Faculty

	Jon Singleton, Ph.D. Department Chair Office: American Studies 301 Phone: 501-279-4306 jsingleton@harding.edu Syracuse University at Harding since 2011
About Dr. Singleton Dr. Singleton's special interests are Victorian literature and theology. He also teaches general writing courses.
	Paulette Guerin Bane, M.F.A. Office: American Studies 319 Phone: 501-279-4431 pbane@harding.edu Florida University at Harding since 2016
About Professor Bane Paulette Bane teaches a variety of writing, literature, and film courses. Her poetry, published under Paulette Guerin, has appeared in Best New Poets, epiphany, Contemporary Verse 2, and others. She has a collection of poetry, Wading Through Lethe, and a chapbook-sized collection of poems in the anthology, Wild Muse: Ozarks Nature Poetry.
	Nick Boone, Ph.D. Office: American Studies 310 Phone: 501-279-4474 nboone@harding.edu Auburn University at Harding since 2007
About Dr. Boone Dr. Boone teaches general education and American literature courses. His specialty is American poetry. His publications include articles on Poe, Hawthorne,Twain, Rita Dove, and Mark Strand. Dr. Boone is a co-sponsor of Souvenirs.
	Heath Carpenter, Ph.D. Office: American Studies 304 Phone: 501-279-5274 hcarpent@harding.edu Arkansas State University at Harding since 2008
About Dr. Carpenter Dr. Carpenter's Ph.D. work focuses on contemporary Southern identity and culture. He teaches courses in Southern Literature and Culture, Film as Literature, and William Faulkner, along with World Lit and composition and critical thinking. Dr. Carpenter has co-authored a book on mentorship and community activism with former Super Bowl Champion Keith Jackson. More recently, his monograph The Philosopher King: T Bone Burnett and the Ethic of a Southern Cultural Renaissance was published by the University of Georgia Press as part of its Music of the American South Series. Dr. Carpenter is the faculty sponsor of the Harding chapter of the Roosevelt Institute and also serves as a consultant with Governor Asa Hutchinson's Restore Hope Arkansas program.
	Michael Claxton, Ph.D. Office: American Studies 303 Phone: 501-279-4618 mclaxto1@harding.edu University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at Harding since 2003
About Dr. Claxton Dr. Claxton specializes in Victorian literature. He teaches composition, world literature, and British literature courses. He also co-sponsors Souvenirs and Sigma Tau Delta, the English honor society. Dr. Claxton contributes a regular column, "Just the Clax," for The Bison, the campus newspaper. In addition, Dr. Claxton has written a biography of a pioneering female magician, entitled Don't Fool Yourself: The Magical Life of Dell O'Dell, which was published by Squash Publishing in 2014.
	Kathy Dillion, Ph.D. Office: American Studies 320 Phone: 501-279-5122 kdillion@harding.edu Arkansas State University at Harding since 1995
About Dr. Dillion Dr. Dillion teaches all levels of the general education English curriculum and supervises English teacher-education students. Her interests are cultural studies, particularly ethnic and post-colonial literature. Dr. Dillion also co-sponsors Sigma Tau Delta, the English honor society.
	Terry Engel, Ph.D. Office: American Studies 315 Phone: 501-279-4622 tengel@harding.edu University of Southern Mississippi at Harding since 2001
About Dr. Engel Dr. Engel's special interests are creative writing, business and professional writing, and Southwestern literature. He also teaches general education courses and sponsors The Scribblers, our creative writing club.
	Larry Hunt, Ph.D. Office: American Studies 317 Phone: 501-279-4168 lhunt@harding.edu University of Georgia at Harding since 2000
About Dr. Hunt Dr. Hunt 's specialty is medieval literature, and his current teaching assignment includes courses in the Liberal Arts core as well as the Honors College, the nature and history of language, Old and Middle English Literature, and C. S. Lewis. He is a sponsor of the student organization Kolbitar (Coal-biters), a club inspired by the writings of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien that meets biweekly to discuss mythological and Germanic literature.
	Russell L. Keck, Ph.D. Office: American Studies 321 Phone: 501-279-4613 rlkeck@harding.edu Purdue University at Harding since 2014
About Dr. Keck Dr. Keck specializes in early modern English literature and culture. He is particularly interested in the English Renaissance, Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Arthurian Literature, and the History of the Book. He teaches composition, world literature, and Renaissance literature.
	Greg Laing, Ph.D. Office: American Studies 305 Phone: 501-279-4215 glaing@harding.edu Western Michigan University at Harding since 2010
About Dr. Laing Dr. Laing teaches general education courses in composition and grammar, and specializes in medieval literature and languages. His areas of interest include Old and Middle English, Scandinavian literature, and Latin.
	Darlene Stewart, M.Ed. Office: American Studies 308 Phone: 501-279-4271 dstewar1@harding.edu Harding University at Harding since 2021
About Professor Stewart Darlene Stewart teaches a variety of writing and literature courses. She has an interest in British Romantic literature, poetry, contemporary American literature, and mentoring and training English licensure students.