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Kelli Alvarez
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: alva7604@ou.edu
Office:
 Cate 2

 

Kelli Alvarez

Melissa Antonucci.

Melissa Antonucci
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: melissa-antonucci@ou.edu
Office:
 Cate 2
 

Melissa Antonucci

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Zeynep Aydogdu
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: aydogdu@ou.edu
Office:
 Cate 2

 

 

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Gracie Bain
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: 
Office:
 Cate 2

 

Gracie Bain

Antoinette Bridgers-Smith.

Antoinette Bridgers-Smith
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: annieb@ou.edu
Office:
 Cate 2

 

Antoinette Bridgers-Smith

Bailey Brooks.

Bailey Brooks
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: bbrooks@ou.edu
Office:
 Cate 2

 

 

Brett Burkhart.

Brett Burkhart
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: brett.burkhart@ou.edu
Office:
 Cate 2, Room 215

 

Brett Burkhart

Jennifer Chancellor.

Jennifer Chancellor
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: jennifer.chancellor@ou.edu
Office:
 Cate 2, Room 210

 

Jennifer Chancellor

Lamanda Conrad.

Lamanda Conrad
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: lamandaconrad@ou.edu
Office:
 Cate 2

 

Lamanda Conrad

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Julia Daine
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: daine@ou.edu
Office:
 Cate 2

 

 

Karen Feiner.

Karen Feiner
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: kfeiner1@ou.edu
Office:
 Cate 2

 

Karen Feiner

Silke Feltz.

Silke Feltz
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: shfeltz@ou.edu
Office:
 Cate 2, Room 436

 

Silke Feltz

David G. Kelly.

David G. Kelly
Associate Teaching Professor

Email: David.Kelly-1@ou.edu
Office:
 Cate 2, Room 212

 

David G. Kelly

Amanda Klinger.

Amanda Klinger
Associate Teaching Professor

Email: aklinger@ou.edu
Office:
 Cate 2

 

Amanda Klinger

Jason Lubinski.

Jason Lubinski
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: jason.d.lubinski-1@ou.edu
Office:
 Cate 2, Room 214

 

Jason Lubinski

Eddie Malone.

Eddie Malone
Associate Teaching Professor

Email: eddie.malone@ou.edu
Office:
 Cate 2, Room 212

 

Eddie Malone

Trevor McMichael.

Trevor McMichael
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: trevor@ou.edu
Office: Cate 2

 

Trevor McMichael

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Daniel G. McRaniels
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: daniel.g.mc.raniels-1@ou.edu
Office:
 Cate 2

 

 

Annemarie Mulkey and her dog.

Annemarie Mulkey
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: annemarie.mulkey@ou.edu
Office: Cate 2, Room 214

 

Annemarie Mulkey

Kalyn Prince.

Kalyn Prince
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: kalyn.prince@ou.edu
Office: Cate 2, Room 434

 

Kalyn Prince

Brittney Rakowski.

Brittney Rakowski
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: brakowski@ou.edu
Office: Cate 2

 

Brittney Rakowski

Rance Weryackwe.

Rance Weryackwe
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: rance@ou.edu
Office: Cate 2, Room 215

 

Rance Weryackwe

Kasey Woody.

Kasey Woody
Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: c.l.woody@ou.edu
Office: Cate 2

 

Kasey Woody

Adjunct Instructors

Research Interests:
19th-century American literature; 19th-century Russian literature; the overlarge novel; ecocriticism; vegan rhetoric.

Publications:
“Cloud, Calf, and Cannon: An Ecocritical Reading of War and Peace” (in press), Interdisciplinary Literary Studies, Penn State University Press.

Krista Hubbard.

Education:
Doctor of Philosophy in American Indian literature with a concentration in literary and cultural studies, University of Oklahoma 

Master of Education with a concentration in teaching and learning for secondary education, Cameron University Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in literature and a minor in journalism, Cameron University 

Dr. Krista Hubbard, adjunct professor and enrolled citizen of the Comanche Nation who was raised in the Comanche cultural community, language, and traditions. 

Research Interests:
American Indian literature, Indigenous rhetoric, Comanche language, oral tradition, craftivism, Indigenous art, women and gender studies, American Indian women writers, Indigenous futurisms, Indigenous peoples and technology, writers who are of color and the literary canon, fiction, creative non-fiction, Indigenous language as theory, rhetorical tool & way of knowing, home knowledge and composition 

Contact:
Krista.n.hubbard-1@ou.edu

Education:
Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Writing Studies, University of Oklahoma

Jared Nabhan.

