English & Communication Faculty & Staff
Administration
Drew Shade, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication, Department Chair
Progress Hall 220M
Faculty
Brian Bailie, PhD
Associate Professor of English
Progress Hall 120A
Laurie Bauer, EdD
Associate Professor of Reading and Literacy, Academic Success Course Coordinator, Exploratory Studies Co-Coordinator
Progress Hall 220D
Susanna Clason, PhD
Associate Professor of English, Executive Committee Chair
Progress Hall 120N
Alex Evans
Director of the English Composition Program, UCBA English & Communications
120F BA PROGRESS
Alongside his programmatic and pedagogical work, Dr. Evans maintains an active research agenda in writing studies. His current work centers on the history and practice of writing program administration with a particular focus on the institutional and political entanglements of program administration at open-access institutions (like UCBA) and the labor conditions that enable and constrain work within college writing programs. Previously, he has published on topics including graduate preparation for teaching college-level writing, archival research methods in writing studies, tutorial-style writing instruction, and subculture rhetorics.
Dr. Evans' research has been published in a variety of prominent peer-reviewed journals in writing studies and related disciplines, including College English, College Composition and Communication, Academic Labor: Research and Artistry, and Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments. With Bethany Hellwig, he is co-editor of Precarious Pedagogies: Teaching Praxis of the New Majority, a collection exploring the realities of contingent academic employment and its effects on teaching, forthcoming from the WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado in 2027.
Alex serves on the University Composition Committee (UCOMP) and in leadership and service roles for a variety of professional organizations, including the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators’ Executive Board, the Conference on College Composition and Communications’ Newcomers' Welcome Committee, and the Two-Year College English Association’s Taskforce for Preparing Teachers of English in the Two-Year College.
Antonio "Joey" Ferraro, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Flory Hall 115.01
Jessica Furgerson, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication, Communication Coordinator
Progress Hall 220A
Ian Golding, PhD
Associate Professor of English, Placement Coordinator, Exploratory Studies Co-Coordinator
Flory Center 101
William Jennings, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication
Progress Hall 120G
Rita Kumar, PhD
Professor of English, Honor Program Director
Progress Hall 120K
Libby Lockridge, PhD
Associate Professor of English, Writing and Study Skills Center Director
Progress Hall 120E
Neely McLaughlin, PhD
Associate Professor of English
Progress Hall 120D
Robert Murdock, PhD
Professor of English, Co-Editor for Blue Ash Review
Progress Hall 220J
Kevin Oberlin, PhD
Professor of English, Co-Editor for Blue Ash Review
Progress Hall 220G
Brenda Refaei, EdD
Professor of English, Co-Director of the UCBA Learning and Teaching Center
Progress Hall 120J
Micah Savaglio,, PhD
Assistant Professor of English, Composition Coordinator
Flory Center 104
Claudia Skutar, PhD
Associate Professor of English, Honors Program Advisor
Progress Hall 220E
Writing & Study Skills Center Tutors
Eric Van Hoose
Writing and Study Skills Center Manager
Muntz Hall 112K
Adjunct Faculty - Communication
Adjunct Faculty - English
- Adam Burkey
- Meghan Curry
- Zach Gregory
- Vincent Haddad
- Derrick Hale
- Judy Hampel
- Matthew Jent
- Chaya Kalita
- Kevin Louderback
- Brandon Ogilby
- Breslin Sand
- Daniel (Dale) Sansing
- Damianne (Dami) Scott
- Nathan Singer
- Deborah (Debbie) Smalley
- Merrie Stewart
- Kelly Thomas
- Ian Vogt
- Mary (Julie) Waddell
- Cloe Watson
- Matthew Watson
Adjunct Faculty - Reading
- Shannon Bosley
- Lesley Dorhout
- Jessica Hahn
Adjunct Faculty - Exploratory Studies
Emeriti Faculty
- Diana Becket, PhD
- Cynthia Crane, PhD
- Clyde Dorn
- John Fellers
- Louise Flavin, PhD
- Barbara Hansen, PhD
- Shaorong Huang, PhD
- Ann Hern, PhD
- Philip Alan Luther
- Rebecca McDaniel
- Marlene Miner, PhD
- Rhonda Pettit, PhD
- Carol Sue Robinson
- Michael Roos
- Phyllis Sherwood, PhD
- Sue Sipple, PhD
- Stanley Sulkes, PhD
Resources
Contact Information
English & Communication Department
Email: baacdsup@ucmail.uc.edu