Faculty
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
154
Phone:
Email:
Daniel Baird
Assistant Professor
PHD Comparative Literature, University of Oregon, 2006
MA Language & Literature, Washington University, 1997
BA Chinese, Brigham Young University, 1995
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Technology Building
Room:
307 E
Phone:
Email:
Beth Bailey
Adjunct Faculty
MFA, Queens University of Charlotte, 2010
BA English, Georgia State University, 2007
Susan Baldwin
Adjunct Faculty
MA English as a Second Language
BA Elementary Education
Salt Lake Community College
Tyler Barnum
Adjunct Faculty
MA, Weber State University, 2013
BS, Utah Valley University, 2010
Jim Beatty
Lecturer
Doctoral coursework (ABD), Indiana University Bloomington
MA English, University of Illinois Champaign/Urbana
BAs English & Philosophy, University of Northern Colorado Greeley
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
152
Phone:
Email:
Chris Blankenship
Associate Professor & Department Coordinator
PhD English (Rhetoric and Composition), Northern Illinois University, 2012
MA English, Tennessee Technological University, 2005
BA English, Tennessee Technological University, 2003
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Lifetime Activities Center
Room:
117 D
Phone:
Email:
Christie Bogle
Lecturer
MA Adult Second Language Acquisition and TESOL, University of Utah, 2002
BA Theoretical Linguistics, University of Utah, 2000
Anne Canavan
Associate Professor
PhD English, Northern Illinois University, 2012
MA English, Tennessee Technological University, 2005
BA English, Tennessee Technological University, 2003
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Lifetime Activities Center
Room:
113 C
Phone:
Email:
James Celestino
Associate Professor
MFA, University of Antioch, LA
BA English, University of Utah
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
237 J
Phone:
Email:
Ron Christiansen
Associate Professor
M. Ed.(Literacy and Writing Studies), University of Utah, 1998
BA English Teaching, Brigham Young University, 1994
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
165 K
Phone:
Email:
Nathan Cole
Associate Professor
MA English, Brigham Young University, 1994
BA English, San Diego State University, 1992
Campus:
Jordan
Building:
High Tech Center
Room:
115 E
Phone:
Email:
Jennifer Courtney
Professor
PhD English, University of Utah, 2019
MA English (Emphasis: American Literature), San Diego State, 1998
BA English (Major: English and American Literature, Minor: Art History), University of California at Riverside, 1994
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
165 G
Phone:
Email:
Alex Czaja
Adjunct Faculty
MFA Creative Writing, University of Alabama, 2015
BS Anthropology, University of Utah, 2008
Allison Fernley
Emeritus Associate Professor
MA English, University of Utah, 1984
BA English and French, University of Utah, 1982
Honors BA, University of Utah, 1982
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
158
Phone:
Email:
Ann Fillmore
Associate Professor
M.Ed. TESL, Concordia University, Portland OR, 2007
B.A. Spanish, University of Oregon, 2003
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Technology Building
Room:
131
Phone:
Email:
Joanne Girodano
Assistant Professor
MA English, Brigham Young University
TESOL Graduate Certificate
BA English & International Relations, Brigham Young University
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Applied Technology Center (ATC)
Phone:
Email:
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Technology Building
Room:
561 D
Phone:
Email:
Jerri A. Harwell
Associate Professor
M.Ed. Learning and Technology, Western Governors University
BA English, Oakland University
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Lifetime Activities Center
Room:
115 D
Phone:
Email:
Melissa Helquist
Professor & Director of the Community Writing Center
PhD Rhetoric and Technical Communication, Texas Tech University, 2015
MA English, Colorado State University, 2000
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
160
Phone:
Email:
Charlotte Howe
Associate Professor
MA Professional Communication, Westminster College
BA English, University of Utah
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
164
Phone:
Email:
Kathleen Johnston
Associate Professor
MA Applied Linguistics, University of Southern California
BA Psychology, University of California at Santa Cruz
Ben A. Jorgensen
Adjunct Faculty
MA Teaching, Western Oregon University, 2003
BS English/Technical Writing, Utah State University, 1997
Heather Fitzgerald Jorgensen
Adjunct Faculty
PhD, University of Utah, 2018
MEd, Utah State University, 2000
BA, Brigham Young University, 1994
