Faculty and Staff

Statesboro: Clare Ursillo
cursillo@georgiasouthern.edu

Armstrong: Jakeyvia White (interim)
jjwhite@georgiasouthern.edu

Online: Amanda Canales
acanales@georgiasouthern.edu

Theresa Thornburg
Senior Administrative Assistant
Newton 1118A
912-478-0739
tthornburg@georgiasouthern.edu

Kati Manley
Staff Assistant
Gamble 103
912-344-2574
kmanley@georgiasouthern.edu

Debbie Lawrence
Staff Assistant
Newton 1118
912-478-0141
dglawrence@georgiasouthern.edu

Dr. Dustin Anderson
Associate Professor
3302B Newton Building
912-478-1354
danderson@georgiasouthern.edu

Transnational Modernism; British & Irish Literature; Drama; Literary Criticism and Theory

Dr. Salena Anderson
Assistant Professor
2219C Newton Building
912-478-0641
sanderson@georgiasouthern.edu

Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2010

Michael Basista
Visiting Instructor
2225D Newton Building
912-478-0151
mbasista@georgiasouthern.edu

M.A. Georgia Southern University, 2024

Alyssa Canepa
Visiting Instructor
2224 Newton Building
912-478-7749
acanepa@georgiasouthern.edu

Dr. Lindsey Chappell
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor
3304B Newton Building
912-478-6095
lchappell@georgiasouthern.edu

Ph.D., Rice University, 2017

Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Empire Studies, Critical Theory

Cameron Rocker Clements
Lecturer
2225A Newton Building
912-478-0373
cclements@georgiasouthern.edu

M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2013

First-Year Writing, English Literature, Irish Studies, Adolescent Literature

Dr. Lisa A. Costello
Professor
2221D Newton | 2288C-D Carroll
912-478-5561 | 912-478-7879
lacostello@georgiasouthern.edu

Ph.D., Louisiana State University & A&M College, 2007

Rhetoric & Composition, Holocaust Memorialization, Gender Studies, Autobiography, Culture & Memory Studies

Janet Dale
Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
3305E Newton Building
912-478-5936
jdale@georgiasouthern.edu

M.F.A., Georgia College & State University, 2013

First-Year Writing, Composition Studies, Creative Writing, Flash Fiction, Lyrical & Narrative Nonfiction, Found Poetry, Feature/News Writing, Gender & Women’s Studies, Gothic American Lit, Pop Culture

Julie Douberly
Senior Lecturer
1119C Newton Building
912-478-0962
juliedouberly@georgiasouthern.edu

M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2003

First-Year Writing, Instructional Technology, Fandom Studies

Benjamin Drevlow
Senior Lecturer
3304A Newton Building
912-478-5902
bdrevlow@georgiasouthern.edu

M.F.A., Minnesota State University, 2006

Short Stories & The Novel, First-Year Writing, Digital Literacy, Memoir & Autobiographical Fiction, Southern Gothic Literature, Grit Lit, Satire & Humor

Dr. Olivia Carr Edenfield
Professor
2220B Newton Building
912-478-0155
carr@georgiasouthern.edu

Ph.D., The University of Georgia, 2002

American Literature

Dr. Bradley Edwards
Principal Lecturer
3306A Newton Building
912-478-5350
bradedwards@georgiasouthern.edu

 Ph.D., The University of Georgia, 2005

The American Novel; The American Journey Novel; Multicultural American Literature; Bharati Mukherjee; Ernest Hemingway; Cormac McCarthy; Herman Melville

Lydia Ezell
Visiting Instructor
Newton 2219A
912-478-6020
lezell@georgiasouthern.edu

M.A., Georgia State University, 2024

Dr. Christopher Garland
Associate Professor
Newton 2224B
912-478-5248
cgarland@georgiasouthern.edu

Ph.D., University of Florida, 2014

Interdisciplinary Writing, Visual Rhetoric, Caribbean Studies, Nonfiction, Postcolonial Literature

Dr. Julia Griffin
Professor
Newton 2219B
912-478-1412
jgriffin@georgiasouthern.edu

Renaissance Literature

Chandler Hanton
Visiting Instructor
Newton 1122A
912-478-0884
chanton@georgiasouthern.edu

M.A., Georgia Southern University. 2022

Natalie James Ingalsbe
Senior Lecturer
Newton 1122B
912-478-4202
nataliejames@georgiasouthern.edu

M.A., University of Delaware, 2013

First-Year Writing, Rhetoric & Composition, Identity Studies, Pedagogical Methods with Digital Media, Postcolonial Literature & Theory

Benjamin Jackson
Visiting Instructor
Newton 2218D
912-478-0226

bjackson@georgiasouthern.edu

June Joyner
Principal Lecturer
Newton 1122F
912-478-0153
jbjoy@georgiasouthern.edu

M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2002

First-Year Writing, Critical Thinking, Teaching Writing, National Writing Project, Popular Culture, Professional Development in Higher Ed

Dr. Drew Keane
Visiting Instructor
Newton 2218A
912-478-0153

dkeane@georgiasouthern.edu

Ph.D., University of St Andrews, 2022 

Early Modern English, first-year writing, technical writing, orality, and liturgy

Dr. Howard Keeley
Director of The Center for Irish Research and Teaching
Associate Professor
Newton 3305A
912-478-0221
hkeeley@georgiasouthern.edu

Modern Irish Literature

Sarah Knowles
Visiting Instructor
Newton 1122E
912-478-0881
sknowles@georgiasouthern.edu

