Faculty and Staff

Bongiovanni Marie G. Bongiovanni, Chair and Professor of English
B.A., Temple University; M.B.A., Drexel University; M.L.A., University of Pennsylvania.

Experienced in journalism, editing and publishing, Professor Bongiovanni teaches first-year writing classes, multimedia narratives, multimedia feature writing, and modern literature courses. She has taught in Perugia, Italy, and studied in Rome and at Oxford University.

Telephone: 717-867-6241
Address: Humanities 207-C
Email: bongiova@lvc.edu


Billings Philip A. Billings, Professor of English
B.A., Heidelberg College; M.A., Michigan State University; Ph.D., Michigan State University

Dr. Billings teaches world and American literature as well as poetry and fiction writing courses. His publications include poems and articles in various magazines and three books of poems based on the lives of people in the immediate area.

Telephone: 717-867-6245
Address: Humanities 208-C
Email: billings@lvc.edu


Eldred Laura G. Eldred, Assistant Professor of English
B.A., College of William and Mary; M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dr. Eldred teaches courses in British and Irish literature, gothic horror, and film. She has published several essays in journals and edited collections on the fiction of Patrick McCabe and the drama of Martin McDonagh. She is currently working on a book manuscript on those authors' use of gothic horror as a tool for Irish national critique.

Telephone: 717-867-6242
Address: Humanities 205-B
Email: eldred@lvc.edu


Grieve-Carlson Gary Grieve-Carlson, Professor of English; Director of General Education
B.A., Bates College; M.A., State University of New York at Binghamton; Ph.D., Boston University

Dr. Grieve-Carlson teaches first-year writing classes, American literature surveys, and upper-level courses ranging from poetry to grammar to mythology. His scholarship focuses on American poetry and American intellectual history. He plays pick-up basketball with LVC faculty and students, and fantasy baseball with LVC coaches and administrators.

Telephone: 717-867-6244
Address: Humanities 208-B
Email: grieveca@lvc.edu


Martinez Juan Martinez, Assistant Professor of English
B.A., University of Central Florida; M.A., University of Central Florida; Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Dr. Martinez teaches courses in literature and creative writing. His work has appeared in Glimmer Train, McSweeney's, Conjunctions, Nabokovian, Nabokov Online Journal, NPR's Selected Shorts, Norton’s Suddenly Fiction Latino, and elsewhere.

Telephone: 717-867-6158
Address: Humanities 208-D
Email: martinez@lvc.edu


Pry Kevin Burleigh Pry, Associate Professor of English
B.A., Lebanon Valley College; M.A., The Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D..

Dramaturge for local theater companies, Dr. Pry teaches courses in acting, world literature, dramatic literature, and theater production. He also advises Wig & Buckle, the student drama company.

Telephone: 717-867-6248
Address: Humanities 203
Email: pry@lvc.edu


Romagnolo Catherine Romagnolo, Associate Professor of English
B.S., University of Florida; M.A., University of Maryland; Ph.D..

Dr. Romagnolo teaches courses in American literature, literature by women, African American literature and critical theory. She also serves as the faculty director of the Women's Services and Gender Resource center. She has published several articles on narrative and identity. Her research focuses on questions of identity and narrative in contemporary American women's fiction. Her book manuscript Opening Acts: Narrative Beginnings from a Feminist Perspective is currently under revision.

Telephone: 717-867-6247
Address: Humanities 207-D
Email: romagnol@lvc.edu


Clark Sarah Clark, Adjunct Instructor of English

Telephone: 717-867-6240
Address: Humanities 206
Email: sclark@lvc.edu


Elizabeth C Gonzalez, Adjunct Instructor of English

Telephone: 717-867-6988
Address: Humanities 207-A
Email: egonzale@lvc.edu


Julian Elizabeth Ann Julian, Acting Director of the Writing Center and Adjunct Instructor of English

Telephone: 717-867-6120
Address: Ground Floor, Bishop Library
Email: julian@lvc.edu


Sarah Kokernot, Adjunct Instructor of English

Telephone: 717-867-6240
Address: Humanities 206
Email: kokernot@lvc.edu


Spurlock DeAnna Spurlock, Adjunct Instructor of English
B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.A..

Telephone: 717-867-6749
Address: Humanities 207-A
Email: spurlock@lvc.edu


Robert Edward Vucic, Lecturer in English; Advisor of La Vie Collegienne
B.A., Point Park University

Telephone: 717-867-6240
Address: Humanities 201
Email: vucic@lvc.edu


Phylis C. Dryden, Professor Emerita of English
B.A., Atlantic Union College; M.A., State University of New York at Albany; D.A..

Telephone: 717-867-6981
Address: Library C-2
Email: dryden@lvc.edu


Arthur L. Ford, Professor Emeritus of English
A.B., Lebanon Valley College; M.A., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D..

Telephone: 717-867-6248
Address: Humanities 208-D
Email: ford@lvc.edu


John P. Kearney, Professor Emeritus of English
B.A., St. Benedict's College; M.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.

Address: Humanities 207C
Email: kearney@lvc.edu


Support Staff

Stamm Sharon L. Stamm, Administrative Assistant for English, Sociology and Political Science

Telephone: 717-867-6240
Address: Humanities 206
Email: stamm@lvc.edu