Faculty and Staff
Department Chair
Holly Pickett
Professor of English
Payne 124
540-458-8078
picketth@wlu.edu
Faculty
Edward Adams
Professor of English
Payne 110
540-458-8764
adamse@wlu.edu
Lubabah Chowdhury
Assistant Professor of English
Washington Hall 111
540-458-8755
lchowdhury@wlu.edu
Leslie Wingard Cunningham
Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Professor of English and Africana Studies
Washington Hall
540-458-4875
lwcunningham@wlu.edu
Chris Gavaler
Associate Professor of English
Payne 305
540-458-8279
gavalerc@wlu.edu
Genelle Gertz
Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives and Thomas H. Broadus, Jr. Professor of English
Payne 108
540-458-8763
gertzg@wlu.edu
K. Avvirin Gray
Assistant Professor of English
Washington Hall 116
540-458-3877
kagray@wlu.edu
Lena Hill
Provost
Washington Hall
540-458-8418
lmhill@wlu.edu
Wan-Chuan Kao
Associate Professor of English and Chair of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program
Payne Hall 214
540-458-8345
kaow@wlu.edu
Diego Millan
Assistant Professor of English and Core Faculty in Africana Studies
Washington 108
540-458-8759
dmillan@wlu.edu
Kary Smout
Associate Professor of English
Washington 112
540-458-8979
smoutk@wlu.edu
Beth A. Staples
Assistant Professor of English and Editor, Shenandoah
Payne Hall 304
540-458-8761
bstaples@wlu.edu
Lesley Wheeler
Henry S. Fox Professor of English
Payne 308
540-458-8758
wheelerlm@wlu.edu
Visiting Faculty
Michael Berlin
Director of the Writing Program and Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Payne Hall 202
540-458-8757
mberlin@wlu.edu
Laura Fairchild Brodie
Visiting Associate Professor of English
Payne 302
540-458-5896
brodiel@wlu.edu
Freddy Fuentes
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Payne 309
540-458-4990
fuentesf@wlu.edu
Leah Naomi Green
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Payne Hall 213
540-458-4821
greenl@wlu.edu
Jane Harrington
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Payne 302
703-915-9589
harringtonj@wlu.edu
Emily King
Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and English
Payne Hall 111
elking@wlu.edu
Bill Oliver
Writing Center Director and Visiting Associate Professor of English
Leyburn 138
oliverb@wlu.edu
Staff
Charity Corman
Administrative Assistant II
Payne 102
540-458-8756
ccorman@wlu.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Edwin Craun
Professor of English Emeritus
craune@wlu.edu
Deborah A. Miranda
Thomas H. Broadus, Jr. Professor of English Emeritus
mirandad@wlu.edu
Jim Warren
Professor of English Emeritus
warrenj@wlu.edu