Faculty and Staff of the English Department

Full-time Faculty:

Dr. Cheryl Blake Price

Chair, Associate Professor

(256) 765-4488
115 Willingham
cprice7@una.edu
Research and Teaching Fields: 18th and 19th Century British Literature, Crime Fiction, Literature and Science, Ecocriticism, and Literature and Medicine.

Dr. Nancy Atkinson

Professor

119 Willingham
(256) 765-4491
neatkinson@una.edu
Research and Teaching Fields: Medieval and Renaissance Literature, The Bible as Literature, Anglo-Saxon and medieval saint stories, sermon literature, Gay and Lesbian literature, Women's studies.

Mr. Sidney Blaylock

Lecturer

221 Willingham Hall

(256) 765-4251

Teaching fields: Rhetoric and Composition, Film, Afrofuturism, African American Literature, Science Fiction, Video Game Studies and Black Studies.

Dr. Vince Brewton

Dean of the Honors College

Lafayette G3
(256) 765-5005
vjbrewton@una.edu


Daryl

Mr. Daryl Brown

Professor

227 Willingham
(256) 765-4494
dwbrown@una.edu
Research and Teaching Fields: Genres in Fiction, Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry and Creative Nonfiction, Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction and Drama, Protest Writing and Dissent

Anissa

Ms. Anissa Graham

Senior Lecturer

208 Willingham
256-765-4496
amgraham@una.edu
Research and Teaching Fields: Composition and Literature. Popular Culture, especially film, television, comic books, and music.

Dr. Erin Fitzgerald

Assistant Professor

215 Willingham

(256) 765-4790

Research and Teaching Fields: Rhetoric of Health and Medicine, STEM Writing, Technical and Professional Writing, Ethics of Care, Rhetorical Theory, Genre Theory, Gender and Identity Studies, and Writing Studies

Latasha

Ms. Latasha Howell

Senior Lecturer

003 Willingham
(256) 765-5062
lahowell@una.edu
Research and Teaching Fields: Composition, American Literature, and World Literature
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Ms. Felicia Jones

Lecturer

216 Wilingham

(256) 765-4498

fjones3@una.edu

Research and Teaching Fields: Composition and Literature

Pam

Ms. Pam Kingsbury

Senior Lecturer

217 Willingham
(256) 765-4890
pjkingsbury@una.edu
Research and Teaching Fields: Creative Writing; Contemporary American Literature

Kelly

Dr. Kelly Latchaw

Assistant Professor

225 Willingham
(256) 765-4492
kllatchaw@una.edu
Research and Teaching Fields: Cultural Studies and Linguistics

Nick

Dr. Nick Mauriello

Professor, Coordinator of the MA in Writing Program

223 Willingham
(256) 765-4499
nmauriello@una.edu
Research and Teaching Fields: Multimodal Writing, Rhetorical Theory, Applied Linguistics, and Writing Centers and WID

Mr. Jason McCall

Assistant Professor

(256) 765-4889
219 Willingham
jmccall2@una.edu
Research and Teaching Fields: Creative Writing and Poetry

Mr. Stephen Melvin

Senior Lecturer

015 Willingham
(256) 765-4187
sgmelvin@una.edu
Research and Teaching Fields:
Composition and Literature. Literature and Films of the 1970s; When Animals Attack Fiction; Conspiracy Theory Narratives.

Dr. Katie Owens-Murphy

Associate Professor, Coordinator of the MA in English Program

(256) 765-4893
110 Willingham
kowensmurphy@una.edu
Research and Teaching Fields: American literature, theories of lyric and narrative, prison literature

Alaina Reid

Ms. Alaina Patterson Reid

Senior Lecturer

(256) 765-5061
002 Willingham
ampatterson1@una.edu
Research and Teaching Fields: Composition Rhetoric; English as a Second Language; 18th and 19th Century British Literature; World Literature; Women’s Studies

Dr. Jason Price

Assistant Professor, Assistant Chair

(256) 765-4104
112 Willingham
jprice7@una.edu
Research and Teaching Fields: 20th and 21st Century British and Anglophone Literature

Christa

Ms. Christa Raney

Senior Lecturer

(256) 765-4490
206 Willingham
chraney@una.edu
Research and Teaching Fields: Composition and Literature

Dr. Marie Taylor

Assistant Professor

(256) 765-4298
117 Willingham
mtaylor18@una.edu
Research and Teaching fields: Early American Literature, Native American Literature, 17th and 18th Century Transatlantic Literature

Brenna

Dr. Brenna Wardell

Associate Professor

(256) 765-5752
108 Willingham
kwardell@una.edu
Research and Teaching Fields: Film and Literature

Dr. Tammy Winner

Professor, Writing Internship Coordinator and Program Coordinator for Preparing Future Faculty

