Department of English
 
Faculty/Staff Directory
Donna Spindel, Interim Chair
Roxanne Kirkwood, Director of Writing Programs
Kellie Prejean, Director of Writing Center
Katharine Rodier, Director of Graduate Studies
The Department of English currently has 26 full-time faculty with areas of expertise in literature, writing, pre-professional, and English education. The faculty also includes 8 full-time instructors, 15 part-time instructors, and 5 teaching assistants.
Full-Time Faculty
Janet Badia Janet Badia
Office:  CH 447
Phone: (304) 696-2357
Email:  badia@marshall.edu
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Reading WomenPh.D. (Ohio State University)
Associate Professor
20th Century American and Ethnic Literature
Kellie Bean Kellie Bean
Office:  CH 443
Phone: (304) 696-3185
Email: bean@marshall.edu

Post Backlash Feminist WomenPh.D. (University of Delaware)
Associate Professor

Modern British Drama
Tim Burbery Timothy Burbery
Office:  CH 248
Phone: (304) 696-2369
Email: burbery@marshall.edu 
Milton the DramatistPh.D. (SUNY at Stony Brook)
Professor
Milton; Renaissance Literature
Leonard J. Deutsch
Dean of the Graduate College
Office:  OM 113
Phone: (304) 696-6606
Email:  deutschl@marshall.edu
Ph.D. (Kent State University)
Professor
American Literature; African-American Literature; Film and Fiction
Whitney Douglas Whitney Douglas
Office: CH 440
Phone: (304) 696-2440
Email: douglaswh@marshall.edu
Ph.D. (University of Nebraska)
Assistant Professor
Composition/Rhetoric

 

Chris Green Chris Green
Office:  CH 461
Phone: (304) 696-6269
Email:  greenc@marshall.edu
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Radicalism in SouthPh.D. (University of Kentucky)
Assistant Professor
American Literature; Appalachian Literature
David Hatfield David Hatfield
Office:  CH 452
Phone: (304) 696-6638
Email:  hatfield@marshall.edu
Ph.D. (Louisiana State University)
Associate Professor
Scientific and Technical Communication
Bob Hong Hyo-Chang (Bob) Hong
Office:  CH 461
Phone: (304) 696-2441
Email:  hong@marshall.edu
Ph.D. (Ball State University)
Associate Professor
Linguistics; Old English
Dr. Hood Gwenyth Hood
Office:  CH 249
Phone: (304) 696-6639
Email:  hood@marshall.edu
 
Coming of the DemonsPh.D. (University of Michigan)
Professor
Medieval English Literature; Comparative Literature; Creative Writing
Roxanne Kirkwood Roxanne Kirkwood
Office:  CH 343
Phone: (304) 696-6629
Email:  kirkwoor@marshall.edu

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Director of Writing Programs
Ph.D. (Texas Woman's University)
Assistant Professor
Composition/Rhetoric
  Shirley Lumpkin
Office:  CH 251
Phone: (304) 696-2348
Email:  lumpkin@marshall.edu
Ph.D. (McGill University)
Professor
Ethnic American and Third World Literature; 18th Century English Literature; Pre-Shakespearean Drama
Marie Manilla Marie Manilla
Office: CH 454
Phone: (304) 696-2423
Email: manilla@marshall.edu
M.F.A. (University of Iowa-Writers' Workshop)
Assistant Professor
Mary Moore Mary Moore
Office:  CH 252
Phone: (304) 696-2405
Email:  mooremb@marshall.edu
Book of SnowPh.D. (University of California at Davis)
Professor
Renaissance Literature; Women's Poetry
Kelli Prejean Kelli Prejean
Office:  CH 341
Phone: (304) 696-2711
Email:  gradk@marshall.edu
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Director of the Writing Center
Ph.D. (University of Louisville)
Assistant Professor
Composition/Rhetoric
Bill Ramsey William Ramsey
Office:  CH 446
Phone: (304) 696-3649
Email:  ramsey@marshall.edu
Ph.D. (University of North Carolina)
Professor
20th Century Literature
  James Riemer
Office:  CH 451
Phone: (304) 696-6618
Email:  riemer@marshall.edu
Satire to SubversionPh.D. (Bowling Green State University)
Professor
20th Century American Literature; Gender Studies
Katharine Rodier Katharine Rodier
Office:  CH 342
Phone: (304) 696-3128
Email:  rodier@marshall.edu
Peabody SistersDirector of Graduate Studies
MFA (University of Virginia)
Ph.D. (University of Connecticut)
Professor
American Literature; Multi-Ethnic Culture
Michele Schiavone Michele Schiavone
Office:  CH 250
Phone: (304) 696-2387
Email:  schiavon@marshall.edu
Ph.D. (SUNY at Stony Brook)
Associate Professor
18th Century British Literature
Kateryna Rudnytzky Schray Kateryna Rudnytzky Schray
Office:  CH 444
Phone: (304) 696-2404
Email:  rudnytzk@marshall.edu
Ph.D. (University of North Carolina)
Professor
Medieval Literature; Renaissance Literature
Sherri Smith Sherri Smith
Office:  CH 440
Phone: (304) 696-6699
Email:  smithsc@marshall.edu
Ph.D. (Indiana University)
Associate Professor
19th Century British Literature
Donna Spindel Donna Spindel, Interim Chair
Office:  CH 344
Phone: (304) 696-6416
Email:  spindel@marshall.edu

