Faculty, Graduate Students, 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
Neil Bard

Neil Baird

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

Fernanda Capraro

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

Joe Celizic

  • Position: Associate 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
Kimberly Coates

Kimberly Coates

  • Position: Associate Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-9189
  • Email: kimbec@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 412 East Hall
Lawrence Coates

Lawrence Coates

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

Amy Cook

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

Susan Cruea

  • Position: Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-0157
  • Email: scruea@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 444 East Hall
Daniel Current

Daniel Current

  • Position: Associate Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-8033
  • Email: dcurren@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 304 East Hall
Phil Dickinson

Phil Dickinson

  • Position: Teaching Professor
    Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Phone: 419-372-2286
  • Email: pdickin@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 425 East Hall
Heath Diehl

Heath Diehl

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

Allan Emery

  • Position: Associate Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-7538
  • Email: allanem@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 314 East Hall
Brad Felver

Brad Felver

  • Position: Teaching Professor
    Department Chair
  • Phone: 419-372-7545
  • Email: bfelver@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 213D East Hall
Bryan Gattozzi

Bryan Gattozzi

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

Stephannie Gearhart

  • Position: Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-6841
  • Email: stephsg@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 324 East Hall
Julie Haught

Julie Haught

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

Lucinda Hunter

  • Position: Associate Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-0173
  • Email: lhunter@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 313 East Hall
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
    Coordinator, GameSpace Learning Laboratory
  • Phone: 419-372-4659
  • Email: ethanj@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 326 East Hall
Heather Jordan

Heather Jordan

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

Anastasiia Kryzhanivska

  • Position: Director, ESOL Program
    Associate Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-0149
  • Email: akryzh@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 221 East Hall [ESOL Program Director]
    203 East Hall [Teaching]
Erin Labbie

Erin Labbie

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

Piya Pal Lapinski

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

Sharona Muir

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

Lee Nickoson

  • Position: Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-7540
  • Email: leenick@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 213 East Hall
Reema Rajbanshi

Reema Rajbanshi

  • Position: Creative Writing Faculty
  • Phone: TBA
  • Email: rrajban@bgsu.edu
  • Address: TBA
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
Dan Rzicznek

Dan Rzicznek

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

Tiffany Beth Scarola

  • Position: Associate Teaching Professor
    Associate Chair and Undergraduate Coordinator of English
  • Phone: 419-372-6838
  • Email: tscarol@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 408 East Hall (teaching)
    213D East Hall (coordinator)
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
    Director, Institute for the Study of Culture and Society (ICS)
  • Phone: 419-372-0589
  • Email: jsheffe@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 230 East Hall
Kimberly Spallinger

Kimberly Spallinger

  • Position: Teaching Professor
    Graduate Coordinator
    Undergraduate Coordinator, Rhetoric and Writing Studies
  • Phone: 419-372-8145
  • Email: spallkk@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 213C East Hall
Larissa Szporluk

Larissa Szporluk

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

Chad Van Buskirk

  • Position: Associate Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-4232
  • Email: cvanbus@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 441 East Hall
Rachel Walsh

Rachel Walsh

  • Position: Assistant Teaching Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-7561
  • Email: walshr@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 404 East Hall
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
Sheri Wells-Jensen

Sheri Wells-Jensen

  • Position: Associate Professor
    Coordinator, TESOL Certificate
  • Phone: 419-372-8935
  • Email: swellsj@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 423 East Hall
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
Sue Carter Wood

Sue Carter Wood

  • Position: Associate Professor
    Director, Rhetoric and Writing Studies Graduate Program
  • Phone: 419-372-8107
  • Email: carters@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 401 East Hall
Elizabeth Zemanski

Elizabeth 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
    Coordinator, Undergraduate Creative Writing Program
  • Phone: 419-372-0595
  • Email: jzinz@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 416 East Hall
Muhammed Alamri

Muhammad Alamri

Tooba Amin

Tooba Amin (she/her)

  • Position: MA Student
  • Address: East Hall
Charity Anderson

Charity Anderson (she/her/hers)

  • Position: Ph.D Student, Doctoral Director Assistant & Department Chair Assistant
  • Email: andercl@bgsu.edu
  • Address: East Hall 439C
Michael Beard

Michael Beard

  • Position: MFA Student
  • Address: East Hall
Samuel Burt

Samuel Burt (he/him/his)

  • Position: MFA Student
  • Address: East Hall
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Felicia Cameron

  • Position: MFA Student
  • Address: East Hall
Clay Chiarelott

Clay Chiarelott (he/him/his)

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Annie Cigic (she/her/hers)

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Joseph Elia (he/him/his)

Angelica Esquivel

Angelica Esquivel

  • Position: MFA Student
  • Address: East Hall
Rachel Flynn

Rachel Flynn (she/her/hers)

Charity-Givens

Charity Givens

Megan Green

Megan Green (she/her/hers)

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Kari Hanlin

Travis-Hein

Travis Hein (he/him/his)

  • Position: Ph.D. Student
  • Email: ghein@bgsu.edu
  • Address: East Hall 339C
Oluwatobi Idowu

Oluwatobi Idowu (he/him/his)

Krys Ingman

Krys Ingman (she/they)

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Kelly Kurtzhals Geiger (she/her)

  • Position: MFA Student
  • Address: 411C East Hall
Kennedy Lomont

Kennedy Lomont (she/her)

Kangsen "Yassay" Masango

  • Position: MFA Student
  • Address: East Hall
ChloeMcConnell

Chloe McConnell (She/Her/Hers)

  • Position: MFA Student
  • Address: East Hall
Sherrel McLafferty

Sherrel McLafferty (she/her/hers)

Laura Menard

Laura Menard (she/her/hers)

Spencer-Myers

Spencer Myers

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Michelle Tram Nguyen (she/her/hers)

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Akinkunmi Oseni (he/him/his)

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Gabe Pine (he/him/his)

  • Position: MFA Student
  • Address: East Hall
Timothy Pyatt

Timothy J. “TJ” Pyatt (he/him/his)

  • Position: Ph.D. Student
  • Address: East Hall
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Madison Ratcliff (she/her/hers)

  • Position: MFA Student
  • Address: East Hall
Haley Stammen

Haley Stammen (she/her/hers)

  • Position: Ph.D. Student
  • Address: East Hall
Kylie Stocker

Kylie Stocker (she/her/hers)

Paul Viafranco

Paul Viafranco (he/him/his)

  • Position: MA Student
  • Address: East Hall
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William Walton-Case

  • Position: MA Student
  • Address: East Hall
Olivia Zolciak

Olivia Zolciak (She/They)

  • Position: Ph.D. Student
  • Address: East Hall
Jeanne R. Berry

Jeanne R. Berry (she/her/hers)

  • Position: Secretary to the Chair in English
  • Phone: 419-372-7543
  • Email: jberry@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 213 East Hall
Danielle Burkin

Danielle Burkin (she/her/hers)

  • Position: Administrative Secretary to Undergraduate and Graduate Programs in English
  • Phone: 419-372-2576
  • Email: dburkin@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 212 East Hall
Tifanie Knauff

Tifanie Knauff (she/her/hers)

  • Position: Senior Secretary for University Writing Program and T/ESOL
  • Phone: 419-372-7885
  • Email: tknauff@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 211 East Hall

Dr. Lester Barber, Professor Emeritus

Dr. Bob Bashore, 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. 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

Dr. Susan Carlton, 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. Thomas L. Wymer, Professor Emeritus

Updated: 03/06/2023 09:31AM