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Founded in 1883, Stetson University is a nationally ranked private university with four colleges and schools located across the I-4 corridor in Central Florida.

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Known as the Hatters, Stetson University has 18 NCAA Division I teams that compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference, Pioneer Football League and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

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Welcome to the English Department Faculty Page

Joseph Witek

PhD Vanderbilt University.
In rank since 2002.
Comics and popular culture; narrative fiction; literary theory; Humanities.

Noteworthy: Hand Award for Scholarly Activity, 1997; Comic Books as History (UP of Mississippi, 1989); articles in International Journal of Comic Art, The Comics Journal, Journal of Popular Culture, and other journals and collections.

(Email Dr. Rusty Witek)