Faculty

Faculty in the Department of Writing Studies at the University of Minnesota are recognized around the world for their outstanding contributions to teaching and scholarship in rhetoric, writing, and technical communication. Our twelve tenured professors take great pride in working with students to explore areas including writing and digital media; writing in technical, medical, and workplace settings; writing in relation to history, culture, society, and politics.

Students who take classes in writing studies also benefit from the experience and knowledge of our full time professional instructors, graduate instructors, and teaching assistants. Our instructional staff are experts in the teaching of writing, especially first year composition and technical writing.

Full-Time Faculty

Name	Contact	Specialty	Office Hours
Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch Associate Professor Chair	233 Nolte 612-624-1784 lkbreuch@umn.edu	Rhetoric and technical communication, writing theory and pedagogy, online writing instruction, usability and human factors
Patrick Bruch Associate Professor Director of First-Year Writing	209 Nolte 612-625-6041 patbruch@umn.edu	Theory and history of composition studies, critical literacy and critical pedagogy, cultural studies
Ann Hill Duin Professor	201 Nolte 612-625-9259 ahduin@umn.edu	Collaboration, distance education, partnerships
Richard Graff Associate Professor	221 Nolte 612-624-4985 graff013@umn.edu	Classical rhetoric, contemporary rhetorical theory, stylistics & rhetorical criticism
Laura Gurak Professor	211 Nolte 612-624-3773 gurakl@umn.edu	Rhetorical theory; Internet studies; technical writing and communication; digital research methods
Anne Lazaraton Associate Professor Director, Writing for International Students (WINS)	200 Nolte 612-626-9372 lazaratn@umn.edu	Applied linguistics
John Logie Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies (MA & PhD)	206 Nolte 612-624-4709 logie@umn.edu	Rhetorical theory, rhetoric of electronic writing spaces, sophistic rhetoric	Tuesdays 10:30a.m.-noon (except July 4th and August 8th)
Thomas Reynolds Associate Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies	207 Nolte 612-626-0065 reyno004@umn.edu	Composition Studies, Literacy History
Donald Ross Professor	223 Nolte 612-625-5585 rossj001@umn.edu	Travel writing; rhetoric of argument; computers in writing instruction; writing in academic disciplines
Mary Schuster Professor	225 Nolte 612-624-2262 mmlay@umn.edu	Rhetoric of the law; feminist perspectives on domestic violence and sexual assault	On leave

Affiliate Faculty

Affiliate faculty have their homes in other departments, but hold appointments in our graduate Rhetoric & Scientific and Technical Communication (RSTC) programs.

Name	Contact	Specialty
Lisa Albrecht Associate Professor School of Social Work	193 Peters Hall 612-624-3669 lalbrech@umn.edu	Feminist, multicultural and social justice education
Robert L. Brown, Jr. Associate Professor Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature	206 Nicholson Hall 612-624-8878 brown004@umn.edu	Cultural studies of science and technology, rhetoric, literacy and critical pedagogy
Karlyn K. Campbell Professor Communication Studies	225A Ford Hall 612-624-9003 campb003@umn.edu	Rhetorical criticism, rhetorical theory, political communication
Shirley N. Garner Professor English	330B Lind Hall 612-625-1826 sngarner@umn.edu	Renaissance literature, Shakespeare, feminist studies in literature
Ronald W. Greene Professor Communication Studies	225 Ford Hall 612-624-2808 green179@umn.edu	Political communication, debates, civic education
Joseph A. Konstan Professor Computer Science and Engineering	5-207 Keller Hall 612-625-1831 konstan@umn.edu	Human-computer interaction, recommender systems, online community
Amy Lee Professor Postsecondary Teaching and Learning	206E Burton Hall 612-625-0884 amylee@umn.edu	Teaching writing, intersections of feminist, process, and critical pedagogies in composition classrooms
Cynthia Lewis Professor Curriculum and Instruction	336 Peik Hall 612-625-6313 lewis@umn.edu	Critical literacy and digital media in urban high schools, classroom discourse
Daniel J. Philippon Associate Professor English	21 Lind Hall 612-624-4209 danp@umn.edu	Environmental literature, history, and ethics; ideas of nature, culture, and place; human dimensions of conservation biology
Geoffrey Sirc Professor English	210J Lind Hall 612-625-0134 sirc@umn.edu	History, practice & theory of writing instruction; new media; hip hop; popular culture