Education:
BA, California State University of Fullerton

Research Interests:
John Milton, Catholic Theology in Protestant writings, and Prophetic language of the Renaissance

Contact:
jared.d.nabhan-1@ou.edu

Seth Oliveras.

Education:
BA English Writing, University of Oklahoma. 2017
MA Rhetoric & Writing Studies, University of Oklahoma. 2023

Research Interests:
Creative Non-fiction; Memoir Writing, Short Story Fiction Writing, Anthological Writing

Publications:
Oliveras, Seth A. These Were the Nights: A Creative Collection by a Misunderstood Giant of a Broken Thing, University of Oklahoma, Norman, 2023. (Master's Thesis)

Contact Information:
salexandreo@ou.edu

Research Interests:
Native American Literature, American and British Gothic Literature, Horror Media, and Contemporary Genre Film.

Contact:
tatiana.a.rosillo-1@ou.edu

Larry Steele.

Education:
M.A., Indiana University 

Larry Steele is a professional educator who has been teaching since 1973. He graduated from OU and got his Masters at Indiana University. He has been teaching Composition at OU for the past 10 years. He is married and has 2 children and 4 grandchildren. He loves teaching at the college level and especially at OU. 

Publications: 
Prof S has been published in some monthly political journals and is a regular with letters to the editor in the Norman Transcript!

Nicole Waggoner-Turdo.

Nicole Waggoner-Turdo is a highly decorated English teacher and best-selling novelist. She has had the pleasure of teaching assorted English courses for the last 21 years. 

Contact:
natasha.n.waggonerturdo-1@ou.edu

Pat Wilson.

Education:
BA in English - University of Ok
Masters in Liberal Studies/Administrative Leadership - Univ. of OK

Pat Wilson has worked at The University of Oklahoma since she graduated with her BA, first as an academic advisor and then as a Study Abroad/Exchange Student Advisor in the International Programs Office. She first started teaching English 1013 for exchange students and later developed English 1023 for Exchange Students to give them the opportunity to have a second semester English class. Currently she teaches English 1113 in the Jumpstart Program through the Center for Independent and Distance Learning. She loves teaching and working with international students.

In addition, Pat is a children's author under the name Eileen Hobbs. She is currently working on her fourth book of the Heath Cousins series, a fantasy/adventure for ages 7-11.

Additional Adjunct Instructors

  • Shandell Clark
  • Michael Donlon
  • Kerry Friesen
  • Brian King
  • Mary Kyncl
  • Amy Lawson
  • Jason Opheim
  • Pamela Pittman Adkins
  • Aaron Whitestar
  • Christiana Zipay
Watchin' Mountains Watchin' Me art installation at the National Weather Center.

Graduate Teaching Assistants

Eleah Anz.

Education: 
BS in Secondary Education, Idaho State University 2013
MA in English, Idaho State University 2017

Research Interests:
I am interested in religious rhetoric in a broad sense. More specifically, I study the ideas of historic "peace churches" such as Mennonites and The Society of Friends (Quakers). I also study religious intentionalism both within the peace church context and the larger American context.  

Contact:
eleah.b.anz-1@ou.edu

Morgen Cloud.

Education
B.A English Literature,  John Brown University 

Research Interests
Indigenous literature, decolonization of American literature, integration of Indigenous literature into classrooms

Contact
morgen.j.cloud-1@ou.edu

Adefunke Eruobodo.

Education
B.A English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, 2017.
M.A English (Composition, Rhetoric and English Studies), The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 2024.

Research Interests
Social Media Rhetoric, Hip hop Literacy and Feminism

Academic Publication
Eruobodo, Adefunke. "Hip Hop Literacy: A Critical Analysis of Code Switching in Asake's Musical Video - "Joha."" International Journal of English Language and Communication Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2024. 

Contact
adefunke.b.eruobodo-1@ou.edu

Owshnik Ghosh.

Education
Masters in Comparative Indian Language and Literature from University of Calcutta. 

Publications
Ehajanmer Rail Line (Poetry, Bengali)
Yapanchitra: International Poetry 2024 Issue (Associate editor, English).

Owshnik Ghosh is a Bengali poet. His first book of poetry was published in
2024. Besides poetry he is also an essayist and a translator. He has done his Masters in Comparative Indian Language and Literature from University of Calcutta. His research interest is South Asian literature and culture with a special focus on India.

