Contacts
Occasionally, you will need to contact an administrator in the English Department. This page is designed to help you determine to whom your question or comment should be sent. Sending that question to the right place the first time will save you effort!
Need to discuss a teacher? Try Key Administration.
Wondering about the major or minor, advising issues, internships, or careers? Try Undergraduate Office Administration.
Have a question about the various programs? Try Program Administrators.
Key Administration
Carolyn Rude, Chair
- contact if you have questions about department policies or if you need to talk about a class taught by a professor
Nancy Metz, Associate Chair
- contact if you need to talk about a class taught by an instructor or another issue that affects your academic status
Cheryl Ruggiero, Assistant Chair
- contact if you need to talk about freshman composition credit
Undergraduate Office Administration
Cathy Skinner, Coordinator of Undergraduate Advising
- contact if you want to declare a major or minor, discuss advising or graduation issues, ask about careers or graduation school
Steve Kark, Coordinator of the Internship Program
- contact if you would like to discuss or apply for internships offered by the department
Dee Hezel, Administrative Assistant
- contact if you have general questions about the Undergraduate Program that cannot be answered by the web site
Program Administrators
Ginney Fowler, Director, Literature, Language and Culture Program
Kaye Graham, Assistant Director, LLC Program
- contact if you have questions about the LLC Program or the courses it offers
Jim Dubinsky, Director, Professional Writing Program
Jane Wemhoener, Assistant Director, PW Program
- contact if you have questions about the PW Program or the courses it offers
Ed Falco, Director, Creative Writing Program
Aileen Murphy, Assistant Director, CW Program
- contact if you have questions about the CW Program or the courses it offers


