmental Studies, Salisbury University / Professor Emeritus of English, Frostburg State University
Susanna E. Kelly, Professor and Chair of General Education, Kendall College of Art and Design at Ferris State University (MI)
Meghan P. Wentland, Instructor, University of Hartford / Instructor, Middlesex Community College (CT)

2002-2003
Chad Engbers, Professor, Department of English, Calvin College
Pamela Ward, Writing Center Instructor, United States Naval Academy