Faculty and Staff Writing 100
Program Director
Florinda Ruiz
Director of the Writing Program and Visiting Associate Professor of Writing
Payne Hall 202
540-458-8757
ruizf@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 203
540.458.5896
brodiel@wlu.edu
Hank Dobin
Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Newcomb Hall 305
hdobin@wlu.edu
Chris Gavaler
Associate Professor of English
Payne 305
540.458.8279
gavalerc@wlu.edu
Genelle Gertz
Professor of English
On Sabbatical 2020-2021
Payne 108
540.458.8763
gertzg@wlu.edu
Sascha L. Goluboff
Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Interim Director, Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program
Newcomb 208
540.458.8807
goluboffs@wlu.edu
Leah Naomi Green
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Payne Hall 213
(540) 458-4821
greenl@wlu.edu
Wan-Chuan Kao
Associate Professor of English
On sabbatical 2020-2021
Payne Hall 214
540.458.8345
kaow@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
Jemma Alix Levy
Associate Professor of Theater
Lenfest 308
540.458.8005
levyj@wlu.edu
Richard G. Marks
Professor Emeritus of Religion
marksr@wlu.edu
Deborah A. Miranda
Thomas H. Broadus Professor of English
Payne 124
540.458.8755
mirandad@wlu.edu
Poetry; Native American literatures; women's literatures; literatures of U.S. populations whose work has been traditionally overlooked, such as LGBTQ2, Latinx, Appalachian.
Bill Oliver
Writing Center Coordinator, Williams School Communications Center Director, and Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Payne 302
540.458.8278
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
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
Washington Hall 108
540.458.8362
wallet@wlu.edu
Jim Warren
Professor of English Emeritus
warrenj@wlu.edu
Lesley Wheeler
Henry S. Fox Professor of English
On sabbatical 2020-2021
Payne 308
540.458.8758
wheelerlm@wlu.edu