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Dr. Terry taught English at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø University from 1989 to 2007 and was Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences from 2007 till her retirement in December 2021. Dr. Terry was an outstanding student-centered teacher, and also led the English Department in several roles: as Director of Composition, Writing Lab Director (the pre-cursor of the University Writing Center today), and as Department Chair. Dr. Terry’s areas of scholarly work and teaching were 20th century American Literature as well as Rhetoric and Composition; she published in both areas. Her legacy at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø is her humane and transformative leadership, including as Department Chair, as the first director of the new University Core Curriculum in 2011-2014, and as a tireless advocate for faculty and students as Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Herzog taught English at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø University until 2015. During his tenure, he served as Department Chair, senior faculty advisor to the Academic Vice President, steering committee member for 91³Ô¹ÏÍø University’s OPUS Prize, and Chief of Staff to the President of the University. Dr. Herzog is the author of numerous academic journal articles, scholarly reviews, and his plays based on medieval poetry have been produced in the United States and in Great Britain. His academic interests are medieval English and German literature, the poetry of Chaucer, and film. He is currently working on a novel featuring Geoffrey Chaucer.

Dr. Wadden taught English at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø University until 2005. During his tenure, he served as Department Chair. Dr. Wadden is a published poet as well as the author of several academic journal articles and scholarly reviews. His academic interests are 18th and 19th century British novel, Victorian literature and creative writing-poetry. He previously taught at California State Polytechnic Institute, San Luis Obispo. In addition, Dr. Wadden is an acclaimed, published photographer and an avid steelhead angler.