People - Faculty

For Teaching Assistants, please see the Graduate Student directory.

Name

Field of Interest

Em Beckert

Part-time Lecturer

ebb15@uw.edu / 312-6187015

Office Hours: Wednesday 12:00 -2:00pm

PDL B25

Creative Writing, Education, Environment, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Interdisciplinary Writing, Literacy, Literature, Poetry and Poetics, Queer Studies

Megan Callow

Teaching Professor
Director of Writing, UW Seattle

mcallow@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays, 1:30-2:30 & By appointment

PDL A11-E

Communication, Education, Expository Writing, Faculty Development for Writing Instruction, Genre Theory, Interdisciplinary Writing, Online Learning, Rhetoric and Composition, Science and Technology, Writing in the Sciences, Writing Pedagogy

Chris Holstrom

Assistant Teaching Professor

cholstro@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

PDL A-019

Digital Humanities, Information Architecture, Information Design and UX, Interdisciplinary Writing, Knowledge Organization, Rhetoric and Composition, Science and Technology, Subject Indexing, Technical and Professional Communication, Textual Studies, Writing Pedagogy

Jonathan Isaac

Assistant Teaching Professor
Director, Program for Writing Across Campus

jisaac3@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wednesday 1-3

PDL A-11E

Interdisciplinary Writing, labor studies, Publics/Public Spheres, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Theory, Writing in the Disciplines, Writing Pedagogy

Carrie Matthews

Associate Teaching Professor

crmatthe@uw.edu / 206-351-0214

Office Hours: Spring 2026: Wednesdays, 1-3 pm and by appointment

PDL A-20

Collaborative Teaching, Interdisciplinary Writing, Modernism, Pedagogy, Transatlantic

Frances McCue

Teaching Professor

mccuef@uw.edu / 206-931-3779

Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursdays from 1 -2 pm

Padelford B434

20th Century, Aesthetics, Education, Interdisciplinary Writing, Nonfiction Prose, Novel/Prose Fiction, Pedagogy, Poetry and Poetics, Public Scholarship, Writing Pedagogy

Emeriti Faculty

Robert McNamara

Principal Lecturer Emeritus

rmcnamar@uw.edu

Academic Writing, Interdisciplinary Writing, Poetry and Poetics, Writing Pedagogy

Elizabeth Simmons-O'Neill

Principal Lecturer Emerita

esoneill@uw.edu

collaborative learning, Community-engaged learning, Education, Expository Writing, Interdisciplinary Writing, student retention, Writing in the Disciplines, Writing Pedagogy

Norman Wacker

Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus

nwacker@uw.edu / 206-685-3804

Office Hours: W 10:30 - 12:30 and by appointment

PDL A-14

Comparative Literature, Interdisciplinary Writing, Political Economy, Translation and Interpretation