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
Faculty Mentor, Program in Writing and Rhetoric

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

Part-Time Lecturer

mbb67@uw.edu

Office Hours: Autumn 2025 Student Drop-in hours: Wednesdays, 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

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 10:00-12:00

PDL A-19

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
Director, Program for Writing Across Campus

jisaac3@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wednesday 10-12, by appointment

PDL A-11E

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: AU25: T 12:30-1:30; W 12-1 and 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

Hunter Little

Assistant Teaching Professor
Faculty Mentor, Program in Writing and Rhetoric

hclittle@uw.edu

Office Hours: M 12:00-1:00 PM, W 12:00-2:00 PM, and by appointment

Padelford A-21

Disability, Expository Writing, Genre Theory, Mental and Psychiatric Disability, Pedagogy, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Theory, Writing and Knowledge Transfer, Writing in the Disciplines, Writing Pedagogy

Michelle Liu

Faculty Mentor, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
Teaching Professor

msmliu@uw.edu

Office Hours: TuTh 4:30-5:20 pm and by appointment

PDL A-420

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

Frank Macarthy

Assistant Teaching Professor
Faculty Mentor, Program in Writing and Rhetoric

fwmacar@uw.edu

Office Hours: T&TH: 11:30 - 12:30

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: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30-10:20 am

Padelford B434

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

Anselma Prihandita

Part-time Lecturer

anselmap@uw.edu

Autoethnography, Creative Writing, Decolonial, Literacy, Race and Ethnicity, Rhetoric and Composition, Translingualism, Transnational, Writing Pedagogy

Candice Rai

Professor
Faculty Coordinator, UW in the High School

crai@uw.edu / 206-543-0758

Office Hours: M 10-11:30 in Office 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

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