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Dr. Kathy Albertson
Email: katalb@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0884

Dr Lori E Amy
Email: lamy@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0625
Office: Forrest Drive 1128
PO Box: 8090
Web Site: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~lamy
Degree Infomation:
Ph.D., English, University of Florida, 1996
M.A., English, University of California at San Diego, 1987
B.A., English, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1985
Special Interest:
Narrative and discourse theory, particularly theories of narrative, memory, and trauma; feminist and psychoanalytic theory; cultural studies; writing for social justice and critical pedagogy; hypertext theory and digital culture
Office Hours:
Monday  4:00-6:00
Tuesday  4:00-6:00
Wednesday  4:00-6:00
Thursday  4:00-6:00
Friday  00:00-00:00


Dr. Frank Arasanyin
Email: sany@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-7342
Mr. David Bailey
Email: @georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-1866
Mr. Gregory Barlow
Email: gregory_e_barlow@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-5337
Mr Stephen Black
Email: stblack@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0547
Office: Forrest Drive 1211
PO Box: 8026
Web Site: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~stblack
Degree Infomation:
M.A., English, University of Memphis
B.A., English, University of Memphis
Special Interest:
Nature Writing, Contemplative Practices and Writing
Dr. Virginia Black
Email: vrblack@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0986
Ms Loretta Brandon
Email: labrandon@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-1377
Office: Newton 1122E
PO Box: 8026
Degree Infomation:
B. A. in English Emory University 1964
M. A. in English Georgia Southern College 1989
Office Hours:
Monday  00:00-00:00
Tuesday  00:00-00:00
Wednesday  00:00-00:00
Thursday  00:00-00:00
Friday  00:00-00:00


Dr. Larry Burton
Email: lburton@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0236

Dr. Pauline Burton
Email: pburton@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-7548
Ms. Patricia Byrd
Email: pbyrd@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0141

Heidi Bland Chapman
Email: hbbland@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0226
Office: Forrest Drive 1205
PO Box: 0000
Office Hours:
Monday  11:00-12:00, 1:00-2:00
Wednesday  11:00-12:00
Thursday  10:00-12:00
  

Margery Collins
Email: mcollins@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0373

Dr. Lisa Costello
Email: lacostello@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-5561
Dr Angela D Crow
Email: acrow@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0153
Office: Newton 912
PO Box: 8026
Web Site: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~crowa
Degree Infomation:
Post doctoral work in Aging Studies 2002 – 2003, University
of Kansas
Ph.D. in English, University of Kansas, 1997  
Specialization: Composition and Cultural Studies
MA in English, University of Kansas, 1991
BA  Double Major in English and Business Administration,
Point Loma College, 1987

Special Interest:
Technical and professional Writing, new media, literacy studies, visual communication, multimodal discourse, aging and language, language and cognition, health literacies, risk assessment, faculty training/development, feminist, cultural, gender studies, and genre theory.
About:
I'm writing a literacy narrative, one that relies on multimodal literate acts and rests on theories of affect systems. The text speaks to theories of risk situated locally, within regions that shape nation-state identities in transnational economies. I look at the ways we move and speak, the histories we carry on our bodies, of health care access, of family memories, of conceptions of home, of regional affiliations. I explore the generational work of object attachments, the strategies we use to shape our sense of safe/hospitable spaces.

Or an alternative "table of contents": I explore the complexities of memory work within the field of technical and professional writing, within rhetorical and literacy studies, discussing a wide range of aspects that effect document / architectural design.
Office Hours:
Spring 07
9:00 - 12:15 TR


Dr Phyllis S Dallas
Email: psdallas@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0230
Office: Newton 0221D
PO Box: 8026
Degree Infomation:
Ph.D. American Literature, Tulane University
Special Interest:
American literature, autobiography, creative nonfiction, literacy studies

