Faculty and Staff Directory

David Deutsch

David Deutsch

Professor
Chair

(205) 348-5065
dhdeutsch@ua.edu

David Ainsworth

David Ainsworth

Professor
Assistant Chair

(205) 348-8501
dainsworth@ua.edu

Daniel Novak

Daniel Novak

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies

(205) 348-5065
danovak1@ua.edu

Serena Blount

Senior Instructor
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies

(205) 348-0414
bloun002@ua.edu

Lauren Cardon

Lauren Cardon

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies

(205) 348-5065
lauren.s.cardon@ua.edu

Luke Niiler

Luke Niiler

Associate Professor
Director, First-Year Writing Program

(205) 348-8503
lpniiler@ua.edu

Natalie Loper

Natalie Loper

Senior Instructor
Associate Director, First-Year Writing Program

(205) 348-1763
nloper@ua.edu

Ashley Palmer

Ashley Palmer

Instructor
Assistant Director of First-Year Writing for Distance Learning and Online Courses.

(205) 348-5065
aepalmer2@ua.edu

Amy Dayton

Amy Dayton

Associate Professor
Director, University Writing Center

(205) 348-9460
adayton@ua.edu

John Estes

John Estes

Associate Professor
Director of Creative Writing

(205) 348-0495
john.estes@ua.edu

Paul Albano

Paul Albano

Senior Instructor
Associate Director of Creative Writing

(205) 348-5066
ppalbano@ua.edu

Sara Pirkle

Sara Pirkle

Senior Instructor
Associate Director of Creative Writing


sbpirkle@ua.edu

Jessica Kidd

Associate Professor
Coordinator, A&S Academic Integrity Initiatives


kidd005@ua.edu

Nikhil Bilwakesh

Nikhil Bilwakesh

Associate Professor

(205) 348-2523
nbilwakesh@ua.edu

Taylor Brorby

Assistant Professor


tbrorby@ua.edu

Amber Buck

Amber Buck

Associate Professor
Coordinator of CRES

(205) 348-3365
ambuck@ua.edu

Brooke Champagne

Assistant Professor

(205) 348-3353
brchampagne@ua.edu

Alexandra Cook

Alexandra Cook

Associate Professor

(205) 348-9523
acook@ua.edu

Michelle Dowd

Michelle Dowd

Hudson Strode Professor of English
Director, Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies

(205) 348-6538
mmdowd1@ua.edu

Allison Dziuba

Allison Dziuba

Assistant Professor


aadziuba@ua.edu

Karen Gardiner

Karen Gardiner

Professor
Coordinator of Academic Integrity Initiatives, College of Arts and Sciences

(205) 348-4836
kgardiner@ua.edu

Yolanda Manora

Yolanda Manora

Associate Professor


ymanora@ua.edu

Kwoya Fagin Maples

Kwoya Maples

Assistant Professor


knmaples@ua.edu

Tricia McElroy

Tricia McElroy

Associate Professor
Associate Dean, Humanities & Fine Arts

(205) 348-7007
tmcelroy@ua.edu

James McNaughton

James McNaughton

Professor

(205) 348-4177
jamesm@ua.edu

Nana Nkweti

Nana Nkweti

Assistant Professor

(205) 348-5176
nnnkweti@ua.edu

Albert Pionke

Albert Pionke

William and Margaret Going Endowed Professor of English
Assistant Dean for General Education

(205) 348-8497
apionke@ua.edu

Robert Poole

Robert Poole

Associate Professor
TESOL


repoole@ua.edu

Wendy Rawlings

Wendy Rawlings

Professor

(205) 348-4507
wendy.rawlings@ua.edu

Ali Fuad Selvi

Assistant Professor
TESOL


afselvi@ua.edu

Cassander Smith

Cassander Smith

Associate Professor
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Honors College

