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    Contact English

    Campus Name Email Phone Location
    Cumming Melissa Schindler melissa.schindler@ung.edu 470-239-3118 University Center 400, room 285
    Dahlonega Wendy Kurant, Associate Department Head

    english-dah@ung.edu 

    wendy.kurant@ung.edu

    706-864-1775

    706-864-1964

    Dunlap Hall, Room 207C
    Gainesville Diana Edelman, Department Head

    english-gvl@ung.edu 

    diana.edelman@ung.edu

    678-717-3593

    678-717-1583

    Nesbitt, Room 4168
    Oconee Laura Ng, Assistant Dean laura.ng@ung.edu 706-310-6217 Faculty Center, Room 721

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    Faculty & Staff

    NameTitlePhoneOffice/CampusEmail
    Name NameIan Afflerbach, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleAssociate Professor of American Literature PhonePhone Number706-867-4469 OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 202B , Dahlonega
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    Name NameJustin Barbaree, M.A.Profile page TitleTitleLecturer PhonePhone Number OfficeOffice Dahlonega
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    Name NameChris Bell, Ph.D. TitleTitleProfessor, English PhonePhone Number678-717-3720 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4138, Gainesville
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    Name NameDavid Bell, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleLecturer PhonePhone Number706-310-6286 OfficeOfficeClassroom Building, 311B, Oconee
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    Name NameGloria Bennett TitleTitleAssistant Professor, English PhonePhone Number678-717-3423 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4150, Gainesville
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    Name NameTanya Bennett, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleProfessor of English PhonePhone Number678-717-3870 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4154, Gainesville
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    Name NameEzekiel Black, M.F.A.Profile page TitleTitleSenior Lecturer, English PhonePhone Number678-717-3876 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4110, Gainesville
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    Name NameMatthew Boedy, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleAssociate Professor PhonePhone Number678-717-3526 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4140, Gainesville
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    Name NameDavid Brauer TitleTitleAssociate Professor, English PhonePhone Number706-864-1962 OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 203, Dahlonega
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    Name NameSteven BreheProfile page TitleTitleAssociate Professor, English PhonePhone Number706-864-1349 OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 309, Dahlonega
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    Name NameLeverett Butts, IV, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleAssociate Professor of English PhonePhone Number678-717-3521 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4142, Gainesville
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    Name NameTara Causey TitleTitleSenior Lecturer PhonePhone Number OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 308A, Dahlonega
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    Name NameCarla ChwatProfile page TitleTitleSenior Lecturer PhonePhone Number678-717-3842 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4106, Gainesville
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    Name NameKevin Copeland TitleTitleSenior Lecturer PhonePhone Number706-310-6273 OfficeOfficeClassroom Building, 311B, Oconee
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    Name NameBrian Corrigan TitleTitleProfessor, English PhonePhone Number706-864-1963 OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 309B, Dahlonega
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    Name NameMicah Corum, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleAssistant Professor PhonePhone Number706-867-2772 OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 206D, Dahlonega
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    Name NameMacklin Cowart, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleAssociate Professor, English PhonePhone Number678-717-3431 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4134, Gainesville
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    Name NameCameron Crawford TitleTitleAssistant Professor PhonePhone Number678-717-3993 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4132, Gainesville
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    Name NameChristopher Curran TitleTitleLecturer PhonePhone Number OfficeOffice Dahlonega
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    Name NameChris Davis TitleTitleSenior Lecturer PhonePhone Number OfficeOffice Gainesville
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    Name NameJon Dawson TitleTitleLecturer PhonePhone Number OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 2108, Gainesville
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    Name NameMarc DiMaggio TitleTitleSenior Lecturer PhonePhone Number OfficeOffice Email
    Name NameLisa DiehlProfile page TitleTitleSenior Lecturer PhonePhone Number OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 206 D, Dahlonega
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    Name NameLeigh Dillard, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleAssociate Professor - English PhonePhone Number678-717-3428 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4108, Gainesville
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    Name NameTerry Easton TitleTitleAssociate Professor, English PhonePhone Number678-717-3426 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4130, Gainesville
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    Name NameDiana Edelman, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleDepartment Head, English PhonePhone Number678-717-3666 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4168, Gainesville
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    Name NameCourtney Ferriter, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleAssistant Professor of English PhonePhone Number706-310-6325 OfficeOfficeStudent Resource Center, 589, Oconee
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    Name NameMichael FischerProfile page TitleTitleLecturer PhonePhone Number OfficeOffice Cumming
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    Name NameRene FleischbeinProfile page TitleTitleLimited Term Faculty PhonePhone Number OfficeOffice Dahlonega
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    Name NameAnn Marie Francis TitleTitleAssistant Dean for Academic Administration & Associate Professor PhonePhone Number470-239-3116 OfficeOfficeUniversity Center 400, 284, Cumming
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    Name NameLyn Froehlich TitleTitleSenior Lecturer PhonePhone Number OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 206B, Dahlonega
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    Name NameLaura Getty, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleProfessor, English PhonePhone Number706-867-3218 OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 309A, Dahlonega
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    Name NameShannon Gilstrap, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleAssociate Professor PhonePhone Number678-717-3544 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4136, Gainesville
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    Name NamePatricia Godsave TitleTitleLecturer of English PhonePhone Number OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 204, Dahlonega
