Melissa Johnson, Department Chair and Professor
Ph.D. 20th-Century British Literature and Women's Studies
M.F.A. Creative Writing--Poetry
Harris Hall 5191
804-827-3614
mcjohnson@vcu.edu
Office Hours: by appointment
Michael Abelson, Associate Chair and Associate Professor
Ed. D. Candidate in Leadership
M.A. Educational Policy Studies--Comparative Education
Harris Hall 5186
mabelson@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00-3:00 and Thursday 2:00-3:00
Bonnie Boaz, Associate Professor
M.A. English
Harris Hall 5107
bboaz@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday 11:30-2:30 and online
Sara Bailey MacRae, Adjunct Instructor
M.A. English
Harris Hall 5107
Office Hours: by appointment
Tanya Boucicaut, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Candidate Writing and Rhetoric
M.F.A. Theatre Pedagogy
M.Div. Theology
Harris Hall 5178
boucicautty@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00-2:00
Tara Bray, Associate Professor
M.F.A. Creative Writing--Poetry
M.Ed. Education
Harris Hall 5108
tlbray@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 11:00-12:00; Tuesday and Thursday 11:20-12:20
Scott Brookman, Assistant Professor
M.A. English--Literature
Harris Hall 5180
sbrook@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 1:00-3:00
Tara Burke, Assistant Professor
M.F.A. Poetry
Harris Hall 5160
Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00-2:00 and by appointment
Ryan Cales, Assistant Professor and Co-coordinator of UTA Program
M.A. English--Writing and Rhetoric
Harris Hall 5104
calesre@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday 1:00-3:00 and Tuesday 1:30-3:00
Joe Cates, Assistant Professor
M.F.A. Creative Writing--Poetry
Harris Hall 5156
s2jwcate@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00-11:00 and by appointment
Frank Cha, Assistant Professor and GTA Coordinator
Ph.D. American Studies
Harris Hall 5149
fscha@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 1-2pm; Fridays, 12-1pm; and by appointment via Zoom
Lindsay Chudzik, Associate Professor
M.F.A. Creative Writing--Fiction
Harris Hall 5135
chudzikla@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 2:00-4:00 and by appointment
Jason Coats, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. English
Harris Hall 5102
jmcoats@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday and Friday 1:00-3:00 and by appointment
Leslie Cohen-Gee, Assistant Professor
M.A. English--Literature
Harris Hall 5153
lcohen3@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday 2:00-3:00, Thursday 11:00-1:00, Friday 2:00-3:00, and by appointment
Jason Corner, Associate Professor
Ph.D. English
Harris Hall 5112
jlcorner@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00-12:00, Wednesday 2:00-4:00, Thursday 10:00-12:00, and by appointment
Meriah Crawford, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Literature and Criticism
M.F.A. Creative Writing
Harris Hall 5177
crawfordml@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 10:00-2:00 and by appointment
Michaux Dempster, Assistant Professor
M.F.A. Creative Writing--Fiction
M.Ed. School Counseling and M.A. English--Writing and Rhetoric
Harris Hall 5105
dempsterm@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 2:00-4:00 and by appointment
Ywone Edwards-Ingram, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. American Studies
M.A. Anthropology
Harris Hall 5161
edwardsingryd@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 9:00-9:50 am & 3:00-4:10 pm.
Elizabeth Fagan, Assistant Professor and UC Common Book Coordinator
Ph.D. History and Anthropology
Harris Hall 5142
fagane@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 10:00- 11:00 am, 2:00-3:00 pm, and by appointment.
Nikki Fernandes, Instructor
M.A. English--Literature
Harris Hall 5103
fernandesn2@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Fall--Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9-10 and Wednesday 11-12
Spring--Tuesday 10:00-2:00
Thaddeus Fortney, Assistant Professor
M.A. Russian Language and Literature
Harris Hall 5184
twfortney@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 11:00-2:00, Wednesday 12:00-3:00, and Thursday 11:00-2:00
Hannah Franz, Assistant Professor and Director of the FILL
Ph.D. Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership
Harris Hall 5116f
Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 1-2pm & by appointment
Jamie Fueglein, Assistant Professor
M.F.A. Creative Writing--Fiction
Harris Hall 5140
s2jafueg@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8:30-9:00 & 11:00-12:00. By appointment Tuesday and Thursday.
