Brittain Fellow Alums

Brennen, Greg
University of Tampa
Assistant Teaching Professor of English and Writing
gbrennen@ut.edu

Chattopadhyay, Shinjini
Berry College
Assistant Professor of Global Anglophone Literatures
schattopadhyay@berry.edu

Cohen, Joshua
University of Georgia
Lecturer in the Department of English
joshua.cohen1@uga.edu

DiLeonardi, Sean
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
Assistant Professor of English and Director of Digital Studies
sed148@pitt.edu

Fennell, Jill
Georgia Institute of Technology
Visiting Assistant Professor of Technical Communication
jill.fennell@lmc.gatech.edu

Gilman, Danielle
University of Connecticut
Assistant Professor in Residence and First-Year Writing Liaison

Hoffman, Courtney
Georgia Institute of Technology
Assistant Director of the Writing and Communication Program
courtney.hoffman@lmc.gatech.edu

Howard, Jeff
Converse University
Assistant Professor of English and Director of the University Writing Center
jeffrey.howard@converse.edu

LeRud, Lizzy
Minot State University
Assistant Professor of English
elizabeth.lerud@minotstateu.edu

Linthicum, Kent
Northern Arizona University
Teaching Assistant Professor
kent.linthicum@nau.edu

Robinson, Rachel
Fairfield University
Professor of the Practice and Assistant Director of Core Writing
rrobinson-zetzer@fairfield.edu

Rose, McKenna
University of Mississippi
Associate Director of Institutional Assessment
msrose@olemiss.edu

Salyer, Andrew
Georgia Institute of Technology
Visiting Lecturer
jsalyer3@gatech.edu

Sedzielarz, Aleksander
Wenzhou-Kean University
Assistant Professor in the School of English
asedziel@kean.edu

Seiler-Smith, Rachel
Big Sea
Vice President of Creative Strategy and Production
rachel@bigsea.co

Slavin, Molly
Clark Atlanta University
Assistant Professor of English

Slayton, Kendra
Clemson University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval Literature
kslayto@clemson.edu

Smith, Emily
Brenau University
Assistant Professor of English

Taylor, John
Georgia Institute of Technology
Visiting Lecturer and Assistant Director of First-Year Semester Abroad at Georgia Tech Lorraine
jtaylor400@gatech.edu

Thapa, Anu
Virginia Tech
Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies
athapa25@vt.edu

Thomas, George
Guilford College
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
gthomas@guilford.edu

Tigner, Julia
Jacksonville State University
Assistant Professor of English in African-American Literature

Amatya, Alok
Lyon University
Assistant Professor of English

Coulter, Andi
Washington & Lee
Visiting Assistant Professor

Edwards, Alexandra
Texas Christian University
Instructor of Writing

Elliot, Mary Grace
Kennesaw State University
Lecturer of English

Ensley, Mimi
Flagler College
Assistant Professor

Markley, Hannah
Bucknell University
Visiting Assistant Professor

Schaag, Katie
Spelman College
Assistant Professor

Shelley, Jonathan
St. John College
Assistant Professor

Colton, Aaron
Duke University
Lecturer in Writing Studies

Ellis, Patrick
University of Tampa
Assistant Professor, Communication

Gollihue, Krystin
University of North Alabama
Assistant Proessor of Technical Communication

Lee, Derek
Wake Forest University
Assistant Professor of Literature

Misemer, Leah
Georgia Institute of Technology
Assistant Director, Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program

Sturm, Nick
Emory University
NEH Postdoctoral Fellow

Aldinger, Joseph
North Carolina State University
Director, Accelerate to Industry (A2i)

Almanza, Maria
North Carolina State University
Director of External Faculty Awards and Recognition

Bergholtz, Benjamin
Louisiana Tech
Assistant Professor of Literature and Language

Cha, Dongho

Fallis, Jeff
GCSU
Limited Term Lecturer, English

Fitzpatrick, Kelly
Redmonk
Industry Analyst

Fitzsimmons, Rebekah
Carnegie Melon University
Assistant Teaching Professor in Heinz College of Information Systems & Public Policy

Girard, Amanda
Georgia Institute of Technology
Computer Science Junior Design Capstone Course Coordinator

Greene, Rebekah
Assistant Professor
University of Rochester School of Nursing

Holterhoff, Kate
Nebo Agency
Front End Web Developer

Hwang, Hyeryung
Cal Poly Pomona
Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary General Education

Jacobs, Bethany
Anthology Inc.
Senior Education and Training Assistant

Murdock, Chelsea
Clemson University
Director of Writing Lab and Lectur

Rogers Patton, Andrea
"Writer/ Musician/Performer "

Wilson, Casey
Francis Marion University
Assistant Professor of English

Colvin, Tina
Thomas Jefferson University
Assistant Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Literature

Dischinger, Matt
Georgia State University
Lecturer

Eichel, Andrew (Andy)
Georgia State University
Senior Associate Researcher, National Institute for Student Success

Forsthoefel, Jennifer
Augsburg University
Assistant Professor of English and Writing Center Director

Huie Harrison, Kathryn
Undefining Motherhood
Author/Owner

Homar, Katie
North Carolina State University
Director of Academic and Engineering Writing Support

Howard, James
University of North Georgia
Assistant Director of Tutoring Services

