Department Leadership
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Dr. Rian Bowie
Associate Teaching Professor
C114 Tribble Hall
336.758.3369
bowiere@wfu.edu
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Dr. Erin Branch
Teaching Professor
Director of the Writing Program
ZSR Library, 426a
336.758.6126
branchel@wfu.edu
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Amy Catanzano
Associate Professor of English in Creative Writing
Poet-in-Residence; Co-Director, Creative Writing Program & Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series
catanza@wfu.edu
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Dr. Ryan D. Shirey
Teaching Professor
Director, WFU Writing Center
426B ZSR Library
336.758.5378
shireyrd@wfu.edu
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Dr. Dean Franco
Winifred W. Palmer Professor of English
C208 Tribble Hall
336.758.3549
francodj@wfu.edu
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Jennifer Greiman
Director of Graduate Study
Professor, English
336.758.4491
greimaj@wfu.edu
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Sarah Hogan
Associate Professor of English
Director of Undergraduate Study
C211 Tribble Hall
336.758.5135
hogansa@wfu.edu
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Dr. Jefferson Holdridge
Professor of English, Chair
Director of Wake Forest University Press
C105 Tribble Hall
336.758.3365
holdrij@wfu.edu
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Dr. Zak Lancaster
Director of Graduate Study, Associate Professor – Writing & Linguistics
Co-Director of Graduate Study
C215 Tribble Hall
336.758.3749
lancasci@wfu.edu
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Dr. Judith Madera
Associate Chair
Associate Professor of Literature; Director: Dean Family Speaker Series
C209 Tribble Hall
maderaji@wfu.edu
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Joanna Ruocco
Associate Professor of English in Creative Writing
Co-Director, Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series; Chair of the Editorial Board, Fiction Collective Two
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Dr. Olga Valbuena
Associate Professor of English
C110 Tribble Hall
336.758.5646
valbueol@wfu.edu