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    Name NameChristina GreenProfile page TitleTitleLecturer PhonePhone Number OfficeOffice Dahlonega
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    Name NameHaley Hodges TitleTitleLecturer of English PhonePhone Number OfficeOffice Dahlonega
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    Name NameMatthew Horton TitleTitleAssociate Professor, English PhonePhone Number706-310-6236 OfficeOfficeFaculty Center, 704, Oconee
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    Name NameAlex Johns TitleTitleAssociate Professor, English PhonePhone Number706-310-6213 OfficeOfficeFaculty Center, 706, Oconee
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    Name NameJeremiah JohnsonProfile page TitleTitleLecturer PhonePhone Number OfficeOffice Dahlonega
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    Name NameWendy Kurant, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleAssociate Department Head PhonePhone Number706-864-1964 OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 207c, Dahlonega
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    Name NameMina Kyounghye Kwon, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleAssociate Professor, English PhonePhone Number706-867-2964 OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 202A, Dahlonega
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    Name NameKasee Laster, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleSenior Lecturer PhonePhone Number706-310-6223 OfficeOfficeStudent Resource Center, 311A, Oconee
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    Name NameEric Lockaby TitleTitleLecturer PhonePhone Number678-717-3484 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4156, Gainesville
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    Name NameMolly MacLachlan TitleTitleAssistant Professor Rhetoric and Composition PhonePhone Number678-717-3869 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4158, Gainesville
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    Name NameJames McEver TitleTitleSenior Lecturer PhonePhone Number OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 204, Dahlonega
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    Name NameKayla Mehalcik TitleTitleOffice Administrator PhonePhone Number706-864-1775 OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 207, Dahlonega
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    Name NameJeanine MerckProfile page TitleTitleAdministrative Assistant III PhonePhone Number678-717-3593 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4120, Gainesville
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    Name NamePhillip Mitchell TitleTitleAssociate Professor PhonePhone Number OfficeOffice Blue Ridge
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    Name NameMiriam MooreProfile page TitleTitleAssistant Professor of English PhonePhone Number678-717-3550 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4126, Gainesville
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    Name NameLaura Ng, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleAssistant Dean, College of Arts and Letters and Professor PhonePhone Number706-310-6217 OfficeOfficeFaculty Center, 721, Oconee
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    Name NameCatthuan Nguyen TitleTitleLecturer PhonePhone Number OfficeOffice Cumming
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    Name NameSteve Pearson, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleAssociate Professor, English PhonePhone Number678-717-3483 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4170, Gainesville
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    Name NameSamuel Prestridge TitleTitleAssociate Professor, English PhonePhone Number706-310-6249 OfficeOfficeStudent Resource Center, 591, Oconee
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    Name NameDarren RhymProfile page TitleTitlePart Time Faculty PhonePhone Number706-310-6329 OfficeOfficeAdministration Building, 560, Oconee
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    Name NameAustin Riede, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleProfessor PhonePhone Number706-864-1961 OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 206B, Dahlonega
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    Name NameMichael Rifenburg, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleProfessor - English PhonePhone Number706-867-2958 OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 206C, Dahlonega
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    Name NameSharon Rigler, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleSenior Lecturer PhonePhone Number706-310-6360 OfficeOfficeClassroom Building, 311A, Oconee
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    Name NameStephanie Rountree, Ph.D. Profile page TitleTitleAssistant Professor of English PhonePhone Number706-310-6231 OfficeOfficeStudent Resource Center, 586, Oconee
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    Name NameKendra SandersonProfile page TitleTitleLecturer PhonePhone Number706-864-1528 OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 201B, Dahlonega
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    Name NameMelissa SchindlerProfile page TitleTitleAssistant Professor PhonePhone Number470-239-3118 OfficeOffice Cumming
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    Name NameJim Shimkus, Ph.D.Profile page TitleTitleLecturer PhonePhone Number678-717-2231 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4136, Gainesville
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    Name NameKathleen Snow TitleTitleSenior Lecturer PhonePhone Number OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 206A, Dahlonega
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    Name NameNathan Steritz TitleTitleLecturer PhonePhone Number470-239-3113 OfficeOfficeUniversity Center 400, 274, Cumming
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    Name NameJames StewartProfile page TitleTitleLecturer PhonePhone Number706-864-1528 OfficeOfficeDunlap Hall, 201B, Dahlonega
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    Name NameRobert StilesProfile page TitleTitleLecturer PhonePhone Number OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 2112, Gainesville
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    Name NameValerie SurrettProfile page TitleTitleAssistant Professor PhonePhone Number678-717-3567 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4128, Gainesville
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    Name NameDerek ThiessProfile page TitleTitleAssistant Professor PhonePhone Number706-310-6228 OfficeOfficeStudent Resource Center, 588, Oconee
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    Name NameEileen Totter TitleTitlePart Time Faculty, English PhonePhone Number OfficeOfficeStudent Resource Center, 560, Oconee
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    Name NameAnita Turlington TitleTitleAssociate Professor PhonePhone Number678-717-3935 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4152, Gainesville
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    Name NameNathan Wagner TitleTitleLecturer PhonePhone Number OfficeOffice Dahlonega
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    Name NameJessica WalkerProfile page TitleTitleAssistant Professor PhonePhone Number678-717-3691 OfficeOfficeNesbitt Academic Building, 4160, Gainesville
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    Name NameJodi WilliamsProfile page TitleTitleLecturer PhonePhone Number OfficeOffice Blue Ridge
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