Ioanes, Anna
University of St. Francis
Assistant Professor of English

King, Amy
Auburn University
Lecturer of English

King, Joshua
UGA
Lecturer, Associate Director of Composition

Kirkscey, Russell
Penn State Harrisburg Assistant
Professor of English and Technical and Professional Writing

Krafft, Andrea
Tokio Marine HCC - Stop Loss Group
Instructional Designer / Trainer

Lawrence, Halcyon
Towson University
Assistant Professor of Technical Communication

Lozier-Laiola, Sarah
Coastal Carolina University
Assistant Professor of English and Digital Humanities

Marzoni, Andrew
York Preparatory School
English Teacher

Weng, Julie
Texas State University
Assistant Professor of English

Afflerbach, Ian
University of North Georgia
Assistant Professor of American Literature

Browning, John
SCAD
General Education Professor

Cantrell, Owen
Perimeter College at GSU
Assistant Professor of English

Griffin, Michael
The Mount Vernon School
Upper School Humanities Instructor

Higinbotham, Sarah
Emory University Oxford College
Assistant Professor of English

Hussey, Josh
UGA
Limited Term Instructor of English

Miller, Monica
Middle Georgia State University
Assistant Professor of English

Neefe, Lauren
Perkins + Will Writer,
Urban Design

O'Brien, Sarah
University of Virginia Arlington
Assistant Professor of Writing

Sexton, Melissa
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Lecturer, Department of English

Smith, Julia

Wilson-Bates, Tobias
Georgia Gwinnett College
Assistant Professor of English

Young, Caroline
UGA
Lecturer

Addcox, J. Stephen    
Westminster Schools    
Upper School English Teacher

Allukian, Kristin    
University of South Florida    
Assistant Professor of English

Bronstein, Phoebe    
University of San Diego    
Director of Academic Programs and Assistant Teaching Professor

Brown, Lyndsay        

Bullock, Chelsea    
Chord Commerce    
Staff Product Manager

Hutter, Liz    
University of Dayton    
Assistant Professor of Health Communication

Johnson, Valerie    
University of Montevallo    
Assistant Professor of English

Kelly, Caitlin    
Georgia Institute of Technology    
Director of Comm Lab

Lobdell, Nicole 
Depauw University    
Assistant Professor of English

Lovatt, Gabriel
        
Menagarishvili, Olga    
Metropolitan State University    
Assistant Professor Tech Comm and Interaction Design

Rettberg, Eric    
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy    
English Faculty

Stivers, Clint    
Eastern Kentucky University    
Assistant Director, Writing and Communications Program

Stockstill, Ellen    
PennState Harrisburg    
Assistant Professor, English

Taylor, Patricia (Patti)    
USC Dornsife    
Lecturer

Weakland, Joseph    
RapidFire Tools    
Technical Writer
 

• Joy Bracewell
  University of Georgia
  Research Interests: Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Studies, the Black Atlantic, Visual Literacy

• Mauro Carassai
  University of Florida
  Research Interests: Digital Media, Criticism and Theory, American Studies

• Lisa Dusenberry
  University of Florida
  Research Interests: Children’s Media, Digital Media, Media Theory, Technical Communication

• Annalee Edmondson
  University of Georgia
  Research Interests: 19th–21st-century British literature, literary modernism, narrative theory, the novel, feminist theory, ethics, affect theory

• Marty Fink
  The Graduate Center (CUNY)
  Research Interests: Queer/trans studies, HIV/AIDS and new media, graphic novels, DIY zine culture, prison activism

• Amanda Golden
  University of Washington
  Research Interests: Poetry, Anglo-American Modernism, Digital Humanities, Composition

• Dustin Hannum
  University of Rochester
  Research Interests: American literature, literary theory, rhetoric and composition, film

• Leah Haught
  University of Rochester
  Research Interests: Medieval Literatures and Cultures, Middle English Arthuriana

• Julie Hawk
  University of Rochester
  Research Interests: Medieval Literatures and Cultures, Middle English Arthuriana

• Mirja Lobnik
  Emory University
  Research Interests: Literature of the Americas, Interdisciplinary Studies of Memory and Orality, Multimodal Composition

• Noah Mass
  University of Texas
  Research Interests: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century American Literature, Southern Literature, African-American Literature, Regionalism, and Transnational Studies

• Patrick McHenry
  University of Florida
  Research Interests: American Modernist Poetry, Literature, and Culture; Literary and Critical Theory; New Media Studies, Cultural Studies

• Iuliu Ratiu
  SUNY Albany
  Research Interests: Analytical Writing and Life Narratives, Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Thoreau, Transcendentalism and Antebellum Literature

• Andrew Bozio
  PhD, University of Michigan
  Research Interests: Late medieval and early modern drama and poetry; cognitive theory and literary studies; intellectual history
  abozio@skidmore.edu

• Mollie Barnes
  PhD, University of Georgia
  Research Interests: Victorian Literature, American Literature, Nineteenth-Century Transatlanticism
  Assistant Professor of English, University of South Carolina Beaufort
  mbarnes2@uscb.edu

• Rachael Dean-Ruzicka
  PhD, Bowling Green State University
  Research Interests: American Culture, Digital Pedagogy, Young Adult Literature
  Assistant Professor of English, Georgia Gwinnett College
  rdeanruzicka@ggc.edu

• Jason Ellis
  PhD, Kent State University
  Research Interests: Twentieth-century American literature and Science Fiction, Digital Literacy, and Neuroscientific Discourses
  Assistant Professor of English, New York City College of Technology
  jellis@citytech.cuny.edu

