Full-time Faculty 

María Guadalupe Arenillas

Assistant Professor
167 Whitman Hall
Phone: 906-227-1817
E-mail: marenill@nmu.edu
Began teaching at NMU in 2010

• B.A., Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• M.A., University of Notre Dame
• Ph.D, University of Notre Dame

Timothy Compton           

Department Head
Professor
145B Whitman Hall
Phone: 906-227-1107
E-mail: tcompton@nmu.edu
Began teaching at NMU in 1989

• B.A., Brigham Young University
• M.A., University of Utah
• Ph.D., University of Kansas

Tara Foster

Associate Professor
171 Whitman Hall
Phone: 906-227-1814
E-mail: tafoster@nmu.edu
Began teaching at NMU in 2008

• B.A., Rice University
• M.A., Rutgers University
• Ph.D, Rutgers University

Michael Joy

Associate Professor Phone: 906-227-1818 E-mail: mjoy@nmu.edu Began teaching at NMU 2006 B.A., Carleton College M.A., University of Minnesota Ph.D, University of Minnesota

Nelly Kupper

Professor
168 Whitman Hall
Phone: 906-227-2648
E-mail: nkupper@nmu.edu
Began teaching at NMU in 2000

• B.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University
• M.A., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
• Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Amy Orf

Instructor
170 Whitman Hall
Phone: 906-227-1876
E-mail: aorf@nmu.edu
Began teaching at NMU in 1997

• B.A., Iowa State University
• M.A., University of Michigan

Jon Sherman

Assistant Professor
165 Whitman Hall
Phone: 227-2582
E-mail: jsherman@nmu.edu
Began teaching at NMU in 2008

• B.A., University of Vermont
• M.A., University of Massachusetts
• Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Carol Strauss (Sotiropoulos)

Professor
169 Whitman Hall
Phone: 906-227-1201
E-mail: csotirop@nmu.edu
Began teaching at NMU in 2001

• B.A., Clark University
• M.A., Clark University
• Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Rebecca Ulland

Associate Professor
166 Whitman Hall
Phone: 906-227-1820
E-mail: rulland@nmu.edu
Began teaching at NMU 2006

• B.A., Carleton College
• M.A., University of Minnesota
• Ph.D, University of Minnesota