Contact
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
323 Shanks Hall (0112)
181 Turner Street NW
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: 540-231-6501
Fax: 540-231-5692
Department Chair's Office
303 Shanks Hall
540-231-8466
Kelly Pender
Interim Chair
306 Shanks Hall
540-231-5152
pender@vt.edu
Jennifer Mooney
Assistant Chair
301 Shanks Hall
540-231-6513
jenmoon@vt.edu
Patty Morse
Assistant to the Chair
305 Shanks Hall
540-231-8466
pattym1@vt.edu
Bridget Szerszynski
Receptionist/Administrative Assistant
323 Shanks Hall
540-231-6501
bridgs9@vt.edu
Kristen Cox
Bookkeeper
315 Shanks Hall
540-231-6350
krcox1@vt.edu
Undergraduate Students
Current students for academic support, please call Laura Ferguson at 540-231-6515 or email: lauraf92@vt.edu
Visit the Center for Advising Support at 329C Shanks Hall, 181 Turner Street, Blacksburg, VA 24061
Graduate Students
Current graduate students requesting administrative support should contact the graduate student coordinator, Sally Shupe , in person, by email at sashupe@vt.edu, or by phone at 540-231-4659.
Visit our office at 323A Shanks Hall, 181 Turner Street, NW, Blacksburg, VA 24061.
Katrina Powell
Director
Ph.D. Program in Rhetoric and Writing
340C Shanks Hall
540-231-7759
kmpowell@vt.edu
Erika Meitner
Director
M.F.A. in Creative Writing Program
410 Shanks Hall
540-231-7728
meitner@vt.edu
CENTER FOR RHETORIC IN SOCIETY
Katrina Powell
Director
Center for Rhetoric in Society
340C Shanks Hall
540-231-7759
kmpowell@vt.edu
Jennifer Lawrence
Director
Writing Center
2005 Newman Library
540-231-9270
jlwrnc@vt.edu
Katie Garahan
Graduate Writing Support
2005 Newman Library
540-231-5436
kgarahan@vt.edu
Brooke Covington
Outreach and Multilingual Services
2005 Newman Library
540-231-5436
brookec9@vt.edu