Department of English and Theatre

English and Theatre
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372

Phone: 910.521.6246
Fax: 910.775.4092
Relay: 910.521.6246
Email: Click here

Location: Dial Humanities Building, Suite 104
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faculty and staff

Note about office hours: The listed office hours are for Spring 2012. Faculty will usually also make appointments for times outside their regular hours.

CHAIRPERSON

	Virginia K. McClanahan, Professor and Chair; Coordinator of ESL and Speech Programs Email: kay.mcclanahan@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6633 Office: Dial 105 Office Hours: M/W 3-5, T/Th/F 1-2 Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Areas: Speech, Linguistics, English as a Second Language



ENGLISH FACULTY

	Amy Blitchok, Lecturer Email: amy.blitchok@uncp.edu Phone: 910.775.4370 Office: Dial 151 Office Hours: MWF 12-2 M.A., North Carolina State University Area: Composition

	M. J. Braun, Assistant Professor Email: mary.braun@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6814 Office: Dial 114A Office Hours: T/Th 3:30-5, W 2:30-5 Ph.D., University of Arizona Areas: History of Rhetoric, Rhetoric and Political Economy, Public and Disciplinary Discourse, Composition and Critical Pedagogy

	Nancy Britt, Part-time Lecturer Email: nancy.britt@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6246 Office: Dial 151

	Monika Brown, Professor Email: monika.brown@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6257 Office: Dial 110 Office Hours: M/W 12:15-1:15 and 2:30-3:30, Th 1:30-2:30 Ph.D., Duke University Areas: British Novel, World Literature, Victorian Studies, Literature in Music and Film, Composition & English Education Home Page Profile

	Mark Canada, Professor and Acting Dean of Arts and Sciences Email: mark.canada@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6431 Office: Old Main, Suite 241 Office Hours: MWF 8-10 Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Areas: American Literature and English Language Home Page Profile

	Susan Cannata, Professor Email: susan.cannata@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6806 Office: Dial 117 Office Hours: T/Th 1-3, W 2-3 Ph.D., University of New Mexico Areas: Victorian Literature and The Novel

	Tamika L. Carey, Assistant Professor Email: tamika.carey@uncp.edu Phone: 910.775.4239 Office: Dial 260A Office Hours: T/Th 11-12:15 and 2-3:15 Ph.D., Syracuse University Areas: African American Rhetorics and Literacies, Feminist Rhetorics, Black Feminist Thought, Contemporary Rhetorical Theory, Composition, Women's and Gender Studies Profile

	Youngsuk Chae, Assistant Professor Email: youngsuk.chae@uncp.edu Phone: 910.775.4290 Office: Dial 119 Office Hours: M 10:15-11:15 and 2:15-3:15, T/Th 10-11 and 3:15-3:45 Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Areas: Postcolonial Literature, World Literature, Asian American Literature

	Polina Chemishanova, Assistant Professor Email: polina.chemishanova@uncp.edu Phone: 910.775.4256 Office: Dial 260C Office Hours: MWF 10-11, M/W 12:15-1:15 Ph.D., New Mexico State University Areas: Writing in the Disciplines, Professional Writing, WPA, Writing Program Assessment, Composition, Literacy Studies

	Teagan Decker, Assistant Professor and Director of the University Writing Center Email: teagan.decker@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6437 Office: Dial 139 Office Hours: T/Th 11-12, W 11-2 Ph.D., University of Washington Areas: Composition, Rhetoric, Language Profile

	Michael Fairley, Part-time Lecturer Email: michael.fairley@uncp.edu michaelf@richmond.cc.nc.us Phone: 910.521.6246 Office: Dial 151 M.A., North Carolina A & T University Areas: English, African American Literature, Communications

	Michele Fazio, Assistant Professor Email: michele.fazio@uncp.edu Phone: 910.775.4371 Office: Dial 113 Office Hours: T 3:30-5:30, W 5:30-6:30, Th 12-2 Ph.D., SUNY-Stony Brook Areas: Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature, Multi-Ethnic Literature, Working-Class Studies, Service-Learning Faculty Fellow

	Denise Feikema, Assistant Professor Email: denise.feikema@uncp.edu Phone: 910.775.4362 Office: Dial 118 Office Hours: M 1-2:30, T/Th 10:45-12:30 Ph.D., University of Connecticut Areas: English Education, Multiethnic Literature, Twentieth-Century American Literature, Women's Literature

	Jan Gane, Lecturer Email: jan.gane@uncp.edu Phone: 910.522.5753 Office: Dial 250 Office Hours: MWF 10-11:10, T 11:30-12:30, W 12:10-12:40 M.A., The University of North Carolina at Pembroke Area: Composition

