Faculty and Staff in the Department of English

Staff

Terrence Tucker Department Chair, Professor	901-678-2651 467 Patterson Hall tttucker@memphis.edu
Bridget Wells Assistant to the Chair and Department Registrar	901-678-4385 469 Patterson Hall bwells6@memphis.edu
Bethany Webb Undergraduate Advisor	901-678-4500 471 Patterson Hall bwebb2@memphis.edu
Alonna McClendon Financial Services Associate	901-678-2254 401C Patterson Hall mcclndon@memphis.edu
Sherry Lusk Undergraduate Office	901-678-4592 467 Patterson Hall selusk@memphis.edu
Sarah Ellis Graduate Office	901-678-1448 461 Patterson Hall smellis@memphis.edu
Emily Gillo Instructor/Coordinator, Marketing & Communication	901-678-2164 401B Patterson Hall epsmith2@memphis.edu
Faculty African American Literature
Terrence Tucker Department Chair, Professor	901-678-2651 467 Patterson Hall tttucker@memphis.edu
Shelby Crosby African American Literature Coordinator, Associate Professor	901-678-4583 423 Patterson Hall scrosby1@memphis.edu
Ladrica Menson-Furr Director of African American Studies, Associate Professor Assistant Dean of College of Arts and Sciences	901-678-5455 419 Patterson Hall lnmsnfrr@memphis.edu
Verner Mitchell Professor	901-678-2651 417 Patterson Hall vdmtchll@memphis.edu
Kathy Lou Schultz Associate Professor	901-678-2651 443 Patterson Hall klschltz@memphis.edu
Applied Linguistics
Rebecca Adams Applied Linguistics Coordinator, Associate Professor	901-678-4892 409 Patterson Hall radams4@memphis.edu
J. Elliott Casal Assistant Professor	901-678-2164 440 Patterson Hall jecasal@memphis.edu
Ronald Fuentes Director of Online Programs, Associate Professor	901-678-4692 439 Patterson Hall rfuentes@memphis.edu
Sage Graham Professor	901-678-2651 437 Patterson Hall sgraham2@memphis.edu
Emily Thrush Professor	901-678-4215 401D Patterson Hall ethrush@memphis.edu
Leah Cathryn Windsor Associate Professor, Institute for Intelligent Systems	901-678-2164 Patterson Hall leah.windsor@memphis.edu
Lyn Wright Professor	901-678-2651 441 Patterson Hall ewfogle@memphis.edu
Creative Writing
Marcus Wicker Creative Writing Coordinator, Associate Professor First Horizon Foundation Distinguished Professor	901-678-2651 429 Patterson Hall mwicker1@memphis.edu
Mark Mayer Assistant Professor	901-678-2651 420 Patterson Hall mmayer@memphis.edu
Eric Schlich Editor-in-Chief of The Pinch, Assistant Professor	901-678-2651 431 Patterson Hall bschlich@memphis.edu
Emily Skaja Assistant Professor	901-678-2651 427 Patterson Hall easkaja@memphis.edu
Literary and Cultural Studies
Darryl Domingo Literary and Cultural Studies Coordinator, Associate Professor	901-678-2458 407 Patterson Hall dphnrhnd@memphis.edu
Theron Britt Associate Professor	901-678-4506 453 Patterson Hall tbritt@memphis.edu
Cristina Maria Cervone Director of English Honors, Associate Professor	901-678-2651 411 Patterson Hall cmcrvone@memphis.edu
Lorinda Cohoon Associate Professor	901-678-2651 110 Patterson Hall lcohoon@memphis.edu
Shelby Crosby African American Literature Coordinator, Associate Professor	901-678-4583 423 Patterson Hall scrosby1@memphis.edu
Donal Harris Director of Marcus Orr Center for the Humanities, Associate Professor Joe Orgill Professor of English	901-678-2651 449 Patterson Hall donal.harris@memphis.edu
Ladrica Menson-Furr Director of African American Studies, Associate Professor Assistant Dean of College of Arts and Sciences	901-678-5455 419 Patterson Hall lnmsnfrr@memphis.edu
Carey Mickalites Professor	901-678-2651 413 Patterson Hall cjmcklts@memphis.edu
Verner Mitchell Professor	901-678-2651 417 Patterson Hall vdmtchll@memphis.edu
Joshua Phillips Associate Professor	901-678-2651 451 Patterson Hall jsphllps@memphis.edu
Kathy Lou Schultz Associate Professor	901-678-2651 443 Patterson Hall klschltz@memphis.edu
Jeffrey Scraba Associate Professor	901-678-4768 455 Patterson Hall jscraba@memphis.edu
Terrence Tucker Department Chair, Professor	901-678-2651 467 Patterson Hall tttucker@memphis.edu
Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication
Elizabeth Lane WRTC Coordinator, Assistant Professor	901-678-2651 447 Patterson Hall etlane@memphis.edu
