Faculty

Faculty

The Department of English and Philosophy is proud to have faculty who come from all over the country. They bring passion and experience to their craft of teaching. Below is information about our faculty members.

Currently, faculty offices are located in the General Academic Building and the Solomon Coles Classroom Building on the Heritage Campus.

  • Faculty

    Carrie Buttler

    Associate Professor of English
    GENC C212B | (361) 698-1925 | cbuttler@delmar.edu
    Carrie Buttler; Instructor of English AA - English - Del Mar College
    BA - English - Texas Lutheran College
    MA - English - Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

    Carrie Buttler is a native of Corpus Christi and alum of Del Mar College. She teaches developmental composition and, occasionally, literature courses.


    Dr. Andre Rosenbaum de Avillez

    Assistant Professor of Philosophy
    GENC C212D | (361) 698-1426 | adeavillez@delmar.edu | CV
    Dr. Andre Rosenbaum de Avillex; Instructor of PhilosophyAA - Liberal Arts - Collin County Community College
    BA - Philosophy - University of North Texas
    MA (2) - Philosophy - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Penn State University
    Ph.D. - Philosophy - Penn State University

    André's teaching and research interests include Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art, Ethics, the History of Philosophy, and Contemporary Continental Philosophy.


    Dr. Jonathan dyen

    Assistant Professor of English 
    GEND D201D | (361) 698-1426 | jdyen@delmar.edu
    Dr. Jon DyenBA - English - Widener University
    MA - English - Boston University 
    Ph.D. - English - Boston University

    Dr. Dyen's research and teaching interests include Modern and Postmodern American novels. He teaches first-year composition and literature courses.


    Connie Gutiérrez (Assistant Chair)

    Professor of English
    GEND D201C | (361) 698-1431 | cgutier@delmar.edu
    Connie Gutiérrez (Assistant Chair); Professor of EnglishBS - Secondary Education - Texas A&I University
    MS - English - Texas A&I University

    Connie teaches developmental composition and first-year composition courses.


    Dr. wes jamison

    Assistant Professor of English
    GEND 201D | (361) 698-1452 |  wjamison2@delmar.edu 
    Wes Jamison; Assistant Professor of EnglishBA - English - Otterbein University
    MFA - Nonfiction - Columbia College Chicago
    Ph.D. - English (Creative Writing) - University of Louisiana at Lafayette

    Dr. Jamison studies identity poetics, hybrid and queer literatures, and inclusive pedagogies. Their debut essay collection, Carrion, received the 2021 Quill Prose Award. Their current work is on millennial abjection. 


    Doug Jordan

    Professor of English
    CB 144 | (361) 698-1436 |  djordan@delmar.edu 
    Doug Jordan; Professor of EnglishBA - English - Texas A&M University
    MA - English - Texas A&M University 


    Doug teaches composition and American & British literature at Del Mar College.  His areas of interest include contemporary poetry and critical theory.


    Sara Kaplan

    Professor of English
    GENC C312G | (361) 698-1427 | skaplan@delmar.edu | CV
    Sara Kaplan; Associate Professor of EnglishBA - English Literature and Creative Writing - Sweet Briar College
    MA - Poetry - Miami University
    MFA - Creative Writing in Poetry - University of Idaho

    Sara is originally from North Carolina. Her educational background and teaching interests include poetry and literature. She currently teaches sophomore-level literature, Creative Writing, and first-year composition.


    Dr. Kent A. Lenz

    Associate Professor of English
    CB 246 | (361) 698-1689 | klenz@delmar.edu | CV
    Dr. Kent A Lenz; Assistant Professor of EnglishBFA - Creative Writing in Fiction - University of Nebraska at Omaha
    MFA - Creative Writing in Fiction - University of Nebraska
    Ph.D. - English in Rhetoric and Composition - Bowling Green State University

    Kent's teaching interests include multimodal composition and pop culture. He teaches first-year composition and sophomore-level literature. When outside of the classroom, Kent enjoys baseball, softball, and comic books.


