Department Chair
| Name | Title | Campus | Contact Information | Teaching & Research Interests |
| Russell Willerton | Professor | Statesboro & Armstrong |
1118B Newton Building (S) Gamble Hall 228 (A) 912-478-0230 rwillerton@georgiasouthern.edu |
Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 2005
Plain Language, Technical Editing, Ethics in Technical Communication, Document Design
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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
| Kathy Albertson | Associate Professor | Statesboro |
1102E Newton Building 912-478-0884 katalb@georgiasouthern.edu |
Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2006 National Writing Project, Literacy Studies, Instructional Development, Professional Development, First-Year Writing |
| Kathleen Marie Baldwin | Assistant Professor | Statesboro |
1120D Newton Building 912-478-1377 kbaldwin@georgiasouthern.edu |
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2016 Writing Assessment, Multimodality, Rhetoric & Composition, Multiliteracies, Multi/Translingualism, Digital Rhetoric |
| William Belford | Lecturer | Armstrong |
Gamble Hall 233 912-344-3256 wbelfod@georgiasouthern.edu |
Ph.D., Florida State University Creative Writing, British and American Literature, Composition |
| Kelly Benhase | Limited-Term Faculty | Armstrong |
Gamble Hall 243 912-344-2574 kbenhase@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.Ed., University of Virginia Rhetoric, Composition Theory, the Bildungsroman |
| Andrew Berger | Lecturer | Statesboro |
1122E Newton Building 912-478-0881 amberger@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 2011 First-Year Writing, Rhetoric & Composition Pedagogy, Writing Center Pedagogy, Cultural & Gender Studies, Narratology, Counterculture Literature, Kentucky & Appalachian Literature, Short Story Cycles, Pop Culture |
| Renee Berry | Lecturer | Armstrong |
Gamble Hall 143 912-344-3146 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 |
| Monique Bos | Lecturer | Statesboro |
3304B Newton Building 912-478-2427 mbos@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1998 First-Year Writing, Business/ Professional Writing & Editing, Writing & Editing for Web, Contemporary Fiction, Creative Writing |
| Margaret Brockland-Nease | Lecturer | Armstrong |
Gamble Hall 212 912-344-2717 mbrocklandnease@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.A., University of Florida First Year Composition, Professional & Technical Communications |
| Christopher Cartright | Lecturer | Armstrong |
Gamble Hall 208 912-344-2597 ccartright@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.F.A., Florida State University, 2012 Composition, Creative Writing, First Year Experience, Gender Studies, Literature, Information Literacy, Global Popular Media, Political Discourse & Ideology |
| Cameron Rocker Clements | Lecturer | Statesboro |
2225A Newton Building 912-478-0373 cclements@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2013 First-Year Writing, English Literature, Irish Studies, Adolescent Literature |
| Anthony Carlton Cooke | Limited-Term Faculty | Statesboro |
2218A Newton Building 912-478-2411 acooke@georgiasouthern.edu |
Ph.D., Emory University, 2015 First-Year Writing, American Literature, Psychoanalysis, Film & Visual Studies, Critical Theory, Psychiatry & Psychology |
| Lisa Costello | Associate Professor | Statesboro |
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 | Statesboro |
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 | Lecturer | Armstrong |
Gamble Hall 132 912-344-2594 wdawers@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.A., Washington University Composition, Sophomore Literature, Media Ethics |
| Julie Douberly | Lecturer | Statesboro |
1119C Newton Building 912-478-0962 juliedouberly@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2003 First-Year Writing, Instructional Technology, Fandom Studies |
| Benjamin Drevlow | Lecturer | Statesboro |
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 | Assistant Professor | Armstrong |
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 | Lecturer | Statesboro |
2225D 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 |
| Christopher Garland | Assistant Professor | Statesboro |
