Anne Amis, Dean

Anne Amis is the dean of Arts, English, Communications, & Languages Divsions. She joined LSC-Kingwood in 2007. Amis earned a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Hendrix College and a Master of Arts in Teaching ESOL from the SIT Graduate Institute.

Amis has presented two papers: "Activities to Energize Academic Writing" at the Texas of English of Other Languages (TESOL) conference in 2011. In addition, she presented "Applying Appreciative Inquiry in an ESOL Writing Class."

In 2012, she was the recipient of the Faculty International Education Grant, Vietnam. She was also honored with the 2011 LSC-Kingwood Faculty Excellence Award.

Amis is a member of the college's Intercultural Student Organization, The Academy and the Behavioral Intervention Team.

"I teach ESOL because it gives me the opportunity to work alongside immigrants and international visitors who are exploring the life-changing gifts and challenges mastering another language provides. As a second-language learner myself, I find the process extremely rich and rewarding," Amis explained. "During my time at LSC-Kingwood, I have always been offered opportunities for personal and professional growth; I love teaching and working here because I am always learning something new, be that a new course I teach a diverse and international student population or professional development activities."

Phone: 281.312.1737
Email: Anne.E.Amis@lonestar.edu
Office: APA 109I
Website: Website
Se habla español

Dalia Khalaf, Department Chair

Phone: 281.312.1415
Email: Dalia.M.Khalaf@lonestar.edu
Office: APA 118J
Website: Website
I speak English and Arabic.

Darlene Beaman, Faculty

Dr. Darlene Beaman has a Bachelor of Art’s degree from Baylor University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude and was awarded the Charles B. Smith award for academic excellence and noble character.  She graduated from Rice University with a Masters and PhD degree with a concentration in 19th C British and American Literature and wrote her dissertation on Emily Dickinson and Christina Rossetti.

Dr. Beaman is the founding faculty member and club advisor for the Poetry and Songwriting club.

Currently, Dr. Beaman serves on the Executive Council for CCTE, Conference of College Teachers of English.  She has had articles published on Shakespeare and Virginia Woolf and on Theodore Roethke. She has presented papers at conferences on a variety of topics including teaching with visual grammar, teaching generational issues with Chitra Divakaruni’s novel One Amazing Thing, and on representations of monsters and evil in popular culture and how those representations reflect spirituality in a post Christian world.

Phone: 281.312.1728
Email: Darlene.S.Beaman@LoneStar.edu
Office: APA 118H
Website: Website

Dr. Susan Cotton, Faculty

Phone: 281.312.1715
Email: Susan.G.Cotton@lonestar.edu
Office: APA 118I
Website: Website

Lisa Darling, Faculty

Lisa Darling, assistant professor of English-Developmental Studies, joined LSC-Kingwood in 2010. Darling earned a Bachelor of Arts in English degree from the University of St. Thomas. She also holds a Master in Liberal Arts in English Literature from the same institution. She is also a former student of LSC-Kingwood having earned an Associate of Liberal Arts degree. She was also a member of Phi Theta Kappa.

While attending the University of St. Thomas, Darling received The Father Monahan Scholarship as an undergraduate. Darling's Master's thesis was titled, "Richard Wright's novel, Black Boy: An Analysis of the Formation and Opportunities for Education in Black Boy and How They Shaped Wright as an Author."

"My teaching philosophy reflects my interest in students and student success. I focus on dynamic student-centered classroom communities where learning and retaining knowledge happens in an accepting environment. I love to teach because I want to share the love of learning with others," Darling explained.

Darling has served on LSC-Kingwood's Foundations of Excellence, Core Curriculum Committees and is winner of The Faculty Excellence Award.

Phone: 281.312.1738
Email: Mary.E.Darling@lonestar.edu
Office: APA 118A
Website: Website

Joan McAninch Samuelson, Faculty

Joan McAninch Samuelson, professor of English, is one of the founders of the college in 1984 and has remained on the faculty from the beginning. Samuelson earned a Bachelor Arts degree from the University of Houston and a Master of Arts degree from the same institution. She earned a doctoral degree from Ohio State University.

Samuelson has presented a number of papers on literature, women's studies and teaching with technology at Lone Star and conferences from Texas to Chicago to Washington, D.C.

She was earned two teaching awards, and two study grants one to Washington D.C., and one to England. She is also involved in the LSC-Kingwood Honors Program and numerous other professional development projects.

"I enjoy teaching the combination of literature, history, psychology, and art. For me personally, I enjoy watching students engage in a field many thought they did not care for," Samuelson explained.

Phone: 281.312.1625
Email: Joan.Samuelson@lonestar.edu
Office: APA 123D
Website: Website

Cindy Baker, Faculty

Professor Cindy Baker's goal is to help prepare her students for their future careers. She started at Lone Star College-Kingwood in 1994 as an English adjunct faculty and is currently a full-time professor teaching all levels of developmental and credit English courses.

"I love to teach reading and writing at all levels - and I consider the skills of comprehension, interpretation, and research to be absolutely necessary in the modern world," Baker said.

During her tenure at LSC-Kingwood, Baker was chair of the English Department from 2003-2013. She was selected for three National Endowment for the Humanities national workshops and was awarded the Faculty Excellence Award in 2006.

"I want my students to enjoy my classes and I want them to be successful, both at LSC-Kingwood and in their upcoming educational activities," she said.

Prior to LSC-Kingwood, Baker was an adjunct professor at Richland College in Dallas. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from Texas Tech University and a Master's Degree in English from the University of North Texas. Baker is a member of the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA).

Phone: 281.312.1484
Email: Cindy.Baker@lonestar.edu
Office: APA 118L
Website: Website

Dr. Sampada Chavan Dalvi, Faculty

Dr. Sampada Chavan Dalvi, an associate professor of English, started at LSC-Kingwood in 2017. Previously, Dr. Dalvi taught as adjunct faculty at the University of Houston and Houston Community College.

Born and raised in Mumbai, India, she earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in English from the University of Mumbai. Afterward, she moved to America to further her studies. Dr. Dalvi earned a doctoral degree in English from the University of Houston. In her final years as a doctoral student, she won a dissertation completion fellowship. Dr. Dalvi’s Ph.D. dissertation is called “Strength in Solitude: A Comparative Study of Single Mothers in African American and Postcolonial Indian Literatures.”

During her career, Dr. Dalvi published “Natural Woman, Unnatural Mother: The Convergence of Motherhood and the ‘Natural’ World of Alice Walker’s  Meridian” in the  Journal of International Women’s Studies.

Phone: 281.312.8464
Email: Sampada.Dalvi@lonestar.edu
Office: APA 118B
I speak English and Hindi.

John Dethloff, Faculty

Phone: 281.312.1617
Email: John.J.Dethloff@lonestar.edu
Office: LIB 206B
Website: Website

Icess Fernandez, Faculty

Phone: 281.312.8435
Email: Icess.Fernandez@lonestar.edu
Office: FTC 100G

Kristina Gutierrez, Faculty

Phone: 281.312.8427
Email: Kristina.A.Gutierrez@lonestar.edu
Office: FTC 100B

Mortimer Ennis, Faculty

Phone: 281.312.1727
Email: Mortimer.Ennis@lonestar.edu
Office: CLA 200E

Staff