Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Denise Acevedo

Denise Acevedo

Assistant Professor

acevedo@msu.edu

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Hannah Allen

Instructor

allenhan@msu.edu

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Stephanie Amada

Assistant Professor

amada@msu.edu
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Kristin Arola

Associate Professor; Graduate Faculty

arola@msu.edu

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Kirk Astle

Assistant Professor

astlekir@msu.edu

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Catalina Bartlett

Assistant Professor

bartl142@msu.edu

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Kate Birdsall

Associate Professor

birdsal5@msu.edu

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Lorelei Blackburn

Assistant Professor

lorelei@msu.edu

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Stuart Blythe

Associate Professor

blythes@msu.edu

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Christina Boyles

Assistant Professor; Culturally Engaged Digital Humanities 

cboyles@msu.edu

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Roger Bresnahan

Retired Professor

bresnaha@msu.edu

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Ann Burke

Assistant Professor

burkean1@msu.edu

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Cheryl Caesar

Associate Professor

caesarc@msu.edu

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Johnson Cheu

Assistant Professor

cheu@msu.edu

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Ezekiel Choffel

Instructor

choffele@msu.edu

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Jill McKay Chrobak

Assistant Professor

mckayji1@msu.edu

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Robert Cummiskey

Instructor

cummisk5@msu.edu

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Yuanfang Dai

Assistant Professor

daiyuanf@msu.edu

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Nancy C. DeJoy

Associate Professor; 
Graduate Faculty

dejoy@msu.edu

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Dànielle Nicole DeVoss

Interim Chairperson; William J. Beal Distinguished Professor; Graduate Faculty

devossda@msu.edu

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Kate Fedewa

Academic Specialist; Assistant Director of Undergraduate Programs

fedewak3@msu.edu

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Steven Fraiberg

Associate Professor; Graduate Faculty

sfraibe2@msu.edu

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Barbara Gerber

Instructor

gerberba@msu.edu

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Sarah Gibbons

Assistant Professor

gibbon11@msu.edu

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Hillery Glasby

Assistant Professor; GenCen Faculty Fellow; Graduate Faculty

glasbyhi@msu.edu

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Robert Goldbort

Assistant Professor

goldbor2@msu.edu

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Margaux Griffith

Assistant Professor

griff654@msu.edu

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Kathy Hadley

Assistant Professor

hadleyk@msu.edu

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Bump Halbritter

Associate Professor; Graduate Faculty

drbump@msu.edu

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William Hart-Davidson

Professor; Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education; Graduate Faculty

hartdav2@msu.edu

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Marybeth Heeder

Instructor

heeder@msu.edu

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Kristin Heine

Instructor

heinekri@msu.edu

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Alexandra Hidalgo

Associate Professor; Graduate Faculty

hidalgo5@msu.edu

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Eric Hood

Assistant Professor

hooderic@msu.edu

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Clarence Hooker

Associate Professor

hooker@msu.edu

Kathryn Houghton

Academic Specialist

hought34@msu.edu

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Geoffrey A. Johns

Assistant Professor

johnsge1@msu.edu

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Natasha Jones

Associate Professor; Graduate Faculty

jonesn30@msu.edu

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Laura Jones-Pettit

Assistant Professor

jonesl72@msu.edu

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Jeff Kuure

Academic Specialist

kuure@msu.edu

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Elizabeth LaPensée

Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty

odamino@msu.edu

Ben Lauren

Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Programs; Associate Chair; Graduate Faculty

blauren@msu.edu

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Patrick Lebeau

Professor

leabeau@msu.edu

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Xinqiang Li

Associate Professor

xqli@msu.edu

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Marohang Limbu

Associate Professor; Graduate Faculty

limbu@msu.edu

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Julie Lindquist

Professor; Director of First-Year Writing; Graduate Faculty

lindqu11@msu.edu

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Violet Livingston

Assistant Professor

living70@msu.edu

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Trixie Long Smith

Associate Professor; Director of the Writing Center and Red Cedar Writing Project; Graduate Faculty

smit1254@msu.edu

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Richard Manderfield

Assistant Professor

manderf1@msu.edu

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Casey McArdle

Academic Specialist; Director of Undergraduate Programs

cmcardle@msu.edu

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John McElroy

Assistant Professor

jmcelroy@msu.edu

Sara McKinnon

Assistant Professor

mckin159@msu.edu

David Medei

Instructor

medeidav@msu.edu

Joyce Meier

Joyce Meier

Associate Professor; Associate Director of the First-Year Writing Program

meierjo@msu.edu

Casey Miles

Assistant Professor; Academic Advisor to Professional and Public Writing and the Minor in Writing

milescas@msu.edu

John Monberg

Academic Specialist; Graduate Faculty

jmonberg@msu.edu

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Karen-Elizabeth Moroski

Associate Director of the Writing Center; Graduate Faculty

moroskik@msu.edu

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Margaret S. Morris

Assistant Professor

msmorris@msu.edu

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Dawn Opel

Adjunct Assistant Professor

opeldawn@msu.edu

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Brandon Pettit

Assistant Professor

pettitb3@msu.edu

Malea Powell

Professor; American Indian Studies Program; Graduate Faculty

powell37@msu.edu

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Liza Potts

Professor; Leader of WIDE Research; Graduate Faculty

lpotts@msu.edu

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Grace Pregent

Associate Director of the Writing Center; Graduate Faculty

pregentg@msu.edu

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Kimberly Priest

Assistant Professor

preistk1@msu.edu

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Delores Byrum Rauscher

Instructor

rausche5@msu.edu

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Lisa Richman

Assistant Professor

richmanl@msu.edu

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Stacia Rigney

Academic Specialist; Graduate Faculty

rigneyst@msu.edu

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Michael Ristich

Academic Specialist; Graduate Faculty

ristich@msu.edu

Jonathan Ritz

Academic Specialist

ritz@msu.edu

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Matthew Rossi

Assistant Professor

mrossi@msu.edu

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Ilse Schweitzer

Assistant Professor

schwei53@msu.edu

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Elizabeth Spence

Assistant Professor

spencee@msu.edu

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Erica Starr

Instructor

smit2758@msu.edu

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Janice Stryz

Assistant Professor

stryz@msu.edu

Tracie Swiecki

Assistant Professor

swieckit@msu.edu

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J. Estrella Torrez

Associate Professor; Graduate Faculty

torrezjs@msu.edu

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Denise Troutman

Associate Professor; Graduate Faculty

troutma1@msu.edu

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Curtis VanDonkelaar

Assistant Professor

vandonkc@msu.edua

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David Watson

Assistant Professor

watso182@msu.edu