• John Harkey
  PhD, The City University of New York
  Research Interests: 20th century American Literature, especially poetics

• Christine Hoffmann
  PhD, University of Arkansas
  Research Interests: Credibility standards in early modern British literature, copia & accumulation in early modern and 21st-century discourse, folly’s influence in early modern drama & 21st-century politics, self-fashioning & gender politics inside social networks
  ceh0073@auburn.edu

• Jennifer Lux Holley
  PhD, University of Connecticut
  Research Interests: Poetry and the intersection between creative and critical writing

• Aaron Kashtan
  PhD, University of Florida
  Research Interests: Media studies, Comics, Animation, Video Games, Literature, Computer Graphics

• Margaret Konkol
  PhD, SUNY Buffalo
  Research Interests: Modernism, Poetry/Poetics, Ecocriticism, Digital Humanities, Literature and Science, Feminist Criticism
  Visiting Assistant Professor of English, New College of Florida
  mkonkol@ncf.edu

• Amanda Madden
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interests: Technological change in the Early Modern Era, Digital Humanities, Cultural Networks and Intellectual Communities, Narrative, Cultural Adaptations of Technology, and Historical Representation in Popular Culture

• Julia Munro
  PhD, University of Waterloo
  Research Interests: pre-photographic and early photographic technologies

• Jennifer Orth-Veillon
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interests: Comparative Literature, French Literature, Postcolonial Studies, Twentieth Century European Literature

• Aron Pease
  PhD, University of Florida
  Research Interests: Economic Critique; Global Studies; Media Studies; Ninteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-First Century American Literature; Economics; Cultural Studies

• Britta Spann
  PhD, University of Oregon
  Research Interests: Twentieth Century American Literature, Poetry, and the Classical Tradition

• Brandy Blake
  PhD, University of Georgia
  Research Interests: Children’s Literature, Fantasy, Victorian and Modern British Literature.
  ISyE Academic Advisor and Communication Specialist, Georgia Institute of Technology
  brandy.blake@isye.gatech.edu

• Sarah Bleakney
  PhD, University of Florida
  Research Interests: Victorian Studies, Aging Studies, Gender Studies, Business Communication.
  Instructional Designer, University of Florida
  sarah.bleakney@warrington.ufl.edu

• Doris Bremm
  PhD, University of Florida
  Research Interests: Twentieth-Century Literature, Visual Art and Culture, Film, Museum Studies.

• Peter Fontaine
  PhD, Georgia State University
  Research Interests: Fiction Writing, American Pop Culture Studies.
  Communication Center Associate Director, Georgia Institute of Technology
  peter.fontaine@lmc.gatech.edu

• James Gregory
  PhD, University of Georgia
  Research Interests: Medieval English and Welsh Studies, Digital Literacy, Technical Communication.
  Instructional Design Consultant, IUPUI
  jamegreg@iupui.edu

• Kathleen Hanggi
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interest: Postcolonial Studies with emphasis on African Literature and Film.
  Assistant Professor of English, Doane College
  kathleen.hanggi@doane.edu

• Lauren Holt
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interests: First Year Writing and Communication, Multiliteracies and Multimodality, Digital Pedagogy, Participatory Pedagogy, Restoration, Eighteenth-Century Literature, Poetics, Genre Theory, and Affect and Psychoanalytic Theory.
  ESL Program Instructor, Emory University
  laurenreaholt@gmail.com

• Diane Jakacki
  PhD, University of Waterloo
  Research Interests: Early Modern Literature, Digital Humanities, Multimedia Research, Theatre.
  Digital Scholarship Coordinator, Bucknell University
  diane.jakacki@bucknell.edu
  website

• Emily Kane
  PhD, University of Georgia
  Research Interests: 19th and 20th Century American Literature, 20th Century British and Irish literature, Transatlantic Travel and Relocation.
  Program Officer, The Center for Global Education, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  kane@hws.edu

• Thomas Lolis
  PhD, University of Miami
  Research Interests: Renaissance Literature, Composition, Graphic Novel, Visual Rhetoric.
  English Teacher, The Episcopal School of Texas
  t.lolis@tmi-sa.org

• Kellie Meyer
  PhD, University of York
  Research Interests: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Nineteenth Centure Literature, Literary Criticism.
  Office Manager, DIY Event Décor Rentals

• Michelle Miles
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interests: Contemporary Irish Literature, Postcolonial Literature, Composition.
  Associate Director, UGA at Oxford Study Abroad Program
  mrmiles@uga.edu

• Christopher Ritter
  PhD, Washington State University
  Research Interests: Digital Game Studies, Digital Rhetoric, Computers and Writing.
  Assistant Professor, Clayton State University
  christopherritter@clayton.edu
  (678) 466-4879

• Malavika Shetty
  PhD, University of Texas – Austin
  Research Interests: Linguistics, Rhetoric, Gaming, Television, Indian Culture and Identity.
  Lecturer, Writing and Communication Program, Georgia Tech
  malavika.shetty@lmc.gatech.edu

• Katherine Tanski
  PhD, Purdue University
  Research Interests: Rhetoric of Technology, New Media, Popular Culture, Fandom Rhetoric, Professional Writing, and Fan Culture.
  Instructional Designer, North Idaho College
  kvtanski@nic.edu                                                                                                                                        

