Our Faculty

Our joint partnership between the Department of English and the School of Education means that students can take advantage of a broad range of faculty strengths and interests, from rhetorical theory and history to new media work to disability studies to composition pedagogy.

A particular strength of our program is the opportunity for students to gain expertise in conducting quantitative and qualitative research on writing in colleges and the schools. Our faculty are committed to working with you to craft an individualized program appropriate to your interests and needs. Feel free to contact any of us to discuss the program.

Laura Aull : English Faculty

Laura Aull

laull@umich.edu

English Faculty

Composition, applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, writing assessment, writing analytics, genre analysis. Read more...

 

 

April Baker-Bell : Marsal Family School of Education Faculty

April Baker-Bell

aprilbb@umich.edu

Marsal Family School of Education Faculty

Author of Linguistic Justice: Black Language, Literacy, Identity, and Pedagogy. Read more...

Anne Curzan : Marsal Family School of Education and English Faculty

Anne Curzan

acurzan@umich.edu

Marsal Family School of Education and English Faculty

History of English, language and gender, corpus linguistics, lexicography, pedagogy. Read more...

Charles H. F. Davis III : Marsal Family School of Education Faculty

Charles H. F. Davis III

Marsal Family School of Education Faculty

His current research and teaching broadly focus on issues race and racism, systems of oppression, and structures of domination in U.S. higher education and its social contexts. Read more...

Barry J. Fishman : Marsal Family School of Education Faculty

Barry J. Fishman

fishman@umich.edu

Marsal Family School of Education Faculty

Technology, video games as models for learning, teacher learning, design-based implementation research. Read more...

Anne R. Gere : Professor Emerita Marsal Family School of Education and English Faculty

Anne R. Gere

argere@umich.edu

Professor Emerita Marsal Family School of Education and English Faculty

Composition theory, gender and literacy, writing assessment, pedagogy. Read more...

David Gold : English Faculty

David Gold

dpg@umich.edu

English Faculty

History of rhetoric, women’s rhetorics, composition pedagogy. Read more...

Megan Sweeney : English Faculty

Megan Sweeney

meganls@umich.edu

English Faculty

African American literature and culture; ethnography; pedagogy; critical prison studies. Read more...

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas : Program Chair | Marsal Family School of Education Faculty

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

Program Chair | Marsal Family School of Education Faculty

Ebony is an expert on children’s literature, youth media, and fan culture. Read more...

Daniel Valella : English Faculty

Daniel Valella

dvalella@umich.edu

English Faculty

U.S. minority literatures, rhetorical theory, comparative ethnic studies, queer of color critique. Read more...

 

Jon W. Wargo : Marsal Family School of Education Faculty

Jon W. Wargo

wargojon@umich.edu

Marsal Family School of Education Faculty

Reconceptualizes the role of media and technology as it comes to intersect with children’s and youths’ critical literacy learning. Read more...