Department of English

Faculty & Staff by Rank

Professor

Name	Email	Fields
William Atkinson	atkinsoncw@appstate.edu	British Literature - 1900 to Present Language Studies & Linguistics World Literature
Sandra L. Ballard	ballardsl@appstate.edu	American Literature - 1900 to Present American Literature - Appalachian & Southern
Joseph Bathanti	bathantjr@appstate.edu	Creative Writing Poetry & Poetics
William Brewer	brewerwd@appstate.edu	British Literature - 19th Century British Literature - The Romantic Period
Cece Conway	conwayec@appstate.edu	American Literature - 1900 to Present American Literature - Appalachian & Southern Folklore
Bruce Dick	dickba@appstate.edu	American Literature - 1900 to Present American Literature - African American American Literature - Ethnic & Native American Film
Carl Eby	ebycp@appstate.edu	American Literature - 1900 to Present American Literature - 19th Century American Literature - African American Critical Theory Gender Studies
Jill Ehnenn	ehnennjr@appstate.edu	British Literature - 19th Century British Literature - Victorian Critical Theory Gender Studies and Queer Studies
Craig Fischer	fischercj@appstate.edu	Cultural Studies Film
Leonardo Flores	floresll@appstate.edu	American Literature - 1900 to Present Poetry & Poetics Digital Media & Culture
Kristina Groover	grooverkk@appstate.edu	American Literature - 1900 to Present American Literature - African American British Literature - 1900 to Present
Alison Gulley	gulleyea@appstate.edu	British Literature - Medieval Gender Studies History of the English Language
Kathryn Kirkpatrick	kirkpatrick@appstate.edu	Creative Writing Critical Theory Ecocriticism Gender Studies Irish Literature & Culture Poetry & Poetics
David Orvis	orvisdl@appstate.edu	British Literature - Early Modern Critical Theory Queer Studies
Elaine O'Quinn	oquinnej@appstate.edu	English Education
Alexander Pitofsky	pitofskyah@appstate.edu	British Literature - 18th Century Film
Colin Ramsey	ramseyct@appstate.edu	American Literature - 19th Century American Literature - Colonial & Federal
Susan C. Staub	staubsc@appstate.edu	British Literature - Early Modern
Jennifer Wilson	wilsonjp@appstate.edu	British Literature - 18th Century

Associate Professor

Name	Email	Fields
Jacob Babb	babbjs@appstate.edu	Rhetoric & Composition Writing Program Administration Science Fiction & Horror
Jessie Blackburn	blackburnjb@appstate.edu	Assistant Chair Rhetoric Rhetoric & Composition Technical & Professional Writing
Germán Campos-Muñoz	camposmunozg@appstate.edu	Comparative Literature Critical Theory Film World Literature
Başak Çandar	candarb@appstate.edu	Comparative Literature Critical Theory World Literature
Leslie Susan Cook	cookls@appstate.edu	English Education
Lynn Doyle	doylel@appstate.edu	Creative Writing Poetry & Poetics
Sarah-Beth Hopton	hoptonsb@appstate.edu	Rhetoric Technical & Professional Writing
James Ivory	ivoryjm@appstate.edu	British Literature - 1900 to Present Critical Theory Post-Colonial Literature
Donna Lillian	lilliandl@appstate.edu	Discourse Analysis History of the English Language Language Studies & Linguistics
Mark Powell	Powelljm1@appstate.edu	Creative Writing
Lynn Searfoss	searfossla@appstate.edu	American Literature - 19th Century History of the English Language Language Studies & Linguistics Rhetoric & Composition
Kyle Stevens	stevensck@appstate.edu	Film Television Studies Cultural Studies Queer Studies Critical Theory
Zackary Vernon	vernonzd@appstate.edu	American Literature - 1900 to Present American Literature - Appalachian & Southern Ecocriticism Film Southern Studies
Susan Weinberg	weinbergsc@appstate.edu	Creative Writing
Michael T. Wilson	wilsonmt@appstate.edu	American Literature - 1900 to Present American Literature - 19th Century Cultural Studies Gender Studies

Assistant Professor

Name	Email	Fields
Vanessa Evans	evansvk@appstate.edu	Contemporary Indigenous literatures and theory Pedagogy Transnational American studies Cultural studies Citizenship studies Postcolonial literature and theory World literature and theory
Chris Meade	meadecm@appstate.edu	American Literature - 1900 to Present American Literature - Ethnic & Native American Comparative Literature Critical Theory Post-Colonial Literature World Literature
Bethany Mannon	mannonbo@appstate.edu	Contemporary and Cultural Rhetorics Gender, Religion, and Social Movements Teaching and Tutoring Writing
Clarice Moran	morancm1@appstate.edu	English Education
Savannah Paige Murray	murrays@appstate.edu	Environmental Rhetoric Appalachian Cultural Rhetoric Feminist Historiography Ecocomposition.
Melissa Stone	stonemm2@appstate.edu
Belinda Walzer	walzerbl@appstate.edu	Rhetoric and Composition Human Rights rhetoric and literature Temporalty Rhetorics of resistance Postcolonial studies and global Anglophone literature Diversity and inclusion in composition studies