Emeriti Faculty

Name	Contact	Specialty
Andrew Cohen Professor Emeritus	adcohen@umn.edu	Bilingual and immersion education
William Marchand Professor Emeritus	march001@umn.edu	Humanities
Earl McDowell Professor Emeritus	mcdow001@umn.edu	Technical communication apprehension
Tom Scanlan Professor Emeritus	scanl001@umn.edu	Humanities
Billie Wahlstrom Professor Emerita	billie@umn.edu	New and emerging technologies and their impact on learning and higher education organizations

Teaching Staff

Name	Contact	Specialty	Office Hours
Maureen Aitken Senior Teaching Specialist	307 Nolte 612-624-8777 aitke001@umn.edu	First-year writing
Mark Anderson Senior Teaching Specialist	309 Nolte 612-625-0757 ander574@umn.edu	First-year writing
Nathaniel Bennett Lecturer	325 Nolte benn0062@umn.edu	First-year writing
James Countryman Senior Lecturer	319 Nolte 612-624-3361 countryj@umn.edu	First-year writing
Pat Eliason Senior Teaching Specialist	318 Nolte 612-624-6384 elias002@umn.edu	First-year writing, multilingual learners, writing center consulting
Patty Fillipi Senior Teaching Specialist	311 Nolte 612-625-0164 filli002@umn.edu	First-year writing, President's Emerging Scholars program
Anne Fretheim Coordinator, Writing for International Students (WINS)	337C Nolte 612-301-1317 fret0017@umn.edu	Multilingual learners
Brandi Fuglsby Teaching Specialist	210 Nolte 612-624-1281 fugls005@umn.edu	Technical writing
Tim Gustafson Senior Lecturer	337B Nolte 612-625-8671 tgus@umn.edu	First-year writing, technical & professional writing
Joseph Holt Teaching Specialist	Online holt0415@umn.edu	Technical writing, editorial theory
Sheryl Holt First-Year Writing Coordinator (International Speaker Sections)	321 Nolte 612-624-4524 holtx001@umn.edu	Second language writing, graduate writing and presentations across disciplines, technical and business writing
Barbara Horvath Teaching Specialist Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies	202 Nolte 612-624-1902 horva003@umn.edu	Technical editing, visual communication
Kirsten Jamsen Director, Center for Writing	10 Nicholson 612-625-5355 kjamsen@umn.edu	Writing across the curriculum, composition pedagogy, technology in writing centers and classrooms
Matthew Kimlinger Teaching Specialist	306 Nolte 612-625-4710 kimli013@umn.edu	First-year writing
Megan Mills-Rittmann Lecturer	337A Nolte 612-625-6337 mills139@umn.edu	First-year writing
Nicole Montana Associate Director of First-Year Writing	208 Nolte Center 612-625-0731 nmontana@umn.edu
Joseph Moses Senior Lecturer	313 Nolte 612-624-2199 moses004@umn.edu	Technical, professional, academic communication and project management
Capper Nichols Senior Lecturer	137A Ruttan 612-624-5345 nicho008@umn.edu	Technology studies, environmental history, travel writing
Nissa Parmar Lecturer	137 Nolte 612-624-1282 nparmar@umn.edu	First-year writing
Laura Pigozzi Lecturer Director of Graduate Studies (MS & Certificate)	204 Nolte Center 612-626-4469 pigoz002@umn.edu	Professional writing, rhetoric of health and medicine, intercultural communication, bioethics	By appointment
Sarah Selz Lecturer	323 Nolte 612-624-7991 selzx003@umn.edu	First-year writing, multilingual writing, student writing support
Kimberley Strain Senior Lecturer	317 Nolte strai004@umn.edu	First-year writing, professional and technical writing, graduate writing, student writing support, multilingual writing
Angelo Volpe Senior Lecturer	310 Nolte 612-624-4394 volp0006@umn.edu	Argumentative writing, first-year writing
Joe Weinberg Lecturer	331G Nolte 612-626-8860 weinb110@umn.edu	Business writing
William West Lecturer	213 Nolte 612-624-9729 westx005@umn.edu	Technical writing, medical writing