	Anita R. Guynn, Associate Professor and Director of Composition Email: anita.guynn@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6880 Office: Dial 239A Office Hours: M/W 11-1, T/Th 2-3 Ph.D., University of South Carolina Areas: Composition, Developmental Writing, Writing Across the Curriculum, Assessment, Service-Learning Faculty Fellow

	Steven Hedgpeth, Lecturer Email: steven.hedgpeth@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6784 Office: Dial 151 Office Hours: MWF 11:15-11:30, 12-1:30 M.A., The University of North Carolina at Pembroke Areas: Composition and Literature

	Jim Helgeson, Lecturer Email: jim.helgeson@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6487 Office: Dial 138C Office Hours: T/Th 3:30-4:30, W 9-11 and 2:15-3:15 Ph.D., Indiana University Areas: Literary Theory, History of the Novel

	Karen Helgeson, Professor and Faculty Advisor, Student Publication, The Aurochs Email: karen.helgeson@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6436 Office: Dial 107 Office Hours: M.F.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Areas: Modernism, Creative Writing, and Contemporary Literature

	Scott Hicks, Associate Professor Email: scott.hicks@uncp.edu Phone: 910.775.4032 Office: Dial 115 Office Hours: M/T/W/Th/F 11-12 Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Areas: African American Literature, Twentieth-Century American Literature, Environmental Literature Home Page Profile

	Eun Hee Jeon, Assistant Professor Email: eunhee.jeon@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6842 Office: Dial 260B Office Hours: T/Th 10:45-1:15 Ph.D., Northern Arizona University Areas: Applied Linguistics, TESOL, Second Language Reading, Sociolinguistics, and Pragmatics

	Deana C. Johnson, Lecturer and Director of College Opportunity Program Email: deana.johnson@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6470 Office: D. F. Lowry 126 Office Hours: M/F 10-12, T/Th 11-1, W 10-11:15 M.A., The University of North Carolina at Pembroke Area: First Year Transitions

	Ginny Jones, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate English Education Email: virginia.jones@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6887 Office: Dial 154 Office Hours: T 4:30-5:30, W 4:30-6:30 (may begin late on the 2nd Wed of the month), Th 4-6 Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro Areas: Rhetoric and Composition, American Literature

	Jennifer Key, Assistant Professor and Interim Editor of Pembroke Magazine Email: jennifer.key@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6433 Office: Dial 102 Office Hours: T 12-2, Th 11-2 M.F.A., University of Virginia Areas: Creative Writing Profile

	Brigitte Knight, Lecturer Email: brigitte.knight@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6484 Office: Dial 138B Office Hours: MWF 9-10, M/W 11:10-12:10 M.A., The University of North Carolina at Pembroke Area: Composition

	Dundee Lackey, Assistant Professor Email: dundee.lackey@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6430 Office: Dial 239C Office Hours: T/Th 2-4, W 3:30-4:30 Ph.D., Michigan State University Areas: Digital/Community Literacies and Rhetorics, Multimodal Pedagogy, Health Literacy

	Roger A. Ladd, Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in English Education Email: roger.ladd@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6624 Office: Dial 121 Office Hours: MWF 1:30-3, T/Th 2-3 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison Areas: Medieval Studies, British Literature, and Composition Profile

	Ron Layne, Part-time Lecturer Email: ronald.layne@uncp.edu, layner@sandhills.edu Phone: 910.521.6246 Office: Dial 151

	Walter Lewallen, Lecturer Email: walter.lewallen@uncp.edu Phone: 910.775.4154 Office: Dial 151 Office Hours: M/W 4-5, T/Th 1-2; plus Th 5-6 at Richmond Community College Ph.D., University of South Florida Areas: Twentieth-Century British & American Literature, Literary Theory

	David Marquard, Assistant Professor Email: david.marquard@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6429 Office: Dial 138A Office Hours: M 3-6, T 11-1 Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno Areas: Critical Literacy and Sociolinguistics, Basic Writing, and Writing Program Assessment Web Site

	Cynthia Miecznikowski, Associate Professor Email: cynthia.miecznikowski@uncp.edu Phone: 910.522.5749 Office: Dial 249 Office Hours: T/Th/Sun 8-9 p.m. (online); also by appointment or email; note email blackout hours 10 p.m. to 9 a.m. M-F Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Areas: Rhetorical History, Theory, Pedagogy, and Practice; Writing and the Essay

	Wendy Pearce Miller, Assistant Professor and Assistant Chair Email: wendy.miller@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6886 Office: Dial 120 Office Hours: MWF 10-11 and 12:10-1:10, T/Th 11-12 Ph.D., University of Mississippi Areas: American Literature, Southern Literature

