Chair, English, Foreign Language and Humanities Department,
Associate Professor of English

Northwestern - Alva
Vinson Hall 210
Phone: (580) 327-8470
kelane@nwosu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2009.
• M.A., University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2002.
• B.A., Southeastern Louisiana University, 1999.

COURSES TAUGHT

• ENGL. 1113: Composition I
• ENGL. 1213: Composition II
• ENGL. 2123: Foundations of English Studies
• ENGL. 2653: British Survey II (1800-forward)
• ENGL. 3303: Popular Literature: Victorian Detective Fiction
• ENGL. 3173: The Romantics and Victorians
• ENGL. 3403: World Literature I
• ENGL. 4103/5103: 19th Century British Novel
• ENGL. 4113/5613: Creative Writing
• ENGL. 4263/5263: 20th & 21st Century British Novel
• ENGL. 4453: English Capstone
• ENGL. 4470: Independent Study (Nonfiction; Playwriting)
• HUM 2423: Introduction to Film
• HUM. 4480: Humanities, Study Abroad
  • 2012: Ireland, Wales, & England
  • 2013: Germany
  • 2014: Rome, Tuscany, Barcelona, & Madrid
  • 2017: New Zealand and Australia
  • 2018: Global Citizenship

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Lost Victorian Authors
• Popular Culture Studies
• Virginia Woolf
• Feminist Theory
• Fiction Writing

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• NWOSU’s John Sheffield Outstanding Teacher Award, 2015

WHO AM I AWAY FROM WORK?

• I love to cook and experience new cuisines. I’m always up for trying a new recipe or restaurant. I love to travel and am normally planning a trip—even for a day—to explore someplace new. Reading is not only my occupation but my passion. I’m one of those people with a TBR (to be read) pile that is constantly growing—which is about the only thing I do grow as I seem to kill all of my attempts at gardening.

FAVORITE QUOTE

• “All the world is a book and those who do not travel, read but one page.” --St. Augustine

Assistant Professor of English

Northwestern - Alva
Vinson Hall 212
Phone: (580) 327-8428
rbadams@nwosu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2011.
• M. Div., Vanderbilt University Divinity School, 1988.
• ​B. A., University of Memphis, 1984.

COURSES TAUGHT

• ENGL. 1113: Composition I
• ENGL. 1213: Composition II
• ENGL. 2773: American Literature to Whitman
• ENGL. 2883: American Literature since Whitman
• ENGL. 3433: Nineteenth Century American Novel
• ENGL. 4273: 20th and 21st Century American Novel
• HUM. 2423: Introduction to Film
• HUM. 2643: Ethics in Life
• UNIV. 1933: Honors Special Topics
  • 2017: The Films of John Ford

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• American Literature
• Film
• The relationship of etiquette, manners, and power within American culture, especially in the post bellum (1865-1920) era

FAVORITE QUOTE

• "Call me Ishmael." --Herman Melville

Instructor of English

Northwestern - Alva
Vinson Hall 214
Phone: (580) 327-8469
dfallen@nwosu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

• M.F.A., University of Nebraska, 2008.
• B. S., Pittsburg State University, 1980.

COURSES TAUGHT

• ENGL. 1113: Composition I
• ENGL. 1213: Composition II
• ENGL. 3503: Mythology
• ENGL. 3513: Technical Writing
• ENGL. 3523: Advanced Composition
• ENGL. 4113: Creative Writing

WHO AM I AWAY FROM WORK?

• I can’t cook, but I had the good sense to marry a man who can. I have two sons, two daughters-in-law, four grand-dogs, two grand-cats, and a furry mutt of my own.  My husband and I have horses and recently relocated so we can enjoy them every day. My parents live close and have been among my biggest writing supporters. Unfortunately (for them), they also provided a lot of fodder for my stories.

Assistant Professor of English, Program Coordinator English Education

Northwestern - Alva
Vinson Hall 215
Phone: (580) 327-8472
kmearnest@nwosu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

• Ed.D., Oklahoma State University, 2015.
• M.A., University of Oklahoma, 1974.
• B.A., Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 1972.

