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 Scheduler	901-678-4385 469 Patterson Hall bwells6@memphis.edu
April L. Cleaves Undergraduate Advisor	901-678-4500 471 Patterson Hall april.l.cleaves@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 Assistant Professor of Teaching Marketing & Communications Coordinator	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	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	417 Patterson Hall vdmtchll@memphis.edu
Kathy Lou Schultz Professor	443 Patterson Hall klschltz@memphis.edu
R. Nicole Smith Assistant Professor	426 Patterson Hall rnsmith9@memphis.edu
Applied Linguistics
Rebecca Adams Applied Linguistics Coordinator, Professor	901-678-4892 409 Patterson Hall radams4@memphis.edu
J. Elliott Casal Assistant Professor	431 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	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	Patterson Hall 433 leah.windsor@memphis.edu
Lyn Wright Professor	441 Patterson Hall ewfogle@memphis.edu
Creative Writing
Marcus Wicker Creative Writing Coordinator, Associate Professor Harvard University Radcliffe Institute Fellow First Horizon Foundation Distinguished Professor	429 Patterson Hall mwicker1@memphis.edu
Mark Mayer Co-Director of The Pinch Presents (formerly River City Writer's Series) Assistant Professor	420 Patterson Hall mmayer@memphis.edu
Courtney Santo Editor-in-Chief of The Pinch Assistant Professor	421 Patterson Hall cmsanto@memphis.edu
Eric Schlich Assistant Professor	447 Patterson Hall bschlich@memphis.edu
Emily Skaja Co-Director of The Pinch Presents (formerly River City Writer's Series) Assistant Professor	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, Professor	411 Patterson Hall cmcrvone@memphis.edu
Lorinda Cohoon Associate Professor	110 Patterson Hall lcohoon@memphis.edu
Shelby Crosby African American Literature Coordinator, Associate Professor	901-678-4583 423 Patterson Hall scrosby1@memphis.edu
Andrew Donnelly Assistant Professor	430 Patterson Hall a.donnelly@memphis.edu
Donal Harris Director of Marcus Orr Center for the Humanities, Associate Professor Joe Orgill Professor of English	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 Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor	413 Patterson Hall cjmcklts@memphis.edu
Verner Mitchell Professor	417 Patterson Hall vdmtchll@memphis.edu
Joshua Phillips Associate Professor	451 Patterson Hall jsphllps@memphis.edu
Kathy Lou Schultz Professor	443 Patterson Hall klschltz@memphis.edu
Jeffrey Scraba Associate Professor	901-678-4768 455 Patterson Hall jscraba@memphis.edu
R. Nicole Smith Assistant Professor	426 Patterson Hall rnsmith9@memphis.edu
Terrence Tucker Department Chair, Professor	901-678-2651 467 Patterson Hall tttucker@memphis.edu
Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication
Scott Sundvall WRTC Coordinator, Associate Professor	415 Patterson Hall ssndvall@memphis.edu
William Duffy Graduate Studies Director, Professor	445 Patterson Hall weduffy@memphis.edu
Katherine Fredlund Director of First-Year Writing, Associate Professor	405 Patterson Hall kfrdlund@memphis.edu
Joseph Jones Associate Professor	901-678-1164 459 Patterson Hall jgjones@memphis.edu
Shiva Mainaly Visiting Assistant Professor	120 Patterson Hall shminaly@memphis.edu
Chloe Robertson Visiting Assistant Professor	440 Patterson Hall crbrtsn9@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	326 Patterson Hall cablack2@memphis.edu
Carlos Bolton Associate Professor of Teaching	901-678-4808 320 Patterson Hall cbolton@memphis.edu
Rachel Cantrell Associate Professor of Teaching Internship Coordinator	901-678-4590 304 Patterson Hall rkplwitz@memphis.edu
Dean Clement Assistant Professor of Teaching	416 Patterson Hall wdclment@memphis.edu
Cathy Dice Associate Professor of Teaching Wordsmith Writing Olympics Coordinator	901-678-4535 432 Patterson Hall cdice@memphis.edu
Veverly Edwards Assistant Professor of Teaching	214 Patterson Hall vmedwrds@memphis.edu
Ana Grace Gal Associate Professor of Teaching	901-678-5908 306 Patterson Hall aggal@memphis.edu
Emily Gillo Assistant Professor of Teaching Marketing & Communications Coordinator	901-678-2164 401B Patterson Hall epsmith2@memphis.edu
Nicholas Gorrell Assistant Professor of Teaching	108 Patterson Hall nick.gorrell@memphis.edu
Paula Hayes Associate Professor of Teaching	230 Patterson Hall pmhayes@memphis.edu
Lindsay Helms Assistant Professor of Teaching Assistant Director of First-Year Writing	106 Patterson Hall lldailey@memphis.edu
Tammy Jones Associate Professor of Teaching	308 Patterson Hall trjones1@memphis.edu
Nina Myers Associate Professor of Teaching	322 Patterson Hall cnmyers@memphis.edu
Kimberly Payne Assistant Professor of Teaching	324 Patterson Hall kpayne@memphis.edu
Rhonda Powers Associate Professor of Teaching	901-678-5598 418 Patterson Hall rrpowers@memphis.edu
Stacy Smith Associate Professor of Teaching	428 Patterson Hall sssmith2@memphis.edu
Adam Sneed Assistant Professor of Teaching	414 Patterson Hall asneed4@memphis.edu
Kendra Vanderlip Assistant Professor of Teaching	216 Patterson Hall klvndrlp@memphis.edu
Calen Verbist Assistant Professor of Teaching	218 Patterson Hall gcvrbist@memphis.edu
Lakeitha Wilson Assistant Professor of Teaching	901-678-3496 324 Patterson Hall lswilsn1@memphis.edu
Elizabeth Weston Lambuth Campus Professor of Teaching	731-425-1927 207C Varnell-Jones, Lambuth eaweston@memphis.edu
Gray Hilmerson Lambuth Campus 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
Teresa Dalle	Applied Linguistics
Cary Holladay	Creative Writing
Loel Kim	Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication
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