Justin Jory
Associate Professor
MA English (Rhetoric and Composition), Colorado State University, 2008
BA English (Rhetoric), Texas A&M University, 2005
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
156
Phone:
Email:
Lynn Kilpatrick
Professor
PhD Creative Writing (Fiction), University of Utah, 2004
MA English (Poetry), Western Washington University, 1998
BA University of Oregon, 1991
Uinise Tua'one Langi
Adjunct Faculty
MPH, University of Utah, 2004
MA, University of Hawaii, 1985
BA, BYU-Hawaii, 1982
Kati Lewis
Associate Professor
MS Literature and Writing (Postcolonial Literature & Creative Writing), Utah State University , 2008
BA English and History, Weber State University, 2003
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
174
Phone:
Email:
Cristin Longhurst
Associate Professor
MA American Literature, BYU
BA English Literature, UCLA
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Technology Building
Room:
516 C
Phone:
Email:
Alice Lopez
Assistant Professor
Current Ph.D. student in Rhetoric & Composition, University of Utah
MA in English (Rhetoric & Composition), University of Utah, 2019
BA in Writing & Rhetoric, University of Utah, 2017
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Lifetime Activities Center (LAC)
Room:
117 C
Phone:
Email:
Stephanie Maenhardt
Professor
PhD, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1999
MA, Brigham Young University, 1995
BA English, Brigham Young University, 1993
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
158
Phone:
801-957-4020 (English Dept. Office)
Email:
Andrea Malouf
Professor
MA Literature, University of Utah
BA English/Creative Writing, University of Utah
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
237 K
Phone:
Email:
Nikki Mantyla
Adjunct Faculty
MA, Brigham Young University, 2006
BA, Brigham Young University, 2004
Jamie McBeth-Smith
Assistant Professor
MA English, University of Utah, 1980
BA English, University of Utah, Honors
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
166
Phone:
Email:
William Morris
Adjunct Faculty
MFA Creative Writing, University of Missouri - St. Louis, 2017
BA English, University of Missouri - St. Louis, 2015
Bernice Olivas
Assistant Professor
PHD Rhetoric & Composition, University of Nebraska
MA English/Teaching, University of Nebraska
BA English/Creative Writing
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Applied Technology Center (ATC)
Phone:
Email:
A.J. Ortega
Assistant Professor
MFA Applied Creative Writing/Literature, Texas State University
BA Creative Writing, University of Texas/El Paso
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Lifetime Activities Center (LAC)
Room:
113 C
Phone:
Email:
Lisa Packer
Lecturer
MA Applied Linguistics, University of Utah
BA English (Reading), University of Utah
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
176
Phone:
Email:
Jason Roberts
Associate Professor
MA Teacher Education, Brigham Young University
BA, Brigham Young University
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
165 H
Phone:
Email:
Julie Roberts
Adjunct Faculty
Master of Professional Communication, Westminster College
B.A., English, University of Utah
Tiffany Rousculp
Professor and Director of Writing Across the College
MA Rhetoric/Linguistics/Literature, University of Southern California, 1993
BA English, Arizona State University, 1990
Stephen Ruffus
Associate Professor
MA, Colorado State University, 1974
BA, State University of New York At Buffalo, 1972
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
165 M
Phone:
Email:
Brandon Schembri
Adjunct Faculty
MEd, Learning and Technology, Western Governors University, 2017
BA, English, University of Utah, 2013
Brenda Sieczkowski
Assistant Professor
MFA Creative Writing, University of Florida
BA English, University of Nebraska
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Technology Building
Room:
307 F
Phone:
Email:
Campus:
Jordan
Building:
High Tech Center (HTC)
Room:
115 C
Phone:
Email:
Marcia Smith
Adjunct Faculty
MA, English, The University of Alabama, 1993
BA, Philosophy, Mississippi State University, 1990
Benjamin Solomon
Assistant Professor
MFA Creative Writing/Fiction, Georgia State University, 2012
BA English/Creative Writing, Emory University, 2001
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
237 X
Phone:
Email:
Marlena Stanford
Associate Professor
MA English, Colorado State University, 2009
BA English, Western State College, 2006
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Academic and Administrative Building
Room:
237 N
Phone:
Email:
Brittany Stephenson
Associate Professor & Department Coordinator
MA, Utah State University, 1999