Dr Nancy B Dessommes
Email: nandess@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-1479
Office: Newton 2218A
PO Box: 8026
Web Site: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~nandess
Degree Infomation:
AFA, Young Harris College, Music
BA, Georgia Southern, English
MA, Auburn University, English
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Composition and
TESOL, 2006
Special Interest:
First-year Writing Program National Writing Project World Literature Distance Learning Center for Irish Studies Cinema Arts Popular Culture
About:
I have recently received a Ph.D. in Composition from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. My dissertation, "Whiteness and Resistance: Investigating Student Concepts of White Privilege in the Writing Classroom," focuses on the ways in which incoming college students-- white Southern students in particular-- begin shaping a critical self-awareness in their first-year writing courses through reading and writing about texts that explore various social constructions of whiteness. Most recently, I have delivered conference papers and published articles in the areas of student reflective writing, distance learning, media literacy, and the National Writing Project. Although I should control stress through diet and exercise, I instead carry out the duties of soccer mom and church choir member.
Office Hours:
Monday  2-3 (Week 2)
Tuesday  10:30 - 12:30
Wednesday by appt.
Thursday 10:30 - 12:30; 1:30-2:30
Friday

Ms. Julie Douberly
Email: juliedouberly@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0962

Stefanie Frigo
Email: sfrigo@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-5248
Office: Newton 1120B
PO Box: 8026
Degree Infomation:
Ph.D., in progress, Queen's University, Belfast, N.Ireland.
M.A., English Language and Linguistics, Queen's University,
Belfast, N.Ireland, 2003.
M.A., English Literature, Cambridge University, England,
2003.
B.A., English Literature, Cambridge University, England,
1999.
Special Interest:
Research interests include emotion and speech, paralinguistics, pausing, English grammar and punctuation, English as a Second Language and internationalising the composition classroom.
Office Hours:
Monday - 9.00am - 11.00am
Tuesday - 9.00am - 11.00pm.
Wednesday - 9.00am - 11.00am
All other times by appointment.

Dr Timothy D Giles
Email: tgiles@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0229
Office: Newton 1122-G
PO Box: 8026
Web Site: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~tgiles
Degree Infomation:
Ph.D., Rhetoric, Scientific, & Technical Communication,
University of Minnesota, 2004.
M.A., English, Concentration in Professional and Technical
Writing, East Carolina University, 1986.
B.A., English, Concentration In Writing, East Carolina
University, 1982.
Special Interest:
Research interests include rhetoric of science, technical communication pedagogy, internet studies, and usability.
Office Hours:
Monday 9:40-10:40
Tuesday 9:40-10:40
Wednesday 9:40-10:40
Thursday 9:40-10:40
Friday  9:40-10:40& by appointment


Dr Mary Hadley
Email: mhadley@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0881
Office: Newton 1122F
PO Box: 8026
Web Site: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~mhadley
Degree Infomation:
PhD. English Reading University, UK
Dissertation title: British Women Mystery Writers.
M.S. TESOL
M.S. Education of the Gifted Child
B.A. Hons. English.
Special Interest:
Creative Writing Crime Fiction English as a Second Language
About:
I enjoy writing crime novels with my husband under the pseudonym Mary Charles, reading crime fiction and watching television shows like CSI, Law and Order and Without a Trace. I also love to travel especially to unusual places, for example, to India to see tigers in the wild.
Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday 10:00-11:00 and 3:00-3:30 or by
appointment

Dr Lynn M Hamilton
Email: lynnhamilton@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-5936
Office: Newton 2219A
PO Box: 8026
Degree Infomation:
Ph.D. in English Literature, Loyola University of Chicago.

M.A. in English, DePaul University.

B. A. in Literature, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois.
Special Interest:
Environmental journalism and the Victorian novel.
About:
As a sideline, I publish the Tybee News. You can visit the on-line version at www.tybeenews.com.
Office Hours:
Monday  00:00-00:00
Tuesday  00:00-00:00
Wednesday  00:00-00:00
Thursday  00:00-00:00
Friday  00:00-00:00


Prof Ellen H Hendrix
Email: ehendrix@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-5899
Office: Newton 3301B
PO Box: 8026
Web Site: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~ehendrix
Degree Infomation:
BS Ed 1986 Georgia Southern College
MA 1990 Georgia Southern University
Ph D in progress Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Office Hours:
On Leave for Spring 2006
Ms. Alicia Howe
Email: ahowe@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0503

Ms Sonya R Huber-Humes
Email: shuber@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-7548
Office: Newton 3305-A
PO Box: 8026
Web Site: http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~shuber
Degree Infomation:
B.A., Carleton College (sociology/anthropology)
M.A., Ohio State University (public affairs journalism)
M.F.A, Ohio State University (creative writing)
Special Interest:
I am interested in the way people use memoir and autobiography to find voice and shape identity; I am also interested in the ethics of creative nonfiction and the way in which literature and writing overlap with social movements, humanitarian efforts, and other efforts of redefinition.
About:
I have a 3-year-old son who can skateboard rings around me. Back in the day when I had free time, I used to love to drink endless cups of coffee and talk with friends in coffee shops and watch movies with subtitles and find cool things in the trash and visit thrift stores. I also meditate and write my congressional reps for fun.
Office Hours:
T 10:00-11:00, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
W 10:00-11:00
Th 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
If these times don’t work with your schedule, contact me for
another time to meet.

