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Michael A. Moir, Jr., Ph.D.

Department Chair, Professor of English
English Building | Room 239

Ph.D. & M.A. - The Catholic University of America
B.A. - Muhlenberg College
Areas of Expertise: 20th-century British and Irish Literature, Postcolonial Anglophone, Fantasy and Science Fiction

Blue Argo

Senior Lecturer of English
English Building | Room 221

M.F.A. - University of Iowa
B.A. - Agnes Scott College
Areas of Expertise: Creative Writing, Nonfiction

Genie Bryan, Ph.D.

Professor of English
English Building | Room 218

Ph.D. - University of Louisiana at Lafayette
M.A. & B.A. - University of Mississippi
Areas of Expertise: Gothic, Southern Literature, African American Literature, Women’s Literature, 19th Century British Literature and Theory

Jessica Carr

Part-Time Instructor

Paul Dahlgren, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences, Professor of English, QEP Director
English Building | Room 228

Ph.D. & M.A. - University of California, Irvine
B.A. - Pomona College
Areas of Expertise: Histories and Theories of Rhetoric, Literary and Cultural Theory, Rhetorical Pedagogy, Simulation and Game-Based Pedagogy, Hannah Arendt, and Shakespeare.

Anish M. Dave, Ph.D.

Professor
James E. Carter Library

Ph.D., Rhetoric and Professional Communication - Iowa State University
M.F.A. - University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
M.B.A. - Gujarat University, India
Areas of Expertise: Organizational Communication, Rhetoric of Risk and Crisis, Rhetoric of Social and Digital Media, Writing Processes, Creative Writing, Literary nonfiction

Bryan P. Davis, Ph.D.

Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of English
Wheatley Administration Building | Room 204

Ph.D. - Ohio State University
M.A. - Wright State University
B.A. - University of Dayton
Areas of Expertise: Medieval and Renaissance Literature, Manuscript and Cultural Studies

Penny Dearmin

Lecturer of English
English Building | Room 225

Lauren DiPaula, Ph.D.

Professor of English, Director of Writing Center
English Building | Room 230

Ph.D. - Indiana University of Pennsylvania
M.S. - Towson University
B.A. - James Madison University
Areas of Expertise: Composition Studies, Writing Center Studies, Disability Studies, Professional Writing

Olga Godoy, Ph.D.

Professor of Spanish
English Building | Room 215

Ph.D. & M.A. - Florida State University
B.A. - Western Michigan University
Areas of Expertise: Spanish Language and Literature

Alaina Kaus, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English
English Building | Room 233

Ph.D. & M.A. - University of Connecticut
B.A. - University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
Areas of Expertise: American Literature, Multiethnic U.S. Literature, Refugee Literature, American Studies

Lydia Rogers

Senior Lecturer
English Building | Room 223

M.Ed. - State University of West Georgia
B.A. - Georgia Southwestern State University
Areas of Expertise: American Literature

Jesse B.B. Russell, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English
English Building | Room 216

Ph.D. - Louisiana State University
M.A. - Catholic University of America
M.A. & B.A. - Franciscan University of Steubenville
Areas of Expertise: World Literature, Shakespeare

Jennifer Ryer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of English & Sirocco Adviser
English Building | Room 236

Ph.D. & M.A. - University of Connecticut
B.A. - Mercer University
Areas of Expertise: British Literature, Early American Literature

Janice Kay Sassi

Part-Time Instructor

M.A. - Bowling Green State University
B.A. - Georgia Southwestern State University
Areas of Expertise: World Literature, Modern American Literature

Milton Jeffrey Waldrop, Ph.D.

Professor of English
English Building | Room 220

Ph.D. - University of Mississippi
M.A. & B.A. - Florida State University
Areas of Expertise: British Literature, The Romantic Movement in England

Gabriele U. Stauf, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita of English
English Building | Room 236

Ph.D. - Florida State University
M.A. - Southwest Texas State University
B.A. - Texas Lutheran College

Erica Hill

Administrative Assistant
English Building

Contact

Department of English & Modern Languages

English Building

229-931-2183
erica.hill@gsw.edu

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