Lisa Blankenship is Associate Professor of English at Baruch and former Director of First-Year Writing. She earned a PhD in English (Rhetoric and Composition) from Miami University of Ohio and joined the faculty at Baruch in 2014. Professor Blankenship teaches ENG 2100 and 2150 each year, as well as courses in the English major focused on composing in digital environments and editing for publication. As a first-generation college student herself, she’s proud to be part of CUNY’s mission, and enjoys working with students at every level of their experience at Baruch.
Allison Deutermann is Associate Professor of English and former Director of Great Works of Literature at Baruch, where she teaches courses on Shakespeare and early modern drama as well as ENG 2800 and 2850. What she loves most about teaching Great Works is seeing how different forms of writing and the cultures that produce them can be made to speak to one another in the classroom. Reading Othello together with tales from A Thousand and One Nights, for example, opens up new questions about race, exoticisim, and travel, as well as about the ways in which stories and bodies circulated in the pre-modern world.
Eva Gordon Ryali is former Program Manager for First Year Writing and Great Works of Literature at Baruch, as well as a fourth year PhD candidate in English at the Graduate Center. Eva loves teaching Eng 2100 and 2150 using multi-modal materials including podcasts and documentaries, as well as traditional readings, to explore contemporary social issues with her students.