Where are our graduates now, and what do they have to say?

“I was at UWF in ’72 - ‘74….I can do any job, write any report, speak intelligently on
most subjects and I owe it to the professors there….UWF was small. The classes were focused….I owe so much to the English Program"

Pam Pampe, B.A., ‘74

“I think I benefited more from my time at UWF than from either my undergrad or my doctoral ones…the teaching and curriculum at UWF really are quite solid”

Dr. Allen Culpepper, MA, ‘93
Ph.D., University of Tulsa
Assistant Professor of English
Manatee Community College, Manatee, Florida

“That [Feminist Theory] course changed my life forever. It really did. 10 years later, here I am at a University training future English teachers—it’s wild! I can only hope that I positively impact some student’s life as much as you have mine.”

Dr. Julie Gates, B.A., 1993
Ph.D., U of South Carolina
Assistant Professor of English Education
Angelo State University
San Angelo, Texas

“I’d never be able to do my job without the experience of working in the Writing Lab. The lab provided me with the confidence and skills I need to teach first-year composition.”

Jeff Newberry, M.A., 2000
Instructor of English
Abraham Baldwin College
Tifton, Georgia

Other alumni include the following:

Dr. Victor Gischler, M.A., Class of ’98, Ph.D. University of Southern Mississippi,
Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, Rogers State University, Oklahoma.
A published novelist, Victor gave a reading from his novel Gun Monkeys at our fall 2003 Writers In The Gallery.

Dr. Brigitte Byrd, M.A., Class of ’99, Ph.D. Florida State University, Instructor of
Creative Writing, Florida State University
(Dr. Byrd presented a selection of her poetry at Writers In The Gallery in fall 2004).

Dr. Myrtle Bailey, M.A., Class of ‘74, Ph.D. Florida State University, Chair of English,
Okaloosa Walton Community College (retired).

Chris Bui, M.A., Class of ’03, Manager, Publications, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Pensacola.

Our Department also currently employs (or has employed) the following alumni:

Mamie Hixon, M.A., Class of ‘82, Director, Writing Lab, Assistant Professor of English

Ora Wills, M.A., Class of ‘78, Adjunct Instructor (Retired)

Maria Warren, M.A., Class of ‘86, ABD, Florida State University, Instructor

Dr. Judith Steele, M.A., Class of 2000, ED.D University of West Florida, Instructor

Judy Young, M.A., Class of ‘96, Instructor

Joleen Malcolm, M.A., Class of ‘94, Instructor

Heather Allman, M.A., Class of ‘99, Adjunct Instructor

Dan Pretto, M.A., Class of ‘02, Adjunct Instructor

Gina Sakalarios-Rogers, M.A., Class of ‘99, Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi, Adjunct Instructor

Jennifer Walsingham, M.A., Class of ‘96, Adjunct Instructor

Tim Davis, M.A., Class of ‘01; Adjunct Instructor (Retired)

Jeff Ezell, M.A., Class of ‘04, Adjunct Instructor

Henry Bunnell, M.A., Class of ‘92, Adjunct Instructor

Pamela Meyers, M.A., Class of ‘05, Adjunct Instructor

Olivia Mullins, M.A., Class of ‘05, Adjunct Instructor

Sara Smith, M.A., Class of ‘04, Adjunct Instructor

Helen Richards, M.A., Class of ‘04, Adjunct Instructor