Department Chair
Professor of English 
Belle and Leonard Toups Endowed Chair of Writing
Education
B.S. in English education, Ball State University;
M.A. in Modern American literature, University of Missouri — Columbia;
Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition, Georgia State University
Areas of Specialization:
Rhetoric and Composition, Post-Modern American Literature, Ethnic Literature
Contact Information
Peltier 251C
Phone: 985-448-4454
Email: ellen.barker@nicholls.edu