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Phillip Maciak

Phillip
Maciak

Senior Lecturer in English and American Culture Studies

William J.
Maxwell

Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature , Professor of English and African and African American Studies
Thembelani Mbatha

Thembelani (Themba)
Mbatha

Assistant Professor of African & African American Studies Assistant Professor (Courtesy Affiliation), English
Dwight A. McBride

Dwight A.
McBride

Gerald Early Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies, Professor of English Executive Director of CRE2, Senior Advisor to the Chancellor

​William
McKelvy

​Associate Professor of English

Heather
McPherson

Senior Lecturer in English

Edward
McPherson

Associate Professor of English Director of English Undergraduate Studies
Pronouns: he/him/his

​Melanie
Micir

​Associate Professor of English Director of English Graduate Studies

Bernadette
Myers

Assistant Professor of English Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies (Courtesy Affiliation)

Michael
O'Bryan

Senior Lecturer
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Anca​
Parvulescu

Liselotte Dieckmann Professor in Comparative Literature , ​Professor of English

​Amy
Pawl​

Teaching Professor in English​ Director of Children’s Studies
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​Stephanie
Pippin​

​Senior Lecturer in English

Shannon
Rabong

Assistant Director, The MFA Program

Danielle
Ridolfi

Children Studies Lecturer

Martin
Riker

Teaching Professor in English Director of the Publishing Concentration
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Jessica
Rosenfeld

Associate Professor of English Associate Chair, Department of English

​Wolfram
Schmidgen​

Professor of English​

David
Schuman

Director of Creative Writing Teaching Professor in English
Pronouns: he/him

​Vincent
Sherry

Howard Nemerov Professor in the Humanities , Professor of English​
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Matthew
Shipe

Senior Lecturer in English Co-Director of Advanced Writing

Claire
Sommers

Lecturer, Department of English Lecturer in Drama, Performing Arts Department

Victoria
Thomas

Teaching Professor in English

Thembelani (Themba)  Mbatha

  • Assistant Professor of African & African American Studies
  • Assistant Professor (Courtesy Affiliation), English

Office: McMillan Hall

  • Email: mbatha@wustl.edu

Dwight A.  McBride

  • Gerald Early Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies,
  • Professor of English Executive Director of CRE2, Senior Advisor to the Chancellor

McMillan Hall 240

  • Email: mcbrided@wustl.edu
  • Phone: 3149355631