COURSES TAUGHT

• ENGL. 1113: Composition I
• ENGL. 1213: Composition II
• ENGL. 4173/5173: English Usage
• ENGL. 4093: Young Adult Literature
• ENGL. 4333: Teaching English in the Secondary School
• HUM. 2413: Introduction to Literature

EXPERIENCE

• NWOSU, Department of English, Foreign Language, and Humanities, 2004-Present
• 26 years in public education

FAVORITE QUOTE

• "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." --Will Rogers

Associate Dean of Graduate Studies,
Professor of English

Northwestern - Alva
Fine Arts 212
Phone: (580) 327-8589
spholliday@nwosu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Indiana Univeristy of Pennsylvania, 1999.
• M.A., Marshall University, 1993.
• B.A., Marshall University, 1991.

COURSES TAUGHT

• ENGL. 2883: American Literature Since Whitman
• ENGL. 3303/5413: Popular Literature: The Western
• ENGL. 3343/5433: 19th Century American Novel
• ENGL. 3463/5463: American Literature: Twain & James
• ENGL. 4163: Literary Criticism
• ENGL. 4203/5203: Contemporary Poetry
• ENGL. 4273/5273: 20th & 21st Century American Novel
• ENGL. 4480/5180: Seminar (20th Century American Playwrights; Jazz and American Literature)
• HUM. 4900: The History of Rock and Roll

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• American Realism and Naturalism
• Modernism
• Appalachian Literature
• Literature of the American West
• Music and Literature
• Literary Criticism

FAVORITE QUOTE

• “Each of us is all the sums he has not counted: subtract us into the nakedness and night again, and you shall see begin in Crete four thousand years ago the love that ended yesterday in Texas.” --Thomas Wolfe

Assistant Professor of English

Northwestern - Alva
Vinson Hall 204
Phone: (580) 327-8474
rjjames@nwosu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

• Ph. D., University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2014.
• M.A., Northwestern State University, 2008.
• B.A., Northwestern State Univeristy, 2009.
• B.A., Louisiana State University, 2006.

COURSES TAUGHT

• ENGL. 1113: Composition I
• ENGL. 1213: Composition II
• ENGL. 3303/5413: Popular Literature: The Dirty, The Scary, and The Scandalous
• ENGL. 3423: Multicultural Literature
• ENGL. 3503: Mythology
• ENGL. 4413: Restoration and 18th Century English Literature 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Romantic and Victorian Literature
• Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature
• American Literature to circa 1900
• Children’s Literature
• Dirt Theory and Studies

FAVORITE QUOTE

• "But a stranger in a strange land, he is no one; men know him not—and to know not is to care not for." --Bram Stoker

Professor of Spanish

Northwestern - Alva
Vinson Hall 123
Phone: (580) 327-8466
fjmartinez@nwosu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

• Ed.D., Oklahoma State University, 2003.
• M.A., Simon Rodriquez University, 1997.
• B.A., Orient University, 1987.

COURSES TAUGHT

• SPAN. 1114: Spanish I
• SPAN. 1224: Spanish II
• SPAN. 2151: Spanish Pronunciation
• SPAN. 2183: Conversation/Reading I
• SPAN. 2193: Composition/Grammar I
• SPAN. 3103: Introduction to Hispanic Literature
• SPAN. 3113: Peninsular/Spanish American Culture
• SPAN. 3183: Conversation II
• SPAN. 3193: Composition/Grammar II
• SPAN. 4103: Survey of Peninsular Literature
• SPAN. 4183: Conversation III
• SPAN. 4193: Composition/Grammar III
• SPAN. 4223: Survey of Spanish American Literature

WHO AM I AWAY FROM WORK?

• I enjoy travel, sports, and adventure. I have traveled extensively to more than 15 countries overseas.

Assistant Professor of English

Northwestern - Alva
Vinson Hall 208
Phone: (580) 327-8473
jkpage@nwosu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2014.
• M.A., University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2009.
• B.A., Nicholls State University, 2006.

COURSES TAUGHT

• ENGL. 1113: Composition I
• ENGL. 1213: Composition II
• ENGL. 2543: Early British Literature
• ENGL. 3123: English Drama
• ENGL. 3103: Shakespeare
• ENGL. 3403: World Literature
• ENGL. 4163: Literary Criticism
• ENGL. 4183: History of the English Language
• ENGL. 4413: Restoration and 18th Century English Literature

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

• Chair, Honors Program
• Member, Online Education Committee
• Member, Oklahoma Research Day Committee
• Co-Founder, The Teacher's Closet
• Faculty Sponsor, Sigma Tau Delta