Department of English

Faculty and Staff in the Department of English

Staff

Joshua Phillips, Department Chair
Bridget Wells, Undergraduate Advisor

Valerie Flack Foster, Assistant to the Chair/Department Registrar

Emily Gillo, Undergraduate Office

Sarah Ellis, Graduate Office

Faculty

African American Literature

Terrence Tucker, Coordinator of African American Literature
Shelby Crosby
Ladrica Menson-Furr, Director of African and African American Studies
Verner D. Mitchell

Brian Baaki, Postdoctoral Fellow

Kathy Lou Schultz, Director of Women's and Gender Studies

Applied Linguistics

Rebecca Adams, Coordinator of Applied Linguistics
Lyn Wright (Lyn Wright Fogle)
Ronald Fuentes, Director of Online Programs

Sage Lambert Graham
Emily A. Thrush

Creative Writing

Marcus Wicker. Coordinator of Creative Writing

Emily Skaja

Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication

William Duffy, Coordinator of Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication

Katherine Fredlund, Director of First Year Writing
Liz Lane
Brad McAdon
Joseph Jones, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Loel Kim

Scott Sundvall, Director of the Center for Writing and Communication
Emily A. Thrush

Literary and Cultural Studies

Darryl Domingo, Coordinator of Literary and Cultural Studies

Theron Britt
Cristina Maria Cervone, Director of Honors
Lorinda Cohoon
Shelby Crosby
Donal Harris
Ladrica Menson-Furr, Director of African and African American Studies

Carey J. Mickalites
Verner D. Mitchell
Joshua Phillips, Department Chair
Gene A. Plunka

Don Rodrigues
Kathy Lou Schultz, Director of Women's and Gender Studies
Jeffrey Scraba, Director of Graduate Studies
Terrence Tucker, Coordinator of African American Literature

Instructors

Gregory Barlow
Carlos Bolton
Rachel Cantrell

Dean Clement
Michael Compton
Jerome Cusson
Cathy Dice
Ana G. Gal
Paula Hayes
Tammy Jones

Bess R.H. Myers, Assistant Director of First Year Writing
Nina Myers
Rhonda Powers
Courtney Santo, Editor-in-Chief of the Pinch and Director of River City Writers Series
Stacy Smith
Calen Verbist

Sharese Willis

Lakeitha Wilson

Lambuth Campus

Elizabeth Weston
Gray Hilmerson