Joshua Galligan, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Candidate Leadership and Change
M.F.A. Theatre Pedagogy
Harris Hall 5179
galliganjm@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 12:00-3:00
Jessica Gordon, Associate Professor
Ph.D. MATX
M.A. English--Literature
Harris Hall 5175
jbgordon@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00-3:30 and Thursday 8:00-9:30
Julianne Guillard, Associate Professor and Curriculum Coordinator
Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction & Women's Studies
Harris Hall 5111
jguillard@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday 10:00-11:00 and by appointment
Mary Lou Hall, Associate Professor
M.F.A. Creative Writing--Fiction
Harris Hall 5113
mhall@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday 11:45-12:45, Thursday 12:00-3:00, and by appointment
Peter Henry, Professor
Ph.D. English
M.F.A. Creative Writing--Poetry
Harris Hall 5188
prhenry@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 12:00-1:00 & 2:00-3:00 and Friday 12:00-1:00 & 3:00-4:00
Christian Horlick, Assistant Professor
M.F.A. Creative Writing--Poetry
Harris Hall 5151
cbhorlick@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 3:30-5:30
Incoronata "Nadia" Inserra, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. English
Ph.D. Anglophone Studies
Harris Hall 5129
iinserra@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 3:00-4:30; Friday 3:00-4:00
Christopher Jackson, Assistant Professor
M.A. English--Literature
Harris Hall 5130
cnjackson@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 3:00-4:30 and by appointment.
Joan Kaylan, Assistant Professor
M.F.A. Creative Writing--Poetry
Harris Hall 5158
jkalyancurti@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 12:00-3:00, Wednesday 3:00-3:50, and by appointment
Jake Khoury, Assistant Professor
M.A. English--Literature
Harris Hall 5154
khouryjf@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday 12:00-3:00 and by appointment
Jason Kirby, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Critical and Comparative Studies in Music
M.A. American Studies
Harris Hall 5132
jkirby2@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 12:00-4:00 pm.
Beth Kreydatus, Associate Professor and Faculty Development Coordinator
Ph.D. History
Harris Hall 5145
eakreydatus@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 11:00-11:50 & 1:00-1:50; Tuesday 10:30-12:00, and by appointment
Kiara Lee, Instructor
Ph.D. Education
M.Ed. Social Foundations
Harris Hall 5133
leek29@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 2:00-4:00
Hilary Levinson, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Comparative Literature
Harris Hall 5169
hlevinson@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 2:00-3:00 and Wednesday 11:00-1:00.
Katie Logan, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Comparative Literature
Harris Hall 5152
kmlogan@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00-3:00 and Wednesday 3:00-4:00
Catherine P. Malone, Graduate Teaching Assistant
Ph.D. Candidate Art Education
M.A. Art History
Harris Hall 5150
malonecp@vcu.edu
Office Hours via Zoom: Mondays, 7-8 pm; Tuesdays, 9-10 am, and by appointment
Troy Martin, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Educational Studies
M.S.W. Social Work
Harris Hall 5147
tmartin22@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 3:30-5:00 and Wednesday 12:00-3:00
Chris Martiniano, Instructor
Ph.D. Candidate English and Art History
M.A. English
Harris Hall 5166
Office Hours: Fall--Tuesday and Thursday 1:00-4:00
Spring--Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00-4:30
Andrew Marx, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Philosophy
J.D. Law
Harris Hall 5159
almarx@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday 3:00-4:00, Tuesday 12:00-2:00, and Wednesday 12:00-12:50
Mark Meier, Instructor
M.A. English
M.A. Sociology
Harris Hall 5134
mameier@vcu.edu
Virtual Office Hours: MWF 10:00-11:00; TR 10:00-12:00; and by appointment
Jeffrey Murray, Professor
Ph.D. Communication Studies
M.A. Rhetoric and Communication Studies, M.S. Biophysics, and M.A. Religious Studies--biomedical ethics
Harris Hall 5165
Office Hours: Monday 11:00-11:50 & 2:00-3:00, and Wednesday and Friday 11:00-11:50
