Directory
Department Chair
Name | Title | Contact Information | Teaching & Research Interests |
Beth Howells | Professor | 1118B Newton Building 912-478-5133 bhowells@georgiasouthern.edu | Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Greensboro Plain Language, Ethics in Technical ComWriting, Rhetoric, Gender and Women’s Studies, Composition Studies, 19th Century British Literature |
Administrative Assistants
Name | Campus | Contact Information | Title |
Patricia Byrd | Statesboro |
1118A Newton Building 912-478-0739 pbyrd@georgiasouthern.edu | Senior Administrative Assistant |
Cynthia DeVoe | Armstrong |
Gamble Hall 105 912-344-2594 cynthia.devoe@georgiasouthern.edu | Senior Administrative Assistant |
Debbie Lawrence | Statesboro |
1118 Newton Building 912-478-0141 dglawrence@georgiasouthern.edu | Staff Assistant |
Faculty
Name | Title | Contact Information | Teaching & Research Interests |
William Belford | Senior Lecturer | Gamble Hall 233 912-344-3256 wbelfod@georgiasouthern.edu | Ph.D., Florida State University Creative Writing, British and American Literature, Composition |
Renee Berry | Lecturer/ Interim Director, Armstrong Campus Writing Center | Lane Library 133A 912-344-3142 rberry@georgiasouthern.edu | M.A., Binghamton University Composition and Rhetoric, Literature, Basic Writing/Reading, Children’s and YA Literature, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Public Speaking, Mark Twain |
Margaret Brockland-Nease | Lecturer | Gamble Hall 235 912-344-2717 mbrocklandnease@georgiasouthern.edu | M.A., University of Florida First Year Composition |
Donette Brown-Ansah | Limited Term Faculty | 1120B Newton Building 912-478-2369 dbrownansah@georgiasouthern.edu | M.A., Georgia Southern University First Year Composition, Professional & Technical Communications |
Christopher Cartright | Senior Lecturer | Gamble Hall 208 912-344-2597 ccartright@georgiasouthern.edu | M.F.A., Florida State University, 2012 Composition, Gender Studies, Creative Writing, Literature, Information Literacy, Popular Media, Global Studies |
Cameron Rocker Clements | Lecturer | 2225A Newton Building 912-478-0373 cclements@georgiasouthern.edu | M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2013 First-Year Writing, English Literature, Irish Studies, Adolescent Literature |
Lisa A. Costello | Professor | 2221D Newton | 2288C-D Carroll 912-478-5561 | 912-478-7879 lacostello@georgiasouthern.edu | Ph.D., Louisiana State University & A&M College, 2007 Rhetoric & Composition, Holocaust Memorialization, Gender Studies, Autobiography, Culture & Memory Studies |
Janet Dale | Non-Tenure-Track Faculty | 3305E Newton Building 912-478-5936 jdale@georgiasouthern.edu | M.F.A., Georgia College & State University, 2013 First-Year Writing, Composition Studies, Creative Writing, Flash Fiction, Lyrical & Narrative Nonfiction, Found Poetry, Feature/News Writing, Gender & Women’s Studies, Gothic American Lit, Pop Culture |
Bill Dawers | Senior Lecturer | Gamble Hall 132 912-344-2594 wdawers@georgiasouthern.edu | M.A., Washington University Composition, Sophomore Literature, Media Ethics |
Necoloe DeLoach | Limited Term Faculty | nd03121-sw@georgiasouthern.edu | |
Julie Douberly | Senior Lecturer | 1119C Newton Building 912-478-0962 juliedouberly@georgiasouthern.edu | M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2003 First-Year Writing, Instructional Technology, Fandom Studies |
Benjamin Drevlow | Senior Lecturer | 3304A Newton Building 912-478-5902 bdrevlow@georgiasouthern.edu | M.F.A., Minnesota State University, 2006 Short Stories & The Novel, First-Year Writing, Digital Literacy, Memoir & Autobiographical Fiction, Southern Gothic Literature, Grit Lit, Satire & Humor |
Lisa Dusenberry | Associate Professor | Gamble Hall 141 912-344-2733 ldusenberry@georgiasouthern.edu | Ph.D., University of Florida, 2013 Technical & Professional Communication Pedagogy, Collaboration, Design Thinking, Coding & Game Design, Digital Tools & Writing Pedagogy, Multimodal Communication, Children’s Digital Culture |
Katherine Fallon | Senior Lecturer | 2225E Newton Building 912-478-2218 kfallon@georgiasouthern.edu | M.F.A., Sarah Lawrence College, 2006 First-Year Writing, Creative Writing (Poetry), Pop Culture, Mass Media, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, LGBTQ Studies |
Brianna Frentzko | Limited Term Faculty | 1122E Newton Building 912-478-0881 bfrentzko@georgiasouthern.edu | |
Carolyn Geraci | Limited Term Faculty | 2218D Newton Building 912-478-0226 cgeraci@georgiasouthern.edu | |