June B Joyner
Email: jbjoy@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0228
Office: Newton 2218E
PO Box: 8026
Web Site: http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~jbjoy/
Degree Infomation:
BA, Georgia Southern University, 2000
MA, Georgia Southern University, 2002
Office Hours:
Summer 2007 By Appointment

Dr Thomas B Klein
Email: tklein@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-5350
Office: Newton 2222E
PO Box: 8026
Web Site: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~tklein
Degree Infomation:
Ph.D. University of Delaware
Special Interest:
Phonology; Creole languages in particular Gullah and Geechee

Mr. Jeff Kozee
Email: jeffrey_p_kozee@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-5337
Ms. Marti Lee
Email: mdlee@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-7328
Tammy Linder
Email: tlinder@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-1399
Ms. Nan LoBue
Email: nlobue@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0641
 
Dr Mary R Marwitz
Email: marwitzm@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0222
Office: Newton 3302-C
PO Box: 8026
Web Site: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~marwitzm
Degree Infomation:
B.S.Ed. Georgia Southern College 1972

M.A. Baylor University 1982

Ph.D. University of South Carolina 1998

M.F.A. University of New Orleans pending

Special Interest:
Creative nonfiction
Office Hours:
Monday  3:00-6:00
Tuesday  4:00-6:00
Wednesday  3:00-6:00
Thursday  4:00-6:00


Dr Margaret A McLaughlin
Email: mmclaugh@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-5908
Office: Newton 2221C
PO Box: 8026
Degree Infomation:
Doctor of Arts   Illinois State University
Master of Arts   Western Illinois University
Bachelor of Arts DePauw University
Office Hours:
Monday  11:00-3:00
Tuesday  00:00-00:00
Wednesday 11:00-3:00
Thursday  00:00-00:00
Friday  00:00-00:00


Mr. King Middleton
Email: kmiddleton@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0548

Dr Laura A Milner
Email: lamilner@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-5263
Office: Newton 2219C
PO Box: 8026
Degree Infomation:
Ph.D. English/Composition Studies, Indiana University of
Pennsylvania (2005)
M.A.L.S. Liberal Studies/Literature, Wesleyan University,
Middletown, CT (1984)
B.A. Mass Communications/Journalism, University of Alabama
in Birmingham (1981)
Special Interest:
Grief writing; connections between writing, telling, and health; women and gender studies; spirituality and teaching; first-year composition; poetry; queer studies (co-advisor of the Gay-Straight Alliance, a student group at Georgia Southern)
About:
I co-founded the Statesboro Zen Group in 1998 with two practitioners from Jesup, GA, and we continue to practice sitting meditation in a wooded retreat setting. My meditation practice informs everything I do, from dancing to writing to singing to teaching to advocating for peace and social justice in Statesboro and beyond.
Office Hours:
Monday  10:00-11:00, 3:00-5:00
Tuesday  00:00-00:00
Wednesday  10:00-11:00, 3:00-5:00
Thursday  10:00-11:00
Friday  00:00-00:00


Mr Eric Nelson
Email: enelson@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-5566
Office: Newton 912
PO Box: 8026
Web Site: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~ernel
Degree Infomation:
M.A., Writing Seminars, Johns Hopkins University
B.A., English, Virginia Tech
Special Interest:
Poetry Writing Creative Writing Contemporary poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction
About:
a dog that likes cats, a clock running backwards, a bird in a bush at night, singing.

