English Faculty

Susan Bagby

Adjunct Instructor, English
M.Ed., University of Virginia

Grainger 100A
434.395.2695
brockservaisrl@longwood.edu  

Rhonda Brock-Servais

Chair, English and Modern Languages
Professor, Children's and Young Adult Literature
Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Grainger 100A
434.395.2695
brockservaisrl@longwood.edu  

Mary Carroll-Hackett

Associate Professor, Creative Writing
M.F.A., Bennington College

Grainger 112
434.395.2113
carrollhackettma@longwood.edu

Craig A. Challender

Professor, Modern American Literature
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Director, Longwood Authors Series

Grainger 106
434.395.2159
challenderca@longwood.edu

Steven P. Faulkner

Associate Professor, Creative Writing
Ph.D., University of Kansas

Grainger 208
434.395.2166
faulknersp@longwood.edu 
Website: www.stevenfaulknerwriter.com

Chene Heady

Associate Professor, 20th Century British Literature
Ph.D., Ohio State University

Grainger 214
434.395.2914
headycr@longwood.edu

Edward Howarth

Lecturer, Creative Writing
M.A., Longwood University

Stevens 103
434.395.2692
howartheb@longwood.edu

Robert "Brett" Hursey

Associate Professor, Creative Writing
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University

Grainger 212
434.395.2164
hurseyrj@longwood.edu

Gretchen Koenig

Lecturer, Transatlantic Romanticism
M.A., Longwood University
Ph.D. Candidate, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Stevens 107
434.395.2363
mailto: koeniggr@longwood.edu

Heather Lettner-Rust

Assistant Professor, Rhetoric and Composition
Ph.D., Old Dominion University
Coordinator, English Composition Program

Grainger G10
434.395.2162
lettnerrusthg@longwood.edu

Robert L. Lynch, Jr.

Associate Professor, Contemporary American Literature
Ph.D., Indiana University

Grainger G08
434.395.2167
lynchrl@longwood.edu
Dr. Lynch's Website

Christopher McGee

Associate Professor, Children's and Young Adult Literature
Ph.D., Illinois State University

Grainger 206
434.395.2163
mcgeecw@longwood.edu

David Magill

Associate Professor, Literatures of Diversity
Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Grainger 110
434.395.4910
magillde@longwood.edu

Elizabeth Hall Magill

Adjunct Instructor, English
M.A., James Madison University

Stevens 107
434.395.4907
magillea@longwood.edu

Will Mayer

Adjunct Instructor, English
M.A., Longwood University

Stevens 107
434.395.4908
mayersw@longwood.edu

John Miller

Assistant Professor, Early American Literature
Ph.D., The College of William and Mary

Grainger G06
434.395.2161
millerjd@longwood.edu

Jennifer Miskec

Associate Professor, Children's and Young Adult Literature
Ph.D., Illinois State University
Coordinator, English Graduate Program

Grainger 204
434.395.2528
miskecjm@longwood.edu
Dr. Miskec's Website

Rikk Mulligan

Lecturer, Contemporary American Literature
Ph.D., Michigan State University

Grainger 104
434.395.2183
mulliganrc@longwood.edu

Jonathan E. Page

Lecturer, Composition and Rhetoric
M.A., Longwood University

Stevens 103
434.395.2178
pageje@longwood.edu

Sarah Rice

Adjunct Instructor, English
M.A., Longwood University
Ph.D. Candidate, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Stevens 107
434.395.4911
ricess@longwood.edu

Sean Ruday

Assistant Professor, English Education
Ph.D., University of Virginia

Grainger 308
434-395.2746
rudaysr@longwood.edu

Robin Smith

Assistant Professor, Secondary English Education
Ph.D., George Mason University

Grainger G04
434.395.2529
smithrd@longwood.edu
Dr. Smith's website

Shawn Smith

Associate Professor, Renaissance Literature
Ph.D., Yale University

Grainger G14
434.395.2797
smithsb@longwood.edu
Dr. Smith's Website

Gena Southall, Ed.D.

Associate Professor, Secondary English Education
Ed.D., University of Virginia
Coordinator, Secondary English Education Teacher Preparation Program

Grainger 108
434.395.2362
southallgd@longwood.edu

Kimberly Stern

Assistant Professor, Victorian Literature
Ph.D., Princeton University

Grainger 310
434.395-2857
sternk@longwood.edu

Susan Stinson

Senior Lecturer, Creative Writing
M.F.A., Goddard College
Coordinator, Creative Writing Program

Grainger G02
434.395.2913
stinsonsc@longwood.edu

Derek Taylor

Professor, 18th Century British Literature
Ph.D., University of Florida

Grainger G12
434.395.2748
taylored@longwood.edu
Dr. Taylor's Website

Larissa "Kat" Tracy

Associate Professor, Medieval Literature
Ph.D., Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Grainger 202
434.395.2907
tracylc@longwood.edu
Dr. Tracy's website

Arthur Gordon Van Ness, III

Professor, Contemporary Transatlantic Literature
Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Grainger 200
434.395.2179
vannessag@longwood.edu

Andrea Verschaeve

Lecturer, Composition and Rhetoric
M.A., Longwood University
A.B.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Director, Writing Center

Stevens 103
434.395.2814
verschaeveaw@longwood.edu

Amanda Walton

Lecturer, Creative Writing
M.A., Longwood University

Grainger 205
434.395.2423
waltonar@longwood.edu