Faculty and Staff

Chair of the Department

Dr. Robert Williams
Hemphill 4123
540-831-5628
rohwilli@radford.edu

Administrative Assistant

Ms. Trena Fields
Hemphill 4112
540-831-6510
tfields15@radford.edu

Full-Time Faculty in the Department of English

Email addresses for full-time and adjunct faculty members are listed below. Phone numbers for full-time faculty are located in the campus directory. 

Dr. David Beach
Professor/SPF 
Hemphill 4105
dbeach6@radford.edu

Dr. Theresa Burriss
Associate Professor & Director of Appalachian Studies
Cook Hall 227
tburriss@radford.edu

Dr. Laurie Cubbison
Professor & GTF Mentoring Program Coordinator
Hemphill 4109
lcubbiso@radford.edu

Dr. Kevin Farrell
Associate Professor
RUC 926
kfarrell2@radford.edu

Dr. Kim Gainer
Professor & Associate Dean of the College for Humanities and Behavioral Sciences
Hemphill 3405
kgainer@radford.edu

Dr. Louis Gallo
Professor
Hemphill 4133
lgallo@radford.edu

Dr. Paige Horst
Associate Professor & Coordinator of the English Education Program
Hemphill 4119
phorst@radford.edu

Ms. Justine Jackson Stone
Instructor/SPF
Hemphill 4111
jjackson134@radford.edu

Dr. Sean Keck
Assistant Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
Hemphill 4134
skeck@radford.edu

Dr. Amanda Kellogg
Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Curriculum
Hemphill 4103
akellogg1@radford.edu

Dr. Jamie McDaniel
Associate Professor
Hemphill 4125
jmcdaniel30@radford.edu

Dr. Frank Napolitano
Associate Professor
Hemphill 4102
fnapolitano@radford.edu

Dr. Michele Ren
Associate Professor/SPF
Hemphill 4107
mren2@radford.edu

Dr. Amy Rubens
Associate Professor & Director of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Lab
Hemphill 4115
arubens@radford.edu

Ms. Nancy Taylor
Senior Instructor/SPF
Hemphill 4101
ntaylor@radford.edu

Dr. Rick Van Noy
Professor, Associate Chair
Hemphill 4129
rvannoy@radford.edu

Dr. Laura Vernon
Associate Professor & Co-Coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Professional Writing
Hemphill 4131
lvernon@radford.edu

Dr. Courtney Watson
Associate Professor
RUC 927
cwatson1@radford.edu

Dr. Jolanta Wawrzycka
Professor
Hemphill 4117
jolanta@radford.edu

Dr. Dan Woods
Associate Professor & Director of Interdisciplinary Studies in Liberal Arts
Hemphill 4127
drwoods@radford.edu


 

Adjunct Faculty

Mr. Andrew Akers
aakers6@radford.edu

Dr. Caroline Alphin
calphin@radford.edu

Ms. April Asbury
aasbury@radford.edu

Mr. Mark Burnette
maaburne@radford.edu

Ms. ZK (Kathy) Combiths
kcombith@radford.edu

Mr. David Cook
dcook31@radford.edu

Ms. Shayna Dotson
sdotson1@radford.edu

Mrs. Lori Cole Graham
lgraham4@radford.edu

Mrs. Selena Hillenberg
shillenbe@radford.edu

Dr. Emily Keck
ekeck1@radford.edu

Mr. Peter Laws
plaws@radford.edu

 

Mr. Terry Lovern
tlovern@radford.edu

Mr. Matthew Madre
mmadre@radford.edu

Ms. Jessica Mattox
jmattox3@radford.edu

Ms. Elisabeth Murphy
emurphy30@radford.edu

Mr. Scott McReynolds
psmcreyno@radford.edu

Mr. Austin McGrady
amcgrady4@radford.edu

Ms. Rachel Overbay
roverbay@radford.edu

Ms. Allie Pannell
apannell6@radford.edu

Mr. David Phipps
dphipps6@radford.edu

Ms. Shaylin Surratt
sstill@radford.edu

Ms. Kimberly Wells
kwells3@radford.edu

Faculty Emeriti

Emeritus status is awarded to retired faculty members who have demonstrated a distinguished record of teaching, scholarship and service while employed at Radford University.

Dr. Justin Askins

Dr. Moira Baker
mpbaker@radford.edu

Dr. Earl Brown, Jr.
ebrown@radford.edu 

Dr. Rosemary Guruswamy
rguruswa@radford.edu

Dr. Myrl Jones
mjones@radford.edu

Susan Kirby
skirby@radford.edu

Dr. Parks Lanier
planier@radford.edu

Dr. Carolyn Mathews
cmathews@radford.edu

Dr. Tim Poland

Dr. Donald Samson

Dr. Jeffrey Saperstein
jsaperst@radford.edu

Dr. Donald Secreast

Dr. Warren Self
wself@radford.edu

Dr. Alexander Weiss
aweiss@radford.edu

Dr. Paul Witkowsky
pwitkows@radford.edu