Faculty and Staff
- BGSU
- College of Arts and Sciences
- English Department
- Faculty and Staff
Bill Albertini
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Position: Associate Professor
Director, Literature Program
Graduate and Undergraduate Coordinator - Phone: 419-372-7541
- Email: woalber@bgsu.edu
- Address: 424 East Hall

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

Holly Bird
- Position: Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-4655
- Email: hbird@bgsu.edu
- Address: 345 East Hall

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

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

Joe Celizic
- Position: Associate Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-8919
- Email: cjoseph@bgsu.edu
- Address: 421 East Hall

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

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

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

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

Susan Cruea
- Position: Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-0157
- Email: scruea@bgsu.edu
- Address: 346 East Hall

Daniel Current
- Position: Associate Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-8033
- Email: dcurren@bgsu.edu
- Address: 304 East Hall
Phil Dickinson
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Position: Teaching Professor
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences - Phone: 419-372-2286
- Email: pdickin@bgsu.edu
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Address: 445 East Hall
371B Central Hall

Heath Diehl
- Position: Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-5400
- Email: williad@bgsu.edu
- Address: 024 Founders
Allan Emery
- Position: Associate Professor
- Phone: 419-372-7538
- Email: allanem@bgsu.edu
- Address: 314 East Hall

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

Bryan Gattozzi
- Position: Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-4651
- Email: bryang@bgsu.edu
- Address: 332 East Hall
Stephannie Gearhart
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Position: Professor
Department Chair - Phone: 419-372-6841
- Email: stephsg@bgsu.edu
- Address: 213D/324 East Hall

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

Cheryl Hoy
- Position: Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-4658
- Email: choy@bgsu.edu
- Address: 428 East Hall

Dawn Hubbell-Staeble
- Position: Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-4650
- Email: dhubbel@bgsu.edu
- Address: 331 East Hall
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Amorak Huey
- Position: Professor
- Email: ahuey@bgsu.edu
- Address: 330 East Hall

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

Jay Jones
- Position: Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-0564
- Email: hwjones@bgsu.edu
- Address: 335 East Hall

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

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

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

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

Piya Pal Lapinski
- Position: Associate Professor
- Phone: 419-372-7553
- Email: piyapl@bgsu.edu
- Address: 320 East Hall

Simon Morgan-Russell
- Position: Professor and Dean of Honors College
- Phone: 419-372-8504
- Email: smorgan@bgsu.edu
- Address: 024 Founders Hall

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

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

Amy Rybak
- Position: Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-2728
- Email: arybak@bgsu.edu
- Address: 202 East Hall

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

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

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

Mike Schulz
- Position: Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-0537
- Email: mschulz@bgsu.edu
- Address: 321 East Hall

Jolie Sheffer
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Elizabeth Loo Zemanski
- Position: Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-4661
- Email: eloo@bgsu.edu
- Address: 443 East Hall

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

Danielle Burkin
- Position: Senior Administrative Secretary
- Phone: 419-372-2576
- Email: dburkin@bgsu.edu
- Address: 212 East Hall

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: 01/27/2025 11:39AM