• Christopher Weedman
  PhD, Southern Illinois University
  Research Interests: British Film, Literature, and Culture; Exp. Excilic Cimena Film Studies and Twentieth Century British Literature and Drama.
  Visiting Assistant Professor, Kutztown University

• Michelle DiMeo
  PhD, University of Warwick
  Research Interests: Early Modern Science and Medicine, Early Modern Medicine Books, Katherine Jones, Lady Ranelagh (1615-1691)
  Curator of Digital Collections at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF)
  mdimeo [at] chemheritage [dot] org
  Website

• Michelle Gibbons
  PhD, University of Pittsburgh
  Research Interests: Rhetorical theory and criticism; rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine; vernacular public discourse; and digital humanities
  Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of New Hampshire
  michelle.gibbons@unh.edu
   

• Leeann Hunter
  PhD, University of Florida
  Research Interests: Professional Culture, Gender, and Technology in the Nineteenth Century and the Present, with Emphasis on Social Economics.
  Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of English, Washington State University
  leeann.hunter@wsu.edu
  Website

• Jennifer Parrott
  PhD, Southern Ilinois University – Carbondale
  Research Interests: Twentieth-Century British and Irish Fiction and Drama, Contemporary Irish Women Playwrights, Travel Writing.
  Assistant Professor of English, Clayton State University
  jenniferparrott@clayton.edu
  Website

• Nirmal H. Trivedi
  PhD, Boston College
  Research Interests: U.S. Empire Studies, 19th-century American Culture, Visual Culture, Postcolonial Theory, Digital Pedagogy.
  Director, Academic Transition Programs (GT 1000 & First-Year Reading Program), Georgia Institute of Technology
  nirmal.trivedi@gatech.edu

• Crystal B. Lake
  PhD, University of Missouri
  Research Interests: Eighteenth-Century and Romantic British Literature, Material Culture, and Historiography; Cultural Studies, Women Writers.
  Assistant Professor of English, Wright State University
  crystal.lake@wright.edu

• Paulette Richards
  PhD, University of Virginia
  Research Interests: French Civilization, History.
  Professor, English Workshops in Professional Communication, Institut Supérieure de Management, Senegal; Artist in Residence, Institut Français
  paulette.richards [at] lmc.gatech.edu">paulette.richards@lmc.gatech.edu

• Robin Wharton
  PhD, University of Georgia
  Research Interests: Medieval Law and Literature, Critical Legal Studies, the Digital Humanities.
  Lecturer of English, Georgia State University
  Editor, Hybrid Pedagogy Publishing
  Editor and Head of Technical Development, The Hoccleve Archive
  Website
  @rswharton on Twitter

• Roger Todd Whitson
  PhD, University of Florida
  Research Interests: Romantic and Postmodern Literature, Graphic Novels, Media Theory, Disability Studies.
  Assistant Professor, Washington State University
  roger.whitson@wsu.edu

• Olin Bjork
  PhD, University of Texas at Austin
  Research Interests: English Literature, English, Professional Writing, Technical Communication, Digital Humanities.
  Assistant Professor of English, University of Houston-Downtown
  bjorko@uhd.edu

• David Brown
  PhD, University of Michigan

• Emma Crandall
  PhD, University of Michigan
  Research Interests: Fashion and Style, and the History of Butch Glamour.
  Assistant Professor of English, Temple University

• Kathryn Farley
  PhD, Northwestern University
  Research Interest: Impact of Digital Media Technologies on Creativity and Performance Scholarship.
  Instructor, Kennesaw State University
  kfarley67@hotmail.com
  www.kathrynfarley.org

• Elizabeth Freudenthal
  PhD, University of California – Santa Barbara
  Research Interests: Contemporary US Fiction and Culture, the Medicalization of Personality.
  Grant Writer, Growing Home Inc.
  efreundenthal@yahoo.com

• Jurgen E. Grandt
  PhD, University of Georgia
  Research Interest: Intersections of Raciological Taxonomies With Recording and Print Technologies in Twentieth-Century American Culture.
  Assistant Professor of English, Gainesville State College
  jurgen.grandt@ung.edu

• Anthony (Andy) Dyer Hoefer
  PhD, Louisiana State University
  Research Interests: Religion and Literature (Particularly the Eschatological Dimensions of Region and Nation), Ecocriticism (Particularly the Relationships Between Regional Identity and Land Use Policies).
  Director of the University Scholars Program, George Mason University
  ahoefer@gmu.edu

• Jared Johnson
  PhD, SUNY Stony Brook
  Research Interests: English Renaissance Drama, Early Modern Cultural Studies, Film and New Media Adaptations of Shakespeare, Interdisciplinary Scholarship That Explores Interstitial Connections Between and Among English, Theater Arts, and Media Studies.
  Assistant Professor of English, Thiel College
  jjohnson@thiel.edu

• Stacy B. Lavin
  PhD, Duke University
  Research Interests: Semiotics, Modernist Literature (Literary Modernism), Italian (Languages and Linguistics), Postmodernism (Literature), the Social Study of Information and Communication Technology.
  Formatting Manager, American Journal Experts

• Danielle Lawson
  PhD, Queensland University of Technology – Brisbane, Queensland (Australia)
  Research Interests: The Intersection Between Popular Culture and Cyberculture, Celebrities and Their Use of Internet Technology (Social Media, Websites and Discussion Groups), Fandoms and Fan Communities, Social Identities in Online Spaces, Citizen Journalism and the Changing Nature of “Information Media.”
  Assistant Professor of Communication & Media Studies, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

