English faculty

Northwestern’s English professors have a wide variety of reading and writing interests and expertise, from poetry-and-prayer to environmental and agricultural literature. The faculty includes published writers as well as specialists in writing pedagogy.

Keith Fynaardt
Professor of English; Humanities Director; First-Year Seminar Coordinator
fineart@nwciowa.edu

Michael Kensak
Professor of English and German; Director of Integrative General Education
kensak@nwciowa.edu

Ann Lundberg
Professor of English; Department Chair
lundberg@nwciowa.edu

Samuel Martin
Assistant Professor of English
samuel.martin@nwciowa.edu

Kim Van Es
Lecturer in English
kvanes@nwciowa.edu

Joel Westerholm
Professor of English; Instructor in Music
joelw@nwciowa.edu

Adjunct faculty

Tom Truesdell '01
Director, Academic Support; Coordinator, Writing Across the Curriculum; Lecturer in English
tomtrues@nwciowa.edu