Contact: 
Owshnik.Ghosh-1@ou.edu

Education: 
B.A. Writing. Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA (2016-2020)
B.A. History. Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA (2016-2020) 

Publications:
"In The Desert" The Audacity, 2022. 
"Family Matters" Cold Mountain Special Issue on Identity, 2022. 
"Unraveling Happiness (and more) Through Creative Nonfiction" Coe College Honors Thesis. 

Research Interests
Cultural rhetorics, illness narratives, teaching writing. 

Contact: 
Maggie.C.Hart-1@ou.edu

Chelsea T. Hicks.

Education
University of Virginia, B.A.
University of California - Davis, M.A.
Institute of American Indian Arts, M.F.A. 

Publications 
A Calm & Normal Heart (Unnamed Press) 

Research Interests
Indigenous language creative writing, Osage poetics, visual poetry, text-based visual arts, Rematriation

Chelsea T. Hicks (she/they) is an Osage writer and artist. She was awarded the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Award in 2023, and her writing has been published in Poetry, McSweeney’s, World Literature Today, Osage News, Yellow Medicine Review, the LA Review of BooksIndian Country Today, the BelieverThe Audacity, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. She is a past Writing By Writers Fellow, a 2016 Wah-Zha-Zhi Woman Artist featured by the Osage Nation Museum, a 2020 finalist for the Eliza So Fellowship for Native American women writers, a Native Arts & Cultures Foundation 2021 LIFT Awardee, and a 2022-2023 Tulsa Artist Fellow. Her first book, A Calm & Normal Heart, was longlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for debut short story collections. The Ford Foundation awarded her a 2021 honorable mention for the promotion of Indigenous-language creative writing and she is the founder of the associated 501c3 organization Words of the People. She is 𐓀𐒻̄𐓐𐓂́𐒼𐒷 (bisexual). 

Contact:
Chelsea.T.Hicks-1@ou.edu

Courtney Jacobs.

Research Interests:
Post-1945 American literature; women's literature; narrative studies; affect theory; cognitive theory

Publications:
"Literary Genre and Emotional Experience: The After-Effects of Intergenerational Trauma in the Neo-Slave Narrative' of Toni Morrison's BelovedSPELL: Swiss Papers in English Language and Literature, vol. 38, Fall 2019. Written with Ronald Schleifer.

"Bullets and Barter:' The Force of Love Speech in Jeanette Winterson's Written on the Body." Critique: studies in Contemporary Fiction, vol. 59, no. 4, 2018.

Contact:
ccjacobs@ou.edu

Woosol Kim.

Education:
BA in English Language and Literature, Soongsil University 
MA in English Language and Literature, Modern English Literature, Korea University
Ph.D. Student in English Language and Literature, Modern English Literature, Korea University (2020-June 2022)
Ph.D. Student in English, University of Oklahoma (Aug 2022-)

Research Interests:
19th Century British Novel and Culture, Silence, Psychoanalysis, Literature and Medicine, Gender Studies, Disability Studies, Narrative Studies, and Woman Writers 

Publications:
“Silence as Blank in Charlotte Brontë's Villette.” The Journal of English Cultural Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, 2021, pp. 5-23. (Accredited by Korean Citation Index) (In English) August 2021

“The Individual, Society, and Unconsciousness in Wuthering Heights: Focusing on Carl Jung’s Theory.” The Journal of Modern British & American Language & Literature, vol. 39, no. 3, 2021, pp. 1-28. (Accredited by Korean Citation Index) (In Korean) August 2021

Contact:
hpkws@ou.edu

Natalie Liu.

Education:
BA in English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 
MPhil in English (Literary Studies), The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Research Interests:
Translanguaging, narrative studies, multicultural writing, literary multilingualism, postcolonial literature

Contact:
nataliewkliu@ou.edu

Clarissa McIntire.

Education:
MA, English, Brigham Young University; BA, English, Brigham Young University

Research interests:
Technical and professional writing, cultural rhetorics, pedagogy

Contact info:
clarissa.m.mcintire-1@ou.edu

Trevor McMichael.

Education:
Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, 2022
M.A., University of Oklahoma, 2015
B.A., University of Oklahoma, 2012

Research and Teaching Interests:
18th- and 19th-century British literature; revenge literature; the Gothic; lyric poetry; the short story; formalism; affect theory; psychoanalysis; theories and rhetoric of the everyday; first-year composition; professional and technical writing; collaborative digital writing; film and media studies

Publications:

“‘If they would but laugh at him’: Joanna Baillie, Comedy, and Everyday Revenge.” The Wordsworth Circle 54.1 (2023): 1-23.