• Karissa McCoy
  PhD, Vanderbilt University
  Research Interests: American Literary/Cultural Studies, Critical Race Studies, Gender/Sexuality Studies.
  Communications Specialist, Kenning Communications; Administrative Assistant, Physique Perfection Dance Studio

• Ruth McIntyre

• Matthew Paproth
  PhD, Southern Illinois University – Carbondale
  Research Interests: Contemporary British and Irish Fiction (Especially Modernism and Postmodernism), Popular Culture and Cultural Studies (Especially Music and Television), Technology in Pedagogy (Especially Multimedia Classroom Projects).
  Assistant Professor of English, School of Liberal Arts, Georgia Gwinnett College
  (470) 955-2473

• Manuel Antonio Perez Tejada Dominguez
  PhD, The University of Kansas
  Research Interests: Movies, Documentaries, Mexican Cinema, Cultural Industries, Film Distribution, Film and Media Studies.
  Full-time professor, Department of Communication Sciences, University of the Americas – Puebla
  antonio.tejada@udlap.mx
  +52 (222) 229-20000 Ext. 2209

• Tiffany Tsao
  PhD, University of California – Berkeley
  Research Interests: Colonial Naturalist Texts, Comparative Literature, East Kalimantan Literature, Indonesian Literature, Victorian Literature.
  Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle
  tiffany.tsao@newcastle.edu.au

• Daniel Vollaro
  PhD, Georgia State University
  Research Interests: American Literary History, American Anarchism, Existentialist Literature, Service Learning Pedagogy.
  Assistant Professor of English, Georgia Gwinett College
  dvollaro@ggc.edu

• Andrea Wood
  PhD, University of Florida
  Research Interests: Transnational Comics and Animation, Popular Genres, New Media, LGBTQ Literature and Film, Feminist and Queer Theory, Fandom Studies.
  Assistant Professor of Media Studies, Winona State University
  awood@winona.edu

• Alexander Vaughan Ames 
  PhD, Saint Louis University
  Adjunct Instructor, University of South Carolina
  amesa@mailbox.sc.edu

• Fernando Arenas
  PhD, University of California, Berkeley
  Research Interests: Literature, Film, and Popular Music, Studied Through an Interdisciplinary and Theoretical Prism Centering on the Dyad of Post-Colonialism and Globalization.
  Full-time professor, University of Medellin

• Scott Balcerzak
  PhD, University of Florida
  Research Interests: Classic Hollywood Literature and Film, Early 20th Century Popular Stage, Vaudeville and Broadway, Cinema and Digital Culture, Gender Studies
  Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies, Northern Illinois University
  sbalcerzak@niu.edu

• Jason Embry
  PhD, Georgia State University
  Research Interests: Postmodernism Science Fiction, First-Year Writing, Utopia/Dystopia.
  Assistant Professor of English, Georgia Gwinett College
  jembry@ggc.edu

• Lisa Hager 
  PhD, University of Florida
  Assistant Professor of English, University of Wisconsin – Waukesha
  lisa.hager@uwc.edu

• Todd Reynolds
  PhD, University of Florida
  Full-time organizer, Maryland Teachers and Researchers Union

• Lisa Schneider
  PhD, Emory University
  Instructor, Roosevelt University

• Allison Whitney
  PhD, University of Chicago
  Research Interests: Gender, Race, and Genre; Religion and Film, Feminist Media Studies.
  Assistant Professor of English, Texas Tech University
  allison.whitney@ttu.edu

• Scott Banville
  PhD, Ohio State University
  Research Interests: Nineteenth-Century British Literature and Culture, the Novel, Cultural Studies, Popular, Culture, Gender and Sexual Studies, Digital Media Studies.
  Assistant Professor of English and Writing Program Administrator, Nicholls State University

• Andrew Cooper
  PhD, Princeton University
  Research Interests: Literature, Film Studies, Rhetoric, Composition, Technical Communication, the Horror Genre in Novels and Film.
  Assistant Professor, University of Louisville
  andrew@landrewcooper.com

• Francis Desiderio
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interests: American Studies, Urban Studies.
  Honors Program Assistant Director, Georgia Southern University
  francisdesiderio@georgiasouthern.edu

• Terry Easton
  PhD, Emory University
  Assistant Professor of English, Gainesville State College

• Lori Emerson
  PhD, SUNY at Buffalo, New York
  Research Interests: Digital Media, Digital Literature, Media Theory, Archives, Media Archaeology, History of Computing, Typewriting; Twentieth and Twenty-First Century North American Literature: the Avant-Garde, Modernism, Post-1945 Experimental Writing, and Science and Literature.
  Assistant Professor of English, University of Colorado – Boulder
  lori.emerson@colorado.edu

• Daryl Farmer
  PhD, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
  Research Interests: Creative Writing (Nonfiction/Fiction and Poetry), Literature of Ecology, 20th Century American Literature, Composition, Contemporary U.S. West Literature, Travel Literature and the Journey Narrative, Magical Realist Literature.
  Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, Stephen F. Austin State University
  dlfarmer@alaska.edu

• Angela Flury
  PhD, University of California – Davis
  Research Interests: Fashion Studies, History of the Novel, Translation Studies, Visual Studies, Pedagogy of Writing, Cinema.
  Associate Professor of English, DePauw University
  aflury@depauw.edu

• Michael Fournier
  PhD, Georgia State University
  Research Interests: Renaissance Poetry, 20th Century Poetry in English, Technical Communication.
  Assistant Professor of English, Georgia Gwinnett College
  mfournie@ggc.edu

• Derek Merrill
  PhD, University of Florida
  Lecturer, UC Merced
  dmerrill2@ucmerced.edu

• Chad Pearson
  PhD, University of Texas at Dallas
  Research Interests: Rhetoric,  Expository Writing, Composition, Creative Writing, World Literature, American Literature, Literary Theory, Humanities, Film Studies, Speech and Communication.