(205) 348-8523
clsmith17@ua.edu

Delia Steverson

Associate Professor


steve011@ua.edu

Elizabeth Tavares

Elizabeth Tavares

Assistant Professor of English


etavares@ua.edu

Stephen Tedeschi

Stephen Tedeschi

Associate Professor

(205) 348-5065
satedeschi@ua.edu

Steven Trout

Steven Trout

Professor

(205) 348-5065
strout@ua.edu

Deborah Weiss

Deborah Weiss

Associate Professor
Co-Coordinator, English Honors


dweiss@ua.edu

Kellie Wells

Kellie Wells

Professor

(205) 348-7231
kwells@ua.edu

Heather White

Heather White

Professor

(205) 348-5065
hwhite@ua.edu

Fred Whiting

Fred Whiting

Associate Professor
Director, Blount Scholars Program

(205) 348-1706
fwhiting@ua.edu

Emily Wittman

Emily Wittman

Professor

(205) 348-5065
ewittman@ua.edu

Dorothy Worden-Chambers

Dorothy Worden-Chambers

Associate Professor
Coordinator, Applied Linguistics/TESOL Program

(205) 348-2495
dlworden@ua.edu

Cade Collum

Cade Collum

Instructor

(205) 348-5065
collu001@ua.edu

Ashley McWaters

Ashley Durant

Senior Instructor

(205) 348-5065
ashley.durant@ua.edu

Brock Guthrie

Brock Guthrie

Senior Instructor

(205) 348-5065
brguthrie@ua.edu

Brandi Hodo

Brandi Hodo

Senior Instructor
Manager TRIO Student Support Services

(205) 348-0731
bmhodo@ua.edu

Seth Johnson

Seth Johnson

Instructor

(205) 348-5065
swjohnson3@ua.edu

Kevin Kelleher

Kevin Kelleher

Instructor, Blount Scholars Program
Instructor, Department of English


kfkelleher@ua.edu

Christopher Love

Christopher Love

Senior Instructor

(205) 348-5063
cslove@ua.edu

Marsha McSpadden

Marsha McSpadden

Instructor

(205) 348-5065
mlmcspadden@ua.edu

Scott McWaters

Scott McWaters

Senior Instructor

(205) 348-5065
smcwater@ua.edu

John Murphy

John Murphy

Instructor

(205) 348-7963
jfmurphy@ua.edu

Van Newell

Van Newell

Senior Instructor

(205) 348-5065
vnewell@ua.edu

Nathan Parker

Nathan Parker

Senior Instructor

(205) 348-0389
nathan.j.parker@ua.edu

Eric Parker

Eric Parker

Senior Instructor


eparker@ua.edu

Mary Margaret Popova

Mary Margaret Popova

Instructor

(205) 348-9896
mpopova@ua.edu

Marni Presnall

Marni Presnall

Instructor

(205) 348-7959
mpresnall@ua.edu

Jeff Pusch

Jeff Pusch

Instructor

(205) 348-7963
jtpusch@ua.edu

Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts

Instructor

(205) 348-3204
akroberts1@ua.edu

Deborah Schwartz

Deborah Schwartz

Instructor

(205) 348-7083
dschwartz@ccs.ua.edu

Amanda Snyder

Amanda Snyder

Instructor

(205) 348-3204
amsnyder@ua.edu

Michael Seth Stewart

Michael Stewart

Instructor

(205) 348-3204
msstewart2@ua.edu

Raymond Wachter

Raymond Wachter

Senior Instructor

(205) 348-0336
raymond.wachter@ua.edu

Kevin Waltman

Kevin Waltman

Senior Instructor

(205) 348-5065
kevin.waltman@ua.edu

Joshua Weathersby

Joshua Weathersby

Instructor

(205) 348-5065
jweathersby@ua.edu

Shanti Weiland

Shanti Weiland

Senior Instructor

(205) 348-4405
sweiland@ua.edu

Bonnie Whitener

Bonnie Whitener

Instructor

(205) 348-7862
white200@ua.edu

Austin Whitver

Austin Whitver

Senior Instructor

(205) 348-5065
hawhitver@ua.edu

Rita Yessick

Rita Yessick

Instructor

(205) 348-7083
ryessick@ccs.ua.edu

Robin Behn

Robin Behn

Professor Emerita

(205) 348-8488
rbehn@ua.edu

Phil Beidler

Phil Beidler

Professor Emeritus


pdb@ua.edu

John Burke

John Burke

Professor Emeritus


jjburke@ua.edu

Catherine E. Davies

Catherine Davies

Professor Emerita

(205) 534-7415
cdavies@ua.edu

Trudier Harris

Trudier Harris

Professor Emerita

(205) 348-5065
tharris13@ua.edu

Hank Lazer

Hank Lazer

Professor Emeritus


hlazer@ua.edu

Dilin Liu

Dilin Liu

Professor Emeritus


dliu@ua.edu

Michael Martone

Michael Martone

Professor Emeritus


mmartone@ua.edu

Sharon ODair

Sharon O'Dair

Professor Emerita


sodair@ua.edu

William Ulmer

William Ulmer

Professor Emeritus

(205) 348-5065
wulmer@ua.edu

Patti White

Patti White

Professor Emerita


pswhite@ua.edu

Melinda Fields

Melinda Fields

First-Year Writing Assistant

(205) 348-6488
mfields@ua.edu

Jennifer Fuqua

Jennifer Fuqua

Graduate Studies Coordinator

(205) 348-0766
jfuqua@ua.edu

Judi Montgomery

Judi Montgomery

Building Representative & Technology Coordinator

(205) 348-5065
jwmontgomery1@ua.edu

Jessie Robinson

Jessie Robinson

Undergraduate Coordinator

(205) 348-8485
jlrobinson2@ua.edu

Jamie Ryan

Jamie Ryan

Administrative Specialist

(205) 348-8562
jamie.ryan@ua.edu

Melissa Vaughan

Melissa Vaughan

Assistant to the Graduate Studies Coordinator

(205) 348-9493
mwvaughan1@ua.edu