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Faculty and Staff

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Denise Acevedo acevedo@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorAcevedoFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Hannah Allen allenhan@msu.eduInstructorAllenFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Stephanie Amada amada@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorAmadaFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Kristin Arola arola@msu.eduInterim Director, AIISAssociate ProfessorArolaAmerican Indian and Indigenous Studies; Faculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Kirk Astle astlekir@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorAstleFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Catalina Bartlett bartl142@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorBartlettFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Kate Birdsall birdsal5@msu.eduAssociate ProfessorDirector of The CubeBirdsallExperience Architecture; Faculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Lorelei Blackburn lorelei@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorBailey Scholars Program Faculty FellowBlackburnFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Stuart Blythe blythes@msu.eduAssociate ProfessorBlytheExperience Architecture; Faculty; Professional and Public Writing; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Christina Boyles cboyles@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorCulturally Engaged Digital HumanitiesBoylesExperience Architecture; Faculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Cheryl Caesar caesarc@msu.eduAssociate ProfessorCaesarFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Johnson Cheu cheu@msu.edu Assistant ProfessorCheuFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Ezekiel Choffel choffele@msu.eduInstructorChoffelFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Jill McKay Chrobak mckayji1@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorChrobakFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Robert Cummiskey cummisk5@msu.edu InstructorCummiskeyFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Yuanfang Dai daiyuanf@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorCore Faculty and Faculty Fellow at Center for Gender in Global ContextDaiFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Nancy C. DeJoy dejoy@msu.eduAssociate ProfessorDeJoyFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Dànielle Nicole DeVoss devossda@msu.eduChairperson
William J. Beal Distinguished Professor
DeVossFaculty; Professional and Public Writing; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Kate Fedewa-O'Connor fedewak3@msu.eduAcademic Specialist
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Programs
FedewaExperience Architecture; Faculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Steven Fraiberg sfraibe2@gmail.comAssociate ProfessorFraibergFaculty; First Year Writing; Global Studies in Arts and Humanities; Jewish Studies; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Barbara Gerber gerberba@msu.eduInstructorGerberFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Sarah Gibbons gibbon11@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorGibbonsFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Hillery Glasby glasbyhi@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorGenCen Faculty FellowGlasbyFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Robert Goldbort goldbor2@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorGoldbortFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Margaux Griffith griff654@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorGriffithFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Kathy Hadley hadleyk@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorHadleyFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Bump Halbritter drbump@msu.eduAssociate Professor
Director of First-Year Writing
HalbritterFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Bill Hart-Davidson hartdav2@msu.eduAssociate Dean, Research & Graduate Education
Professor
Hart-DavidsonDeans Administration; Experience Architecture; Faculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Research and Graduate Education; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Marybeth Heeder heeder@msu.edu InstructorHeederFaculty; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Kristen Pratt heinekri@msu.eduInstructorPrattFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Eric Hood hooderic@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorHoodFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Clarence Hooker hooker@msu.eduAssociate ProfessorHookerFaculty; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Kathryn Houghton hought34@msu.eduAcademic SpecialistHoughtonFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Natasha N. Jones jonesn30@msu.eduAssociate ProfessorJonesExperience Architecture; Faculty; Professional and Public Writing; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Laura Jones-Pettit jonesl72@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorJones-PettitFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Jeff Kuure kuure@msu.eduAcademic SpecialistKuureExperience Architecture; Faculty; Professional and Public Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Patrick Lebeau leabeau@msu.eduProfessorLebeauFaculty; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Xinqiang Li xqli@msu.eduAssociate ProfessorLiFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Marohang Limbu limbu@msu.eduAssociate ProfessorLimbuFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Julie Lindquist lindqu11@msu.edu Professor
Director of First-Year Writing
LindquistFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Violet Livingston living70@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorLivingstonFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Trixie Long Smith smit1254@msu.eduAssociate Professor
Director of the Writing Center and Red Cedar Writing Project
Assistant Director of Graduate Programs (MA in CSLP)
Long SmithFaculty; Professional and Public Writing; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing Center; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Casey McArdle cmcardle@msu.eduAcademic Specialist, Associate Chair, Director of Undergraduate ProgramsMcArdleExperience Architecture; Faculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
