The English Department welcomed 2 new faculty members for the 2025-26 academic year.
Lisa Perdigao
Lisa Perdigao is a Lecturer in the English & Communication Department teaching First-Year Writing. Before relocating to Massachusetts with her family, Lisa was a full professor and served as Humanities Program Chair, Assistant Provost for the Honors College, and Assistant Vice President for the Honors College at Florida Tech.
She received a Ph.D. in English from Northeastern University, M.A. in English from Boston College, and B.A. in English and Philosophy from Boston College.
Michael Yellin
Assistant Professor Michael Yellin majored in literature, earning a Ph.D. in English from Lehigh University. One of his personal goals includes trying to help students appreciate the nuances of exceptional writing. Yellin expressed concern that with the advent of AI, people will lose an appreciation for human writing. Yellin aims to ensure his students do not end up writing like computers and instead cater AI to writing like humans.