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
Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch Professor Chair Interim Director of Graduate Studies (Certificate and MS)	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	209 Nolte 612-625-6041 patbruch@umn.edu	Theory and history of composition studies, critical literacy and critical pedagogy, cultural studies
Daniel Card Assistant Professor	221 Nolte 612-625-7974 dcard@umn.edu	Rhetoric of science & environment, digital/computational rhetoric, technical writing, rhetorics of innovation & entrepreneurship
Ann Hill Duin Professor Director of Graduate Studies (Certificate and MS) On sabatical Spring 2021	215 Nolte 612-625-9259 ahduin@umn.edu	Collaboration, distance education, partnerships Distinguished University Teaching Professor
Richard Graff Associate Professor	201 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
Molly Kessler Assistant Professor	210 Nolte 612-301-2577 kesslerm@umn.edu	Rhetoric of health and medicine, professional and technical communication, rhetoric of science and technology
Anne Lazaraton Associate Professor	200 Nolte 612-626-9372 lazaratn@umn.edu	Applied linguistics
Amy Lee Professor Director of First Year Writing	213 Nolte amylee@umn.edu	Critical pedagogy; teacher development in higher education; engaging diversity and supporting equity in undergraduate classrooms; composition/writing studies; intercultural pedagogy H.T. Morse Distinguished Professor
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
Rachel Presley Assistant Professor	205 Nolte 612-625-0151 rpresley@umn.edu	Rhetorical theory and criticism, indigenous studies, critical/cultural studies
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

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
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
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
Christina Haas Professor Emerita	chaas@umn.edu	Writing as material, embodied practice
Earl McDowell Professor Emeritus	mcdow001@umn.edu	Technical communication apprehension
Tom Scanlan Professor Emeritus	scanl001@umn.edu	Humanities
David Schuelke Professor Emeritus		Communication in the workplace. Sustainability and communication.
Mary Schuster Professor Emerita	mmlay@umn.edu	Rhetoric of the law; feminist perspectives on domestic violence and sexual assault 2013-14 Arthur "Red" Motley Exemplary Teaching Award
Billie Wahlstrom Professor Emerita	billie@umn.edu	New and emerging technologies and their impact on learning and higher education organizations

Professional Instructors

Name	Contact	Specialty
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
Sarah Chandler Lecturer	331G Nolte sarchand@umn.edu	First-year writing
Kris Cory Associate Director of First-Year Writing: Teaching Excellence and Pedagogy	304 Nolte 612-626-4279 coryx001@umn.edu	First-year writing
James Countryman Senior Lecturer	319 Nolte 612-624-3361 countryj@umn.edu	First-year writing
Melissa Cundieff-Pexa Lecturer	cundi016@umn.edu	First-year writing
Jenna Dreier Post-doc	leste101@umn.edu	First-year writing
Patty Fillipi Senior Teaching Specialist	311 Nolte 612-625-0164 filli002@umn.edu	First-year writing, President's Emerging Scholars program
Lee Fisher Director, Minnesota Writing Project	10 Nicholson 612-625-6323 lcf@umn.edu
Anne Fretheim Senior Lecturer	337C Nolte 612-301-1317 fret0017@umn.edu	Multilingual learners
Tim Gustafson Senior Lecturer	337B Nolte 612-625-8671 tgus@umn.edu	First-year writing, technical & professional writing
Jim Hall Teaching Specialist Certificate Program Advisor	213 Nolte 612-626-6707 jhall@umn.edu	Technical communication
Sheryl Holt Coordinator, International and Multilingual Instructors and Students	321 Nolte 612-624-4524 holtx001@umn.edu	Second language writing, graduate writing and presentations across disciplines, technical and business writing
Barbara Horvath Senior 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 Senior Teaching Specialist	137A Ruttan 612-625-4710 kimli013@umn.edu	First-year writing
Jax Kinniburgh Teaching Specialist	jkinnibu@umn.edu	First-year writing
Katie Levin Co-Director, Center for Writing	612-624-7720 kslevin@umn.edu
Corinth Matera Teaching Specialist	mate0001@umn.edu	First-year writing
Megan Mills-Rittmann Lecturer	337A Nolte 612-625-6337 mills139@umn.edu	First-year writing
Nicole Montana Senior Lecturer	306 Nolte 612-625-0731 nmontana@umn.edu	First-year writing
Joseph Moses Senior Lecturer	313 Nolte 612-624-2199 moses004@umn.edu	Technical, professional, academic communication and project management
Brigitte Mussack Senior Lecturer Coordinator, Advanced Writing	204 Nolte Center 626-8484 muss0039@umn.edu	First-year writing
Capper Nichols Senior Lecturer	137B Ruttan / 305 Nolte Center 612-624-5345 nicho008@umn.edu	Technology studies, environmental history, travel writing
Cynthia Pope Teaching Specialist	cpope@umn.edu	Technical writing
Vanessa Ramos Lecturer	331G Nolte ramos328@umn.edu	First-year writing
Treza Rosado Teaching Specialist	rosad018@umn.edu	First-year writing
Nick Rosencrans Teaching Specialist	rosen584@umn.edu	Usability
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
Jasmine Kar Tang Co-Director, Center for Writing Assistant Director, Minnesota Writing Project	10 Nicholson 612-625-1541 jkt@umn.edu
Lee Thomas Teaching Specialist	3-372 CarlSMgmt 612-626-6880 thom1221@umn.edu	Scientific and technical communication, information design
Angelo Volpe Senior Lecturer	310 Nolte 612-624-4394 volp0006@umn.edu	Argumentative writing, first-year writing
William West Lecturer	325 Nolte 612-624-9729 westx005@umn.edu	Technical writing, medical writing
Tara Zahler Lecturer	zahl0012@umn.edu	First-year writing