John McElroy jmcelroy@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorMcElroyFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Sara McKinnon mckin159@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorMcKinnonFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
David Medei medeidav@msu.eduInstructorMedeiFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Joyce Meier meierjo@msu.edu Associate Professor
Associate Director of the First-Year Writing Program
MeierFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Casey Miles milescas@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorProfessional and Public Writing; Writing minorMilesFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
John Monberg jmonberg@msu.eduAcademic SpecialistMonbergExperience Architecture; Faculty; Global Studies in Arts and Humanities; Professional and Public Writing; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Margaret S. Morris msmorris@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorMorrisFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Dawn Opel opeldawn@msu.eduAdjunct Assistant Professor
Director for Research & Strategic Initiatives - Food Bank Council of Michigan
OpelFaculty; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Brandon Pettit pettitb3@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorPettitFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Malea Powell powell37@msu.eduProfessor
Graduate Faculty Editor
American Indian Studies Program; College Composition & CommunicationPowellAmerican Indian and Indigenous Studies; Faculty; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Liza Potts lpotts@msu.eduProfessor
Director of WIDE Research
Director of Graduate Studies
PottsExperience Architecture; Faculty; Professional and Public Writing; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Kimberly Priest priestk1@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorPriestFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Delores Byrum Rauscher rausche5@msu.eduInstructorRauscherFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Lisa Richman richmanl@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorRichmanFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Michael Ristich ristich@msu.eduAcademic SpecialistRistichExperience Architecture; Faculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Matthew Rossi mrossi@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorRossiFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Ilse Schweitzer schwei53@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorSchweitzerFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Elizabeth Spence spencee@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorSpenceFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Erica Starr smit2758@msu.eduInstructorStarrFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Janice Stryz stryz@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorStryzFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Tracie Swiecki swieckit@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorSwieckiFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Denise Troutman (517) 355-2400 282troutma1@msu.eduAssociate ProfessorLinguisticsTroutmanFaculty; Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures; Rhetoric and Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Curtis VanDonkelaar vandonkc@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorVanDonkelaarFaculty; First Year Writing; Professional and Public Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
David Watson watso182@msu.edu Assistant ProfessorWatsonFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Nicole McCleese profile Nicole McCleese 517-884-4429mcclees1@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorLiterary Studies; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesMcCleeseEnglish; Faculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Ann Crain crainann@msu.eduAcademic Specialist - AdvisingArt, Art History, and Design; Experience ArchitectureCrainArt, Art History, and Design; Experience Architecture; Faculty; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Geoffrey A. Johns johnsge1@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorJohnsFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Yvette Puga pugayvet@msu.eduAcademic OperationsPugaAcademic Operations; Experience Architecture; Religious Studies; Staff; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Melissa Arthurton profile Melissa Arthurton arthurt1@msu.eduAcademic OperationsArthurtonAcademic Operations; African American and African Studies; Philosophy; Staff; Writing Center; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Rhonda Hibbitt hibbitt@msu.eduAcademic OperationsHibbittAcademic Operations; American Indian and Indigenous Studies; Experience Architecture; Jewish Studies; Staff; Womens and Gender Studies; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Angela Hunt huntaj@msu.eduHuman ResourcesHuntExperience Architecture; Human Resources; Philosophy; Staff; Writing Center; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Sara Allison profile Sara Allison (517) 432-9938alliso53@msu.eduFinanceAllisonEnglish; Experience Architecture; Film Studies; Finance; Global Studies in Arts and Humanities; Staff; Theatre; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Diana Shank shankd@msu.eduOffice OperationsShankAmerican Indian and Indigenous Studies; Experience Architecture; Office Operations; Staff; Writing Center; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Peter Faziani 517-355-2400fazianip@msu.eduFazianiFaculty; First Year Writing; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Dawn Burns headshot Dawn Burns burnsdaw@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorBurnsFaculty; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Michael Copperman headshot Michael Copperman copperm1@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorCoppermanFaculty; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Benjamin Goodwin headshot Benjamin Goodwin goodwi62@msu.eduInstructorGoodwinFaculty; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;
Leanne Kent headshot Leanne Kent kentlean@msu.eduAssistant ProfessorKentFaculty; Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures;

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