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Core Faculty
Affiliate Faculty
Emeritus

Core Faculty

Name Position Office Phone Email
Danna Agmon Associate Professor 412 Major Williams Hall 540-231-8307 dagmon@vt.edu
Mauro Caraccioli Associate Professor
 531 Major Williams Hall 540-231-0694 mauroj@vt.edu
François Debrix Professor   531 Major Williams Hall
   fdebrix@vt.edu
Bikrum Gill
 Assistant Professor 517 Major Williams Hall 540-231-5491 bikrum@vt.edu
Bettina Koch Professor 507 Major Williams Hall
 540-231-5766
 bkoch@vt.edu
Desirée Poets
 Assistant Professor 531 Major Williams Hall 540-231-6571 dpoets@vt.edu
Audrey Reeves
 Assistant Professor 512 Major Williams Hall
 540-231-9744
 audreyreeves@vt.edu
Rachel M. Scott Professor Major Williams Hall 540-231-4848 rmscott@vt.edu  
Brett L. Shadle Professor 431 Major Williams Hall
 540-231-8362
 shadle@vt.edu

Affiliate Faculty

Name Position Office Phone Email
Danna Agmon Associate Professor 412 Major Williams Hall 540-231-8307 dagmon@vt.edu
Onwubiko Agozino Professor 526B McBryde Hall 540-231-7699 agozino@vt.edu
Aaron Ansell Associate Professor 112 Lane Hall 540-231-0491 aansell@vt.edu
Clair Apodaca Associate Professor 525 Major Williams Hall 540-231-5310 apodaca@vt.edu
Amaryah Shaye Armstrong Assistant Professor 111 Major Williams Hall 540-231-7013 amaryah@vt.edu
Paul C. Avey Associate Professor 513 Major WilliamsHall 540-231-6814 pcavey@vt.edu
Sweta Baniya Assistant Professor 437 Shanks Hall   baniya@vt.edu
Mark V. Barrow, Jr. Professor 431 Major WilliamsHall 540-231-4099 barrow@vt.edu
Shannon Elizabeth Bell Associate Professor 560 McBryde Hall 540-231-4445 sbell33@vt.edu 
Binio S. Binev Assistant Professor 508 Major Williams Hall  540-231-5491 biniobinev@vt.edu
Aaron Brantly Associate Professor 520 Major Williams Hall 540-231-9045 abrantly@vt.edu
Daniel Breslau Associate Professor     dbreslau@vt.edu
Brian Britt Professor and Director, ASPECT     bbritt@vt.edu
Christopher Campo-Bowen Assistant Professor Squires 242-K 540-231-5335 ccb20@vt.edu
Chris Brown Assistant Professor Knowledgeworks II   dcbrown@vt.edu  
David L. Brunsma Professor 560 McBryde Hall (0137) 540-231-8723 brunsmad@vt.edu
Mauro Caraccioli Associate Professor 202 Major Williams Hall 540-231- 0694 mauroj@vt.edu
S. Moon Cassinelli Assistant Professor 417 Shanks Hall   smooncass@vt.edu
Danille Christensen Assistant Professor 216 Lane Hall 540-231-5528 dec09@vt.edu
Carolyn D. Commer Assistant Professor 416 Shanks Hall 540-231-8468 ccommer@vt.edu
Samuel R. Cook Associate Professor 401 Major Williams Hall
   sacook2@vt.edu
Nicholas Copeland Associate Professor 524 McBryde Hall 540-231-2768 ncopel@vt.edu
Mercedes Maria Corredor Assistant Professor     mcorredor@vt.edu
Cara Daggett
 Assistant Professor 510 Major Williams Hall   cdaggett@vt.edu
Giselle Datz Associate Professor   703- 706-8112 gdatz@vt.edu
François Debrix Professor   531 Major WilliamsHall   fdebrix@vt.edu
Priya Dixit Associate Professor 511 McBryde Hall 540-231-5323 pdixit@vt.edu
A. Roger Ekirch Professor 437 Major Williams Hall 540-231-8381 arekrich@vt.edu
Tom Ewing Professor and Associate Dean 260D Wallace Hall 540-231-3212 etewing@vt.edu
Brandy S. Faulkner Collegiate Assistant Professor 514 Major Williams Hall 540-231-5766 bfaulkne@vt.edu
Jessica Folkart Professor 323 Major Williams Hall 540-231-9076 jfolkart@vt.edu
Matthew R. Gabriele Professor 1319 East Ambler Johnston Hall 540-231-2207 mgabriele@vt.edu