Graduate Instructors

Name	Contact	Home Department
Steven Blythe	Lind Hall blyth030@umn.edu	English
Nathan Bollig	302 Nolte 612-625-4495 bolli046@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Mark Brenden	300 Nolte 612-626-2248 brend053@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Matthew Buck	Lind Hall buck0338@umn.edu	English
Adam Burchard	Lind Hall burch153@umn.edu	English
Cody Bursch	Nolte bursc021@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Patrick Carthey	Lind Hall carth020@umn.edu	English
Katlynne Davis	300 Nolte 612-626-2248 davi2936@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Mikayla Davis	335 Nolte 612-624-3831 davi3897@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Jennifer Doane	doan0044@umn.edu	American Studies
Tarik Dobbs	Lind Hall dobbs076@umn.edu	English
Evelyn Dsouza	Online edsouza@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Said Farah	Lind Hall farah256@umn.edu	English
Brandi Fuglsby	338A Nolte 612-626-2292 fugls005@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Merle Geode	Lind rich1793@umn.edu	English
Sandesh Ghimire	Lind ghimi028@umn.edu	English
torrin greathouse	Lind great026@umn.edu	English
McKinley Green	338B Nolte 612-625-3502 gree1968@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Emily Gresbrink	335 Nolte 612-624-3831 gresb008@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Andrew Hamilton	Lind Hall hamil638@umn.edu	English
Katrina Healey	Lind Hall heale020@umn.edu	English
Margaret Heeschen	Lind Hall heesc011@umn.edu	English
Jacqueline James	302 Nolte 612-625-4495 james806@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Kaylen James	james238@umn.edu	American Studies
Emily Jones	Lind Hall jone2241@umn.edu	English
Emma Kaiser	Lind Hall kaise534@umn.edu	English
Aaron Kapinos	Nolte kapin016@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Brian Le Lay	335 Nolte 612-624-3831 lelay001@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Caleb Molstad	Lind Hall molst036@umn.edu	English
Sruthi Narayanan	Lind Hall naray216@umn.edu	English
Scott Nelson	Lind Hall nels4697@umn.edu	English
Eduardo Nevarez	301 Nolte 612-625-2338 nevar025@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Matthew Pockrus	Lind Hall pockr005@umn.edu	English
Timothy Reynolds	Lind Hall reyno790@umn.edu	English
Julia Richard	Lind Hall rich1789@umn.edu	English
Kyle Riper	Lind Hall riper001@umn.edu	English
Jeremy Rosselot-Merritt	338A Nolte 612-626-2292 rosse070@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Emily Schoenbeck	Lind Hall schoe990@umn.edu	English
Luke Shackelford	335 Nolte 612-624-3831 shack076@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Karen Soto	Lind Hall soto0031@umn.edu	English
Danielle Stambler	316 Nolte 612-624-1428 stambler@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Kaitlyn Sterr	Lind Hall sterr024@umn.edu	English
Jesse Stratton III	Lind Hall strat170@umn.edu	English
Asha Thanki	Lind Hall thank003@umn.edu	English
Kerstin Tuttle	Lind tuttl112@umn.edu	Englilsh
Saveena Veeramoothoo	331E Nolte 612-625-2666 veera019@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Ryan Wold	338B Nolte 612-625-3502 woldx183@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Jessa Wood	302 Nolte 612-625-4495 wood1314@umn.edu	Writing Studies
Rira Zamani	Nolte zaman039@umn.edu	Writing Studies

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