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Department Chair

Name

Title

Campus

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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

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

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
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
Marie Bliemeister	Limited Term Faculty	Statesboro	2219D Newton Building 912-478-8570 mbliemeister@georgiasouthern.edu
Keller Bright	Limited Term Faculty	Statesboro	2224 Newton Building 912-478-7749 hbright@georgiasouthern.edu
Margaret Brockland-Nease	Lecturer	Armstrong	Gamble Hall 235 912-344-2717 mbrocklandnease@georgiasouthern.edu	M.A., University of Florida First Year Composition
Donette Brown-Ansah	Limited Term Faculty	Statesboro	1120B Newton Building 912-478-2369 dbrownansah@georgiasouthern.edu	M.A., Georgia Southern University 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
Lisa A. Costello	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
Amy Dohm	Limited Term Faculty	Statesboro	2222E Newton Building 912-478-0986 adohm@georgiasouthern.edu	M.A., Northern Arizona University Professional and Technical Writing, Digital Literacy, Service Learning
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	Senior 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	Associate 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	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	Statesboro	1122E Newton Building 912-478-0881 bfrentzko@georgiasouthern.edu
Christopher Garland	Associate 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
Carolyn Geraci	Limited Term Faculty	Statesboro	2218D Newton Building 912-478-0226 cgeraci@georgiasouthern.edu	M.Ed., University of Houston Victoria
Timothy Giles	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
Breanna Harris	Limited-Term Faculty	Statesboro	2219A Newton Building 912-478-6991 bbharris@georgiasouthern.edu	M.A., Georgia Southern University The American Short Story, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, 20th Century American Literature, and Irish Literature
Amanda Hedrick	Senior Lecturer	Statesboro	1120D 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
Abigail Hey	Limited Term Faculty	Statesboro	2219E Newton Building 912-478-0374 ahey@georgiasouthern.edu
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	Principal 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	Senior Lecturer	Statesboro	1119D Newton Building 912-478-0153 dkeane@georgiasouthern.edu	M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2012 First-year Writing, Rhetoric, Early modern English, History of Technical Writing, Orality in Writing
Marti Lee	Lecturer	Statesboro	1122A Newton Building 912-478-0547 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 LeJune	Limited-Term Faculty	Liberty Center	Gamble Hall 227 dlejune@georgiasouthern.edu
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	Principal 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
Heather Lowry	Limited Term Faculty	Armstrong	Gamble Hall 241 912-344-3344 hlowry@georgiasouthern.edu	M.A., Youngstown University, 2010
Margaret Mauk	Limited Term Faculty	Statesboro	2221B Newton Building 912-478-1377 mmauk@georgiasouthern.edu
Laurie Mascolo	Limited Term Faculty	Statesboro	1119A Newton Building 912-478-6016 lmascolo@georgiasouthern.edu	Ed.D., Georgia Southern University, 2014 GA Certified Teacher PK-12 English, K-12 Special Education, and Educational Leadership; Using Children’s Literature with Adults
Brandon McCoy	Limited Term Faculty	Statesboro	Gamble Hall 243 912-344-2529 bmccoy@georgiasouthern.edu
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 117 912-877-1910 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	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 Creative Writing, Literature
Christy Mroczek	Principal 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
Christina Olson	Associate 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
Curtis Ricker	Professor	Statesboro	1120E Newton Building 912-478-0884 cricker@georgiasouthern.edu
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, Professional and Technical Editing, Project Management
Amanda Schumacher	Senior 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
Scott Smith	Limited Term Faculty		2225D Newton Building 912-478-0151 scottsmith@georgiasouthern.edu
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	Liberty Center	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	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	Senior 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)
Kelly Wolfsheimer	Limited Term Faculty	Armstrong	kdiamond@georgiasouthern.edu

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

English Language Program

Name	Campus	Contact Information	Title
Amy Perry	Statesboro	IAB 2012 aperry@georgiasouthern.edu	Staff

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