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Office Info

• Mailing Address: Western Illinois University, College of Arts and Sciences, The Department of English, Simpkins Hall 124, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455-1390
• Phone: (309) 298-1103
• Fax: (309) 298-2974
• Email: English1@wiu.edu
• Mailboxes: All our faculty/staff have mailboxes in Simpkins 122 
• Accessibility: Simpkins history, our facilities, find our building, visitor passes, and get help with website » Department and University Accessibility Information
• Emergencies: resources for emergencies

Department Chair

• Interim Chair » Marjorie Allison
  • (309) 298-2812
  • Office location: Simpkins Hall 124
  • Email: MC-Allison@wiu.edu

Director of Graduate Studies in English

• Roberta Di Carmine, Ph.D., Director of Graduate Studies in English & Professor of Film Studies
• Offices:
  • Simpkins 129 (Grad Office)
• Phone:
  • (309) 298-1322 (Grad Office)
• Email: r-dicarmine@wiu.edu
• Office Hours:
  • Mon: 10-12 pm
  • Tue: 9-10 am
  • Thur: 9-10 am

Office Manager

• Jen Hamlin, Office Manager » (298-1103, SI 124)
  • Email:  JL-Hamlin@wiu.edu

Graduate Teaching & Support Assistants (2020-2021)

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• Aderoju, Rachael
• Gundling, Kaylee
• Keller, Kendrick
• Kozhukhova, Katya
• O’Toole, Meghan
• Pippin, Amanda
• Palomino, Norma
• Powers, René
• Rocca, AJ
• Sullivan, Maureen
• Vaughn, Anthony 

Graduate Faculty

Professors

• Marjorie Allison, Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Minneapolis (Interim Chair)
• David Banash, Ph.D., University of Iowa
• Merrill Cole, Ph.D., University of Washington
• Roberta Di Carmine, Ph.D., University of Oregon (Director of Graduate Studies in English)
• Everett Hamner, Ph.D., University of Iowa
• Tim Helwig, Ph.D., University of Maryland
• William Knox, Ph.D., University of Michigan
• Daniel Malachuk, Ph.D., Rutgers University-New Brunswick
• Amy Patrick Mossman, Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Minneapolis (Director of the Writing Center)
• Mark Mossman, Ph.D., St. Louis University
• Margaret Sinex, Ph.D., University of Toronto
• Erika Wurth, Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder
• Patricia A. Young, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University

Associate Professors

• Rebekah Buchanan, Ph.D., Temple University (Director of the English Education Program)
• Jose Fernandez, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University
• Magdelyn Hammond Helwig, Ph.D., University of Maryland (Director of the Writing Program)
• Christine Iwanicki, Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington
• Barbara Lawhorn, M.F.A., Purdue University
• Alisha White, Ph.D., Georgia State University

Associate Graduate Faculty

Professor

• Richard Ness, Ph.D., Wayne State University

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