Visiting Assistant Professor

Name	Email	Fields
Melissa Birkhofer	birkhofermd@appstate.edu	Ethnic American Literature Latinx Literatures Indigenous Literatures.
Sarah Carter	carterse5@appstate.edu
Evan Gray	grayem1@appstate.edu	Rural Rhetoric, Poetics, and Pedagogy
Ryan James McGuckin	mcguckinrj@appstate.edu	Modernism and Modernity Gender, Race, and the Novel Musical Culture Transnational Approaches to Literature Rhetoric and Modernism Urban Modernism
Ashleigh Bryant Phillips	phillipsab2@appstate.edu	Creative Writing, Short Fiction
Dwight Tanner	tannerdk@appstate.edu

Professor Emeritus

Name	Email	Fields
Edwin T. Arnold	english@appstate.edu
Melissa Barth	barthme@appstate.edu	Critical Theory Gender Studies Technical & Professional Writing
Howard Giskin	giskinha@appstate.edu	World Literature
Edelma Huntley	english@appstate.edu
Leon Lewis	lewislh@appstate.edu	American Literature - 1900 to Present British Literature - 1900 to Present Film
Holly Martin	martinhe@appstate.edu	American Literature - 1900 to Present American Literature - Ethnic & Native American
Grace McEntee	mcenteege@appstate.edu	American Literature - 19th Century American Literature - African American
Thomas McGowan	mcgowanta@appstate.edu
Thomas McLaughlin	mclaughlin@appstate.edu	Critical Theory
Gene Miller	english@appstate.edu
Georgia Rhoades	rhoadesgd@appstate.edu
Lynn Moss Sanders
Roger Stilling	stillingrj@appstate.edu	British Literature - Early Modern Film
Mark Vogel
Wilber Ward	wardwh@appstate.edu	American Literature - Colonial & Federal

Senior Lecturer

Katie Adams	adamska@appstate.edu
Aaron Ballance	ballanceam@appstate.edu
Kate Birgel	birgelkz@appstate.edu
Miles Britton	brittonrm@appstate.edu
Heather Childress Custer	custerhc@appstate.edu	Rhetoric & Composition
Sarah Davis	daviss1@appstate.edu
Ben Good	goodbp@appstate.edu
Cole Wahab	wahabjc@appstate.edu
Linda "Gail" York	yorklg@appstate.edu	Rhetoric & Composition

Lecturer

Katy Abrams	abramskj@appstate.edu	Creative Writing
Sarah (Bekah) Ballard	ballardsr@appstate.edu
Joel Berrier	berrierjm@appstate.edu
Jessica Cory	coryjs@appstate.ed	Native American/Indigenous literature African American environmental literature Appalachian environmental literature Nature Writing/Environmental Justice Writing/Ecocriticism Poetry/Poetics
Patrick Crowley	crowleypm@appstate.edu	Literary transnationalism; comparative literature; decolonial aesthetics; Caribbean literature, cinema, and culture
Audrey Fessler	fessleraa@appstate.edu
Cayla Fralick	fralickcm@appstate.edu
Peaches Hash	hashpe@appstate.edu
Andrew Hayes	hayesat@appstate.edu
Vicki LeQuire	lequirevl@appstate.edu
April McGinnis	mcginnisaj@appstate.edu	British and American Romanticism Ecocriticism
Ben Morris	morrisbc@appstate.edu
Brittany R. Roberts	robertsbr2@appstate.edu	World and comparative literature 19-21st century Russian, Slavic, and American literatures Russian, Soviet, and American cinema Horror, the gothic, science fiction, and the fantastic Environmental humanities Posthumanism, animal studies, and critical plant studies
Wesley Saylors	saylorswp@appstate.edu
Reci Smith	smithra18@appstate.edu
Kennedy "Alex" Sloop	sloopka@appstate.edu	Appalachian literature, folklore, and oral history
Kelly Terzaken	terzakenks@appstate.edu
Bill Torgerson	torgersonwj@appstate.edu
Kevin Young	youngkw@appstate.edu

Adjunct

Graduate Teaching Assistants

Benfield, Zoe	benfieldzd@appstate.edu
Donadio, Sophia	donadiosp@appstate.edu
Mitchell, Brianna	mitchellbn1@appstate.edu
Ruiz, Myfawny	hullms@appstate.edu
Sloop, Alex	sloopka@appstate.edu
Wartham, Daniel	warthamdw@appstate.edu

Staff

Vacant	Vacant	Office Manager
Andie Thomas	pabonaj@appstate.edu	Administrative Support Associate