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Faculty and Staff
Department Chair
![Pickett, Holly](images/directory/thumbnails/picketth.jpg)
Holly Pickett
Professor of English
Payne 124
540-458-8078
picketth@wlu.edu
Faculty
![Adams, Edward](images/directory/thumbnails/adamse.jpg)
Edward Adams
Professor of English
Payne 110
540-458-8764
adamse@wlu.edu
![Chowdhury, Lubabah](images/directory/thumbnails/lchowdhury.jpg)
Lubabah Chowdhury
Assistant Professor of English
Washington Hall 111
540-458-8755
lchowdhury@wlu.edu
![Cunningham, Leslie Wingard](images/directory/thumbnails/lwcunningham.jpg)
Leslie Wingard Cunningham
Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Professor of English and Africana Studies
Washington Hall
540-458-4875
lwcunningham@wlu.edu
![Gavaler, Chris](images/directory/thumbnails/gavalerc.jpg)
Chris Gavaler
Associate Professor of English
Payne 305
540-458-8279
gavalerc@wlu.edu
![Gertz, Genelle](images/directory/thumbnails/gertzg.jpg)
Genelle Gertz
Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives and Thomas H. Broadus, Jr. Professor of English
Payne 108
540-458-8763
gertzg@wlu.edu
![Gray, K. Avvirin](images/directory/thumbnails/kagray.jpg)
K. Avvirin Gray
Assistant Professor of English
Washington Hall 116
540-458-3877
kagray@wlu.edu
![Hill, Lena](images/directory/thumbnails/lmhill.jpg)
Lena Hill
Provost
Washington Hall
540-458-8418
lmhill@wlu.edu
![Kao, Wan-Chuan](images/directory/thumbnails/kaow.jpg)
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
![Millan, Diego](images/directory/thumbnails/dmillan.jpg)
Diego Millan
Assistant Professor of English and Core Faculty in Africana Studies
Washington 110
540-458-8759
dmillan@wlu.edu
![Smout, Kary](images/directory/thumbnails/smoutk.jpg)
Kary Smout
Associate Professor of English
Washington 112
540-458-8979
smoutk@wlu.edu
![Staples, Beth A.](images/directory/thumbnails/bstaples.jpg)
Beth A. Staples
Assistant Professor of English and Editor, Shenandoah
Payne Hall 304
540-458-8761
bstaples@wlu.edu
![Walle, Taylor](images/directory/thumbnails/wallet.jpg)
Taylor Walle
Associate Professor of English
Washington Hall 108
540-458-8362
wallet@wlu.edu
![Wheeler, Lesley](images/directory/thumbnails/wheelerlm.jpg)
Lesley Wheeler
Henry S. Fox Professor of English
Payne 308
540-458-8758
wheelerlm@wlu.edu
Visiting Faculty
![Berlin, Michael](images/directory/thumbnails/mberlin.jpg)
Michael Berlin
Director of the Writing Program and Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Payne Hall 202
540-458-8757
mberlin@wlu.edu
![Brodie, Laura Fairchild](images/directory/thumbnails/brodiel.jpg)
Laura Fairchild Brodie
Visiting Associate Professor of English
Payne 203
540-458-5896
brodiel@wlu.edu
![Fuentes, Freddy](images/directory/thumbnails/fuentesf.jpg)
Freddy Fuentes
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Payne 309
540-458-4990
fuentesf@wlu.edu
![Green, Leah](images/directory/thumbnails/greenl.jpg)
Leah Naomi Green
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Payne Hall 213
540-458-4821
greenl@wlu.edu
![Harrington, Jane](images/directory/thumbnails/harringtonj.jpg)
Jane Harrington
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Payne 302
703-915-9589
harringtonj@wlu.edu
![King, Emily](images/directory/thumbnails/elking.jpg)
Emily King
Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and English
Payne Hall 111
elking@wlu.edu
![Oliver, Bill](images/directory/thumbnails/oliverb.jpg)
Bill Oliver
Writing Center Director and Visiting Associate Professor of English
Leyburn 138
540-458-8278
oliverb@wlu.edu
Staff
![Corman, Charity](images/directory/thumbnails/ccorman.jpg)
Charity Corman
Administrative Assistant II
Payne 102
540-458-8756
ccorman@wlu.edu
Emeritus Faculty
![Craun, Edwin](images/directory/thumbnails/craune.jpg)
Edwin Craun
Professor of English Emeritus
craune@wlu.edu
![Miranda, Deborah A.](images/directory/thumbnails/mirandad.jpg)
Deborah A. Miranda
Thomas H. Broadus, Jr. Professor of English Emeritus
mirandad@wlu.edu
![Warren, Jim](images/directory/thumbnails/warrenj.jpg)
Jim Warren
Professor of English Emeritus
warrenj@wlu.edu