English Department Faculty and Staff

Leadership and Administration

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Stephannie Gearhart

  • Position: Professor
    Department Chair
  • Phone: 419-372-6841
  • Email: stephsg@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 213D/324 East Hall
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Danielle Burkin

  • Position: Office Coordinator
  • Phone: 419-372-2576
  • Email: dburkin@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 211A East Hall
Tifanie-Knauff

Tifanie Knauff

  • Position: Senior Secretary
  • Phone: 419-372-7885
  • Email: tknauff@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 211 East Hall
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Bill Albertini

  • Position: Associate Professor
    Director, Literature Program
    Undergraduate Coordinator
  • Phone: 419-372-7541
  • Email: woalber@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 340 East Hall

UWP

Literature

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Lee Nickoson

Lee Nickoson

  • Position: Professor
    Director, Rhetoric and Writing Studies
  • Phone: 419-372-7556
  • Email: leenick@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 341 East Hall

Rhetoric & Writing

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Amy Rybak

  • Position: Teaching Professor
    Director, University Writing Program (UWP)
  • Phone: 419-372-2728
  • Email: arybak@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 302 East Hall
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Kimberly Spallinger

  • Position: Teaching Professor
    Graduate Coordinator
  • Phone: 419-372-8145
  • Email: spallkk@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 304 East Hall

Rhetoric & Writing

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Sheri Wells-Jensen

  • Position: Professor
    Director, T/ESOL and Linguistics Minor Programs
  • Phone: 419-372-8935
  • Email: swellsj@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 338 East Hall
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Jennifer Warnke

  • Position: Teaching Professor
    Director, Scientific and Technical Communication Program
  • Phone: 419-372-7551
  • Email: jkwarnke@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 322 East Hall

Scientific & Technical

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Faculty

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Neil Baird

  • Position: Professor
  • Phone: 309-255-7103
  • Email: neilb@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 344 East Hall
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Holly Bird

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-4655
  • Email: hbird@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 345 East Hall
Kitty Burroughs

Kitty Burroughs

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Fernanda Capraro

  • Position: Assistant Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-7554
  • Email: fcaprar@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 323 East Hall
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Joe Celizic

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-8919
  • Email: cjoseph@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 224 East Hall
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Abigail Cloud

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-9686
  • Email: clouda@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 220 East Hall

Creative Writing

Literature

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Kim Coates

Kimberly Coates

  • Position: Professor of English and American Culture Studies
  • Phone: 419-372-9189
  • Email: kimbec@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 303 East Hall
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Amy Cook

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-9398
  • Email: amycook@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 312 East Hall
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Susan Cruea

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-0157
  • Email: scruea@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 346 East Hall
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Daniel Current

  • Position: Assistant Teaching Professor
  • Email: dcurren@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 304 East Hall
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Phil Dickinson

  • Position: Teaching Professor
    Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Phone: 419-372-2286
  • Email: pdickin@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 445 East Hall
    371B Central Hall
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Heath Diehl

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-5400
  • Email: williad@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 024 Founders
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Brad Felver

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-7532
  • Email: bfelver@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 308 East Hall

UWP

Creative Writing

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Bryan Gattozzi

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-4651
  • Email: bryang@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 332 East Hall

UWP

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Julie Haught

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-0587
  • Email: julieah@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 325 East Hall
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Cheryl Hoy

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-4658
  • Email: choy@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 316 East Hall

UWP

Rhetoric & Writing

Scientific & Technical

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Dawn Hubbell-Staeble

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-4650
  • Email: dhubbel@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 331 East Hall

UWP

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Amorak Huey

  • Position: Professor
    Director, Creative Writing Program
  • Email: ahuey@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 330 East Hall

Creative Writing

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Lucinda Hunter

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-0173
  • Email: lhunter@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 313 East Hall
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Phillip Hurst

  • Position: Assistant Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-7905
  • Email: phurst@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 334 East Hall

