Dr. Mark Allison
Professor of English
Office: Sturges Hall 216
Phone: 740-368-3594
Email: maalliso@owu.edu

Dr. Allison grew up in Evansville, Indiana and the suburbs of Syracuse, New York. He knew that he wanted to attend a small liberal arts school with a strong English department; that led him to Kenyon College, where his love of literature competed with new interests in philosophy, political theory, and utopian thought. Eventually, he recognized that he could pursue these other passions through the study of literature. Philosophy, history, politics, visions of better societies—all find their way into novels, poems, and other forms of literary expression.

After completing the honors program at Kenyon and graduating with degrees in English and Philosophy, Dr. Allison spent several years working in the Literature department at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in Washington DC. He went on to complete his MA in Humanities at the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. in English at the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the OWU faculty in 2007. Dr. Allison is delighted to find himself, once again, at a small liberal arts school in Ohio with a strong English department—and many other strong departments besides.

Dr. Allison’s research centers on the relationships between literature, politics, and what we would now call social justice movements, especially in the 19th century. His book, Imagining Socialism: Aesthetics, Anti-politics, and Literature in Britain, 1817-1918, argues that British socialism is distinguished from other national traditions by its interest in using the resources of the arts and imagination to overcome the deadlocks of traditional political practice. In his spare time, he enjoys being made fun of by his two daughters, watching Indiana Pacers basketball, and planning overstuffed itineraries for his next trip to Great Britain.

Dr. Allison’s focus within the Honors program is on student activities and recruitment. He collaborates with the Admissions Office to enroll new Honors students, advises the Student Honors Board, and oversees residential life for Honors students. Additionally, he works closely with Dr. Downing to administer the program as whole.

“Participating in an honors program as an undergraduate changed my life,” he says. “The OWU Honors Program provides a rich community for students who are passionate about learning and eager to fulfill their personal and intellectual potential. The quality and originality of the work of our Honors students is a source of pride and inspiration.”


Dr. Glenda Nieto Cuebas
Associate Professor of World Languages and Cultures
Office: University Hall 318
Phone: 740-368-3684
Email: gynietoc@owu.edu

Dr. Glenda Y. Nieto-Cuebas is an Associate Professor of Spanish and the George and Louise Peters Professor of World Languages and Cultures. She is originally from Puerto Rico, where she earned a B.A. in Fine Arts (Universidad Interamericana, San Germán) and a M.A. in Hispanic Studies (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez). She received a PhD in Hispanic Literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Before teaching at OWU, she was a Lecturer of Spanish at Amherst College.

Her upper level courses, publications, and research focus on studying Early Modern Spanish Literature, especially 17th century theatre and its contemporary productions. Due to the complexity these texts can convey for undergraduate students, in her classes she often employs hands-on and project-based assignments to help learners obtain a better understanding of this literature and also to have unique and engaging experiences that would be difficult to access otherwise. She has designed numerous academic projects and worked one-on-one with students interested in Early Modern Spanish Theatre. Some of these collaborations include: adapting, producing and performing plays for a live audience; an Internship focused on translating and adapting medieval romances for a professional shadow puppet show; Theory to Practice Grants and Student Independent Projects Grants that have included research, travel to theatre festivals (in Spain and the U.S) and workshops with international theatre companies (from Spain and Mexico); and presenting at professional conferences with students, among others.

Nieto-Cuebas is co-editor of the volume Social Justice in Spanish Golden Age Theatre (2021, University of Toronto Press) and has published several book chapters, articles and interviews in peer reviewed journals, including: Comedia Performance, e-Humanista, Sixteenth Century Journal, Romance Quarterly and Romance Notes (forthcoming). She has been working on pedagogical projects and publications focused on how experiential learning can help students better analyze Hispanic classical theatre through non-traditional means. Most recently she is co-authoring a monograph that focuses on how Latinx theatre practitioners are adapting and producing 17th-century Hispanic texts for modern audiences by highlighting and creating awareness of their own reality, lived experiences, and socio-cultural background as BIPOC artists. Dr. Nieto-Cuebas is also a board member and Vice President-elect for Membership and Registration of the Association for Hispanic Classical Theatre (AHCT).

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Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH 43015
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P 740-368-3886
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