Brittain Fellow Alums

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

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