2224B Newton Building 912-478-5248 cgarland@georgiasouthern.edu |
Ph.D., University of Florida, 2014 Interdisciplinary Writing, Visual Rhetoric, Caribbean Studies, Nonfiction, Postcolonial Literature |
| David Gehler | Armstrong |
Gamble Hall 240 912-344-2729 dgehler@georgiasouthern.edu | ||
| Timothy Giles | Full Professor | Statesboro |
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 |
| Ishimine Goins | Limited-Term Faculty | Statesboro |
2225E Newton Building 912-478-0151 igions@georgiasouthern.edu | |
| Breanna Harris | Limited-Term Faculty | Statesboro |
1120B Newton Building 912-478-2369 bbharris@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.A., Georgia Southern University The American Short Story, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, 20th Century American Literature, and Irish Literature |
| Amanda Hedrick | Lecturer | Statesboro |
2221B Newton Building 912-478-0234 ahedrick@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.A., University of Maine, 2009 First-Year Writing, Rhetoric & Composition, Gender & Women’s Studies, LGBTQ Studies, Social Media Composition, Professional Writing, National Writing Project |
| Natalie James Ingalsbe | Lecturer | Statesboro |
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 | Armstrong |
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 | Senior Lecturer | Statesboro |
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 |
| Drew Keane | Lecturer | Statesboro |
1119D Newton Building 912-478-0153 dkeane@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2012 First Year Writing, Rhetoric & Composition, Critical Thinking, National Writing Project, English Literature, 18th Century, Biblical Literature, Religious Studies |
| Joshua Lavender | Limited-Term Faculty | Statesboro |
2222E Newton Building 912-478-0986 jlavender@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.F.A., University of Maryland, 2014 First-Year Writing, Creative Writing, Prosody and Contemporary Poetics, Genre Innovations in Fiction |
| Marti Lee | Lecturer | Statesboro |
1122A Newton Building 912-478-0547 mlee@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2003 First-Year Writing, English Literature, Critical Thinking, Popular Culture, Postcolonial Studies, Nationalist Literature, Medieval Literature, Irish Studies |
| Danelle LeJune | Limited-Term Faculty | Liberty Center |
Gamble Hall 227 dlejune@georgiasouthern.edu | |
| Thomas Lewis | Limited-Term Faculty | Statesboro |
2219A Newton Building 912-478-6991 tdlewis@georgiasouthern.edu |
Ph.D., Tulane University, 2019
Sociolinguistics, Language Ideologies, Latinx Communities |
| Jinrong Li | Associate Professor | Statesboro |
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 | Senior Lecturer | Statesboro |
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 | Statesboro |
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 |
| Connor Mabry | Limited-Term Faculty | Statesboro |
1119A Newton Building 912-478-6016 cmabry@georgiasouthern.edu | First-Year Writing |
| Annie Mendenhall | Associate Professor | Armstrong |
Gamble Hall 235 912-344-3603 amendenhall@georgiasouthern.edu |
Ph.D., Ohio State University Rhetoric, Writing, Composition Theory and Pedagogy, Archival Research |
| Marcus Mitchell | Lecturer | Liberty Center |
Liberty Center 117 912-877-1916 mmitchell@georgiasouthern.edu |
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University 19th Century British literature, Edwardian Literature, Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication |
| Brandi Moody | Lecturer | Statesboro |
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 | Armstrong |
Gamble Hall 204 912-344-3123 tmorris@georgiasouthern.edu |
Ph.D., Florida State University Journalism, Creative Writing, Literature |
| Christy Mroczek | Senior Lecturer | Armstrong |
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 | Statesboro |
1119B Newton Building 912-478-0421 cnelson@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.F.A. Florida State University, 2014 First-Year Writing |
| Sheila Nielsen | Lecturer | Statesboro |
2218E Newton Building 912-478-5566 snielsen@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2015 First-Year Writing, 20th Century American Literature, Writing Project, Interdisciplinary Studies, Writing Across the Curriculum |