Thomas Nelson, Associate Professor
Ph.D. English
Harris Hall 5185
tjnelson@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 1:00-3:00
William Notter, Associate Professor
M.F.A. Creative Writing--Poetry
Harris Hall 5181
wjnotter@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:00-12:30 & 3:00-4:00
Daliborka Padon, Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Rhetoric and Composition
Harris Hall 5170
Office Hours: By appointment and/or online
Vicki Pallo, Associate Professor and Textbook Coordinator
Ph.D. English Literature
Harris Hall 5137
vpallo@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00-12:00, Wednesday 12:30-2:30, & by appointment and/or online
Amber Pearson, Assistant Professor and Co-Coordinator of UTA Program
Ph.D. English Literature
M.F.A. Creative Writing--Poetry
Harris Hall 5117
arpearson@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 11:00-1:00
Joseph Pickert, Adjunct Instructor
M.A. Economics
Harris Hall 5150
Office Hours via Zoom: Friday 1-2 pm and by appointment
David Pratt, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. American Studies
Harris Hall 5115
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 3:00-5:00 and by appointment.
Kristin Reed, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Comparative Literature
Harris Hall 5106
kreed@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 11:00-1:00
Kirk Richardson, Associate Professor
Ph.D. American Culture Studies
Harris Hall 5144
krichard@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:00-2:00, and Tuesday, Thursday 11:00-12:30 & 2:00-3:00
Stephanie Rizzi, Assistant Professor
M.A. English---Writing and Rhetoric, Secondary Teaching Certificate
Harris Hall 5176
rizzism@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 11:00-12:30
Joseph Schaub, Associate Professor
Ph.D. 20th-Century American Literature
Harris Hall 5110
jschaub@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday 3:00-4:30 and Wednesday 3:00-4:30
Jennifer Selman, Assistant Professor
M.A. English--Writing and Rhetoric
Harris Hall 5149
selmanja@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-11:00
Courtney Sviatko, Instructor
M.A. English--Literary Research
Harris Hall 5164
sviatkoca@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday 2:00-3:00, Tuesday 10:30-12:30, and Wednesday 2:00-3:00
Allison Tharp, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. English
Harris Hall 5143
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 2:00-3:00, Tuesday 12:00-2:00
Judy Topich, Assistant Professor
M.A. English--Writing and Rhetoric
Harris Hall 5157
jatopich@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 3:30-4:30 and Tuesday and Thursday 1:00-3:00
Virginia Wray Totaro, Assistant Professor and Assessment Coordinator
M.S. Sociology
Harris Hall 5187
vwtotaro@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday 1:00-2:00, Tuesday 11:30-12:30, Wednesday 10:00-11:00, and by appointment
Matthew Vechinski, Associate Professor
Ph.D. English and Textual Studies
Harris Hall 5131
mjvechinski@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday 11:00-11:50, Wednesday 10:00-11:50, 1:00-1:50
Carver Weakley, Instructor
M.A. English
Harris Hall 5168
weakleyac@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday 11:00-12:00 and 3:00-4:00
Emily Williams, Assistant Professor
M.A. English
Harris Hall 5141
williamsec3@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:00-4:00, Thursday 11:00-1:00, and by appointment.
Felecia Williams, Associate Dean and Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Public Policy and Administration
Harris Hall 5127
williamsfd@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 11:55-12:55
Larry Williams, Assistant Professor
M.F.A. Creative Writing
Harris Hall 5138
lewillia@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00-10:00, and by appointment
Paul Yoon, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Ethnomusicology
Harris Hall 5139
pyoon@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8:15-8:50 & 10:00-10:45
Kim Zicafoose, Instructor
M.A. English--Writing and Rhetoric
Harris Hall 5114
s2klzica@vcu.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 9:00-1:00
and by appointment
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Phone: 804-827-0838
Updated: 8/30/2019