English & Writing Faculty

Dr. Robert S. Christian (1968), Department Chair; Professor of English; B.A., Western Maryland College; M.A., University of Conneticut; M.Div., Drew University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina. His primary interests are Nineteenth Century British literature-both the Romantics and the Victorians; Shakespearean studies; modern drama; and African-American experience in twentieth century literature.
Phone: (910) 630-7071
E-Mail:
Office: T-225

Mrs. Nancy Alexander (1992), Associate Professor of English, B.A., M.A., North Carolina State University. Ms. Alexander maintains the MU Grammar Hotline.
Phone: (910) 630-7695
E-Mail:
Office: T-334

Ms. Megan E. Cassidy (2007), Instructor of English; B.A., Concordia University; M.A, State University of New York at Brockport.
Phone: (910) 630-7655
E-Mail:
Office: T-120

Dr. Michael A. Colonnese (1989), Professor of English; Director, Creative Writing Program; Managing Editor, Longleaf Press. B.A., University of Bridgeport; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton. His area of expertise is modern literature, especially fiction and poetry.
Phone: (910) 630-7085
E-Mail:
Office: T-219

Ms. Beth Copeland (2007), Instructor of English; B.A., St. Andrews Presbyterian College; M.F.A, Bowling Green State University. Her poetry book, Traveling Through Glass, received the 1999 Bright Hill Press Poetry Book Award, and her personal essays have been published in The Chicago Tribune, Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul 2, and Christian Science Monitor.
Phone: (910) 630-7163
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Office: T-213

Dr. Delmas S. Crisp, Jr. (2007), Professor of English; Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the University; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi.
Phone: (910) 630-7031
E-Mail:
Office: Horner Administration Building

Ms. Robin Greene (1996), Professor of English; Director, Writing Center; B.A., University of Bridgeport; M.A., State University of New York at Binghamton; M.F.A., Norwich University. Her poetry chapbook, Memories of Light, won the 1991 Harperprints Poetry Competition sponsored by the N.C. Writer's Network. In 1992, she was one of four North Carolina writers to receive a $7,500 Individual Artist Fellowship for the N.C. Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Office: T-216
Phone: (910) 630-7110
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Office: T-216

Ms. Brenda S. Jernigan (2007), Instructor of English; B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.S., Old Dominion University; M.F.A., North Carolina State University. Her second book is Every Good and Perfect Gift.
Phone: (910) 630-7454
E-Mail:
Office: T-335

Ms. Whitney Larrimore (2005), Instructor of English; B.A., Methodist College (Now Methodist University); M.A., Fayetteville State University. Ms. Larrimore is a Fayetteville native who formerly worked in the Methodist University Writing Center. Office: T-101, The Writing Center
Phone: (910) 630-7360
E-Mail:
Office: T-226

Dr. Emily Leverett (2007), Assistant Professor of English; B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University. Her interests include Medieval and Renaissance English Literature, particularly medieval romance and heresy.
Phone: (910) 630-7453
E-Mail:
Office: T-333

Dr. R. Wayne Preslar (1973), Professor of English; B.A., Lenoir Rhyne College; M.A., University of Maryland; Ph.D., Kent State University.
Phone: (910) 630-7087
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Office: T-233

Mrs. P. Jennifer Rohrer-Walsh (1991), Associate Professor of English; Co-Director, Honors Program; B.A., University of Illinois; M.Ed., Indiana University; M.A., North Carolina State University. She is the Grants-Writing Coordinator for the College. Mrs. Rohrer-Walsh teaches courses in the Honors Program. Office: T-220
Phone: (910) 630-7076
E-Mail:
Office: T-220

Mrs. Mary B. Rorke (1992), Associate Professor of English; B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., University of Pennsylvania.
Phone: (910) 630-7067
E-Mail:
Office: T-230

Dr. Emily Powers Wright (2002), Dean, School of Arts and Humanities; McLean Professor of English; B.A., Emory University; M.A.T., Georgia State University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University. Her research interests include Southern literature, composition and rhetoric, and women's studies.
Phone: (910) 630-7551
E-Mail:
Office: T-224

 

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