ERHS Faculty & Staff

Instructor

M.A. – John Hopkins University; M.A. – Tulane University

Office: 424 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7045

Email: abryga@vmi.edu

Fields: First-Year Composition, Writing & Rhetoric

Professor of Philosophy

D.Phil, Philosophy, Oxford University, UK

Office: 465 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7627

Email: agam-segalr@vmi.edu

Fields: Wittgenstein, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind

Professor of English

Ph.D. in English and American Literature; Certificate in Gender Studies, Washington University, St. Louis; M.F.A. in Fiction, Washington University, St. Louis

Office: 431 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7030

Email: atwellms@vmi.edu

Fields: Fiction Writing, Victorian Literature

Professor of English and Fine Arts

Ph.D. in English Language and Literature – Cornell University; M.F.A. in Creative Writing – Cornell University

Office: 438 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7562

Email: brownjp@vmi.edu

Fields: American Literature, Book Arts, Creative Writing, Digital Media & Technology, Expository Writing, Studio Art

Associate Professor of English, Specialist in Oral and Digital Communication

Ph.D. in Communication Arts and Sciences – The Pennsylvania State University

Office: 433 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7349

Email: codyaw@vmi.edu

Fields: Ancient Greece and Rome, Democracy and Autocracy, Propaganda and Political Communication, Argumentation Theory, Rhetorical Criticism

Instructor

M.S. – James Madison University

Office: 423 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7486

Email: dupalah@vmi.edu

Associate Professor

Ph.D. – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Office: 435 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7896

Email: eichholzpj@vmi.edu

Associate Professor

Ph.D. – University of Illinois at Chicago

Office: 463 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7057

Email: hoddesl@vmi.edu

Writing Center Coordinator, Instructor

M.A. – University of Virginia

Office: 216 Carroll Hall

Phone: 540-464-7045

Email: hoylesm@virginia.edu

Fields: Composition Studies, Writing Center Studies, Literary Theory, Poetry and Poetics, Medieval Literature and Cultures, American Literature and Cultures, British Literature and Cultures

Professor

Ph.D. – University of Texas at Austin

Office: 414 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7482

Email: ingersollcc@vmi.edu

Professor

Ph.D. – Texas Christian University

Office: 426 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7683

Email: itenmb@vmi.edu

Fields: Classical Rhetoric, Modern Rhetoric, Democracy Studies, Argumentation, Rhetorical Style, Applied Rhetorical Writing

Assistant Professor of English

Ph.D. – The Pennsylvania State University

Office: 428 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7490

Email: johnsonbm@vmi.edu

Fields: Presidential Rhetoric, Public Address, Public Speaking, Memory Studies, Rhetorical Criticism

Instructor

Ph.D. – Southern Illinois University

Office: 461 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7555

Email: kimseywd@vmi.edu

Fields: Communication, Mediation, Negotiation, Strategic Communication

Professor of English, Bruce C. Gottwald, Jr. ’81 Chair for Academic Excellence

Ph.D. – University of Virginia

Office: 430 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7240

Email: knepperse@vmi.edu

Fields: American Literature, Metrical Poetry, Philosophy and Literature, Religion and Literature, Tragedy and Epic

Professor, Director of the Institute Writing Program, Holder of Jackson-Hope Distinguished Chair in Arts and Humanities

Ph.D. – Texas Christian University

Office: 434 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7240

Email: mcdonaldcr@vmi.edu

Fields: History of Rhetoric, Composition Studies, Rhetorics of Science, Health, and Medicine, Public Literacy, Reflective Learning, Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Centers, Writing Program Administration

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Director of the Honors Program, Professor

Ph.D. – Texas Christian University

Office: 210 Smith Hall

Phone: 540-464-7212

Email: mcdonaldrl@vmi.edu

Instructor

Ph.D. – University of Alberta

Office: 439 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7989

Email: mcnultylb@vmi.edu

Instructor

M.A. from University of Alabama

Office: 436 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7484

Email: priceml@vmi.edu

Fields: Narrative Writing, Journalism, Public Relations/Fundraising Communications

Professor, Holder of Charles Luck III ’55 Institute Professorship

Ph.D. – University of Virginia

Office: 468 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7735

Email: richterdj@vmi.edu

Fields: Ethics, the Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, the Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe

Instructor, Edwin P. Conquest Visiting Chair in the Humanities

M.F.A. – George Washington University

Office: 437 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7455

Email: smigrodcm@vmi.edu

Fields: Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Ceramics

Instructor

M.A. – Regent University

Office: 464 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7893

Email: smithdn@vmi.edu

Fields: Public Speaking, Communication Studies, Filmmaking, Screenwriting 

Instructor

Ph.D. – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Office: 466 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7186

Email: smithmq@vmi.edu

Fields: Creative Writing, Critical Reflective Writing, Facilitating Community-Based Writing Workshops across Genres and Purposes, Organizational Leadership and Public Relations, Poetry, Screenwriting, Writing-to-Learn through Critical Reflective Writing in Integrative Design- and Project-Based STEM Learning, and Writing in Politics.

Associate Professor

Ph.D. – University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Office: 467 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7479

Email: ticenpj@vmi.edu

Fields: Modern and Contemporary British Literature, South-Asian Indian Literature, Irish Literature, Caribbean Literature

Associate Professor of English

M.F.A. – University of Mississippi

Office: 408 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7037

Email: wiseha@vmi.edu

Fields: American Literature, Creative Writing