Graduate Instructors

Name	Contact	Specialty
Amanda Alexander	24 Lind Hall alex0203@umn.edu	English
Christine Bachman-Sanders	331C Nolte 612-625-1398 bachm087@umn.edu	American Studies
Bridget Bergin	24 Lind Hall bergi045@umn.edu	English
Nathan Bollig	Nolte 302 612-625-4495 bolli046@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Christopher Bowman	24-25 Lind Hall bowma325@umn.edu	English
Kari Campeau	316 Nolte 612-624-1428 campeau@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Jennifer Carter	Lind Hall carte878@umn.edu	English
Alexander Champoux	301 Nolte 612-625-2338 champ147@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Vincent Cheng	Lind Hall chen2009@umn.edu	English
Nicole Ciulla	331E Nolte 612-625-2666 ciull002@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Katlynne Davis	335A Nolte 612-624-3831 davi2936@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Jennifer Doane	331C Nolte 612-625-1398 doan0044@umn.edu	American Studies
Kelsey Donk	Lind Hall donkx001@umn.edu	English
Ryan Eichberger	338A Nolte 612-62 eichb003@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Bryan Erickson	24 Lind Hall eric3246@umn.edu	English
Meaghan Anderson Forbis	331C Nolte 612-625-1398 and05068@umn.edu	American Studies
Darcy Gabriel	335 Nolte 612-626-5343 gabri160@umn.edu	Writing Studies
McKinley Green	Nolte 338B 612-625-3502 gree1968@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Theodosia Henney	Lind Hall henne50@umn.edu	English
Leslie Hodgkins	Lind Hall hodgk017@umn.edu	English
Elizabeth Howard	Lind Hall howar571@umn.edu	English
Youngbin Hyeon	26 Lind Hall hyeon004@umn.edu	English
Damian Johansson	24 Lind Hall johan025@umn.edu	English
Melissa Johnson	26 Lind Hall joh12032@umn.edu	English
Hannah Jorgenson	26 Lind Hall jorge549@umn.edu	English
Juliette Lapyrouse-Cherry	300 Nolte 612-626-2248 lapey002@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Amanda Lugo	331C Nolte 612-625-1398 lugox004@umn.edu	American Studies
Charlotte Madere	Lind Hall mader043@umn.edu	English
Megan McGrath	316 Nolte 612-624-1428 mcgra340@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Evelyn Meisenbacher	331E Nolte 612-625-2666 meise014@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Benjamin Meryerson	Lind Hall meye2491@umn.edu	English
Saeide Mirzaei	26 Lind Hall mirza025@umn.edu	English
Eddie Nevarez	335A Nolte 612-624-3831 nevar025@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Jacqueline Patz	Lind Hall patzx012@umn.edu	English
Sarah Puett	300 Nolte 612-626-2248 puett008@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Mae Rice	Lind Hall ricex676@umn.edu	English
Zoe Rodine	Lind Hall rodin012@umn.edu	English
David Rodriguez-Martinez	Lind Hall rodri966@umn.edu	English
Jeremy Rosselot-Merritt	338A Nolte 612-62 rosse070@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Shavera Seneviratne	24-25 Lind Hall senev007@umn.edu	English
Brett Sigurdson	Lind Hall sigur039@umn.edu	English
Jarron Slater	338B Nolte 612-626-5343 slate151@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Danielle Stambler	335A Nolte 612-624-3831 borde021@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Jason Tham	302 Nolte 612-625-4495 thamx007@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Saveena Veeramoothoo	331E Nolte 612-625-2666 veera019@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Andrea Waldrep	Lind Hall waldr097@umn.edu	English
Joseph Whitson	331C Nolte 612-625-1398 whits018@umn.edu	American Studies
Ryan Wold	335 Nolte 612-626-5343 woldx183@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Allie Zimmerman	26 Lind Hall zimme911@umn.edu	English

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