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Denise Acevedo acevedo@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Hannah Allen allenhan@msu.edu Instructor
Hanan Aly alyhanan@msu.edu ​Assistant Professor
Stephanie Amada amada@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Paul Anderson ande2704@msu.edu Assistant Professor
carol arnold profile Carol Arnold carnold@msu.edu Academic Specialist
Kristin Arola arola@msu.edu Professor; Gillmor Endowed Professor in Professional and Public Writing; Director, AIIS
Kirk Astle 9893071923 astlekir@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Catalina Bartlett bartl142@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Steve Beauclair beauclai@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Lorelei Blackburn lorelei@msu.edu Assistant Professor Bailey Scholars Program Faculty Fellow
Stuart Blythe blythes@msu.edu Associate Professor
Carly Braxton braxt1cl@msu.edu 1855 Assistant Professor
Amanda Brohman brohmana@msu.edu Finance
Dawn Burns headshot Dawn Burns burnsdaw@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Cheryl Caesar caesarc@msu.edu Associate Professor
Johnson Cheu cheu@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Jill McKay Chrobak mckayji1@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Michael Copperman headshot Michael Copperman copperm1@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Everardo Cuevas cuevasev@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Robert Cummiskey cummisk5@msu.edu Instructor
Yuanfang Dai daiyuanf@msu.edu Assistant Professor Core Faculty and Faculty Fellow at Center for Gender in Global Context
Daphne Daugherty daugh108@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Nancy C. DeJoy dejoy@msu.edu Associate Professor Emeritus
Tania de Sostoa-McCue desostoa@msu.edu Assistant Professor Dànielle Nicole DeVoss devossda@msu.edu Chairperson; William J. Beal Distinguished Professor A white woman with straight brown hair, a silk blouse, and pearl earrings stands in front of an abstract painting Sara Doan sdoan@msu.edu Assistant Professor Ivette Duynslager duynsla1@msu.edu Office Operations
Peter Faziani 517-355-2400 fazianip@msu.edu Assistant Professor Kate Fedewa-O’Connor fedewak3@msu.edu Academic Specialist
Steven Fraiberg sfraibe2@gmail.com Associate Professor; Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Barbara Gerber gerberba@msu.edu Instructor
Sarah Gibbons gibbon11@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Hillery Glasby glasbyhi@msu.edu Assistant Professor GenCen Faculty Fellow
Robert Goldbort goldbor2@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Benjamin Goodwin headshot Margaux Griffith griff654@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Nancy Grigg griggnan@msu.edu Instructor
Kathy Hadley hadleyk@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Bump Halbritter drbump@msu.edu Associate Professor
Rhonda Hibbitt hibbitt@msu.edu Academic Operations
Kathryn Houghton hought34@msu.edu Academic Specialist
Angela Hunt huntaj@msu.edu Human Resources
Geoffrey A. Johns johnsge1@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Laura Jones-Pettit jonesl72@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Leanne Kent headshot Leanne Kent kentlean@msu.edu Assistant Professor Jeff Kuure kuure@msu.edu Academic Specialist
John Lauckner lauckne1@msu.edu Academic Specialist
Xinqiang Li xqli@msu.edu Associate Professor
Marohang Limbu limbu@msu.edu Associate Professor
Julie Lindquist lindqu11@msu.edu Professor
Trixie Long Smith smit1254@msu.edu Professor; Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies
Photo of Casey McArdle Casey McArdle cmcardle@msu.edu Assistant Professor; Director of Experience Architecture
Nicole McCleese profile Nicole McCleese 517-884-4429 mcclees1@msu.edu Assistant Professor John McElroy jmcelroy@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Sara McKinnon mckin159@msu.edu Assistant Professor
David Medei medeidav@msu.edu Senior Instructor Joyce Meier meierjo@msu.edu Associate Professor; Associate Director of the First-Year Writing Program Casey Miles milescas@msu.edu Assistant Professor; Advisor for the BA in Professional and Public Writing and the Minor in Writing Kristi Morris morr1066@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Margaret S. Morris msmorris@msu.edu Assistant Professor Dawn Opel opeldawn@msu.edu Adjunct Assistant Professor; Director for Research & Strategic Initiatives – Food Bank Council of Michigan Sarah Elizabeth Pearsall pearsa29@msu.edu Assistant Professor Anne E. Porter porte245@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Liza Potts lpotts@msu.edu Professor; Director of WIDE Research Kristen Pratt heinekri@msu.edu Instructor Grace Pregent pregentg@msu.edu Academic Specialist; Director of the Writing Center Kimberly Priest priestk1@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Yvette Puga pugayvet@msu.edu Academic Operations Lisa Richman richmanl@msu.edu Assistant Professor Michael Ristich ristich@msu.edu Academic Specialist
Ilse Schweitzer schwei53@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Spence spencee@msu.edu Assistant Professor Emeritus Christy Stehouwer lancechr@msu.edu Academic Specialist – Advising Experience Architecture; Graphic Design Bree Straayer bstraay@msu.edu Assistant Professor; Associate Director of the First-Year Writing Program Janice Stryz stryz@msu.edu Assistant Professor Emeritus
Tracie Swiecki swieckit@msu.edu Assistant Professor Denise Troutman (517) 355-2400 282 troutma1@msu.edu Associate Professor Curtis VanDonkelaar vandonkc@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Crystal VanKooten cvank@msu.edu Associate Professor; Director of First-Year Writing
Grace Walter walterg3@msu.edu Instructor
David Watson watso182@msu.edu Assistant Professor
Daehyun Won wondaehy@msu.edu Assistant Professor

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