| Michael Odom | Limited-Term Faculty | Statesboro |
2218D Newton Building 912-478-0226 modom@georgiasouthern.edu |
J.D., Samford University Cumberland School of Law
Teaching Writing, Online Education, Team-Based Learning, Creative Nonfiction, First-Year Writing
|
| Christina Olson | Assistant Professor | Statesboro |
2221C Newton Building 912-478-0124 colson@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.F.A., Minnesota State University, 2007 Creative Writing (Poetry & Creative Nonfiction) |
| Aron Pease | Lecturer | Statesboro |
2222B Newton Building 912-478-5707 apease@georgiasouthern.edu |
Ph.D., University of Florida, 2010 First-Year Writing |
| Michael Pemberton | Professor | Statesboro |
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 | Lecturer | Statesboro |
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 |
| Chelsea Plunkett | Limited-Term Faculty | Statesboro |
2219E Newton Building 912-478-0374 cplunkett@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.F.A., Georgia College & State University, 2014 First-Year Writing, Rhetoric & Composition, Creative Writing, Contemporary Fiction & Creative Nonfiction, Appalachian Literature |
| Daniel Plunkett | Limited-Term Faculty | Statesboro |
2225A Newton Building 912-478-1399 dplunkett@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.F.A., Georgia College & State University, 2014 First-Year Writing, Composition Studies, Creative Writing, Southern Gothic Literature, Lyrical Fiction |
| Kevin Psonak | Senior Lecturer | Statesboro |
2218D Newton Building 912-478-0226 kpsonak@georgiasouthern.edu |
Ph.D., University of Texas, 2012 History of the English Language, Linguistics, Medieval English Literature |
| Deborah Reese | Associate Professor | Armstrong |
Gamble Hall 121 912-344-3142 deborahreese@georgiasouthern.edu |
Ph.D., University of Texas, Arlington Composition, Rhetoric, Literature |
| Desireé Riley | Limited-Term Faculty | Statesboro |
1119B Newton Building 912-478-7548 driley@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2016 First-Year Writing, English Renaissance Literature, Women’s & Gender Studies, Critical Theory |
| Nicole Rivas | Limited-Term Faculty | Armstrong |
Gamble Hall 241 912-344-3344 nrivas@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.F.A., University of Alabama Composition, Rhetoric, Literature, Creative Writing |
| Joanna Schreiber | Associate Professor | Statesboro |
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, Rhetorics of Science & Technology |
| Amanda Schumacher | Lecturer | Statesboro |
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 |
| Jared Yates Sexton | Associate Professor | Statesboro |
2224B Newton Building 912-478-1326 jsexton@georgiasouthern.edu |
M.F.A., Southern Illinois University, 2008 Fiction, Creative Writing, Narrative, Realism, Surrealism, Minimalism, Maximalism, Working Class Literature, Changing Masculine Roles, Screenwriting, Popular Culture, Publishing |
| Christopher Smith | Lecturer | Statesboro |
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 | Statesboro |
2218A 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 | Armstrong |
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 | Armstrong |
Liberty Center 227 912-877-1906 sthompson@georgiasouthern.edu | |
| Terry Thompson | Assistant Professor | Statesboro |
2225C Newton Building 912-478-7079 twthom@georgiasouthern.edu |
Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado, 1985 American & British Literature |
| Laura Valeri | Associate Professor | Statesboro |
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 | Lecturer | Statesboro |
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) |
| Drew Wright | Limited-Term Faculty | Statesboro |
2219A Newton Building 912-478-8570 dwright@georgiasouthern.edu |
Department Technology Manager
| Name | Campus | Contact Information | Title |
| Jenna Bayto | Statesboro | 2252 Carroll Building 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 Power | Armstrong |
SSC 125 spower@georgiasouthern.edu | Academic Advisor |
English Language Program
| Name | Campus | Contact Information | Title |
| Amy Perry | Statesboro |
IAB 2012 aperry@georgiasouthern.edu | Staff |
Last updated: 9/18/2019
