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Denise Acevedo [email protected] Assistant Professor
Hannah Allen [email protected] Instructor
Sara Allison profile Sara Allison (517) 432-9938 [email protected] Finance
Hanan Aly [email protected] ​Anglophone and Francophone Diasporic Literature
Stephanie Amada [email protected] Assistant Professor
Paul Anderson [email protected] Assistant Professor
carol arnold profile Carol Arnold [email protected] Academic Specialist
Kristin Arola [email protected] Associate Professor
Gillmor Endowed Professor in Professional and Public Writing
Director, AIIS
Kirk Astle 9893071923 [email protected] Assistant Professor
Catalina Bartlett [email protected] Assistant Professor
Steve Beauclair [email protected] Assistant Professor
Lorelei Blackburn [email protected] Assistant Professor Bailey Scholars Program Faculty Fellow
Stuart Blythe [email protected] Associate Professor
Dawn Burns headshot Dawn Burns [email protected] Assistant Professor
Cheryl Caesar [email protected] Associate Professor
Johnson Cheu [email protected] Assistant Professor
Ezekiel Choffel [email protected] Instructor
Jill McKay Chrobak [email protected] Assistant Professor
Michael Copperman headshot Michael Copperman [email protected] Assistant Professor
Everardo Cuevas [email protected] Ph.D. Student
Robert Cummiskey [email protected] Instructor
Yuanfang Dai [email protected] Assistant Professor Core Faculty and Faculty Fellow at Center for Gender in Global Context
Daphne Daugherty [email protected] Instructor
Nancy C. DeJoy [email protected] Associate Professor
Dànielle Nicole DeVoss [email protected] 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 [email protected] Assistant Professor – Tenure System
LaToya Faulk [email protected] Assistant Professor
Peter Faziani 517-355-2400 [email protected]
Kate Fedewa-O’Connor [email protected] Academic Specialist
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Programs
Steven Fraiberg [email protected] Associate Professor
Barbara Gerber [email protected] Instructor
Sarah Gibbons [email protected] Assistant Professor
Hillery Glasby [email protected] Assistant Professor GenCen Faculty Fellow
Robert Goldbort [email protected] Assistant Professor
Benjamin Goodwin headshot Benjamin Goodwin [email protected] Instructor
Margaux Griffith [email protected] Assistant Professor
Nancy Grigg [email protected] Instructor
Kathy Hadley [email protected] Assistant Professor
Bump Halbritter [email protected] Associate Professor
Director of First-Year Writing
Marybeth Heeder [email protected] Instructor
Rhonda Hibbitt [email protected] Academic Operations
Eric Hood [email protected] Assistant Professor
Kathryn Houghton [email protected] Academic Specialist
Angela Hunt [email protected] Human Resources
Geoffrey A. Johns [email protected] Assistant Professor
Laura Jones-Pettit [email protected] Assistant Professor
Leanne Kent headshot Leanne Kent [email protected] Assistant Professor
Jeff Kuure [email protected] Academic Specialist
Patrick Lebeau [email protected] Professor
Xinqiang Li [email protected] Associate Professor
Marohang Limbu [email protected] Associate Professor
Julie Lindquist [email protected] Professor
Director of First-Year Writing
Violet Livingston [email protected] Assistant Professor
Trixie Long Smith [email protected] Professor
Photo of Casey McArdle Casey McArdle [email protected] Director of Experience Architecture Assistant Professor
Nicole McCleese profile Nicole McCleese 517-884-4429 [email protected] Assistant Professor Literary Studies; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Tania de Sostoa-McCue [email protected] Ph.D. Student
John McElroy [email protected] Assistant Professor of Writing
Sara McKinnon [email protected] Assistant Professor
David Medei [email protected] Senior Instructor
Joyce Meier [email protected] Associate Professor
Associate Director of the First-Year Writing Program
Casey Miles [email protected] Assistant Professor Professional and Public Writing; Writing minor
Margaret S. Morris [email protected] Assistant Professor
Kristi Morris [email protected] Assistant Professor
Dawn Opel [email protected] Adjunct Assistant Professor
Director for Research & Strategic Initiatives – Food Bank Council of Michigan
Sarah Elizabeth Pearsall [email protected] Assistant Professor – Fixed Term
Brandon Pettit [email protected] Assistant Professor
Anne E. Porter [email protected] Assistant Professor – Fixed Term
Kathleen M.B. Post [email protected] Support Staff
Liza Potts [email protected] Professor
Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies
Director of WIDE Research
Kristen Pratt [email protected] Instructor
Grace Pregent [email protected] Writing Center Director
Kimberly Priest [email protected] Assistant Professor
Yvette Puga [email protected] Academic Operations
Lisa Richman [email protected] Assistant Professor
Michael Ristich [email protected] Academic Specialist
Ilse Schweitzer [email protected] Assistant Professor
Diana Shank [email protected] Office Operations
Elizabeth Spence [email protected] Assistant Professor
Christy Stehouwer [email protected] Academic Specialist – Advising Experience Architecture; Graphic Design
Bree Straayer [email protected] Assistant Professor – Fixed Term
Janice Stryz [email protected] Assistant Professor
Tracie Swiecki [email protected] Assistant Professor
Denise Troutman (517) 355-2400 282 [email protected] Associate Professor Linguistics
Curtis VanDonkelaar [email protected] Assistant Professor
Crystal VanKooten [email protected]
Grace Walter [email protected] Instructor – Fixed Term
David Watson [email protected] Assistant Professor
Daehyun Won [email protected] Assistant Professor

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