Katherine C. Bassard
- Professor
- Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
- African American Literature
- Anderson House 212
- (804)828-9588
- kcbassar@vcu.edu
Graduate Faculty
All English MA students at Virginia Commonwealth University conduct original research under the direction of faculty. Some present the results of their directed studies before the department. The others defend theses before their faculty committees. Our graduate faculty offer students both expertise and flexibility.
John Brinegar
- Teaching Assistant Professor.
- Medieval
- Hibbs Hall 324G
- (804)827-8327
- jhbrineg@vcu.edu
Winnie Chan
- Associate Professor
- H&S Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
- World Anglophone Postcolonial Literature
- British Literature after 1832
- Hibbs Hall 314
- (804)827-8314
- wchan@vcu.edu
Susann Cokal
- Associate Professor
- Creative Writing, Fiction
- Hibbs 414
- (804)828-1331
- sbcokal@vcu.edu
Gretchen Comba
- Teaching Associate Professor
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
- 20th Century American
- Creative Writing, Fiction
- Hibbs Hall 324C
- (804)827-8330
- gccomba@vcu.edu
David Coogan
- Associate Professor
- Service Learning
- Rhetorical Theory & Criticism
- Hibbs Hall 417
- (804)827-8330
- dcoogan@vcu.edu
Marcel Cornis-Pope
- Professor
- New media, Theory
- Contemporary American & British Literature
- Anderson House 304
- (804)828-4530
- mcornis@vcu.edu
Tom De Haven
- Professor
- Creative Writing, Fiction
- Hibbs Hall 404A
- (804)827-8422
- tdehaven@vcu.edu
Thom Didato
- Service Assistant Professor
- Graduate Programs Advisor
- New Media
- Foreign Literature in English Translation
- Hibbs Hall 306B
- (804)828-1329
- tndidato@vcu.edu
Gregory Donovan
- Professor (on leave fall 2017)
- Creative Writing, Poetry
- Anderson House 302A
- (804)828-4468
- gdonovan@vcu.edu
Joshua Eckhardt
- Associate Professor
- Early Modern
- Manuscript Studies
- Hibbs Hall 413
- (804)827-8421
- jmeckhardt@vcu.edu
Lina Maria Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas
- Assistant Professor
- Creative Writing, Nonfiction
- Hibbs Hall, Rm. 306
- (808)281-331
- lmferreiracab@vcu.edu
Richard Fine
- Professor
- 20th Century American
- Film
- Anderson House 210
- (804)828-4483
- rfine@vcu.edu
Nicholas Frankel
- Professor
- 19th Century British
- Oscar Wilde
- Hibbs Hall 316
- (804)827-8316
- nrfranke@vcu.edu
David Golumbia
- Associate Professor
- New Media, Theory
- Linguistics
- Hibbs Hall 324D
- (804)827-8331
- dgolumbia@vcu.edu
Kathleen Graber
- Associate Professor
- Creative Writing, Poetry
- Anderson House 201
- (804)827-8420
- kjgraber@vcu.edu
Michael Hall
- Assistant Professor
- 20th Century & Contemporary American
- African American literature
- Hibbs 432
- (804)827-8432
- mrhall@vcu.edu
Les Harrison
- Associate Professor
- Director of MA
- 19th Century American
- Hibbs Hall 415
- (804)827-8428
- hlharrison@vcu.edu
Catherine E. Ingrassia
- Professor
- Restoration & 18th Century British
- Anderson House 202
- (804)828-4463
- cingrass@vcu.edu
Shermaine M. Jones
- Assistant Professor
- African American Literature
Literatures of the Black Diaspora
- Hibbs Hall 324A
- (804)827-8324
- smjones@vcu.edu
M.A. Keller
- Instructor
- Technology Coordinator
- New Media
- Hibbs Hall 317
- (804)827-8317
- mkeller@vcu.edu
David E. Latané
- Professor
- Chair, Department of English
- 19th Century British
- Scottish and Irish Literature
- Hibbs Hall 416
- (804)827-8416
- dlatane@vcu.edu
Sonja Livingston
- Assistant Professor
- Creative Writing, Nonfiction
- Hibbs 324B
- (804)827-8326
- slivingston@vcu.edu
Bryant Mangum
- Professor
- 20th Century American
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Anderson House 307
- (804)828-1255
- bmangum@vcu.edu
Clint McCown
- Professor
- Director of Creative Writing
- Creative Writing, Fiction
- Hibbs Hall 315
- (804)827-8315
- jcmccown@vcu.edu
Katherine Saunders Nash
- Associate Professor
- H&S Interim Asst. Dean for Academic Affairs
- 20th Century British
- Narrative and Feminist Theory
- Hibbs Hall 313
- (804)826-6191
- ksnash@vcu.edu
Terry Oggel
- Professor
- 19th Century American
- Mark Twain
- Hibbs Hall 345
- (804)827-8345
- toggel@vcu.edu
Hanna Pylväinen
- Assistant Professor
- Creative Writing, Fiction
- Hibbs 324F
- (804)827-8329
- hppylvainen@vcu.edu
Jennifer Rhee
- Assistant Professor
- Literature and Science, Media Studies,
Contemp. U.S. Lit., Feminist Science Studies
- Hibbs Hall 324E
- (804)827-8334
- jsrhee@vcu.edu
Nicholas Sharp
- Assistant Professor (Retired 2017)
- Early Modern
Sachi Shimomura
- Associate Professor
- Associate Chair
- Medieval
- Hibbs Hall 418
- (804)827-8418
- sshimomu@vcu.edu
Cristina Stanciu
- Assistant Professor
- Fellow, Office of Faculty Affairs, Provost
- Ethnic & Immigrant American Literatures
- American Indian Studies
- Hibbs Hall 333
- (804)827-8333
- cstanciu@vcu.edu
Rivka Swenson
- Associate Professor
- Restoration & 18th Century British
- Hibbs Hall 324H
- (804)827-8328
- rswenson@vcu.edu
David Wojahn
- Professor
- Creative Writing, Poetry
- Anderson House 108
- (804)828-4462
- dcwojahn@vcu.edu
