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Stephanie Amsel

Director, Writing and Reasoning Program

samsel@smu.edu

Joan Arbery

Lecturer

jarbery@smu.edu

Madhavi Biswas

Lecturer

mbiswas@smu.edu

Richard Bozorth

Department Chair
Associate Professor

rbozorth@smu.edu

Greg Brownderville

Professor of English,
Editor-in-Chief of the Southwest Review
Vice Chair

gbrowndervil@smu.edu

David Caplan

Professor
Daisy Deane Frensley Chair in English Literature

dcaplan@smu.edu

Triauna Carey

Lecturer

lrallen@smu.edu

Tim Cassedy

Associate Professor

tcassedy@smu.edu

Carol Dickson-Carr

Professor of Practice

dicksonc@smu.edu

Darryl Dickson-Carr

Professor

dcarr@smu.edu

Afsheen Farhadi

Hughes Fellow in Creative Writing

akfarhadi@smu.edu

Shu Feng

Lecturer

Fengs@smu.edu

Rhonda Garelick

Professor
Duwain E. Hughes, Jr. Distinguished Chair for English
Professor of Journalism, by courtesy, in the Meadows School of the Arts

rgarelick@smu.edu

Christopher González

Professor
Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Endowed Chair in the Department of English
Director of Graduate Studies

ctgonzalez@smu.edu

Brentney Hamilton

Lecturer

blhamilton@smu.edu

Richard Hermes

Lecturer
Director of the Hughes Fellowships in Creative Writing

rhermes@smu.edu

Vanessa Hopper

Senior Lecturer

vhopper@smu.edu

Katie Condon

Assistant Professor

kmhermes@smu.edu

Meghan Johnson

Lecturer

johnsonmt@smu.edu

Christine Hand Jones

Lecturer

samsel@smu.edu

Marta Krogh

Director, Hilltop Scholars Program
Lecturer, WRTR

mkrogh@smu.edu

Misty Lawrenson

Lecturer

mlawrenson@smu.edu

Bruce Levy

Senior Lecturer
Graduate Instructor Supervisor

blevy@smu.edu

Andrea Luttrell

Lecturer

andreal@smu.edu

Samantha Mabry

Lecturer

smabry@smu.edu

Russell McConnell

Full-Time Lecturer

rhmcconnell@smu.edu

Jonathan McGregor

Lecturer

jdmcgregor@smu.edu

Dan Moss

Associate Professor

dmoss@smu.edu

Mary Catherine Mueller

Lecturer

mcmueller@smu.edu

Beth Newman

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies

bnewman@smu.edu

Pauline Newton

Senior Lecturer

pnewton@smu.edu

Susan Ayotte Norman

Lecturer

snorman@smu.edu

Ashley O'Neill

Lecturer

aoneill@smu.edu

Samantha Pergadia

Assistant Professor

spergadia@smu.edu

Samyak Shertok

Hughes Fellow in Creative Writing

slama@smu.edu

Robyn Peterson

Lecturer

lrallen@smu.edu

Kristen Polster

Lecturer

kpolster@smu.edu

Raquel Rivera

Adjunct Professor

Raquel[@]smu.edu

Timothy Rosendale

Professor

rosendale@smu.edu

Jacob Rubin

Assistant Professor
Director of Creative Writing

jarubin@smu.edu

Jayson Gonzales Sae-Saue

Associate Professor

jsaesaue@smu.edu

Ona Barry Seaney

Senior Lecturer
Co-Editor, Criteria

oseaney@smu.edu

Ross Sloan

Lecturer

srsloan@smu.edu

Sanderia Smith

Assistant Professor of Practice

sfsmith@smu.edu

Lori Ann Stephens

Lecturer
Graduate Instructor Supervisor

loris@smu.edu

Rajani Sudan

Professor

rsudan@smu.edu

Richard Treat

Lecturer

rtreat@smu.edu

Jorge Daniel Torres de Veneciano

Scholar-in-Residence

jtorresdeveneciano@smu.edu

Bonnie Wheeler

Associate Professor
Director of Medieval Studies

bwheeler@smu.edu

Emma Wilson

Assistant Professor

eawilson@smu.edu

Angela Wood

Lecturer

angelaw@smu.edu

UcheChukwu Agbo

Entry Year: 2021

uagbo@smu.edu

Ahlam Atallah

Entry Year: 2023

aatallah@smu.edu

Ally Barber

Entry Year: 2020

barbera@smu.edu

Phillip Bax

Entry Year: 2018

pbax@smu.edu

Rosanne Brooks

Entry Year: 2021

rosanneb@smu.edu

Kaleigh Carrier

Entry Year: 2022

kcarrier@smu.edu

Matthew Clemmer

Entry Year: 2016

mclemmer[@]smu.edu

Alexi Decker

Entry Year: 2023

agdecker@smu.edu

Carol Degrasse

Entry Year: 2018

cdegrasse@smu.edu

Kendall Dinniene

Entry Year: 2019

kdinniene@smu.edu

Macklin Fanning

Entry Year: 2019

mfanning[@]smu.edu

Kit Freeman

Entry Year: 2022

kitf@smu.edu

Moises Hernandez

Entry Year: 2021

moisesh@smu.edu

Elijah Hook

Entry Year: 2021

ehook@smu.edu

Atithi Lyall

Entry Year: 2023

alyall@smu.edu

Lindsey McClure

Entry Year: 2019

lmcclure@smu.edu

Genevieve McDonald

Entry Year: 2022

gnmcdonald@smu.edu

Marimac McRae

Entry Year: 2022

marimacm@smu.edu

Vincent Mennella

Entry Year: 2019

vmennella@smu.edu

Joy Morrow

Entry Year: 2020

morrowj[@]smu.edu

Joel Najera

Entry Year: 2022

jlnajera@smu.edu

Min Peng

Entry Year: 2023

minp@smu.edu

Joshua Pollard

Entry Year: 2019

jbpollard@smu.edu

Erin Rhodes

Entry Year: 2018

erinrhodes@smu.edu

Najeeba Shahim

Entry Year: 2023

nshahim@smu.edu

Ian Shaughnessy

Entry Year: 2020

ishaughnessy@smu.edu

Emily Snyder

Entry Year: 2023

emilysnyder@smu.edu

Gayathri Suseel

Entry Year: 2023

gsuseel@smu.edu

Zac Thriffiley

Entry Year: 2018

zthriffiley@smu.edu

Kimberly Urban

Entry Year: 2018

turban@smu.edu

Timothy Wood Crusius

Professor

Steve Daniels

Professor

Dennis Foster

Professor, Daisy Dean Frensley Chair in English Literature

Ezra Greenspan

Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Chair in Humanities

egreensp@smu.edu

David Haynes

Professor

Michael Holahan

Associate Professor

Ross Murfin

E.A. Lilly Distinguished Professor of English

Jasper Neel

Professor

Nina Schwartz

Associate Professor

Charlie Smith

Professor

Willard Spiegelman

Professor

Steven Weisenburger

Mossiker Chair in Humanities and Professor

Name	Title	Phone	Email	Office Location
Matthew Biggin	Academic Program Assistant	214-768-2945	mbiggin@smu.edu	Dallas Hall, Suite 5
Mary Felipe	Assistant to the Department Chair	214-768-2946	mfelipe@smu.edu	Dallas Hall, Suite 5
Teresa Janicki	Administrative Assistant,Writing and Reasoning	214-768-1406	tjanicki @smu.edu	Clements 108B
Charles Wuest	Director for Programming, English	214-768-6704	cwuest@smu.edu	Dallas Hall, Room 2