Mr. Elson Bond
Assistant Professor of English

706-233-7256
ebond@shorter.edu

Mr. Elson Bond was an Alumni Dissertation Fellow, a Teacher Fellow, an adjunct professor, and the writing center director at Fordham University. He is a Ph.D. Candidate in English at Fordham University. His M.A. in English is from Fordham University and his B.A. in English is from Northern Arizona University.

Wen-Chen Cheng

Joined the faculty this fall to teach Chinese language, culture and literature. A native of Taiwan, Ms. Cheng holds a degree in computer information science from Aletheia University in Taiwan. She also studied in Canada and attended Ohio State University’s training program for instructors of Chinese.

Ms. Cheng will teach elementary Chinese I and Chinese culture and literature during the fall semester.

Dr. Martine Cremers-Pearson
Associate Professor of French

706-233-7294
mcremers@shorter.edu

D.U.E.L., University of Bordeaux, a B.A., University of Wyoming; M.A., University of Wyoming; Ph.D., Florida State University.

Dr. Regina Echegoyen-Stecker
Associate Professor of Spanish

706-233-7264
rechegoyen@shorter.edu

B.A., University of Puerto Rico; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison. Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature (short stories, novels); Nineteenth-Century Latin American Literature. 

Mr. John Kwist
Assistant Professor of English

706-233-7254
jkwist@shorter.edu

Mr. Kwist comes to Shorter from Auburn University. He holds a B.A. in English and a M.A. in literature, both from Clemson University. He expects to complete his Ph.D. in American Literature from Auburn University this December.

Ms. Jennifer Kellogg Sikes
Assistant Professor of English
Director of the Writing Center

706-233-7336
jsikes@shorter.edu

B.A., Shorter College; M.A., Clemson University; currently working on her Ph.D. at University of Georgia.  British Literature (Romantic and Victorian); Ghost Stories/the Gothic Novel (British). 

Mr. Ben McFry
Assistant Professor of English & German

706-233-7420
bmcfry@shorter.edu

M.A. in Comparative Literature, University of Georgia; B.A. in English with a German minor, Shorter College.

Dr. Angela C. O’Neal
Assistant Professor of English

706-233-7650
aoneal@shorter.edu

Ph.D. in English, Arizona State University (Specialization in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century British Literature); B.A., The University of Georgia, Major in English.

Ms. Melanie Sumner
Associate Professor of English

706-233-7326
msumner@shorter.edu

 B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A., Boston University.  Author, Polite Society and The School of Beauty and Charm. 

Mr. George Thomason
Chair, Department of Humanities

706-233-7393
gthomason@shorter.edu

B.A., Birmingham-Southern College; M.A., University of Virginia