M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2022

Alexus Litchfield
Visiting Instructor
Newton 2218E
912-478-0234

alitchfield@georgiasouthern.edu

M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2023

Brandon Loper
Lecturer
Newton 1119D
912-478-0149
bloper@georgiasouthern.edu

M.A., University of Tennessee, 2003

First-Year Writing, Cultural Studies, Post-War American Literature, Critical Theory

Michael Malmberg
Visiting Instructor
Newton 2219D
912-478-8570
mmalmberg@georgiasouthern.edu

M.F.A., Minnesota State University, 2021

Brandi Moody
Lecturer
Newton 2222B
912-478-5730
bmoody@georgiasouthern.edu

M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2015

First-Year Writing, Writing Center Pedagogy & Practice, Shakespeare & the Renaissance

Claire Nelson
Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
Newton 1119B
912-478-0421
cnelson@georgiasouthern.edu

M.F.A. Florida State University, 2014

First-Year Writing

Sheila Nielsen
Senior Lecturer
Newton 1120D
912-478-0234
snielsen@georgiasouthern.edu

M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2015

First-Year Writing, 20th Century American Literature, Writing Project, Interdisciplinary Studies, Writing Across the Curriculum

Christina Olson
Associate Professor
Newton 2221C
912-478-0124
colson@georgiasouthern.edu

M.F.A., Minnesota State University, 2007

Creative Writing (Poetry & Creative Nonfiction)

Dr. Aron Pease
Senior Lecturer
Newton 2222B
912-478-5707
apease@georgiasouthern.edu

Ph.D., University of Florida, 2010

First-Year Writing

Dr. Joe Pellegrino
Associate Professor
3308B Newton Building
912-478-5853
jpellegrino@georgiasouthern.edu

Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996

Irish Literature; Postcolonial Literature; World Literature; Critical Theory

Dr. Michael Pemberton
Professor
Newton 1120C
912-478-1383
micahelp@georgiasouthern.edu

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1989

Writing Centers, Writing Across the Curriculum, Computers & Writing, Writing Program Administration, Writing Theory, Comics Studies

Dr. Joanna Schreiber
Associate Professor
Newton 2222C
912-478-5908
jschreiber@georgiasouthern.edu

Ph.D., Michigan Technological University, 2013

Technical & Professional Communication, Usability & User Experience (UX), Business & Management Communication, Workplace Studies, Professional and Technical Editing, Project Management

Amanda Schumacher
Senior Lecturer
Newton 2221A
912-478-5750
aaschumacher@georgiasouthern.edu

M.F.A., Minnesota State University, 2011

Creative Writing (Fiction), Young Adult Literature, First-Year Writing

Dr. Krista Slone
Senior Lecturer
Newton 1120E
912-478-6993
kpetrosino@georgiasouthern.edu

Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2012

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Writing Studies, First Year Writing, Outcomes Assessment, Writing Assessment 

Christopher Smith
Senior Lecturer
Newton 3305D
912-478-6992
christophersmith@georgiasouthern.edu

M.F.A., University of Nebraska in Omaha, 2009

Technical Writing, First-Year Writing, Creative Writing (Fiction & Nonfiction), Screenwriting, Online Education, Film Studies & Production, Animation, YA & MG Literature, Graphic Novels, Video Games in Academia

Jessica Spearman
Lecturer
Newton 1119D
912-478-7328
jspearman@georgiasouthern.edu

M.A., Georgia Southern University, 2014

First-Year Writing, Creative Writing (Nonfiction & Poetry), Writing about Social Issues (Social Responsibility & Social Justice), Philosophical Writing (Empiricism, Existentialism, Feminist Philosophy & Transcendentalism), Writing about Self Identity

Felicia Stovall
Visiting Instructor
Newton 1122G
912-478-0229
fstovall@georgiasouthern.edu

M.A., Texas A&M University, 2004

Dr. Terry Thompson
Assistant Professor
Newton 2225C
912-478-7079
twthom@georgiasouthern.edu

Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado, 1985

American & British Literature

Dr. Caren Town
Professor
3304D Newton Building
912-478-5803
cartow@georgiasouthern.edu

19th- and 20th-Century American Literature; Young Adult Fiction; Critical Theory

Laura Valeri
Professor
Newton 1119E
912-478-5889
lvaleri@georgiasouthern.edu

M.F.A., University of Iowa, 2002
M.F.A., Florida International University, 2000

Fiction, Screenwriting, Creative Writing, Nonfiction and Memoir, Creativity, Mythology, Comparative Religion, Teaching Online, Teaching Technology

Dr. Mary A. Villeponteaux
Professor
3302A Newton Building
912-478-5905
mvilleponteaux@georgiasouthern.edu

Ph.D., Louisiana State University

English Renaissance Literature; Shakespeare

Coleman Warner
Visiting Instructor
1120A Newton Building
912-478-0871
cwarner@georgiasouthern.edu

M.A. Coastal Carolina University, 2019

Dr. Joyce White
Assistant Professor
3302B Newton Building
912-478-0455
joycewhite@georgiasouthern.edu

Gullah Geechee Literature & Cultures

LeighAnn Williams
Senior Lecturer
Newton 1124B
912-478-1866
lawilliams@georgiasouthern.edu

M.A., Georgia Southern University, 1995

Creative Nonfiction, National Writing Project, First-Year Experience, Narratives, Multigenre/Multimodal Writing, LILAC Project (Learning Information Literacy Across the Curriculum)