Mr. Matt Nichols
Email: mnichols@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0373

Mildred Pate
Email: mmpate@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0641
Office: Newton 2225A
PO Box: 8026
Degree Infomation:
BA Claflin University
English Education
(Minor-Black Studies-South Carolina State)
MST Georgia Southern University
English Education
Adult Certification
Georgia Southern University
Special Interest:
African American Vernacular English (Sociolinguistics) National Writing Project (GSWP) Teacher Consultant of Writing-Public Schools Writing and Technology (Multi-Media and Multi-Genre)
Office Hours:
Monday  11:30-2:30
Wednesday  11:30-2:30
Thursday  11:30-2:30


Dr Michael A Pemberton
Email: michaelp@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-1383
Office: Forrest Drive 1119D
PO Box: 8026
Web Site: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~michaelp/
Office Hours:
Monday  8:30-10:00, 1:00 - 2:00
Wednesday  8:30-10:00, 1:00 - 2:00
And by appointment

Dr. Martha Pennington
Email: mcpennington@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-1326
Mr. Cliffton Price
Email: clifftonprice@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0151

Dr. Patricia Price
Email: ptprice@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0154
Ed.D. - Georgia Southern University
M.A. English - Georgia Southern College
B.S. Ed. English Education - University of Georgia



Special Interest:
Research Interests: Composition theory and pedagogy Feminist theory and pedagogy Cultural Studies Travel writing The writings of Walker Percy The Georgia Southern Writing Project
About:
Courses Taught Recently: The First-Year Writing Sequence – ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 Regents Exam Writing – RGTP 0199 University Orientation - GSU 1210 Writing Place/The Travel Journal – WRIT 2090 World Literature I - ENG 2111 Grammar and Punctuation Review - WRIT 1120 Classroom Writing Strategies - WRIT 5030 Teaching Philosophy: My teaching philosophy is ever changing. But at all times I know that TEACHING is basically an impossible task. All I can really do is invite students to accompany me on a journey of exploration. I can offer to share the insights I=ve gained. I can be attentive and learn from the insights students share with me. But, ultimately, all of us must decide for ourselves whether or not to absorb information and be changed by it. I=d like my students to find the joy in writing that I have found. Writing helps me learn new ideas, sort through my feelings, remember moments, and connect with other people. Everybody can write. I try to help my students see themselves as writers and learn to trust themselves.
Office Hours:
Monday  3:00-5:00
Tuesday  2:00-4:00
Wednesday  3:00-5:00
Thursday  2:00-4:00
Friday  by appointment


Mark L Richardson
Email: m_richsn@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0421
Office: Newton 1124B
PO Box: 8026
Web Site: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~m_richsn
Degree Infomation:
PhD Emory University 1980
MA Emory University 1980
BA Colgate University 1973
Special Interest:
Writing in the disciplines, especially science, history, literature, philosophy, social sciences, art, music, business First-year composition, especially linking FYC courses to interest groups (FIGS) and/or other disciplines The history of education in general and of writing instruction in particular Science fiction and humor writing
About:
Lives in Savannah with wife (a Hospice physician and postulant to ordination in the Episcopal Church), son (who plays percussion, the guitar, the mandolin, tennis, lacrosse, and video games), a dog, and two cats. Another son lives in Athens where he is working singer-songwriter. Enjoys reading, writing, listening to music, hiking, reading, cooking, travel and more reading.
Office Hours:
Monday  9-10; 11-1; 2-5
Tuesday  9-1; 2-3
Wednesday  9-10; 11-1; 2-5
Thursday  9-10; 11-5
Friday  By appt only


Dr Neal Saye
Email: nsaye@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0374
Office: Newton 2225B
PO Box: 8026
Degree Infomation:
B.A.  Berry College, Rome GA
M.A.  Geogria Southern
Ed.D.  Georgia Southern
Special Interest:
Creative Writing, especially fiction and the educational novel. Composition and first-year writing Gender studies
Office Hours:
11-12 MTuW
3-3:30 MW
5:30-6 MW
Or by appt.

Prof Susan Smith
Email: sasmith@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0234
Office: Newton 2221B
PO Box: 8026
Degree Infomation:
M.Ed. Business Education, Georgia Southern
B. S. Business Education, Georgia Southern
Office Hours:
Tuesday    9:00 -  9:30
10:30 - 11:30
1:30 -  2:00
Thursday   9:00 -  9:30
10:30 - 11:30
1:30 -  2:00
Friday (lab weeks)
30 minutes before and after labs
and by appointment
Ms. Joann Steffen
Email: jasteffen@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0636

Ms. Bettye Stewart
Email: bstewart@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-1413
Ms. Julie Strickland
Email: jstrickland@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-5750

Dr. Terry Thompson
Email: twthom@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-7079

