Directory
Interim Chair
Associate Chair
Associate Chair of Writing Studies
Chief Departmental Advisor
Ph.D. Graduate Program Director
MFA Graduate Program Director
MA Graduate Program Director
Applied Linguistics Graduate Program Director
Director of English Teacher Education
Director of General Education Composition
Director of General Education Literature
Director of the Writing Center
Director of Writing Placement & Support
Advisor, IDS Integrative Studies
Internship Coordinator

Lauren Coldiron
Internship Coordinator
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Office Manager, Program Support Technician Sr.
Advisor, IDS Professional Writing
Banner Tech
Graduate Program Specialist
Receptionist & Administrative Assistant
Professors

Luisa A. Igloria
PROFESSOR
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago
Biography:
During her term as 20th Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia (2020-22), Emerita, the Academy of American Poets ...View More- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- ligloria@odu.edu
- Web Page
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Drew Lopenzina
PROFESSOR
Ph.D. University of New Hampshire
Biography:
Drew Lopenzina is professor of Early American and Native American literature. His work has appeared in the journals American ...View More- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- alopenzi@odu.edu
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757-683-4033

John McManus
PROFESSOR
M.F.A. The University of Texas at Austin
Biography:
John McManus is the author of four books of fiction: Stop Breakin Down, Born on a Train, Bitter Milk, and his latest story collection, ...View More- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- jmcmanus@odu.edu
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David Metzger
DEAN, HONORS COLLEGE
M.A. Hebrew College
Biography:
Dr. David Metzger came to Old Dominion University in 1993 after teaching at Montana State University. He earned a B.A. in English and ...View More- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- dmetzger@odu.edu
- Web Page
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- mmourao@odu.edu
- Web Page
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- cwilson@odu.edu
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- azareva@odu.edu
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Associate Professors

Bridget Anderson
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Biography:
Dr. Bridget L. Anderson is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and the Director of Tidewater Voices: An Oral History and ...View More- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- blanders@odu.edu
- Web Page
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757-683-4020

Kristi Costello
Associate Professor
Biography:
Kristi Murray Costello, Ph.D. is the Associate Chair of Writing Studies and General Education and an Associate Professor of Rhetoric, ...View More- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- kcostell@odu.edu
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- sdefibau@odu.edu
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- kdepew@odu.edu
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- mfowlera@odu.edu
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- kmoberly@odu.edu
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- arreed@odu.edu
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- dprichar@odu.edu
- Web Page
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- jromberg@odu.edu
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Marc Ouellette
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
B.E. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto
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- mouellet@odu.edu
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Assistant Professors

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- rkeefe@odu.edu
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- mkonkol@odu.edu
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- alindstr@odu.edu
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- rosorio@odu.edu
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- jsaks@odu.edu
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- dtrodrig@odu.edu
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- kwascom@odu.edu
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- mmbrown@odu.edu
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Master Lecturers

Kathleen Fowler
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- kfowler@odu.edu
MASTER LECTURER
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Princess Perry
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- pperry@odu.edu
MASTER LECTURER
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Beth Backes
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- bbackes@odu.edu
MASTER LECTURER
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Elizabeth J. Vincelette
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- ejvincel@odu.edu
Master Lecturer
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Jenn Sloggie
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- jsloggie@odu.edu
MASTER LECTURER
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Mary Beth Pennington
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- mpenning@odu.edu
Master Lecturer and Director of Writing Placement and Support
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Senior Lecturers

Laura Buchholz
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- lbuchhol@odu.edu
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Senior Lecturer
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Alicia Defonzo
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- adefonzo@odu.edu
SENIOR LECTURER
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Michelle Heart
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- mheart@odu.edu
SENIOR LECTURER
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Aj Nolan
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- anolan@odu.edu
- Web Page
Senior Lecturer
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Mary Porter-Troupe
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- mtroupe@odu.edu
SENIOR LECTURER
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Virginia Tucker
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- vmtucker@odu.edu
Senior Lecturer
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Peter Adams
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- padams@odu.edu
SENIOR LECTURER
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Megan Boeshart
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- mboeshar@odu.edu
SENIOR LECTURER
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Lecturers

Matthew Beale
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- mbeale@odu.edu
LECTURER
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Steffani Dambruch
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- sdambruc@odu.edu
Lecturer
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Kole Matheson
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- kmatheso@odu.edu
Lecturer
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Jackie Mohan
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- jmohan@odu.edu
LECTURER
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Heather Weddington
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- hwedding@odu.edu
Chief Departmental Adviser
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Tracy Rice Weber
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- triceweb@odu.edu
LECTURER
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Instructors

Kathryn Bennett
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- kcbennet@odu.edu
INSTRUCTOR
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Kelly Morse
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- klmorse@odu.edu
Instructor
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Steffani Dambruch
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- sdambruc@odu.edu
Lecturer
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Adjuncts/Graduate Teaching Assistants/Research Assistants
- Debby Bangert
- Natalie Berger
- Cheryl Champagne
- Elaine Chapman
- Deborah Christie
- Robert Ciara
- Sharon Currant
- Lea Douglas
- Suzanne Dunlevy
- Carrie Emerson-Coyle
- Karen Fleming
- Vicki Lee Friedman
- M Anthony Garcia
- Shawn Girvan
- Jacob Gregory
- Elizabeth Golliher
- Tammy Hanna
- David Jacobson
- Tariq Jawhar
- John Kelly
- Manuel Kouremetis
- Robert Kunzinger
- Jodi Laughlin
- Wendy Lewis
- Raoul Lobo
- Timothy Lockhart
- Elizabeth Lohman
- Martha Maurno
- Jacquelyn Mohan
- Lili Nizankiewicz
- Lydia Netzer
- Kevin Norris
- Matthew Olive
- Natalie Parker
- Deborah Plummer
- Abigail Putnam
- Tijuana Reeve
- Katherine Rocca
- Banerjee Roudri
- Staci Runkel Martin
- Bhavika Sicka
- Kimberly Shakallis
- Sylvie Shapero
- Amanda Skrobacki
- William Smith
- Jadwiga Staniszewska-De Mott
- Nathan Stewart
- Violet Strawderman
- Ariel Tobin
- Suki Tooley
- Chrystal Trapani
- Ariel Weber
- Donna Weingand
- Brittany White
- Bobbie Whitehead
- John Williamson
- Thomas Yuill