Christopher Garland | Associate Professor | 2224B Newton Building 912-478-5248 cgarland@georgiasouthern.edu | Ph.D., University of Florida, 2014 Interdisciplinary Writing, Visual Rhetoric, Caribbean Studies, Nonfiction, Postcolonial Literature |
Timothy Giles | Professor | 1122G Newton Building 912-478-0229 tgiles@georgiasouthern.edu | Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2004 Technical Communication, Metaphor Studies, Classical Rhetoric, Postmodern Rhetoric, Rhetoric of Science & Technology, Technical Communication Pedagogy |
Natalie James Ingalsbe | Senior Lecturer | 1122B Newton Building 912-478-4202 nataliejames@georgiasouthern.edu | M.A., University of Delaware, 2013 First-Year Writing, Rhetoric & Composition, Identity Studies, Pedagogical Methods with Digital Media, Postcolonial Literature & Theory |
Carol Jamison | Professor | Gamble Hall 238, Newton 2224 912-344-3097 cjamison@georgiasouthern.edu | Ph.D., University of Georgia Chaucer, Early English Literature, History of the English Language, Advanced Grammar, Arthurian Literature |
June Joyner | Principal Lecturer | 1122F Newton Building 912-478-0153 jbjoy@georgiasouthern.edu | M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2002 First-Year Writing, Critical Thinking, Teaching Writing, National Writing Project, Popular Culture, Professional Development in Higher Ed |
Marti Lee | Lecturer | Gamble Hall 241 912-344-3344 mlee@georgiasouthern.edu | Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2019 First-Year Writing, English Literature, Critical Thinking, Popular Culture, Postcolonial Studies, Nationalist Literature, Medieval Literature, Irish Studies |
Danelle Lejeune | Part-Time Faculty | Liberty Center dlejeune@georgiasouthern.edu | M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design, 2020 M.A., Iowa State University, 2006 Flipped Classroom, Curriculum Building, Hybrid Teaching, ADA Accommodation, Interdisciplinary, Active Learning, Workshop, Synchronous/Asynchronous, Diversity & Inclusion, Web Content, Educational Technology, Syllabus Adaptation, Composition, MLA/APA Citation, ESL, Gender Studies, Pop Culture, Spoken Word and Poetry |
Jinrong Li | Associate Professor | 2218C Newton Building 912-478-5263 jli@georgiasouthern.edu | Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2012 TESOL, L2 Writing Instruction and Assessment, Corpus Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Language Testing, and Research Methods in Applied Linguistics |
Nan LoBue | Principal Lecturer | 2219C Newton Building 912-478-0641 nlobue@georgiasouthern.edu | M.A.L.S., Wesleyan University, 1984 First-Year Writing, Sociolinguistics, Composition Pedagogy, Writing Assessment, Grammar, 18th Century English Literature, History of Rhetoric |
Brandon Loper | Lecturer | 1119D Newton Building 912-478-0149 bloper@georgiasouthern.edu | M.A., University of Tennessee, 2003 First-Year Writing, Cultural Studies, Post-War American Literature, Critical Theory |
Brandon McCoy | Limited Term Faculty | Gamble Hall 243 912-344-2529 bmccoy@georgiasouthern.edu | |
Nathan Luft | Limited Term Faculty | 1119A Newton Building 912-478-6016 nl02090-sw@georgiasouthern.edu | |
Michael Malmberg | Part-Time Faculty | 2219D Newton Building 912-478-8570 mmalmberg@georgiasouthern.edu | |
Brandon McCoy | Limited Term Faculty | Gamble Hall 243 912-344-2529 bmccoy@georgiasouthern.edu | |
Annie Mendenhall | Associate Professor | Gamble Hall 235 912-344-3603 amendenhall@georgiasouthern.edu | Ph.D., Ohio State University Rhetoric, Writing, Composition Theory and Pedagogy, Archival Research |
Marcus Mitchell | Senior Lecturer | Liberty Center 117 912-877-1910 mmitchell@georgiasouthern.edu | Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University Victorian Literature and Culture, First-Year Writing, Technical and Professional Communication, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies |
Brandi Moody | Lecturer | 2222B Newton Building 912-478-5730 bmoody@georgiasouthern.edu | M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2015 First-Year Writing, Writing Center Pedagogy & Practice, Shakespeare & the Renaissance |
Tony Morris | Professor | Gamble Hall 204 912-344-3123 tmorris@georgiasouthern.edu | Ph.D., Florida State University Creative Writing, Literature |
Christy Mroczek | Principal Lecturer | Gamble Hall 133 912-344-2718 cmroczek@georgiasouthern.edu | M.A., Clemson University Technical Writing, Publication Design, Writing for Non-profit Organizations |