    Sarah Lenz

    Assistant Professor of English
    GEND D201F | (361) 698-1453 | slenz@delmar.edu
    Sarah LenzBFA- Creative Writing - University of Nebraska at Omaha
    MA- English Literature - Boise State University
    MFA- Creative Nonfiction - Georgia College

    Sarah approaches writing pedagogy as a practicing writer. In her classes, she emphasizes a process-based approach to help students adapt to a wide variety of rhetorical situations in Composition, Creative Writing, and Literary Theory. She's the founder of Writers' Studio Corpus Christi, a non-profit literary arts education center. Her first book, an essay collection, What Will Outlast Me?, is forthcoming from Unsolicited Press (2023).


    Dr. Paul McCann

    Professor of English
    CB 241 | (361) 698-1439 | pmccann@delmar.edu
    Dr. Paul McCann; Associate Professor of EnglishBA - The University of Texas at Austin
    MA - Texas A&M University
    Ph.D. - Texas A&M University

    Paul's teaching interests include first-year composition, literature, Creative Writing, and Professional / Technical Writing.


    DR. Matthew Moore

    Associate Professor of English & Philosophy
    CB 250 | (361) 698-1923 | mfmoore@delmar.edu
    Matthew Moore; Instructor of PhilosophyBA - Philosophy - University of Dallas
    MA - Philosophy - University of Dallas
    MTH - Theology - University of Dallas
    Ph.D. - Philosophy - University of St. Thomas at Houston

    Matthew's scholarly interests include Philosophy of Religion, Virtue Theory, Political Philosophy, and Aquinas.


    Dr. scott obernesser

    Assistant Professor of English
    CB 243 | (361) 698-1928 | sobernesser@delmar.edu
    Dr. Scott Obernesser; Assistant Professor of EnglishBA - English - Montana State University
    MA - English - Bowling Green State University
    Ph.D. - English - The University of Mississippi

    Scott teaches composition and literature. His research focuses include the Environmental Humanities, Indigenous Literatures, and Transnational Studies.


    Dr. Maria Veronica Pantoja

    Professor of English
    GENC C212F | (361) 698-2329 | mpantoja6@delmar.edu
    Dr. Maria Veronica PantojaAA - English - Del Mar College
    BA - English - Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
    MA - English - Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
    Ph.D. - Rhetoric/Composition & Linguistics - Arizona State University

    Dr. Pantoja is fascinated by the horror genre and stories about madmen, zombies, and monsters. She enjoys teaching first-year composition and encouraging her students.


    Dr. Matthew Perry (Chair)

    Professor of English
    CB 233 & GENC C101G| (361) 698-1234 | mattperry@delmar.edu
    Dr. Matthew Perry(Chair); Associate Professor of EnglishBA - English - Missouri Southern State University
    MS - College Teaching (emphasis in Language Arts) - Northeastern State University
    MA - English Language & Literature - The University of Tulsa
    Ph.D. - English Language & Literature - The University of Tulsa

    Dr. Perry's research and teaching interests include war literature, American and British Modernism, and Film Studies. He teaches first-year composition and literature courses.


    Kezia Ruiz

    Associate Professor of English
    CB 242 | (361) 698-1423 | kruiz16@delmar.edu
    Kezia Ruiz; Assistant Professor of EnglishBA - English - Baylor University
    MA - English - Baylor University
    Ph.D. (ABD) - Rhetoric and Composition - Texas Women's University

    Ruiz's doctoral work is in Rhetoric and Composition with specialty in information literacy and multimodal composition.


    Dr. Sally Schutz-shelton

    Assistant Professor of English
    GENC C312F | (361) 698-1454 | sschutzshelton@delmar.edu
    Dr. Sally Schutz-SheltonBA - English - Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
    MA - English - Texas A&M University
    Ph.D. - English - Texas A&M University
    Certificate in Africana Studies - Texas A&M University

    Dr. Schutz-Shelton is a native of Rockport, TX. She attended Del Mar College before transferring to TAMUCC to finish her BA. Her research interests include Texas Literature, Southern Studies, and Western American Studies, mainly focused on the long twentieth century.


    Sandra Valerio

    Associate Professor of English
    GENC C212A | (361) 698-2314 | svalerio@delmar.edu
    Sandra Valerio; Assistant Professor of EnglishAA - Foreign Languages (Spanish) - Del Mar College
    AAS - Health Care Management and Allied Health Sciences - Comm. Coll. of the Air Force
    BA - English - Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
    MA - English in Rhetoric and Composition - Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

    Valerio, a native of Corpus Christi's Molina neighborhood, is a Veteran of the USAF. She teaches developmental and first-year composition as well as sophomore-level literature courses.


