Faculty

Dr. Robert Doak     
Professor of English & Chair of the Department
     Arkansas State University, B.A.
     University of Arkansas, M.A., Ph.D.
Specialties: Contemporary American and British literature; American Western Fiction
Interests: Popular literature; humor; Southern literature and culture
Email: robdoak@wingate.edu

Dr. Beverly Christopher
Professor of English
     Wingate College, A.A.
     Appalachian State University, B.S., M.A.
     Middle Tennessee State University, D.A.
Specialty: Southern literature
Interests: Southern writing in the 20th century
Email: bevchris@wingate.edu

Dr. Joshua B. Fisher
Assistant Professor of English
     Reed College, B.A.
     University of Washington, M.A., Ph.D.
Specialties: Renaissance drama; Shakespeare; early modern popular literature
Interests: Early modern literature in relation to social practices; street literature; popular drama
Email: jbfisher@wingate.edu

Dr. Sylvia Little-Sweat
Professor of English
     Wingate College, A.A.
     University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, A.B., M.A.T.
     Middle Tennessee State University, D.A.
Specialties: Romantic and Victorian literature
Interests: Popular culture;  film; women's studies
Email: slsweat@wingate.edu

Dr. Brooke Mitchell
Associate Professor of English
     Young Harris College, A.A.
     University of Georgia, B.A.
     University of South Carolina, M.A., Ph.D.
Specialties: Victorian literature
Interests:
Email: bmclaugh@wingate.edu
 

 

Dr. Taura Napier
Associate Professor of English
     Wake Forest University, B.A.
     University College, Dublin, M.A.
     The Queen's University of Belfast, Ph.D.
Specialties: Autobiography; Irish literature
Interests: Nationalism and ethnicity in postcolonial literatures
Email: tnapier@wingate.edu
 

Dr. Casey Pratt
Assistant Professor of English
     Saginaw Valley State University, B.A.
     Purdue University, M.A., Ph.D.
Specialties: Early American literature
Interests: American Romance; Ethics in American literature
Email: c.pratt@wingate.edu

Dr. John Sykes
Professor of English
     Wake Forest University, B.A.
     University of Chicago, M.A.
     University of Virginia, M.A., Ph.D.
Specialties: Theology & literature;  literary theory
Interests: Narrative theology
Email: jsykes@wingate.edu

Dr. Pamela Thomas
Professor of English & Director of the Honors Program
     Pfeiffer College, A.B.
     University of Tennessee, M.A., Ph.D.
Specialties: American literature;  women's studies
Interests: National Parks with Native American associations
Email: pthomas@wingate.edu

CONTACT:
Dr. Robert Doak
Professor and Department Chair
robdoak@wingate.edu
704.233.8080