Claire Nelson | Non-Tenure-Track Faculty | 1119B Newton Building 912-478-0421 cnelson@georgiasouthern.edu | M.F.A. Florida State University, 2014 First-Year Writing |
Sheila Nielsen | Senior Lecturer | 1120D Newton Building 912-478-0234 snielsen@georgiasouthern.edu | M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2015 First-Year Writing, 20th Century American Literature, Writing Project, Interdisciplinary Studies, Writing Across the Curriculum |
Christina Olson | Associate Professor | 2221C Newton Building 912-478-0124 colson@georgiasouthern.edu | M.F.A., Minnesota State University, 2007 Creative Writing (Poetry & Creative Nonfiction) |
Aron Pease | Senior Lecturer | 2222B Newton Building 912-478-5707 apease@georgiasouthern.edu | Ph.D., University of Florida, 2010 First-Year Writing |
Michael Pemberton | Professor | 1120C Newton Building 912-478-1383 michaelp@georgiasouthern.edu | Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1989 Writing Centers, Writing Across the Curriculum, Computers & Writing, Writing Program Administration, Writing Theory, Comics Studies |
Krista Petrosino | Senior Lecturer | 2222D Newton Building 912-478-6993 kpetrosino@georgiasouthern.edu | Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2012 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Writing Studies, First Year Writing, Outcomes Assessment, Writing Assessment |
Joanna Schreiber | Associate Professor | 2222C Newton Building 912-478-5908 jschreiber@georgiasouthern.edu | Ph.D., Michigan Technological University, 2013 Technical & Professional Communication, Usability & User Experience (UX), Business & Management Communication, Workplace Studies, Professional and Technical Editing, Project Management |
Amanda Schumacher | Senior Lecturer | 2221A Newton Building 912-478-5750 aaschumacher@georgiasouthern.edu | M.F.A., Minnesota State University, 2011 Creative Writing (Fiction), Young Adult Literature, First-Year Writing |
Scott Smith | Limited Term Faculty | 2225D Newton Building 912-478-5750 scottsmith@georgiasouthern.edu | M.A., University of Houston, 2014 First-Year Writing |
Christopher Smith | Senior Lecturer | 3305D Newton Building 912-478-6992 christophersmith@georgiasouthern.edu | M.F.A., University of Nebraska in Omaha, 2009 Technical Writing, First-Year Writing, Creative Writing (Fiction & Nonfiction), Screenwriting, Online Education, Film Studies & Production, Animation, YA & MG Literature, Graphic Novels, Video Games in Academia |
Jessica Spearman | Lecturer | 1119D Newton Building 912-478-7328 jspearman@georgiasouthern.edu | M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2014 First-Year Writing, Creative Writing (Nonfiction & Poetry), Writing about Social Issues (Social Responsibility & Social Justice), Philosophical Writing (Empiricism, Existentialism, Feminist Philosophy & Transcendentalism), Writing about Self Identity |
Robert Terry | Associate Professor | Gamble Hall 239 912-344-3606 rterry@georgiasouthern.edu | Ph.D., University of Louisville Professional Communication, Creative Writing, Gender Studies, Game Studies, American Literature |
Susan Thompson | Part-Time Faculty | Liberty Center 227 912-877-1906 sthompson@georgiasouthern.edu | |
Terry Thompson | Assistant Professor | 2225C Newton Building 912-478-7079 twthom@georgiasouthern.edu | Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado, 1985 American & British Literature |
Laura Valeri | Professor | 1119E Newton Building 912-478-5889 lvaleri@georgiasouthern.edu | M.F.A., University of Iowa, 2002 M.F.A., Florida International University, 2000 Fiction, Screenwriting, Creative Writing, Nonfiction and Memoir, Creativity, Mythology, Comparative Religion, Teaching Online, Teaching Technology |
LeighAnn Williams | Senior Lecturer | 1124B Newton Building 912-478-1866 lawilliams@georgiasouthern.edu | M.A., Georgia Southern University, 1995 Creative Nonfiction, National Writing Project, First-Year Experience, Narratives, Multigenre/Multimodal Writing, LILAC Project (Learning Information Literacy Across the Curriculum) |
Department Technology Manager
Name | Campus | Contact Information | Title |
Jenna Bayto | Statesboro | IAB Suite 1038 jbayto@georgiasouthern.edu |
Technology Manager Department of Writing & Linguistics |
Department Academic Advisors
Name | Campus | Contact Information | Title |
Megan Bowen | Statesboro | Suite 1038, IAB mbowen@georgiasouthern.edu | Academic Advisor |
Stephanie Herren | Armstrong | SSC 125 spower@georgiasouthern.edu | Academic Advisor |
Last updated: 11/1/2022