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| Dr. Shelley Aley, Associate Professor and Interim Director |
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Education:
Ph.D. Texas Christian - Rhetoric and Composition |
Research Interests:
Histories of rhetoric, 18th- and 19th-century Scottish rhetoric, computers and writing in the FYC course, teaching writing online, tech. and rhetoric, rhetoric of science, writing in the public sphere |
Office Location:
Harrison 2283
(540) 568-2334
aleysb@jmu.edu |
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| Ms. Heather Comfort, Assistant Professor |
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Education:
MFA Arizona State - Creative Writing |
Research Interests:
Poetry writing, contemporary poetry, rhetorical analysis, writing across the disciplines, and visual rhetoric in popular culture |
Office Location:
Harrison 1118
(540) 568-2292
comforhe@jmu.edu |
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| Dr. Susan Ghiaciuc, Assistant Professor |
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Education:
Ph.D. Louisville - Rhetoric and Composition
MFA Texas-El Paso - Creative Writing |
Research Interests:
Literacy studies, ESL writers, participatory action research, rural rhetorics, social justice |
Office Location:
Harrison 2271
(540) 568-1613
ghiacisx@jmu.edu |
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| Dr. Elisabeth Gumnior, Associate Professor |
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Education:
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Research Interests:
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Office Location:
Harrison 1117
(540) 568-6133
gumnioec@jmu.edu |
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| Ms. Eleanor Henderson, Assistant Professor |
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Education:
MFA Virginia - Creative Writing
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Research Interests:
Fiction writng, American literature, American civics, contemporary novel |
Office Location:
Harrison 1128
(540) 568-7981
henderea@jmu.edu |
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| Mr. Kevin Jefferson, Instructor |
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Education:
M.A. Oregon - English |
Research Interests:
Rhetoric, FYC, 19th- and 20th-century British and American literature |
Office Location:
Harrison 2293
(540) 568-3579
jefferkx@jmu.edu |
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| Dr. Billie Jones, Assistant Professor |
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Education:
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Research Interests:
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Office Location:
Maury G4
(540) 568-
jonesbj@jmu.edu |
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| Dr. Kate Kessler, Associate Professor |
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Education:
Ph.D. Indiana U. of PA - English, Rhetoric and Linguistics |
Research Interests:
Truth, justice, atonement, forgiveness |
Office Location:
Harrison 2284
(540) 568-3527
kesslekj@jmu.edu |
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| Dr. Michael J. Klein, Assistant Professor |
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Education:
Ph.D. Virginia Tech - Science and Technology Studies |
Research Interests:
Rhetoric of science, visual rhetoric, technology and culture, film studies |
Office Location:
Maury G3
(540) 568-5211
kleinmj@jmu.edu |
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| Ms. Erin Lambert, Assistant Professor |
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Education:
MFA Syracuse - Creative Writing |
Research Interests:
Contemporary poetry; Irish literature; surrealism and magical realism; influences of visual arts in/on writing; writing centers; critical reading/thinking |
Office Location:
Harrison 1125
(540) 568-2335
lambe2ek@jmu.edu |
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| Ms. Cynthia Martin, Lecturer |
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Education:
M.A. Virginia Tech - Literature |
Research Interests:
Researched argument, teacher education, assessment |
Office Location:
Harrison 2265
(540) 568-7943
marti2cs@jmu.edu |
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| Ms. Karen McDonnell, Instructor |
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Education:
M.A. James Madison - English |
Research Interests:
style, usage and mechanics, idiom, 19th-century British female novelists, gender and rhetoric, popular culture |
Office Location:
Harrison 2294
(540) 568-7941
mcdonnkm@jmu.edu |
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| Dr. Michael Moghtader, Assistant Professor |
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Education:
Ph.D. New Mexico - English |
Research Interests:
First-year composition, critical pedagogy,
English studies history and reform, graduate education |
Office Location:
Harrison 1113
(540) 568-5634
moghtamx@jmu.edu |
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| Ms. Sarah H. O'Connor, Assistant Professor |
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Education:
MFA Virginia - Creative Writing |
Research Interests:
Service learning, creative nonfiction, ESL, literature in the composition classroom, autobiography |
Office Location:
Harrison 2272
(540) 568-6242
oconnosh@jmu.edu |
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Dr. Kurt Schick, Assistant Professor
Coordinator, University Writing Center |
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Education:
Ph.D. Texas Christian - Rhetoric and Composition
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Research Interests:
Pedagogy, classical and modern rhetoric, propaganda, civic discourse, stylistics, evaluation, research methodology
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Office Location:
Wilson 418
(540) 568-6203
schickke@jmu.edu |
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| Ms. Laura Schubert, Instructor |
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Education:
MA Millersville - English
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Research Interests:
Writing center pedagogy, critical reading, service learning, narratology, Isabel Allende
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Office Location:
Harrison 1125
(540) 568-2335
schubelk@jmu.edu |
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| Mr. Michael Smith, Assistant Professor |
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Education:
MFA Penn State - Writing |
Research Interests:
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Office Location:
Harrison 1114
(540) 568-3146 and (540) 958-3345
smithmx@jmu.edu |
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| Dr. Julia Sweeny, Assistant Professor |
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Education: Ph.D. Virginia Tech - Curriculum and Instruction
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Research Interests:
Social justice education, technology and culture, environmental ethics
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Office Location:
Harrison 2273
(540) 568-7360
sweenyjd@jmu.edu |
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Dr. Mark E. Thomas, Assistant Professor
Mentor, FYI Writing Centor |
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Education:
Ph.D. Illinois - English
MFA North Carolina-Greensboro - Creative Writing |
Research Interests:
Poetry, 19th-century British literature, writing centers, tutoring, peer tutoring, plagiarism, intellectual property |
Office Location:
Harrison 2270
(540) 568-3584
thomasme@jmu.edu |
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| Ms. Mary (Toni) Turner, Instructor |
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Education:
M.A. Queens College, City University of New
York - English |
Research Interests:
FYC and civic respoisibllity, Jane Austen |
Office Location:
Harrison 2286
(540) 568-7817
turnerma@jmu.edu |
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| Dr. Ken Wright, Associate Professor |
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Education:
Ph.D. Oregon - English |
Research Interests:
Kenneth Burke and piety |
Office Location:
Harrison 1119
(540) 568-6162
wrigh2kr@jmu.edu |
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| Dr. Pavel Zemliansky, Associate Professor and Director of Composition |
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Education:
Ph.D. Florida State - Rhetoric and Composition |
Research Interests:
Research writing pedagogy, computers and writing, visual rhetoric and multimedia writing, alternative venues for textbook and academic publications |
Office Location:
Harrison 2285
(540)-568-7056
zemliapx@jmu.edu |
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| Dr. Jim Zimmerman, Assistant Professor |
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Education:
Ph.D. Ohio State - Film and Literature |
Research Interests:
Rhetorical practice in 21st century American culture; WAC; rhetoric of contemporary art; freshman composition theory and practice; fiction, film, and poetry; videotape as a learning tool for instructors |
Office Location:
Harrison 1115
(540) 568-7087
zimmerjr@jmu.edu |
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| Dr. Traci Zimmerman (Pipkins), Assistant Professor and Minor Advisor |
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Education:
Ph.D. Case Western - English |
Research Interests:
Cultural rhetoric, literac(ies), assessment, authorship, film, technology and the human condition, 17th-century literature/literacies, print rev., history of the book, semiotics, lang. theory |
Office Location:
Harrison 1111
(540) 568-3978
pipkinta@jmu.edu |
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