• Ruben Ramirez-Sanchez
  PhD, The University of New Mexico
  Associate Professor of Communication, University of Puerto Rico

• JC Reilly
  PhD, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
  Research Interest: Poetry.
  Director of Undergraduate Programs, Georgia Institute of Technology
  jc.reilly@lmc.gatech.edu

• Benjamin J. Robertson
  PhD, University at Buffalo
  Research Interests: Digital Media, Music, Contemporary American Literature and Culture, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Critical Theory.
  Instructor, University of Colorado – Boulder
  benjamin.j.robertson@colorado.edu

• Kent Still
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interest: Philosophy.
  Philosophy Instructor, Emory University

• Ashley Lear
  PhD, University of Houston
  Research Interests: Literature and Interdisciplinary Courses.
  Professor, Department of Humanities and Communication, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  andrewsa@erau.edu

• Mary Behrman
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interests: History of the English Language, Medieval Literature.
  Lecturer of English, Kennesaw State University
  mbehrman@kennesaw.edu

• Kristin Girard
  PhD, SUNY Stony Brook
  Research Interests: Parenting, Cooking, Healthy Living, Education, Travel, Staying Organized.
  Editor of Fayette Woman Magazine
  http://kristingirard.com/contact/

• Rodney Hill
  PhD, University of Kansas
  Research Interests: Film, Marketing and Publicity.
  Assistant Professor of Film, Hofstra University
  rodney.hill@hofstra.edu

• Caroline Kimberly
  PhD, Tulane University
  Communications Specialist, The University of Texas – MD Anderson Cancer Center

• Thomas Lilly
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interests: 19th Century American Literature, Particularly Periodical Literature and the Modes; Genres and Materials of Popular Literature of the Period; the Relationship Between Online Writing and Critical Thinking.
  Associate Professor of English, Georgia Gwinnett College
  tlilly@ggc.edu

• James McClung
  PhD, University of Georgia
  Director of UGA at Oxford Study Abroad Programs
  jmcclung@uga.edu

• Ben Miller
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interests: Human Rights, Sound Studies, Digital Humanities, Collective Memory.
  Assistant Professor, Georgia State University
  miller@gsu.edu

• Melissa Stevenson
  PhD, University of California – Santa Barbara
  Academic Director, Stanford University
  melissas@stanford.edu

• John Wells
  PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology

• Leslie Worthington
  PhD, Auburn University
  Chair of the Department of English and Foreign Languages, Advisor for the Chestatee Review, Gainesville State College
  lworthington@gsc.edu

• Jennifer Wunder
  PhD, Georgia State University
  Research Interest: Literary, Cultural and Political Influence of Secret Societies Such as the Freemasons During the 18th and 19th Centuries
  Associate Professor of English, Director of the Honors Program, Georgia Gwinnett College
  jwunder@ggc.edu

• Kahlil Elayan
  PhD, Georgia State University
  Research Interests: Modern American Literature, Hero Literature, World Literature, Comparative Literature, Modern British Literature.
  Lecturer of English, Kennesaw State University
  keylayan@kennesaw.edu

• Jonathan Goodwin
  PhD, University of Florida
  Research Interests: 20th Century and Contemporary Literature, Especially Modernism; Cognitive Science and Narrative Theory, and Film and New Media Studies.
  Assistant Professor of English, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  jonathan.goodwin@louisiana.edu

• Afshin Hafizi
  PhD, University of Florida
  Research Interests: Iranian Society, Philosophy, World Literature.
  English Professor, The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)

• Steve Levin
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interests: How Twentieth-Century Global Conditions Have Shaped Contemporary Culture and Produced New Discourses of Self and Identity, Contemporary British and Postcolonial Literature, Transnational Cultural Studies, Critical and Literary Theory.
  Associate Professor of English, Clark University
  slevin@clarku.edu

• Srikanth Mallavarapu
  PhD, SUNY Stony Brook
  Research Interests: The Negotiation of Modernity in the Postcolonial Context, Contemporary South Asian Literature and film, Critical Theories of Literature, Science, Technology, and Culture.
  Assistant Professor, Roanoke College
  mallavarapu@roanoke.edu

• Brian McGrath
  PhD, Colgate University
  Research Interests: European Romanticism, Poetry and Poetics, and Literary, Aesthetic, Rhetorical Theory.
  Associate Professor, British Literature and Literary Theory, Clemson University
  mcgrath@clemson.edu

• Petra Schweitzer
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interests: Holocaust Studies, Comparative Literature, Testimony and Trauma Studies.
  Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Shenandoah University
  pschweit@su.edu

• Fred Young
  PhD, University of Florida
  Lecturer, Full-time faculty, UC Merced
  fyoung3@ucmerced.edu

