Faculty and Staff

Genelle Gertz
Professor of English and Chair, English Department
Payne 111
540.458.8763
gertzg@wlu.edu

Edward Adams
Professor of English
On sabbatical 2019-2020
Payne 110
540.458.8764
adamse@wlu.edu

Chris Gavaler
Associate Professor of English
On sabbatical 2019-2020
Payne 305
540.458.8279
gavalerc@wlu.edu

Lena Hill
Dean of the College and Professor of English and Africana Studies
Simpson House
540.458.8746
lmhill@wlu.edu

Wan-Chuan Kao
Associate Professor of English
On sabbatical 2020-2021
Payne Hall 214
540.458.8345
kaow@wlu.edu

Diego Millan
Assistant Professor of English
Washington 116
540.458.8759
dmillan@wlu.edu

Deborah A. Miranda
Thomas H. Broadus Professor of English
Payne 124
540.458.8755
mirandad@wlu.edu

Holly Pickett
Associate Professor of English
Payne 304
540.458.8078
picketth@wlu.edu

Kary Smout
Associate Professor of English
Washington 112
540.458.8979
smoutk@wlu.edu

Taylor Walle
Assistant Professor of English
On sabbatical 2019-2020
Washington Hall 108
540.458.8362
wallet@wlu.edu

Lesley Wheeler
Henry S. Fox Professor of English
On sabbatical 2020-2021
Payne 308
540.458.8758
wheelerlm@wlu.edu

Ricardo A. Wilson II
Assistant Professor of English
On pre-tenure leave 2019-2020
Washington Hall 110
540-458-8377
wilsonr@wlu.edu

Gordon Ball
Visiting Associate Professor of English
Payne Hall 309
ballg@wlu.edu

Laura Fairchild Brodie
Visiting Associate Professor of English
Payne 203
540.458.5896
brodiel@wlu.edu

Sydney Bufkin
Mellon Digital Humanities Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Leyburn Library M36
540.458.8980
bufkins@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 (text or call)
harringtonj@wlu.edu

Nadeen Kharputly
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Washington Hall 110
540.458.8377
nkharputly@wlu.edu

Bill Oliver
Writing Center Coordinator, Williams School Communications Center Director, and Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Payne 302
540.458.8278
oliverb@wlu.edu

Florinda Ruiz
Director of the Writing Program and Visiting Associate Professor of Writing
Payne Hall 202
540-458-8757
ruizf@wlu.edu

Beth A. Staples
Visiting Assistant Professor and Editor, Shenandoah
Early Fielding G09, Shenandoah; Washington Hall 111, English Department
Shenandoah: 540.458.8908; English: 540.458.8761
bstaples@wlu.edu

Sandra H. O'Connell
Administrative Assistant II
Payne 102
(540) 458-8756
oconnells@wlu.edu

Edwin Craun
Professor of English Emeritus
craune@wlu.edu

Jim Warren
Professor of English Emeritus
warrenj@wlu.edu