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Misty G. Anderson, Head
Benjamin F. Lee, Director of Graduate Studies

Professors
Anderson, M.G., PhD – Vanderbilt
Billone, A.C., PhD – Princeton
Dean, M.L. (Lindsay Young Professor), MFA – Michigan
Eady, C. (Hodges Chair of Excellence), MFA – Warren Wilson
Elias, A.J. (Distinguished Humanities Professor), PhD – Penn State
Garner, Jr., S.B. (J. Douglas Bruce Chair), PhD – Princeton
Haddox, T.F. (Lindsay Young Professor), PhD – Vanderbilt
Henry, N.E. (Nancy Goslee Chair), PhD – Chicago
Hirschfeld, H.A. (Distinguished Humanities Professor), PhD – Duke
Jennings, L.D., PhD – North Carolina
Knight, M. (Joseph B. Trahern Chair), MFA – Virginia
Liuzza, R.M. (Distinguished Humanities Professor, PhD – Yale
Ndigirigi, J.G., PhD – California (Los Angeles)
Papke, M.E., PhD – McGill (Canada)
Seshagiri, U.S. (Lindsay Young Professor), PhD – Illinois
Stillman, R.E., PhD – Pennsylvania

Associate Professors
Chiles, K.L. (Curry Professor), PhD – Northwestern
Cohen-Vrignaud, G.G., PhD – Chicago
Coleman, D.D., PhD – Stanford
Dzon, M.C., PhD – Toronto (Canada)
Griffin, M., PhD – California (Los Angeles)
Hardwig, W.J., PhD – Florida
Havens, H.C. (Lindsay Young Professor), PhD – McGill (Canada)
Huth, T., PhD – Kansas
King, L.M., PhD – Kansas
Lee, B.F., PhD – Virginia
Morey, S.W., PhD – Florida
Ringer, J.M. (D. Allen Carroll Teaching Professor), PhD – New Hampshire
Saenkhum, T., PhD – Arizona State
Schoenbach, L.M., PhD – Virginia
Welch, A.K., PhD – Yale

Assistant Professors
Alexander, J.J., PhD – Utah State
El Abdali, R., PhD – Georgetown
Harris, D.B., PhD – Virginia
Hebert, C.J., MFA – Michigan
Palis, E.M., PhD – Pennsylvania
Rocha, I., PhD – Western Michigan

Distinguished Lecturers
Brouwers, M.H., PhD – Western Michigan
Gentry, E.L., MA – Tennessee
Greene, T.C., PhD – Tennessee
Harris, S.C., PhD – Tennessee
Hoffer, L.A., PhD – Penn State
McCue, K., MA – Tennessee
Murphy, A.A., PhD – George Washington
Nicks, R.J.G., PhD – Florida
Smith, E.S., PhD – S. Mississippi

Senior Lecturers
Addicott, R.M., PhD – Florida
Bannon, B.D., PhD – Western Ontario
Cooley, E.J., MFA – Purdue
Dean, L.M., PhD – Tennessee
Knox, L.B., MA – Indiana
Langendorfer, A., PhD – Ohio
MacKenzie, S.H., PhD – Tennessee
Massey, K.L., PhD – Tennessee
McKinstry, D.K., PhD – Tennessee
McLeod, J.P., PhD – Tennessee
Meredith, E.G., MA – Tennessee
Newburn, H.F., PhD – Illinois (Carbondale)
Sheffield, C.L., MA – Radford
Spirko, R.L., PhD – North Carolina
Tabone, M.A., MA – Tennessee
Turner, S.A., PhD – Virginia
Wallace, D.D., PhD – Tennessee

Lecturers
Akers, H.S., PhD – Georgia
Amos, J.R., PhD – Tennessee
Backer, H.D., PhD – Georgia State
Backer, M.M., PhD – Tennessee
Branum Thrash, C.J., PhD – Tennessee
Bryan, R.E., PhD – Tennessee
Butler-Probst, E.P., – Tennessee
Cantrell, S.K., PhD – North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Campbell, H.J., PhD – Tennessee
Christensen, M.L., PhD – Southern Mississippi
Corbin, E.O., MA – Tennessee
Cyphers, J.A., MA – Tennessee
Dunsmore, R.J., MA – Tennessee
Granatino, M.R., PhD – Exter (United Kingdom)
Guichard, S.L., MA – Tennessee
Han, J.S., PhD – Indiana (Bloomington)
Jaggers, K.N., MA – Tennessee
Jalloul, E.J., PhD – Tennessee
Kellogg, C.R., MA – Tennessee
Kocher, Z.K., PhD – Tennessee
Lillie, B.N., MFA – Tennessee
Melton, S.E., PhD – Tennessee
Moats, J.F., PhD – Miami
Moore, J.H., MA – Tennessee
Morris, L.C., MFA – Tennessee
Pedigo, D.M., MFA – Sewanee
Pierce, S.R., MA – Pennsylvania State
Roller, L.E., MFA – Tennessee
Saeli, H., PhD – Oklahoma State
Shaaban, D.A., PhD – Texas Christian
Slayden, J.R., MFA – Tennessee
Smith, T.D., PhD – Southern Mississippi
Snellen, A.M., PhD – Tennessee
Sorrells, J.A., MFA – Tennessee
Swanson, V.H., PhD – Tennessee
Todd, A.A., PhD – Tennessee
Trisler, A.H., MFA – Tennessee
Voight, V.E. (Herbert Fellow), PhD – Virginia
Wallace, D.J., MFA – Southern Maine (Stonecoast)
Wallace, J.N., MFA – New Orleans
Watts, S.C. (Herbert Fellow), PhD – Missouri
Yost, R., M.A. – Tennessee

Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center Director
Benson, K.F., EdD – Tennessee

Artist in Residence
Birdsong, D.O., PhD – Vanderbilt
 

The Department of English offers the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees with a major in English, and the Master of Fine Arts with a major in Creative Writing. Concentrations for the MA are available in: Literature, Criticism, and Textual Studies (thesis or non-thesis option); and Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics (thesis option only); and concentrations for the PhD are available in Creative Writing (with creative dissertation); Literature, Criticism, and Textual Studies; and Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics.

Detailed information about the master’s and doctoral programs and individual graduate courses may be obtained by writing the Director of Graduate Studies in English, 306 McClung Tower. A prospective student may contact the Office of Graduate Admissions for procedures and for other admissions information. For additional information, please visit the Graduate Studies in English pages through the Department of English website.

The Department of English does not accept students in non-degree or provisional status. A student who wishes to enter the department must apply in degree-seeking status for his/her application to receive consideration for admission to any graduate program in English.

Important Note: Students enrolling in English graduate courses must first register in the Office of the Director of Graduate Studies in 306 McClung Tower.

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