People - Faculty

For Teaching Assistants, please see the Graduate Student directory.

Name

Field of Interest

Anis Bawarshi

Professor
Thomas L. & Margo G. Wyckoff Endowed Professor

bawarshi@uw.edu / 206-543-9400

Office Hours: T: 3:30-4:30; Th: 11:30-12:30

PDL A-404

Genre Theory, Pedagogy, Research Methods, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Theory, Writing in the Disciplines, Writing Pedagogy, Writing Program Administration

Nancy Bou Ayash

Associate Professor

nbayash@uw.edu / 206-543-2612

Office Hours: Th 1:00-3:00 & by appointment

PDL A-418

Global English, Language Policy, Multilingualism, Rhetoric and Composition, Sociolinguistics, Translation and Interpretation, Transnational, Writing Pedagogy

Megan Butler

Full-Time Lecturer

mbb67@uw.edu

Office Hours: Spring 2025 Student Drop-in hours: Tuesday, 2-4:00pm and with much virtual flexibility

PDL A302

21st Century, Cognitive Science, Ecocriticism, Environment, Global Health, Literature as Therapy, Political Science, Refugee Issues, Writing Pedagogy

Megan Callow

Associate Teaching Professor
Director of Writing, UW Seattle
Director, Program for Writing Across Campus

mcallow@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment - please email

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

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Emily George

Part-time Lecturer

ecg136@uw.edu

Office Hours: M/W 1-3, by appointment. See our Canvas page for details.

16th Century, 17th Century, Drama, Education, English, Renaissance, Shakespeare, Textual Studies, Theater History, Writing Pedagogy

Chris Holstrom

Assistant Teaching Professor

cholstro@uw.edu

Office Hours: MW 10-11

PDL A-21

Digital Humanities, Information Architecture, Interdisciplinary Writing, Knowledge Organization, Rhetorical Theory, Science and Technology, Science Writing, Subject Indexing, Technical Writing, Writing Pedagogy

Jonathan Isaac

Assistant Teaching Professor

jisaac3@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

PDL A-19

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

Stephanie Kerschbaum

Professor
Director, Program in Writing and Rhetoric

kersch@uw.edu

Office Hours: SP25: by appointment

Padelford A-11F

Access and Inclusion, Disability, Expository Writing, Narrative Analysis, Race and Ethnicity, Research Methods, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Theory, Sociolinguistics, Writing Pedagogy

Michelle Liu

Faculty Mentor, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
Teaching Professor

msmliu@uw.edu

Office Hours: TuTh 1:30-2:20 pm and by appointment

PDL A-420

20th Century, American, Asian American, Culture, Expository Writing, Film/Cinema, Gender, Literature, Race and Ethnicity, Writing Pedagogy

Elliott Lovett

Part-time Lecturer

elovett@uw.edu

Office Hours: Mon/Weds 3:30-4:30

Padelford A403

Access and Inclusion, Community, Critical Race Theory, Decolonial, Game Studies, Global English, Publics/Public Spheres, Rhetoric and Composition, Sociolinguistics, Writing Pedagogy

Frank Macarthy

Full-time Lecturer

fwmacar@uw.edu

Office Hours: M&W: 2:30 - 3:30

PDL A-505

Critical Race Theory, Cultural Studies, Digital Humanities, Digital Technofeminism, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Gender, Multimodal Composition, Race and Ethnicity, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Theory, Writing in the Disciplines, Writing Pedagogy

Frances McCue

Teaching Professor

mccuef@uw.edu / 206-931-3779

Office Hours: On Leave from Teaching 2024-2025 Academic Year

Padelford B434

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

Candice Rai

Professor
Faculty Coordinator, UW in the High School

crai@uw.edu / 206-543-0758

Office Hours: Tues - 1:30-230pm in Office, Thurs. - 4-5pm via Zoom, or Email for an appointment.

PDL A-401

Affect, Material Rhetorics, Public Scholarship, Publics/Public Spheres, Research Methods, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Theory, Space/Place, Urban Studies, Writing Pedagogy

Cristina Sánchez-Martín

Assistant Professor

csanch2@uw.edu

Applied Linguistics, Decolonial, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Language Pedagogy, Literacy, Multilingualism, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Translation and Interpretation, Transnational, Writing Pedagogy

James Benson Wirth

Technologist
Acting Assistant Professor

jbwirth@uw.edu

Office Hours: T/Th 1-2 PM

PDL A-303

20th Century, 21st Century, Creative Writing, Critical Theory, Expository Writing, Gender, Literary Criticism, Online Learning, Popular Culture, 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

Gail Stygall

Professor, Emerita

stygall@uw.edu

Discourse Analysis, Environment, Forensic Linguistics, Language, Language Policy, Law, Legal Discourse, Linguistics, Nonfiction Prose, Rhetoric and Composition, Sociolinguistics, Writing Pedagogy