(256) 660-9026
212 Willingham
twinner@una.edu
Research and Teaching Fields: Technical Writing and Editing, Professional Writing, Rhetoric, Composition and Internship Supervision

Dr. Karla Zelaya

Assistant Professor

(256) 765-4678
210 Willingham
kzelaya@una.edu
Research and Teaching Fields: Contemporary Black Literature, Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Black Literature, Black Atlantic Literature (Afro-Latinx and Caribbean literature)

Senior Administrative Assistant

Ms. Dana Burbank

Senior Administrative Assistant

(256) 765-4238
English Department Office
Willingham 113
dmburbank@una.edu

Graduate Assistants:

graduate assistant mckenzie london

McKenzie London

(256) 765-5040

Willingham 012

mdahlke1@una.edu

none

Dani Whisonant

(256) 765-5040

Willingham 012

lwhisonant@una.edu

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Karoline Xavier

(256) 765-5040

Willingham 012

ktorresnevesxavier@una.edu

Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty:

none

Ms. Holli Akins

Muscle Shoals High School

hakins@una.edu 

 

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Ms. Haley Bostick

(256)-765-5042

Willingham Hall 014

hbostick1@una.edu 

 

Dr. Cynthia Burkhead 

caburkhead@una.edu
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Dr. Sarah Carpenter

(256) 765-4158

Willingham Hall 013

sgsmith@una.edu

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Ms. Elisa Coker 

(256) 765-4158

Willingham Hall 013

ecoker1@una.edu 

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Ms.Tabitha Collier

Rogers High School

thcollier@una.edu

none

Ms. Jill Covin 

East Limestone High School

jillcovin@yahoo.com 

none

Ms. Darian Cox 

East Limestone High School 

dmcox@una.edu  

 

 

Ms. Sarah Cox

Lauderdale County High School

secox@una.edu

none

 

Ms. Melinda Duncan

Brooks High School

maduncan@una.edu

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Mr. Chris Farris

Phillips High School

cfarris2@una.edu

Dr. Carl Franks

(256) 765-5042

Willingham Hall 014

cfranks4@una.edu

none

Ms. Jessica Fuller

Cherokee High School

jfuller@una.edu

none

Mr. Andrew Gentry

Clements High School 

agentry@una.edu 

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Ms. Lee Hall

(256) 765-4158

Willingham Hall 013

kgboaz@una.edu

Ms. Katie Hallemeier

kpace@una.edu

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none

Ms. Kelly Harper

Decatur High School

kharper3@una.edu 

patricia hartley

Ms. Patricia Hartley 

(256) 765-4158

Willingham Hall 013

phartley4@gmail.com 

none

Ms. Katherine Helms

Decatur High School 

khelms4@una.edu 

none

Ms. Danielle Holcombe 

Wilson High School 

dscorum@una.edu 

Mr. Ryan Huntley

(256) 765-5042

Willingham Hall 014

rhuntley@una.edu

Ms. Laura James

Colbert Heights High School 

lljames@una.edu

none

Ms. Eraina Lumpkins 

Shades Valley High School 

elumpkins@jefcoed.com 

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Dr. William Macauley 

wmacauleyjr@gmail.com

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Ms. Ashley Massey

(256) 765-5042

Willingham Hall 014

amassey@una.edu 

none

Ms. Lauren McAbee

(256) 765-4158

Willingham Hall 013

lhayes1@una.edu 

none

Ms. Keziah McCarley

Ardmore High School 

keziah.morrow@gmail.com 

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Ms. Casey McLemore 

Lexington High School 

clkmclemore@gmail.com 

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Ms. Chandler Mordecai 

mmordecai@una.edu  

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Ms. Debra Myatt

Decatur High School 

dawnsparksmyatt@gmail.com 

Dr. Matthew Price

(256) 765-5949

209 Collier Library

mprice2@una.edu

none

Ms. Savannah Richardson 

Commons 222

shanderson@una.edu  

none

Ms. Sasha Rogers 

Lawrence County High School

srogers@lawrenceal.org  

Dr. Kathleen Richards

(256) 765-6015

Commons 220

karichards@una.edu

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Ms. Tamara Smith

Decatur High School

ttsmith98@gmail.com 

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Ms. Kaine Story

Elkmont High School

kaine.story@gmail.com 

none

Ms. Katlyn Sutton

ksutton4@una.edu

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Ms. Whitney Taylor 

Ardmore High School 

wtaylor1@una.edu 

none

Ms. Katie Wilkerson

Elkmont High School 

katiewilkerson@gmail.com 

none

Ms. Brenna Williams

Brooks High School

brenna.williams@lcschools.org 

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Ms. Jana Willingham 

Central High School 

jcwillingham1@una.edu