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Faculty and Staff

The English faculty is dedicated to providing a traditional Liberal Arts experience and serving the practical needs of its students and, in turn, the metropolitan community. They have won University Teaching Awards in fourteen of the last seventeen years and are dedicated to scholarship and creative projects that enhance their teaching. In addition, many have won major awards and grants for their research and have achieved national and international recognition in their fields.

Graduate Faculty 

Administrative Staff

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Stacey Balkun
sbalkun@uno.edu
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Elaine Brooks, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Chair, English & Foreign Languages
esbrooks@uno.edu
504-280-6274
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Teresa Jacobson, M.F.A
Coordinator of First-Year Writing Program, Creative Writing Workshop, and Romance Languages M.A. Program
tljacob1@uno.edu
504-280-6275
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Christie Lacy, M.A.
Instructor and Associate Department Chair, English and Foreign Languages
dclacy1@uno.edu
504-280-6469
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Smith, Janet Barnwell
Janet Barnwell Smith, Ph.D.
Retained Instructor, Director, Greater New Orleans Writing Project, Director, First-Year Writing Program
jbsmith5@uno.edu
504-280-6818
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Elizabeth Steeby, Ph.D.
Graduate Coordinator of English, Associate Professor
esteeby@uno.edu
504-280-5422
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M.O. Walsh
Director of Creative Writing Workshop, Associate Professor (fiction)
mowalsh@uno.edu
504-280-6803
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Faculty

Nancy Easterlin, Ph.D.
University Research Professor, Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, Undergraduate Coordinator
neasterl@uno.edu
504-280-6384
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Fink, Inge
Inge Fink
Director of the Writing Center
ifink@uno.edu
504-280-7159
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Franklin, Katie Chosa
Katie Chosa Franklin, MA
Instructor
kchosa@uno.edu
504-280-6472
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Gery, John
John Gery
Research Professor (Poetry)
jgery@uno.edu
504-280-6361
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Samuel Lyndon Gladden, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor of English
sgladden@uno.edu
504-280-1278
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Goad, Rhiannon
Rhiannon Goad
rgoad@uno.edu
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Hembree, Carolyn
Carolyn Hembree
Associate Professor (Poetry)
chembree@uno.edu
504-280-6491
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Hogan, Liz
Liz Hogan
Instructor of English
emhogan1@uno.edu
504-280-7324
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Hurter, Jade
Jade Hurter
Instructor of English
jhurter1@uno.edu
504-280-6274
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Barb Johnson
Associate Professor (Fiction)
bajohns3@uno.edu
504-280-6329
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Jennifer Kuchta
Retained Instructor
jkuchta@uno.edu
504-280-6466
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Lewis, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Lewis
Retained Instructor
emlewis1@uno.edu
504-280-7321
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Maxwell, Justin
Justin Maxwell
Associate Professor (Playwriting)
jmaxwell@uno.edu
504-280-7213
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McDonald, Kim
Kim McDonald
Retained Instructor
kmcdonal@uno.edu
504-280-6473
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Doreen Piano, Ph.D.
Associate Professor , Director of the Women and Gender Studies Program
dpiano@uno.edu
504-280-6457
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Rayes, Ken
Ken Rayes
Instructor , Director of the Greater New Orleans Writing Project
krayes@uno.edu
504-280-7323
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Shelby Richardson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
elovell@uno.edu
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Anne Boyd Rioux, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
aeboyd@uno.edu
504-280-6484
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Roger, Patricia
Patricia Roger, Ph.D.
Retained Instructor
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David Rutledge, Ph.D.
Retained Instructor
drutledg@uno.edu
504-280-7196
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Saffold, Jacinta
Jacinta Saffold, Ph.D,
Assistant Professor
jsaffold@uno.edu
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Lisa Verner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Director, UNO Women's Center
lverner@uno.edu
504-280-6464
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Robin Werner, Ph.D.
Retained Instructor
rwerner@uno.edu
504-280-7322
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White, Leslie
Leslie White, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
ltwhite@uno.edu
504-280-6690
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Emeritus Faculty


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Fredrick Barton
Professor Emeritus, Writer in Residence, University Research Professor (Fiction)
fbarton@uno.edu
504-280-5421
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Randy Bates
Professor of English
rbates1@uno.edu
504-280-6134
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Linda Blanton, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
lblanton@uno.edu
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Earle Bryant
Professor
ebryant@uno.edu
504-280-3962
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Carol Gelderman
Professor Emeritus
cgelderm@uno.edu
(504) 280-6273
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John Hazlett
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Kenneth Holditch, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
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Georgette Ioup, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
georgetteioup@yahoo.com
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Kris Lackey, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
klackey@uno.edu
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Joanna Leake
Professor Emeritus
jbleake@uno.edu
504-280-6407
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Cooper Mackin, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
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Malcolm Magaw, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
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Carl Malmgren, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
cmalmgre@uno.edu
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Kevin Marti, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
kmarti@uno.edu
504-280-7248
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Miriam Miller, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
MYMiller@uno.edu
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Michael E. Mooney
Professor Emeritus
mmooney@uno.edu
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Kay Murphy
Professor Emeritus
kamurph1@uno.edu
504-280-6273
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Niyi Osundare, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
oosunda1@uno.edu
504-280-6455
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Elizabeth Penfield
Professor Emeritus
epenfiel@uno.edu
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Zhaoming Qian, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
zqian2026@outlook.com
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Peter Schock, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
pschock@uno.edu
504-280-6274
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Robert Shenk, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
rshenk@uno.edu
504-280-5415
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