Creative Writing

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Jay Jones

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-0564
  • Email: hwjones@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 335 East Hall
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Ethan Jordan

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-4659
  • Email: ethanj@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 326 East Hall

UWP

Rhetoric & Writing

Scientific & Technical

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Heather Jordan

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-4657
  • Email: hljorda@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 318 East Hall

UWP

Rhetoric & Writing

Scientific & Technical

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Anastasiia Kryzhanivska

  • Position: Associate Teaching Professor
    The Learning Commons ESOL Writing Specialist
  • Phone: 419-372-0149
  • Email: akryzh@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 337 East Hall [Teaching]
    The Learning Commons
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Erin Labbie

  • Position: Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-0598
  • Email: labbie@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 225 East Hall
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Piya Pal Lapinski

  • Position: Associate Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-7553
  • Email: piyapl@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 320 East Hall
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Simon Morgan-Russell

  • Position: Professor and Dean of Honors College
  • Phone: 419-372-8504
  • Email: smorgan@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 024 Founders Hall
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Amanda McGuire Rzicznek

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-4660
  • Email: amcguir@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 309 East Hall

UWP

Creative Writing

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Timothy J. “TJ” Pyatt

  • Position: UWP Program Assistant
  • Email: tpyatt@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 215B East Hall
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Dan Rzicznek

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-6832
  • Email: fdrzicz@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 329 East Hall

UWP

Creative Writing

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Tiffany Beth Scarola

  • Position: Associate Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-6838
  • Email: tscarol@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 314 East Hall

UWP

Scientific & Technical

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Mike Schulz

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-0537
  • Email: mschulz@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 321 East Hall
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Jolie Sheffer

  • Position: Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
    Professor, English and American Culture Studies
  • Phone: 419-372-8541
  • Email: jsheffe@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 371F Central Hall
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Chad Van Buskirk

  • Position: Teaching Professor
    Associate Chair and Undergraduate Coordinator of English
  • Phone: 419-372-4232
  • Email: cvanbus@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 301 East Hall
    215D East Hall
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Rachel Walsh

  • Position: Associate Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-7561/419-372-8145
  • Email: walshr@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 319 East Hall
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Sherri Werdebaugh

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-4653
  • Email: sherriw@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 342 East Hall

UWP

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Ann Westrick

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-8934
  • Email: awest@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 336 East Hall

UWP

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Elizabeth Loo Zemanski

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-4661
  • Email: eloo@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 221 East Hall

UWP

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Jessica Zinz-Cheresnick

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-0595
  • Email: jzinz@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 222 East Hall

UWP

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  • Dr. Lester Barber, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Bob Bashore, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Khani Begum, Associate Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Ellen Berry, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Alice Calderonello, Professor Emeritus
  • Lynn Campbell, Sr. Lecturer Emeritus
  • Dr. Susan Carlton, Teaching Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Lawrence Coates, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Bill Coggin (William O.), Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Charles L. Crow, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Edgar F. Daniels, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Bruce Edwards, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Allan Emery, Associate Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Richard Gebhardt, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. William E. Grant, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Gary Heba, Associate Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Thomas L. Kinney, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Rona Klein, Sr. Lecturer Emeritus
  • Dr. Thomas D. Klein, Professor Emeritus
  • Cheryl Lachowski, Teaching Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Daniel Madigan, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Cynthia Mahaffey, Teaching Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Wendell Mayo, Professor Emeritus
  • Mr. Howard L. McCord, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Richard E. Messer, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Robert Meyers, Associate Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Michael Mott, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Sharona Muir, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Philip F. O'Connor, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Shirley Ostler, Assistant Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Vivian Patraka, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Wallace Pretzer, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Brownell Salomon, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Philip Terrie, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Harender N. Vasudeva, Associate Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Ralph H. Wolfe, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Sue Carter Wood, Associate Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Thomas L. Wymer, Professor Emeritus

Updated: 06/29/2026 03:55PM