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Specialized Faculty
Amanda Bales
Teaching Assistant Professor
abales@illinois.edu
Iryce Baron
Senior Instructor
baron@illinois.edu
Leah Marie Becker (She/Her/Hers)
Lecturer
leahmb2@illinois.edu
Josh Canipe
Lecturer
jcanipe@illinois.edu
John Claborn
Senior Lecturer
claborn@illinois.edu
Megan Cole (she/her/hers)
Lecturer
meganec2@illinois.edu
Mary Rose Cottingham
Senior Instructor
mcotting@illinois.edu
Curtis Dickerson
Instructor
crd@illinois.edu
John Dudek
Associate Director of Creative Writing
jdudek4@illinois.edu
Kay Emmert
Director of Program in Professional Writing
akemmert@illinois.edu
Patrick Fadely
Lecturer
fadely1@illinois.edu
Ryan Flanagan
Senior Lecturer
rpf@illinois.edu
Madeline Furlong
Lecturer
furlong4@illinois.edu
Katherine Gaffney
Lecturer
kag4@illinois.edu
Shawn Gilmore
Director of Specialized Faculty
sgilmore@illinois.edu
Joe Grohens
Senior Instructor
grohens@illinois.edu
Pallabi Gupta
Lecturer
pallabi@illinois.edu
Gail Hapke
Senior Instructor
hapke@illinois.edu
Mary Hays
Senior Lecturer
maryhays@illinois.edu
Marilyn Holguin
Senior Lecturer
holguin2@illinois.edu
Barry Hudek
Senior Lecturer
bhudek@illinois.edu
Michael Hurley
Senior Lecturer
mjhurle2@illinois.edu
Audrey Johnson
Lecturer
audreyj@illinois.edu
Carrie Johnson (she / her)
Lecturer
carriej2@illinois.edu
Dana Kinzy
Associate Director of Rhetoric
dkinzy@illinois.edu
Julie Kraft
Lecturer
jkkraft@illinois.edu
Mary Lindsey
Senior Instructor
mbl99@illinois.edu
John MacLean
Senior Lecturer
jpm@illinois.edu
Calgary Martin
Lecturer
cmartn10@illinois.edu
Lee McGuire
Senior Lecturer
lmcguire@illinois.edu
Heather McLeer
Senior Lecturer
mcleer1@illinois.edu
Zachariah McVicker
Senior Lecturer
mcvicke2@illinois.edu
Katie Menendez
Lecturer
km74@illinois.edu
Dave Morris (he/him)
Teaching Assistant Professor
dcmorris@illinois.edu
Andrew Moss
Senior Lecturer
apmoss@illinois.edu
Kate Newton
Lecturer
norcros2@illinois.edu
Dani Nyikos
Lecturer
dnyikos@illinois.edu
Mike Odom (he/him)
Senior Instructor
odom@illinois.edu
Julie Price
Senior Lecturer
jprice@illinois.edu
Daniel Roche
Lecturer
danroche@illinois.edu
John Rubins
Senior Lecturer
rubins@illinois.edu
Stephen Runkle
Senior Lecturer
runkle@illinois.edu
Matthew Schering
Lecturer
mscher6@illinois.edu
Jordan Sellers
Assistant Director of Rhetoric
eseller2@illinois.edu
Hilary Selznick
Associate Director of Program in Professional Writing
hilary2@illinois.edu
Michael Shetina (he/him/his)
Lecturer
shetina1@illinois.edu
Zach Simon
Lecturer
zachs2@illinois.edu
Sydney Slobodnik
Senior Instructor
sslobod@illinois.edu
Michael VanCalbergh
Lecturer
mvancalb@illinois.edu
Corina Villanueva
Senior Lecturer
cvilla1@illinois.edu
Rebecca Weber
Senior Lecturer
rweber@illinois.edu
Pica Williams
Lecturer
picakw@illinois.edu
Jess Williard
Lecturer
williar2@illinois.edu