    Dr. Jane wolter-Williamson

    Associate Professor of English
    CB 245 | (361) 698-1428 | jww@delmar.edu
    Jane Wolter-WilliamsonBA - University of Texas at Austin
    MA - Sam Houston State University
    Ph.D. - Oklahoma State University

    Dr. Wolter-Williamson enjoys teaching all levels of English curriculum, especially developmental and first-year composition. In her research she specializes in early Colonial American Literature.

     

     


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  • Adjunct Faculty

  • Professor Emeriti Honorees

    The Department of English and Philosophy and Del Mar College are proud to recognize the following former faculty members with this honorary title.

    These individuals dedicated most of their careers to quality instruction, research, leadership, and service to their colleagues and students.

    Mike M. Anzaldula

    Professor Emeritus of English
    Mike M. Anzaldula; Professor Emeritus of EnglishAA - Del Mar College
    BA - East Texas State University
    MA - East Texas State University

    Mike passed away in 2012 after a successful career at Del Mar College where he served as the Assistant Director of the Writing Center (1986-89), Chair of the English Department (1989-96), and Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences (2008-09).


    Norma Ayala-Maynard 

    Professor Emeritus of English
    GEND D201C | (361) 698-1452 | nmaynard@delmar.edu 
    Norma Ayala Maynard; Professor of English AA - Del Mar College 
    BA - English and BA - Spanish - Corpus Christi State University
    MA - English, Spanish, and Ethnic Studies - Corpus Christi State University

    With over 30 years of experience at Del Mar, Professor Ayala-Maynard  taught several face-to-face and online courses in composition (first-year and developmental) and literature (American, Mexican-American, and British). 


    Dr. Jonizo Cain-Calloway

    Professor Emeritus of English
    CB 137 | (361) 698-1688 | jccallo@delmar.edu
    Dr. Jonizo Cain-Calloway; Professor of EnglishBA - English Literature - The University of Texas at Austin
    MA - English Literature - Rice University
    Ph.D. - English Literature - Rice University

    In more than 20 years at Del Mar College, Dr. Cain-Calloway taught developmental composition, first-year composition, and literature courses.


    Dr. Barbara Craig

    Professor Emeritus of English
    BA - MacMurray College
    Certificat d'Assiduite in Language & Civilization - Universite de Strasbourg
    MA - Ohio University
    Ph.D. - Ohio University

    In Dr. Craig's 37-year tenure at Del Mar College, she taught developmental English and Reading, first-year composition, and Women's Literature.


    Joann Heymann

    Professor Emeritus of English
    Joann Heymann; Professor Emeritus of EnglishBBA - The University of Texas at Austin
    MS - Texas A&I University


    Dr. Eva Muñiz

    Professor Emeritus of English
    Dr. Eva Muñiz; Professor Emeritus of EnglishAA - Del Mar College
    BA - English - Corpus Christi State University
    MAIS - English, Education, and Hispanic Studies - Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
    Ed.D. - Educational Leadership - Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

    During Dr. Muñiz’s 25 years at DMC, she taught developmental and college-level composition, Technical and Business writing, and literature (American, British, Women’s, and Mexican-American), face-to-face and online. She was the first to teach a course in Native American and African-American Women’s Literature as well as Mexican-American Literature at DMC.


    Dr. Cheryl Pfoff

    Professor Emeritus of English
    Dr. Cheryl Pfoff; Professor Emeritus of EnglishAA - Del Mar College
    BA - The University of Texas at Austin
    MA - University of California at Los Angeles
    Ph.D. - University of California at Los Angeles

    During Dr. Pfoff's time at Del Mar, she taught developmental composition, first-year composition, and American Literature.


    Dr. Maria D. Salinas

    Professor Emeritus of English
    Dr. Maria D. Salinas; Professor Emeritus of English

    Maria retired and moved to San Antonio after teaching various disciplines at Del Mar for over 25 years. She taught GED courses, ESL, Freshman Seminar, Developmental English, Composition I & II and Mexican American Literature. She is currently teaching as an adjunct at San Antonio College.


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Page last updated October 3, 2024.

Contact Information

English and Philosophy
101 Baldwin Blvd.
Corpus Christi, TX 78404
english@delmar.edu
(361) 698-1234