 
Ph.D. (Duke University)
Professor, History
Colonial American; American Revolution; American Legal
Art Stringer A. E. Stringer
Office:  CH 450
Phone: (304) 696-2403
Email:  stringea@marshall.edu
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Channel MarkersMFA (University of Massachusetts)
Professor
Creative Writing
Ed Taft Edmund Taft
Office:  CH 460
Phone: (304) 696-3155
Email:  taft@marshall.edu
Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University )
Professor
Shakespeare; Tudor Literature; Literary Bibliography
John Teel John Teel
Office:  CH 448
Phone: (304) 696-3129
Email:  teelj@marshall.edu
Ph.D. (West Virginia University)
Professor
American Literature; Fiction; Crime and Detective Fiction
John Van Kirk

John Van Kirk
Office:  CH 449
Phone: (304) 696-6637
Email:  vankirk@marshall.edu

MFA (University of Maryland)
Professor
Creative Writing; International Literature; Contemporary Fiction
Anthony Viola Anthony J. Viola
Office:  CH 459
Phone: (304) 696-6691
Email:  viola@marshall.edu
Ph.D. (Ohio University)
Assistant Professor
Creative Writing; Composition; Workplace Writing; 20th Century American Literature; Short Story
John Young John Young
Office:  CH 246
Phone: (304) 696-2349
Email:  youngj@marshall.edu
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Black Writers White PublishersPh.D. (Northwestern University)
Associate Professor
20th Century British and American Literature
Jun Zhao Jun Zhao
Office:  CH 441
Phone: (304) 696-2420
Email:  zhaoj@marshall.edu
Ph.D. (University of Arizona)
Assistant Professor
Applied Linguistics, Language Pedagogy, SLA Theory and Teaching
 
Full-Time Instructors
Ryan Angus CH 458; angus6@marshall.edu
Kelly Broce; Profile... CH 402A; broce1@marshall.edu
Kathleen Cutler CH 338; cutler4@marshall.edu
Mark Davis CH 465; davis194@marshall.edu
Maggie Fry CH 454; fry17@marshall.edu
Walter Iriarte CH 245; iriarte@marshall.edu
Marie Manilla CH 455; manilla@marshall.edu
Steven Pauley CH 402B; pauley20@marshall.edu
 
Part-Time Instructors
Teresa Bean CH 338; bean16@marshall.edu
Diane Chandler CABCM-off campus; chandlerd@marshall.edu
Victor Depta CH 352; depta2@marshall.edu
Meredith Devney STJHS-off campus
Andi Fekete CH 338; fekete1@marshall.edu
Peggy Hogue TVRC-off campus; hoguep@marshall.edu
Kathleen Jordan CH 352; jordan50@marshall.edu
Cheryl Lentes MOVC-off campus; blanton5@marshall.edu
Paul Martin TOLHS; WNE; SVHC-off campus; martin26@marshall.edu
Paul McCoy HURHS-off campus; mccoy7@marshall.edu
John McKernan CH 456; mckernan@marshall.edu
Peggy Murphy murphy109@marshall.edu
Mary Neal PTPHS-off campus; neal5@marshall.edu
Shirley Tabor HURHS-off campus; tabors@marshall.edu
Jennifer Wamsley MOVC-off campus; wamsley6@marshall.edu
Krishna Wright CH 352; shelton12@marshall.edu
   
Graduate Teaching Assistants
Samara Bennett CH 402; bennett60@marshall.edu
Kevin Cline CH 406; cline66@marshall.edu
Joe Fincham CH 402; fincham5@marshall.edu
Jamie Hickman CH 402; hickmanweave@marshall.edu
Justin Matney CH 405; matney5@marshall.edu
   
Graduate Assistants  
Estee Beck CH 405A; beck23@marshall.edu
Molly Daniel CH 405; daniel53@marshall.edu
Krista Faber CH 405; faber@marshall.edu
Kathryn McConnell CH 405A; mcconnell12@marshall.edu
Ruth Oldman CH 405A; oldman@marshall.edu
Aimee Taylor CH 406; taylor395@marshall.edu
Harry Whitlow CH 406; whitlow7@marshall.edu
   
Staff
Cheryl Sharp
Administrative Secretary, Sr.
CH 346
304.696.6601
sharp24@marshall.edu
Sandee Lloyd
Information Technology Consultant
CH 340
304.696.6404
lloyd@marshall.edu
  English Department Office, CH 346 | 696-6600 | Fax: (304) 696-2448
Writing Center, CH 353 | 696-6254 Et Cetera Editor, CH 402A | 696-6645
english@marshall.edu