Bikrum Gill Assistant Professor 508 Major Williams Hall 540-231-5491 bikrum@vt.edu
Carmen Gitre Associate Professor 411 Major Williams Hall 540-231-5216 cgitre@vt.edu
Edward J. K. Gitre Assistant Professor 432 Major Williams Hall 540-231-1722 egitre@vt.edu
Nicholas Goedert Assistant Professor 512Major Williams Hall 540-231-7665 ngoedert@vt.edu
Liora O'Donnell Goldensher Assistant Professor 668 McBryde Hall   lodg@vt.edu  
Saul Halfon Associate Professor 232 Lane Hall 540-231-1648 shalfon@vt.edu
Anthony K. Harrison Professor 678McBryde Hall 540-231-4519 kwame@vt.edu
Matthew Heaton Associate Professor 409 Major Williams Hall 540-231-8361 mheaton@vt.edu
Rebecca Hester Associate Professor 235 Lane Hall 540-231-8359 rjhester@vt.edu
Lucien Holness Assistant Professor 414 Major Williams Hall 540-231-8375 lholness@vt.edu
Karen Hult Professor   531D Major Williams Hall 540-231-5836 khult@vt.edu
James Ivory Professor 147 Shanks Hall 540-231-9831 jivory@vt.edu
Benjamin Jantzen Associate Professor 226 Major Williams Hall 540-231-1766 bjantzen@vt.edu
Javiera Jaque Assistant Professor 127 Major Williams Hall 540-231-5362 javieraj@vt.edu
Caitlin E. Jewitt Associate Professor 522 Major Williams Hall 540-231-7544 cjewitt@vt.edu
Sharon P. Johnson Associate Professor 317 Major Williams Hall 540-231-9859 spjohnson@vt.edu
Sylvester Johnson Professor and Director of the Center for Humanities 315 Lane Hall 540-231-9120 saj240@vt.edu
Melanie Kiechle Associate Professor 417 Major Williams Hall 540-231-7523 mkiechle@vt.edu
Karin Kitchens Assistant Professor 524 Major Williams Hall 540-232-8475 kkitchens@vt.edu
James C. Klagge Professor 229 Major Williams Hall 540-231-8487 jklagge@vt.edu
Bryan Klausmeyer Assistant Professor     klausmeyer@vt.edu
Bettina Koch Professor 507 Major WilliamsHall 540-231-5766 bkoch@vt.edu
Karen Kovaka Assistant Professor 220 Major Williams Hall   kkovaka@vt.edu
Christine Labuski Associate Professor and Associate Director, ASPECT     chrislab@vt.edu
Robert (Bob) Leonard Professor 320 Henderson Hall 540-231-9299 bob.leonard@vt.edu
Douglas Lind Professor 229 Major Williams Hall 540-231-0639 lind1279@vt.edu
Ilja A. Luciak Professor 521 Major Williams Hall 540-231-5246 iluciak@vt.edu
Timothy W. Luke University Distinguished Professor 539 Major Williams Hall 540-231-6633 twluke@vt.edu
Jordan MacKenzie Assistant Professor Major Williams Hall   jmackenzie@vt.edu
Natalia Mielczarek Assistant Professor 144 Shanks Hall 540-231-1666 nmiel@vt.edu
Rachel Midura Assistant Professor 416 Major Williams Hall   rmidura@vt.edu
Michael Moehler Professor     moehler@vt.edu
Marian Mollin Associate Professor 419 Major Williams Hall 540-231-8367 mmollin@vt.edu
Wayne D. Moore Associate Professor 505 Major Williams Hall 540-231-5478 wmoore@vt.edu
Scott G. Nelson Associate Professor 519 Major Williams Hall 540-231-5629 scnelson@vt.edu
Su Fang Ng Professor 323 Shanks Hall 540-231-7753 ngsf@vt.edu
Zhange Ni Associate Professor 204 Major Williams Hall 540-231-1823 nizhange@vt.edu
Kim L. Niewolny Associate Professor 282 Litton Reaves 540-231-5784
 niewolny@vt.edu
Shaily Patel Assistant Professor 207 Major Williams Hall 540-232-8456 shailyp@vt.edu
Lydia Patton Professor 231 Major Williams Hall 540-231-8489 critique@vt.edu
Desiree Poets Assistant Professor 510 Major WilliamsHall 540-231-5681 dpoets@vt.edu
Paulo Polanah Associate Professor 670 McBryde Hall 540-231-5650 ppolanah@vt.edu
Katrina M. Powell Professor