	Frank B. Myers, Jr., Lecturer Email: frank.myers@uncp.edu Phone: 910.522.5798 Office: Dial 111 Office Hours: M/W 11:15-12:15, T 9-11, Th 9-10 M.A., University of North Carolina at Pembroke Areas: Literature and Composition

	Sara Oswald, Senior Lecturer and Yearbook Advisor Email: sara.oswald@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6566 Office: Dial 112 Office Hours: MWF 1:30-2:30, T/Th 12:30-1:30 M.A., Rutgers University Areas: British Literature, Composition, Publication Editing and Design

	Catherine Parisian, Assistant Professor Email: catherine.parisian@uncp.edu Phone: 910.775.4291 Office: Dial 116 Office Hours: T/Th 7:15-8:00 a.m.; T 10:45-12:30, 1:30-2:00, 3:00-3:30, 4:30-5:30 Ph.D.: University of Virginia Areas: Eighteenth-Century British Literature, The Novel, Book History Profile

	Jesse Peters, Professor Email: jesse.peters@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6635 Office: Old Main 204 Office Hours: Ph.D., University of New Mexico Areas: Native American Literature, Modernism, Language and Rhetoric, Creative Writing Home Page

	Christie Poteet, Part-time Lecturer and Director of Service-Learning Email: christina.poteet@uncp.edu Phone: 910.775.4296 Office: Old Main 124

	Therese Rizzo, Assistant Professor Email: therese.rizzo@uncp.edu Phone: 910.522.5802 Office: Dial 108 Office Hours: M/W 4-6:15, Th 4:30-5 Ph.D., University of Delaware Areas: American Literature, African American Literature, Women’s Literature

	Melissa Schaub, Associate Professor and Web Information Coordinator Email: melissa.schaub@uncp.edu Phone: 910.522.5794 Office: Dial 133 Office Hours: M/T/W/F 1-2:15 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison Areas: Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Women's Literature Profile

	Dennis Sigmon, Professor Email: dennis.sigmon@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6312 Office: Dial 239B Office Hours: M 11-11:45, 2-4, Th 3:30-5, F 11-11:45 Ph.D., Purdue University Areas: English Literature and Languages

	Robin L. Snead, Lecturer College Opportunity Program Email: robin.snead@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6469 Office: D. F. Lowry 127 Office Hours: M/W 10-11:30, T 12:30-1:30, F 10-11 M.A., The University of North Carolina at Pembroke Areas: Composition, English Literature

	Charles Tita, Associate Professor and Director of Distance Education Email: charles.tita@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6352 Office: Distance Education, West Office Building Office Hours: W/F 8-12 Ph.D., Howard University Areas: Eighteenth-Century British Literature, African American Literature, Critical Theory

	Richard R. Vela, Professor Email: richard.vela@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6600 Office: Dial 121A Office Hours: MWF 10-11, M/W 1:30-2:30 Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Areas: Shakespeare, Film, Contemporary and Latino Literature

THEATRE FACULTY

	Holden G. Hansen, Professor Email: holden.hansen@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6774 Office: Givens Performing Arts Center, 2nd Floor Office Hours: MWF 11:15-12:15, M/W 12:15–1:15 M.F.A., University of Texas at Austin Areas: Acting, Directing

	Chet Jordan, Professor and Coordinator of Theatre Email: chet.jordan@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6289 Office: Givens Performing Arts Center 311 Office Hours: M/W 1-3, T/Th 1-2 Ph.D., Bowling Green State University Areas: Theatre and Speech Profile

	Natalie Smith, Lecturer and Costumer/Choregrapher Email: natalie.smith@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6754 Office: Givens Performing Arts Center, 2nd floor Office Hours: B.F.A., East Carolina University Areas: Costuming and Choreography

	Gary Tremblay, Lecturer and Technical Director, Givens Performing Arts Center Email: gary.tremblay@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6288 Office: Givens Performing Arts Center

	David Underwood, Lecturer and Designer/Production Manager, Givens Performing Art Center Email: david.underwood@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6408 Office: Givens Performing Arts Center 310 Office Hours: M/F 11:15-1:10, T/Th 2-3:15 M.F.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Area: Theater Technology Profile

STAFF

	Emma N. Evans, Administrative Support Associate, Foreign Languages and English Composition Email: emma.evans@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6435 Office: Dial 241

	Tina P. Emanuel, Technology Support Technician, Director of ET Resource Center, Web Information Coordinator Email: tina.emanuel@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6358 Office: Dial 141

	Carolyn Price, Administrative Support Associate, English and Theatre Email: carolyn.price@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6246 Office: Dial 131

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