
Faculty and Staff Writing 100
Program Director

Michael Berlin
Director of the Writing Program and Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Payne Hall 202
540-458-8757
mberlin@wlu.edu
Faculty

Edward Adams
Professor of English
Payne 110
540-458-8764
adamse@wlu.edu

Laura Fairchild Brodie
Visiting Associate Professor of English
Payne 302
540-458-5896
brodiel@wlu.edu

Lubabah Chowdhury
Assistant Professor of English
Washington Hall 111
540-458-8755
lchowdhury@wlu.edu

Freddy Fuentes
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Payne 309
540-458-4990
fuentesf@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

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

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

Emily King
Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and English
Payne Hall 111
elking@wlu.edu

Fred LaRiviere
Associate Dean of the College, Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Simpson House
540-458-8746
larivieref@wlu.edu

Diego Millan
Assistant Professor of English and Core Faculty in Africana Studies
Washington 108
540-458-8759
dmillan@wlu.edu

Bill Oliver
Writing Center Director and Visiting Associate Professor of English
Leyburn 138
oliverb@wlu.edu
Bill Oliver (PhD, University of Virginia) is the Coordinator of the Writing Center, and has served as the director of the CommCenter since 2015. Previously, he served as a consultant in the CommCenter and was the founding director of the VMI Writing Center (1996-2007). He is a professor of English at W&L and has taught a variety of writing courses, including in the Williams School.

Holly Pickett
Professor of English
Payne 124
540-458-8078
picketth@wlu.edu

Kary Smout
Associate Professor of English
Washington 112
540-458-8979
smoutk@wlu.edu

Lesley Wheeler
Henry S. Fox Professor of English
Payne 308
540-458-8758
wheelerlm@wlu.edu