People - Staff

Main Office

Habiba Ibrahim

Professor
Department Chair
Byron W. and Alice L. Lockwood Professor in the Humanities

Office Hours: By appointment

PDL A-101

20th Century, 21st Century, Aesthetics, African American, Culture, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Literary Criticism, Literature

Erika Baumgartner

Administrative Assistant - Main Office

erika70@uw.edu / 206-543-2690

Office Hours: Mon-Thur 8-12; 1-5 in Office. Fri 8-12; 1-5 Remote

PDL A-101

Kai Chang

Administrative Assistant

kqchang@uw.edu

Office Hours: 1:00pm - 5:00pm M-F

PDL A101

Undergraduate Programs

Suman Chhabra

Undergraduate Program Coordinator

schhabra@uw.edu / 206-543-2408

Office Hours: M-F 8:30 - 5:00 pm

Remote

Stephanie Clare

Associate Professor
Director, Undergraduate Programs

sclare@uw.edu

Office Hours: Thursdays 12:30 - 1:30 and by appointment

Affect, Ecocriticism, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Gender, Philosophy, Queer Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Science and Technology, Sexuality

Graduate Programs & Advising

Tim Cosgrove

Graduate Program Advisor

weenrox3@uw.edu / 206-543-6077

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8am-1pm, PDL A105; 2pm-5pm, Remote; By Appointment; Zoom https://washington.zoom.us/my/timcosgrove

PDL A-105

Ali Dahmer

Graduate Program Manager

englgrad@uw.edu / 206-543-6077

Office Hours: In-person drop-in: MWTh 9am-4pm; Zoom by appointment

PDL A-107

Shannon Mitchell

Coordinator, Creative Writing Program

cwriting@uw.edu / 206-543-9865

Office Hours: Out of office for the summer. Back in Autumn!

PDL B-25F

Writing Programs

Nancy Bou Ayash

Associate Professor
Faculty Mentor, Program in Writing and Rhetoric

nbayash@uw.edu / 206-543-2612

Office Hours: TTh 10:00-11:20am; 1:20-2:20 pm and by appointment

PDL A-418

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

Megan Callow

Teaching Professor
Director of Writing, UW Seattle

mcallow@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment - please email

PDL A11-B

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

Jonathan Isaac

Assistant Teaching Professor
Director, Program for Writing Across Campus

jisaac3@uw.edu

Office Hours: 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: SP26: 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

Brian Lee

Coordinator, Program in Writing and Rhetoric

pwr-admin@uw.edu

PDL A-11A

Hunter Little

Assistant Teaching Professor
Faculty Mentor, Program in Writing and Rhetoric

hclittle@uw.edu

Office Hours: TTh 10:30–11:30 AM (in person and Zoom) 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: Tu 1:30-2:20 pm and by appointment (zoom and in-person)

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

Carrie Matthews

Associate Director, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
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

Karen Wennerstrom

Coordinator, Program for Writing Across Campus

kmwstrom@uw.edu / 206-543-8495

Office Hours: M-F 9-11:30 (remote), 12:00-5:30

PDL A-011C