Laura Valeri
Email: lvaleri@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0151
Office: Newton 2222D
PO Box: 8026
Degree Infomation:
BA New York University
MFA Iowa Writers' Workshop
Special Interest:
Yoga, meditation, kayaking, Reiki, travel
About:
Author of The Kind Of Things Saints Do.
Office Hours:
Tuesday  5-6pm
Thursday  3-3:30 and 5-6pm


Ms Rachel D Van Horn
Email: rvanhorn@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0429
Office: Forrest Drive 1130
PO Box: 8026
Web Site: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~rvanhorn
Degree Infomation:
B.A. English 1999, Georgia Southern University
M.A. English 2002, Georgia Southern University
Special Interest:
poetry, science fiction, social issues, creative writing, the outdoors, 19th Century American Literature, Romanticism, spirituality/healing through writing, film, nature, yoga, singing, The Writing Project
Office Hours:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:20-12:00 and 12:00-1:00
Wednesdays 2:00-3:40
*Note:  I may be late arriving/early leaving my
Tuesday/Thursday morning hours, as my classroom locations
have moved to distant buildings.


Dr Janice R Walker
Email: jwalker@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-1327
Office: Newton 2222-A
PO Box: 8026
Web Site: http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~jwalker
Degree Infomation:
Ph.D., University of South Florida, 1999
English: Rhetoric and Composition; Early American Literature

M.A., University of South Florida, 1996
English: Rhetoric and Composition; American Literature

B.A., University of South Florida, 1994
English: English; Professional and Technical Writing

A.S., Kennesaw State University, 1978
Elementary Education


Special Interest:
Computers and Writing; Professional and Technical Writing; Writing for Scholarly Publication; Citing Electronic Sources; Intellectual Property
Office Hours:
Fall 2007 Office Hours:

Monday    10:30am-noon, 2-3:15pm
Wednesday 10:30am-noon, 2-3:15pm
Friday    7-8 pm (Online only)

Other hours by appointment.


Dr Theresa M Welford
Email: welfordtm@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0156
Office: Newton 2224C
PO Box: 8016
Degree Infomation:
PhD (English), University of Essex (Colchester, England). 
Dissertation: Trans-Atlantic Connections: The Movement and
New Formalism. Director: Dr. Richard Gray, Univ. of Essex. 
Internal examiner: Dr. Leon Burnett, Univ. of Essex. 
External examiner: Dr. Paul Giles, Oxford Univ.  (Also,  two
years of coursework.  University of Cincinnati.)

MA (English), University of Georgia.  Thesis: Satirical
Social Commentary Made by the Fops in Some Restoration
Comedies.

BA (English), Armstrong State College.


Special Interest:
Scholarly and creative interests: Creative Writing, Composition and Rhetoric, Popular Culture, Modern and Contemporary British and American Poetry. I am currently collecting submissions for an anthology of poetry in the cento form, and I am conducting e-mail interviews with poets Dana Gioia, John Gery, and Paul Lake on their connections with the English poet and critic Donald Davie, who taught at Stanford University in the 1970s.
About:
I am interested in popular culture of all kinds, modern design and architecture, history (including the history of my family as well as history in general), political and human rights issues, civil rights, feminism, the environment, nature, animal rights, and a wide variety of other things. Along with my students, I am finding a great deal of fulfillment in the children's books that we are creating and sending to children in Uganda. I am utterly dedicated to my remarkable and handsome husband, Mark, as well as our happy family of formerly homeless cats and dogs (three cats and four dogs). I also volunteer with the local Humane Society in its efforts to help find homes for homeless cats and dogs (and the occasional ferret or rabbit). And, finally, I am determined to travel to as many cities and countries as I possibly can in my lifetime.
Office Hours:
Monday  10:00-10:50 & 3:30-4:30
Tuesday  None
Wednesday  10:00-10:50 & 3:30-4:30
Thursday  3:30-4:30
Friday  10:00-10:50


Tina Whittle
Email: twhittle@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-0636
Mr James Zarrello
Email: jzarrell@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone:(912) 478-2473
Office: Newton 2219D
PO Box: 8026
Web Site: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~jzarrell
Degree Infomation:
BA University of Southern California
MA Georgia Southern University
Special Interest:
Grading Papers
About:
I grade papers!
Office Hours:
See Online Syllabus:
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~jzarrell/InstructorInformati
on.html