History of the Department
History of the Department

2015: Above is a photo of faculty members: Back row, from left: Connie Gutiérrez, Matthew Moore, Paul McCann, Kent Lenz, Carrie Butler, and Matthew Perry. Middle row, from left: Kezia Ruiz, Susan Swan, Emily Shearer Stewart, Sandra Valerio, Susie Crowson, Alan Clark, and Jonizo Cain-Calloway. Front row, from Left: Jo Ann Leal, Sara Kaplan, Barbara Craig, Erica Rose Bertero, Marivel Gonzales-Hernandez, Maria Veronica Pantoja, and Norma Ayala-Maynard. Not pictured: Doug Jordan and John Crisp.
2014: As part of a bond measure, our current location, English Building on ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's East Campus, is scheduled for demolition in the summer of 2016. In 2018, the English and Philosophy Department will relocate.
2012: Professor Emeritus, Mike M. Anzaldúa, suddenly passes. Mike was an enormous influence on the evolution of the English and Philosophy Department. .

2004: Above is a photograph of faculty members: Back row, from Left: Connie Gutiérrez, Deenie Roper, Mike LaPointe, Rubie Sample, John Gunter, Jeannette Jones-Sosa, Sandra Solis, Becky Marez, Kent Gillen, Dean Thorpe. Middle row, from left: Jonizo Cain-Calloway, Laurie Jones, Jody Heymann, Roycelin DeLeon, Katha DeSteCroix, Yvette Valdez, Lupe Wilson, Cheryl Pfoff, John Crisp, Eva Muniz. Front row, from left: Jennifer Mata, Jo Ann Leal, Berta Flores, Barb Craig, Alan Clark, Shirley Peddy, Marivel Gonzales-Hernandez, Linda Eubank, Mike Anzaldúa, Jim Pierce.
2000s: ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's Oral History Project involved various faculty members from across campus. These interview transcripts (2001-2003) include Dr. Aileen Creighton (Department of English Chair 1944-1975), Rubie Sample (Professor of English 1977-2008), and Mike M. Anzaldúa (Professor Emeritus of English 1969-2012).
1999: English Department becomes English and Philosophy Department with the hiring of the department's first full time Philosophy faculty member, Alan Clark.
1967: The English Department moves into the English Building.
1935: ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Established
Page last updated March 5, 2019.