• Hamilton Carroll
  PhD, Indiana University
  Research Interests: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century US Literature, American Studies, Film Studies, US Culture Studies, Gender and Masculinity Studies, US Racial Formations, Memory, Cultures, and Globalization.
  Lecturer in American Literature and Culture, University of Leeds
  a.cathcart@leeds.ac.uk

• Brian Cliff
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interests: Modern and Contemporary Irish literature, Community and Contemporary Irish fiction, the Harlem Renaissance, the Use of Golden Age Comic Books in Contemporary American Fiction.
  Assistant Professor in Irish Studies and English, Trinity College – Dublin
  bcliff@tcd.ie

• Reshmi Hebbar
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interests: Literary and Cultural Studies, Multicultural Fiction, American Literature, Women’s Literature, Narratives of Immigration, Media Studies.
  Assistant Professor of English, Oglethorpe University
  rhebbar@oglethorpe.edu

• Bridget Heneghan
  PhD, Vanderbilt University

• Piper Huguley-Riggins
  PhD, Georgia State University
  Research Interests: Twentieth Century American Literature, Popular Fiction.
  Lecturer, Spellman College
  phuguley@spelman.edu

• Michael Laughter
  Research Interests: Career Preparation, Workplace Communication Issues, Business Ethics.
  Assistant Coordinator of the Undergraduate Professional Communcations Program, Georgia Institute of Technology
  michael.laughter@ece.gatech.edu

• Lisa McNair-Dupree
  PhD, University of Chicago
  Research Interests: Technical Communications, Computers and Writing, Sociolinguistics.
  Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Education, Virginia Tech
  lmcnair@vt.edu

• Doreen Piano
  PhD, Bowling Green University
  Research Interests: Rhetorical Theory, Composition Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Critical Pedagogy, Visual Research Methods, Creative Nonfiction.
  Associate Professor, University of New Orleans
  dpiano@uno.edu

• Tabitha Sparks
  PhD, University of Washington
  Research Interests: The 19th Century Novel, Literature and Medicine; Narrative Theory.
  Associate Professor and T.A. Coordinator, McGill University

• Chuck Tryon
  PhD, Purdue University
  Research Interests: Film Theory and History, Modern and Postmodern Theory, Literary Theory, Modern and Postmodern American Literature, Narrative Theory, Electronic Pedagogy, Frankfurt School, Cultural Studies, Science Fiction and Fantasy.
  Associate Professor, Fayetteville State University
  ctryon@uncfsu.edu

• Patricia Ventura
  PhD, University of Florida
  Research Interests: Cultural Studies, American Studies, Neoliberal Culture Studies, Film and Media Studies.
  Associate Professor, Department of English, Spelman College
  pventura@spelman.edu

• Doug Davis
  PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
  Assistant Professor of English, Gordon State University
  ddavis@gordonstate.edu

• Scott Ellis
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interests: American Literature with an Emphasis on Pre-1900 Texts, American Indian Literature, Science Fiction, the Relationship Between Technology and Literature.
  Professor of English at Southern Connecticut State University
  elliss3@southernct.edu

• Andrew Hebard
  PhD, University of Chicago
  Research Interests: Late 19th Century American Literature, the State Regulation of Race Relations, American Imperialism and Sovereignty, Law and Literature, Literary Genres.
  Associate Professor, Miami University
  hebarda@muohio.edu

• Laura McGrath
  PhD, University of Georgia
  Research Interests: Online Teaching and Learning, New Media, Rhetoric and Composition, Professional Writing.
  Associate Professor of English at Kennesaw State University
  lmcgrat2@kennesaw.edu

• Lisa Minnick
  PhD, University of Georgia
  Research Interests: Language Variation in American English and the Development of Modern English; Language, Gender, and Culture; Language in the African American Community; the Language of American Literature; Politics and the English Language.
  Associate Professor of Western Michigan University
  lisa.minnick@wmich.edu

• Kate Ready
  PhD, University of Georgia
  Research Interests: British Eighteenth-Century and Romantic literature.
  Assistant Professor of English, The University of Winnipeg
  k.ready@uwinnipeg.ca

• Mary Wearn
  PhD, University of Georgia
  Research Interests: Gender Studies, Abolitionist Writing and Slave Narratives, Maternal Theory, Electronic Pedagogy.
  Associate Professor of English and Assistant Vice President for Academic Planning and Policy, Middle Georgia State University
  mary.wearn@maconstate.edu

• Jennifer Wheelock
  PhD, Florida State University
  Executive Director, Development Communications, Emory University
  jennifer.wheelock@gmail.com

• Ann Campbell
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interests: Eighteenth-Century British Literature, Women’s Novels, Courtship Novels.
  Associate Professor of English, Boise State University
  anncampbell@boisestate.edu

• Mary Carney
  PhD, University of Georgia
  Research Interests: Gender, culture, and American literature of the 19th and 20th centuries.
  Associate Professor of English and Director, Center of Teaching, Learning and Leadership, University of North Georgia
  mary.carney@ung.edu

• Molly Crumpton
  PhD, University of Georgia
  Research Interests: Cross-Cultural Study of Ethnic American Literatures.
  English Professor, California State University – Stanisclaus
  mcrumpton@csustan.edu

• Jason Jones
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interests: Victorian Literature, Humanities Computing, Psychoanalysis.
  Professor, Central Connecticut State University
  jonesjason1@ccsu.edu

• Susan McHugh
  PhD, Purdue University
  Research Interests: Modern and Contemporary Narrative, Media Theory, Intersectional Analysis, Animal Studies in Literature, Science, and the Arts.
  Professor and Chair, Department of English, University of New England
  smchugh@une.edu

