Faculty and Staff

Bill Albertini

Bill Albertini

  • Position: Associate Professor
    Director, Literature Program
    Graduate and Undergraduate Coordinator
  • Phone: 419-372-7541
  • Email: woalber@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 424 East Hall

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Neil Bard

Neil Baird

  • Position: Professor
    Director, University Writing Program (UWP)
  • Phone: 309-255-7103
  • Email: neilb@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 402 East Hall
    215J East Hall

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Holly Bird

Holly Bird

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

Kitty Burroughs

  • Position: Teaching Professor
    Associate Director, University Writing Program (UWP)
  • Phone: 419-372-7550
  • Email: sburrou@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 215 East Hall

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Fernanda Capraro

Fernanda Capraro

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

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Joe Celizic

Joe Celizic

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-8919
  • Email: cjoseph@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 421 East Hall
Abigail Cloud

Abigail Cloud

  • Position: Teaching Professor
    Editor, Mid-American Review
  • Phone: 419-372-9686
  • Email: clouda@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 432 East Hall

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Kimberly Coates

Kimberly Coates

  • Position: Associate Professor of English and American Culture Studies
  • Phone: 419-372-9189
  • Email: kimbec@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 403 East Hall

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Lawrence Coates

Lawrence Coates

  • Position: Professor
    Director, Creative Writing Program
  • Phone: 419-372-2111
  • Email: coatesl@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 446 East Hall

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Amy Cook

Amy Cook

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

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Susan Cruea

Susan Cruea

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

Daniel Current

  • Position: Associate Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-8033
  • 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

Heath Diehl

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

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Brad Felver

Brad Felver

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-7532
  • Email: bfelver@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 426 East Hall

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Bryan Gattozzi

Bryan Gattozzi

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

Julie Haught

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-0587
  • Email: julieah@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 413 East Hall

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Cheryl Hoy

Cheryl Hoy

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-4658
  • Email: choy@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 428 East Hall
Dawn Hubbell-Staeble

Dawn Hubbell-Staeble

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

Lucinda Hunter

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

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Jay Jones

Jay Jones

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

Ethan Jordan

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

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Heather Jordan

Heather Jordan

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

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Anastasiia Kryzhanivska

Anastasiia Kryzhanivska

  • Position: Associate Teaching Professor
    The Learning Commons ESOL Writing Specialist
  • Phone: 419-372-0149
  • Email: akryzh@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 203 East Hall [Teaching]
    The Learning Commons

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Erin Labbie

Erin Labbie

  • Position: Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-0598
  • Email: labbie@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 420 East Hall

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Piya Pal Lapinski

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

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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Sharona Muir

Sharona Muir

  • Position: Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-5893
  • Email: smuir@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 409 East Hall

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Donna Nelson-Beene

Donna Nelson-Beene

  • Position: Associate Professor, Director of BG Perspective (General Education)/Provost Office Associate
  • Phone: 419-372-4864
  • Email: dnelson@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 202 Hayes Hall

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Lee Nickoson

Lee Nickoson

  • Position: Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-7556
  • Email: leenick@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 341 East Hall

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Amy Rybak

Amy Rybak

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-2728
  • Email: arybak@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 202 East Hall
Amanda McGuire Rzicznek

Amanda McGuire Rzicznek

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-4660
  • Email: amcguir@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 442 East Hall

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Dan Rzicznek

Dan Rzicznek

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

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Tiffany Scarola

Tiffany Beth Scarola

  • Position: Associate Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-6838
  • Email: tscarol@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 408 East Hall (teaching)

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Mike Schulz

Mike Schulz

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

Jolie Sheffer

  • Position: Professor, English and American Culture Studies
    Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Phone: 419-372-0589
  • Email: jsheffe@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 207 East Hall

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Kimberly Spallinger

Kimberly Spallinger

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-8145
  • Email: spallkk@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 418 East Hall

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Larissa Szporluk

Larissa Szporluk

  • Position: Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-7539
  • Email: slariss@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 308 East Hall

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Chad Van Buskirk

Chad Van Buskirk

  • Position: Associate Teaching Professor
    Associate Chair and Undergraduate Coordinator of English
  • Phone: 419-372-4232
  • Email: cvanbus@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 401 East Hall
    211 East Hall

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Rachel Walsh

Rachel Walsh

  • Position: Associate Teaching Professor and Graduate Coordinator and Associate Chair
  • Phone: 419-372-7561/419-372-8145
  • Email: walshr@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 404 East Hall (Faculty)
    213C East Hall (Coordinator)

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Jennifer Warnke

Jennifer Warnke

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

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Sheri Wells-Jensen

Sheri Wells-Jensen

  • Position: Associate Professor
    Director, T/ESOL Program
  • Phone: 419-372-8935
  • Email: swellsj@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 438 East Hall
    221 East Hall

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Sherri Werdebaugh

Sherri Werdebaugh

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

Ann Westrick

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

Elizabeth Loo Zemanski

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-4661
  • Email: eloo@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 443 East Hall
Jessica Zinz-Cheresnick

Jessica Zinz-Cheresnick

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-0595
  • Email: jzinz@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 416 East Hall
  • 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. Bill Coggin (William O.), Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Charles L. Crow, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Edgar F. Daniels, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Bruce Edwards, Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Allen 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. 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
Jeanne R. Berry

Jeanne R. Berry

  • Position: Senior Secretary
  • Pronouns: she/her/hers
  • Phone: 419-372-7543
  • Email: jberry@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 213 East Hall
Danielle Burkin

Danielle Burkin

  • Position: Office Coordinator
  • Phone: 419-372-2576
  • Email: dburkin@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 212 East Hall
Tifanie Knauff

Tifanie Knauff

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

English Department

Dr. Stephannie Gearhart, Chair
English Department
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403
419-372-7540
stephsg@bgsu.edu

Updated: 03/12/2025 02:21PM