William Duffy Graduate Studies Coordinator, Associate Professor	901-678-2651 445 Patterson Hall weduffy@memphis.edu
Katherine Fredlund Director of First-Year Writing, Associate Professor	901-678-2651 405 Patterson Hall kfrdlund@memphis.edu
Joseph Jones Undergraduate Studies Coordinator, Associate Professor	901-678-1164 459 Patterson Hall jgjones@memphis.edu
Loel Kim Associate Professor	901-678-2651 421 Patterson Hall loelkim@memphis.edu
Tori Thompson Peters Assistant Professor	901-678-2651 426 Patterson Hall ttpeters@memphis.edu
Scott Sundvall Assistant Professor	901-678-2651 415 Patterson Hall ssndvall@memphis.edu
Emily Thrush Professor	901-678-4215 401D Patterson Hall ethrush@memphis.edu
Teaching Faculty
Terry Ansbro Assistant Professor of Teaching	901-678-4636 310 Patterson Hall tansbro@memphis.edu
Christopher Black Assistant Professor of Teaching	901-678-2651 214 Patterson Hall cablack2@memphis.edu
Carlos Bolton Assistant Professor of Teaching	901-678-4808 320 Patterson Hall cbolton@memphis.edu
Shanna Cameron Assistant Professor of Teaching	901-678-2651 106 Patterson Hall slcmeron@memphis.edu
Rachel Cantrell Assistant Professor of Teaching Internship Coordinator	901-678-4590 304 Patterson Hall rkplwitz@memphis.edu
Dean Clement Assistant Professor of Teaching	901-678-2651 326 Patterson Hall wdclment@memphis.edu
Cathy Dice Assistant Professor of Teaching Wordsmith Writing Olympics Coordinator	901-678-4535 432 Patterson Hall cdice@memphis.edu
Veverly Edwards Assistant Professor of Teaching	901-678-2651 120 Patterson Hall vmedwrds@memphis.edu
Ana Grace Gal Assistant Professor of Teaching	901-678-5908 306 Patterson Hall aggal@memphis.edu
Emily Gillo Instructor/Coordinator, Marketing & Communication	901-678-2164 401B Patterson Hall epsmith2@memphis.edu
Nicholas Gorrell Assistant Professor of Teaching	901-678-2651 108 Patterson Hall nick.gorrell@memphis.edu
Paula Hayes Assistant Professor of Teaching	901-678-2651 230 Patterson Hall pmhayes@memphis.edu
Tammy Jones Assistant Professor of Teaching	901-678-2651 308 Patterson Hall trjones1@memphis.edu
Nina Myers Assistant Professor of Teaching Assistant Director of First-Year Writing	901-678-2651 322 Patterson Hall cnmyers@memphis.edu
Kimberly Payne Assistant Professor of Teaching	901-678-2651 117 Patterson Hall kpayne@memphis.edu
Rhonda Powers Assistant Professor of Teaching	901-678-5598 418 Patterson Hall rrpowers@memphis.edu
Adam Ruh Assistant Professor of Teaching	901-678-2651 216 Patterson Hall akruh@memphis.edu
Courtney Santo Assistant Professor of Teaching Director of River City Writers' Series	901-678-2651 416 Patterson Hall cmsanto@memphis.edu
Stacy Smith Assistant Professor of Teaching	901-678-2651 428 Patterson Hall sssmith2@memphis.edu
Calen Verbist Assistant Professor of Teaching	901-678-2651 218 Patterson Hall gcvrbist@memphis.edu
Lakeitha Wilson Assistant Professor of Teaching	901-678-3496 117 Patterson Hall lswilsn1@memphis.edu
Elizabeth Weston Lambuth Campus Associate Professor of Teaching	731-425-1927 207C Varnell-Jones, Lambuth eaweston@memphis.edu
Gray Hilmerson Lambuth Campus Associate Professor of Teaching	731-425-1924 207B Varnell-Jones, Lambuth gbhlmrsn@memphis.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Rebecca Argall	Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication
Mary Battle	Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication
John Bensko	Creative Writing
Cynthia Bernstein	Applied Linguistics
William Carpenter	Administration
Cary Holladay	Creative Writing
Mary MacNealy	Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication
Catherine Martin	Literature
James Newcomb	Literature
William O'Donnell	Literature
Gordon Osing	Creative Writing
Henry Peyton	Literature
Gene Plunka	Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication
Stephen Tabachnick	Literature
Cynthia Tucker	Literature

Faculty and Staff in the Department of English

Staff

Faculty

African American Literature

Applied Linguistics

Creative Writing

Literary and Cultural Studies

Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication

Teaching Faculty

Emeritus Faculty