• Gretchen Papazian
  PhD, University of Chicago
  Research Interests: Children’s Literature, American Literature, Cultural Studies.
  Assistant Professor of English, Central Michigan University
  papaz1gd@cmich.edu

• Matthew Roberson
  PhD, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
  Research Interests: Fiction Writing, Postmodern American Literature, Cultural Studies.
  Professor, Central Michigan University
  rober1m@cmich.edu

• Stacy Takacs
  PhD, Indiana University
  Research Interests: Contemporary American Literature and Culture, American Cultural Studies, TV Studies, Media and Globalization.
  Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University
  stacy.takacs@okstate.edu

• Jennifer Thompson
  PhD, University of California – Irvine
  Research Interests: Feminist Theory, 19th and 20th Century Philosophy and Critical Theory, the Representation of Violence.
  Assistant Professor of the Humanities, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

• Skip Willman
  PhD, Indiana University
  Research Interests: Contemporary American Fiction, Critical Theory.
  Associate Professor, University of South Dakota
  skip.william@usd.edu

• Vince Willoughby

• Ron Broglio
  PhD, University of Florida
  Research Interests: Critical Animal Studies, Literary Theory, English, Phenomenology, Art History, Critical Theory, Continental Philosophy, Art Theory.
  Associate Professor, Arizona State University
  ron.broglio@asu.edu

• Sandy Baldwin

• Richard A. House
  PhD, University of California – Irvine
  Research Interests: Contemporary American Literature, Literary Theory, Engineering Communication.
  Associate Professor of English, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  richard.a.house@rose-hulman.edu

• Eric Sonstroem
  PhD, Indiana University
  Research Interests: Romanticism, Cultural Studies, Cultural Studies of Science, Population, Electronic Pedagogy.
  Chair of the English Department, University of the Pacific
  esonstroem@pacific.edu

• Suzanne Black

• Katheryn McPherson
  PhD, Emory University
  Research Interest: The Ways English Drama Reveals Aspects of the Protestant Reformation.
  Honors Program Director and Professor of English, Utah Valley University
  kathryn@yorku.ca

• Lance Newman
  PhD, Brown University
  Research Interests: Early American Literature, Environmental Literature.
  Professor of English and Environmental Studies, Westminster College
  lnewman@westminstercollege.edu

• Lisa Yaszek
  PhD, University of Wisconsin – Madison
  Research Interests: Speculative Fiction, Science and Technology Studies, Gender Studies, Cultural History.
  Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Georgia Institute of Technology
  lisa.yaszek@lmc.gatech.edu

• Dan Cabaniss
  PhD, University of Southern California
  Associate Professor of English and Journalism, University of North Georgia
  dan.cabaniss@ung.edu

• Lissa Holloway-Attaway
  Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor, Department of Culture and Communication, Blekinge Institute of Technology.
  lissa.hollowayattaway@bth.se

• Heather Huddleston
  PhD, University of California

• Andy McMurray

• Alex Reid
  PhD, SUNY Albany
  Research Interests: The Study of Communication Theory and Practice in Digital Media, Digital Rhetoric, Composition Theory, Digital Humanities, Posthuman/Nonhuman Theory.
  Associate Professor of English, University at Buffalo
  areid@buffalo.edu

• Ann Bomberger
  PhD, SUNY Stony Brook
  Assistant Professor of English, Gannon University
  bomberge001@gannon.edu

• Jeffrey Di Leo
  PhD, Indiana University
  Research Interests: Applied Ethics, Contemporary Innovative Literature, Classical American Philosophy, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Language, Literary and Cultural Theory.
  Dean of Arts and Sciences and Professor of English and Philosophy, University of Houston-Victoria

• Sandra Hayes
  PhD, Santa Clara University

• Mary McCormack
  PhD, Augusta State

• Steve Spence
  PhD, University of Florida
  Research Interests: Media and Civil Rights, Social Media, Globalization
  Associate Professor of Digital Media Studies, Clayton State University
  stevespence@clayton.edu

• Anne Stockdell-Giesler
  PhD, Georgia State University
  Research Interests: Teaching, Public Relations, Writing, Editing, Project Management.
  Founder, Silent e Writing Services

• Patsy Worrall

• Tanya Augsburg
  Research Interests: Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Theory, Pedagogy, and Assessment.
  Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Liberal Studies; Vice-President, Relations, of the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS),San Francisco State University.
  tanya@sfsu.edu
   
• Kim VanHoosier-Carey
  Individualize Degree Specialist, Center for Individualized Learning, Metropolitan State University of Denver
  kvanhoo3@msudenver.edu

• Elizabeth Mauldin

• David Morgen
  PhD, Columbia University
  Research Interests: Computers and Composition.
  Program Coordinator for the Emory Writing Program
  david.morgen@emory.edu

• Jami Moss
  PhD, University of Wisconsin – Madison
  Research Interest: Fundraising.
  Director of Stewardship and Development, First Presbyterian Church
  jwise@firstpresatl.org

• Anne Sinkey
  Education and Outreach Coordinator, Kennesaw State University
  asinkey@kennesaw.edu

• Brandy Walker
  Research Interest: How Training Changes People’s Thinking About Conflict Resolution.
  Educational Program Specialist, UGA Fanning Institute
  brandy.walker@fanning.uga.edu