“‘Fitting punishment’: Imaginative Revenge, the Lyrical Ballad, and Everyday Life.” European Romantic Review 31.3 (2020): 363-374.

“Gender, Neutrality, and the Nursing Father in Pratt’s Emma Corbett.” The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation 56.3 (Fall 2015): 279-295.

 

Contact:
trevor@ou.edu

Sarah Moore.

Education: 
Bachelor's Degree: East Central University, English Education
Master's Degree: University of Central Oklahoma, Rhetoric and Composition

Contact:
Sarah.A.Moore-1@ou.edu

Elisabeth Murphy.

Research Interests:
19th Century British Literature; Women Writers of the late Romantic and early Victorian Periods; Women's and Gender Studies; Feminist and New Historicist theories and criticism 

Contact: 
elisabeth.a.murphy-1@ou.edu

Jacob Quintin.

Education:
B.A. English cum laude Stephen F. Austin State University 2020
M.A. English The University of Oklahoma 2022

Research interests: 
Masculinity Studies; Native American Literature; African American Literature; Folklore and Mythology Studies.

Contact:
mister-q@ou.edu

Haley Reed.

Education:
BA in English from Lyon College (2020)
MA in English from The State University of New York at Buffalo (2022)

Research Interests:
Modernisms, 20th Century American Literature, feminist theory, queer theory, film studies

Contact:
haley.n.reed-1@ou.edu

Jessica Rennie.

Education:
BA English Literature from Southeast Missouri State University 
MA English Literature Studies from Southeast Missouri State University 

Jessica Lauren Rennie graduated from Southeast Missouri State University with a Master of Arts in English Literature Studies in 2020. Her research interests include the intersections of language and power dynamics and feminist theory. She wrote her thesis on the reclamation of power through language and kinship among women in Toni Morrison's fiction. 

Publication: Rennie, Jessica L. Unspeakable Things Finally Spoken: An Examination of Reclamation of Power Through Language in Toni Morrison's Fiction, Southeast Missouri State University, Ann Arbor, 2022. (Master's Thesis)

Contact:
jessica.l.rennie-1@ou.edu

Mahlia Upchurch.

Education:
BA in English with a history minor from the University of Oklahoma, summa cum laude (2021-2024).

Research interests:
Native American Literature, Post-modern American Literature, Native American Renaissance, contemporary Native American Literature, and creative writing.

Contact:
mupchurch@ou.edu

Education:
BA, English Literature, Fort Hays State University, 2023
BA, Philosophy, Fort Hays State University, 2023

Research Interests:
American literature in the 19th and 20th century, contemporary literature of the American west, and postmodern theory

Contact
taylor.l.vredenburg-1@ou.edu

Kelsey Willems.

Education:
BA in English from McMurry University 
MA in English from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 

Research Interests:
I am interested in trauma rhetoric specifically concerning the traumatic events of 9/11 and the covid-19 pandemic. My research focuses on the nuanced variations between a collective trauma versus personal and how the field of rhetoric can help with narrative therapy in healing after such events. The goal I have is to help communities and the FYC classroom better understand and heal from specific traumatic events. 

Contact:
Kelsey.l.willems-1@ou.edu

Additional GTAs

  • Katie Cowger
  • Audrey DeCelle
  • Mitch Laman
  • Kiimberly Scott
  • Lauren Skaggs
  • Linnea Vogel
  • Taylor Whittington
  • Michelle Wilk
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FYC Team

Roxanne Mountford.

Roxanne Mountford
Professor
Director First-Year Composition
Chair, Department of English

Email: mountford@ou.edu
Office: 
Cate 2, Room 425
 

Roxanne Mountford

Amanda Klinger.

Amanda Klinger
Associate Director
of First-Year Composition

Email: aklinger@ou.edu
Office:
 Cate 2

 

Amanda Klinger

Clarissa McIntire.

Clarissa McIntire
Senior Assistant Director
of First-Year Composition

Silke Feltz.

Silke Feltz
Assistant Director of First-Year Composition

Kalyn Prince.

Kalyn Prince
Assistant Director of First-Year Composition

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Tristin Tracy
Office Manager for First-Year Composition