 507 McBryde Hall 540-231-5923 kmpowell@vt.edu
Karl Precoda Advanced Instructor 251-D Henderson Hall 540-231-6486 karlp@vt.edu
Besnik Pula Associate Professor 524 Major Williams Hall 540-231-8475 bpula@vt.edu
Khadijah Queen Associate Professor 443 Shanks Hall   kqueen@vt.edu
Geovani Ramirez Assistant Professor 423 Shanks Hall   geovanir@vt.edu
Audrey Reeves Assistant Professor 512 Major WilliamsHall 540-231-9944 audreyreeves@vt.edu
Ashley Reichelmann Associate Professor 676 McBryde Hall 540-231-5651 avr@vt.edu
Patrick Roberts Associate Professor 1021 Prince Street   robertsp@vt.edu
Fernanda Rosa Assistant Professor 321 Lane Hall   frrosa@vt.edu
Emily M. Satterwhite Associate Professor 344 Lane Hall 540-231-8779 satterwhite@vt.edu
Andrew Scerri Associate Professor 515 Major Williams Hall 540-231-8843 ajscerri@vt.edu
Peter L. Schmitthenner Associate Professor 321 Lane Hall 540-231-8377 pschmitt@vt.edu
Helen Schneider Associate Professor 421 Major Williams Hall 540-231-8373 hms@vt.edu
Rachel M. Scott Professor 203 Major WilliamsHall 540-231-4848 rmscott@vt.edu
Paula Seniors Associate Professor 672 McBryde Hall 540-231-7205 mrp@vt.edu
Brett L. Shadle Professor 428 Major WilliamsHall 540-231-8362 shadle@vt.edu
Ashley Shew Associate Professor 116 Lane Hall 540-231-1810 shew@vt.edu
Eric Standley
 Professor 102 Armory Building 540-231-3110 ericst@vt.edu
Robert P. Stephens Associate Professor 431 Major WilliamsHall 540-231-6770 rosteph2@vt.edu
Max Stephenson Professor 201 West Roanoke St. 540-231-6775 mstephen@vt.edu
Yannis Stivachtis Professor 119 Major Williams Hall 540-231-5816 ystivach@vt.edu
Jessica Taylor Assistant Professor 431 Major Williams Hall 540-231-5331 jessicataylor@vt.edu
Tyechia Thompson Assistant Professor     tyechia@vt.edu
Gerard Toal Professor 1021 Prince St. Alexandria, VA 703-706-8113 toalg@vt.edu
Sharone L. Tomer Assistant Professor     stomer@vt.edu
Kelly Trogdon Professor 223 Major Williams Hall 540-231-8948 trogdon@vt.edu
Vinodh Venkatesh Professor 339 Major Williams Hall 540-231-5362 vinodhv@vt.edu
Andrew Wadoski
 Assisstant Professor 241 Shanks Hall 540-231-8360 awadoski@vt.edu
Peter Wallenstein Professor 402 Major Williams Hall 540-231-8376 pwallens@vt.edu
Janell Watson Professor 341 Major Williams Hall 540-231-9009 rjwatson@vt.edu
Edward Weisband Edward S. Diggs Endowed Chair in the Social Sciences 501 Major Williams Hall 540-231-5298 weisband@vt.edu
Fabian Wendt Assistant Professor 820 University City Blvd.
   fabianwendt@vt.edu
Trevor Wilson
 Assistant Professor 331 Major Williams Hall   trevorw@vt.edu
Philip Yaure Assistant Professor     philipyaure@vt.edu  
Laura Zanotti Professor 509 Major Williams Hall 540-231-2750 lzanotti@vt.edu
Bonnie Zare Professor 522 McBryde Hall 540-231-8189 bonzare@vt.edu
Anna Zeide Associate Professor     zeide@vt.edu

 

 

Emeritus

Name Position Office Phone Email
Elizabeth Fine Professor     bfine@vt.edu
Thomas Gardner Professor     tom.gardner@vt.edu
James Garrison Professor     wesley@vt.edu
Ann Laberge Associate Professor
     alaberge@vt.edu
Amy Nelson Associate Professor     anelson@vt.edu
Joseph C. Pitt
 Professor     jcpitt@vt.edu
Anita Puckett Associate Professor     apuckett@vt.edu
Richard Rich Professor
     rrich@vt.edu
Michael Saffle Professor     msaffle@vt.edu
Bob Siegle Professor
     bob.siegle@vt.edu
Richard Shingles Associate Professor
     shingles@vt.edu
Barbara E. Smith Professor     smithbe@vt.edu