Faculty
At the core of our faculty's search for knowledge is a passion for words, stories, and innovative ideas. Our faculty members are ready to share their wide-ranging expertise with you, and to set you on the path to your own intellectual adventures.
Meet our faculty
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William (Rusty) Jones
Professor, Department Chair, Shakespeare Festival Chair
Areas of Expertise: Shakespeare, English Renaissance Poetry and Drama, Renaissance and Restoration Satire
Josh Adair
Professor of English, Gender and Diversity Studies Program Coordinator
FH 7B-10
Areas of Expertise: Modern and Contemporary British Literature, Gender Studies
Connie Alexander
Adjunct Faculty
Areas of Expertise: Humanities and Creative Writing
Betsy Allen
Instructor
Kevin Binfield
Professor of English, Coordinator of Graduate Studies
Areas of Expertise: British Romanticism, 18th- and 19th-Century British Women's Literature, Laboring-Class Writing, Textual Scholarship
Andy Black
Associate Professor of English
FH 7C-11
Areas of Expertise: Critical Theory, History of Rhetorical Theory, Long 18th-Century Literature, Philosophy, Religion and Rhetoric; Media Studies
Areas of Expertise: Creative Writing, Rhetoric and Composition, Humanities, American Short Story, Southern Literature
Alicia Carthell
Assistant Professor of English
FH 7B-11
Areas of Expertise: Technical Communication and Business/Professional Writing; Writing and Rhetoric in the Social Sciences; Educational Leadership, Student Success and Retention in Postsecondary Education; Retention of High-Achieving Underrepresented Students at PWIs
David Cignoni
Adjunct Faculty
Sara Cooper
Assistant Professor of English (DA Program)
FH 7B-19
Areas of Expertise: Composition, Rhetoric, Pedagogy, New Media
Judy Crofton
Senior Lecturer
FH 7C-10
Areas of Expertise: English Composition, Humanities, American Feminist Literature
Julie Cyzewski
Associate Professor of English, Co-coordinator of Undergraduate Literature Program
FH 7B-1
Areas of Expertise: 20th and 21st Century Transnational and Diasporic Literature, Postcolonial Theory, Media Studies
Dean Davenport
Adjunct Faculty
Joshua Easterling
Associate Professor of English
Areas of Expertise: Late-medieval English Language, Literature and Culture
Warren Edminster
Professor of English, Director of the Honors College
304 Lowry
Areas of Expertise: Medieval Literature, Professional and Technical Writing
Shimikqua Ellis
Assistant Professor of English
Kristie Ennis
Instructor
Stephanie Fulcher
Distinguished Practitioner of English Education
Zachary Garrett
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise: History of Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
Ray Horton
Associate Professor of English, Co-coordinator of Undergraduate Literature Program
FH 7C-18
Areas of Expertise: American Literature, Literature and Religion, Secularization Theory, Contemporary Fiction
Carrie Jerrell
Associate Professor of English (Creative Writing), Coordinator of Creative Writing Program, Assistant to the CHFA Dean
Areas of Expertise: American Literature, Creative Writing, Literary Editing
Tim Johns
Associate Professor of English, Coordinator of Film Studies Minor, Jesse Stuart Fellowship Coordinator
FH 7C-7
Areas of Expertise: World Literature and Cinema, South African Writing, Post-colonial Studies
Bernard Lewis
Adjunct Faculty
T.J. Martinson
Assistant Professor of English (Creative Writing)
Areas of Expertise: Western Humanities, Composition, Research, Writing Across the Disciplines
Vince Medlock
Lecturer
Mike Morgan
Associate Professor of English, Co-coordinator of English Education and Racer Writing Center
FH 7B-18
Areas of Expertise: English Education, TESOL
John Muenzberg
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
FH 7C-20
Areas of Expertise: British Empiricism, Early Modern Philosophy, Ethics, Humanities
Danielle Nielsen
Professor of English, Dean of the Commonwealth Honors Academy
Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric and Composition, Professional and Technical Communication, Victorian and 20th-Century British Literature, Literature of the Empire, Gender and Language, Print Culture and New Media
Jeff Osborne
Professor of English
FH 7B-17
Areas of Expertise: Early American Literature, Humanities
Michelle Panchuk
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy Program Coordinator
Gwendolyn Paradice
Assistant Professor of English (Creative Writing)
Ho Ryong Park
Associate Professor of English (TESOL), Co-coordinator of Racer Writing Center
FH 7B-13
Areas of Expertise: TESOL, Computer-Assisted Language, Learning and Teaching Second Language Literacies, Reading Strategies
Pamela Parker
Instructor
FH 7C-15
Rebecca Rosen
Assistant Professor of English
Kari Shemwell
Visiting Instructor of Creative Writing
Areas of Expertise: Sociolinguistics, Second Language Teacher Education
Areas of Expertise: TESOL, Linguistics, ESL/EFL Teacher Training
Latricia Trites
Professor of English (TESOL), Director of TESOL Programs
FH 7C-16
Areas of Expertise: Reading and Writing Instruction and Assessment, ESL/EFL Teacher Training, Applied Linguistics
Mason Tudor
Instructor
Paul Walker
Professor of English
FH 7C-14
Areas of Expertise: Professional and Technical Writing, Rhetoric, New Media
Kenneth Wall
Instructor
Clay Wyatt
Lecturer
Saihua Xia
Professor of English (TESOL)
FH 7C-12
Areas of Expertise: ESL/EFL Teacher Development, SLA, Pragmatics, Cognitive Approaches to Second Language Learning