English Composition Full-Time Faculty
Amy Anderson, Lecturer (M.A.,Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Amy Anderson teaches courses in rhetoric and composition, for which she has been named Outstanding Professor by the Student Government Association.
Office: Library 330 | Phone: (423) 425-5474 | Email: amy-anderson@utc.edu
Gwendolyn Spring Kurtz Atkinson, Lecturer (M.A., San Diego State University)
Gwendolyn Spring Atkinson teaches courses in rhetoric and composition, and Western humanities.
Office: Library 334 | Phone: (423) 425-5544 | Email: spring-atkinson@utc.edu
Jill Beard, Lecturer (M.A., The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Jill Beard teaches courses in rhetoric and composition.
Office: Holt 231-C | Phone: (423) 425-5641 | Email: jill-beard@utc.edu
Ann Buggey, Lecturer (M.F.A., The University of Memphis)
Ann Buggey teaches courses in rhetoric and composition. Her poetry has appeared most recently in the Tulane Review and Bayou. She has new work scheduled to appear in Cairn, Calyx, Blueline, Poetry International, Gingko Tree Review, and Subtropics.
Office: Holt 232-J | Phone: (423) 425-2317 | Email: ann-buggey@utc.edu
Sara Coffman, Lecturer (M.A., The University of Virginia)
Sara Coffman teaches courses in rhetoric and composition.
Office: Library 307 | Phone: (423) 425-2536 | Email: sara-coffman@utc.edu
Suzy Davis, Lecturer (M.A., The University of Tenessee at Chattanooga)
Suzy Davis teaches courses in rhetoric and composition, and professional writing.
Office: Library 309 | Phone: (423) 425-2537 | Email: suzy-davis@utc.edu
Matt Evans, Lecturer (M.A., University of Southern Mississippi)
Matt Evans teaches courses in rhetoric and composition, and Western humanities.
Office: Library 317 | Phone: (423) 425-2545 | Email: matthew-evans@utc.edu
April Cooper Green, Lecturer (M.A., University of Tennessee - Knoxville)
April Green teaches courses in rhetoric and composition, and Western Humanities.
Office: Library 315 | Phone: (423) 425-2543 | Email: april-green@utc.edu
Margaret Jackson, Lecturer (M.A., Middlebury College)
Marg Jackson teaches courses in Western humanities, professional writing, and rhetoric and composition.
Office: Holt 232-J | Phone: (423) 425-2317 | Email: margaret-jackson@utc.edu
Michael Jaynes, Lecturer (M.A., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Michael Jaynes teaches courses in rhetoric and composition, and Western humanities.
Office: Library 311 | Phone: (423) 425-2539 | Email: michael-jaynes@utc.edu
Rowan Johnson, Lecturer (M.A., University of Nottingham, England)
Originally from South Africa, Rowan Johnson earned his M.A. in Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching from the University of Nottingham, England. While living in South Korea for six years, Mr. Johnson was able to travel extensively. He self-published his first novel, So Far from San Lameer, in 2004, and he has produced various other forms of writing since then, such as poetry and numerous magazine articles. He is currently teaching rhetoric and composition at UTC.
Office: Library 331 | Phone: (423) 425-5475 | Email: rowan-johnson@utc.edu
Chad Littleton, Lecturer (Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
Chad Littleton teaches courses in rhetoric and composition, and professional writing. His research
interests include communities of practice, online writing groups, writing center theory, developmental
writing, and workplace rhetoric. His current scholarship examines how feedback is used in online fanfiction
groups. His work has appeared in Southern Discourse and The Clearing House.
Office: Library 312 Phone: 423-425-2540 Email: chad-littleton@utc.edu
Lanie Lundgrin, Lecturer (M.A., The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Lanie Lundgrin teaches courses in rhetoric and composition.
Office: Library 332 | Phone: (423) 425-5476 | Email: lanie-lundgrin@utc.edu
Krista McKay, Lecturer (M.A., The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Krista McKay teaches courses in rhetoric and composition.
Office: Holt 232-I Phone: 423-425-5473 Email: krista-mckay@utc.edu
Carrie Meadows, Lecturer (M.F.A., Virginia Tech)
Carrie Meadows teaches courses in professional writing and rhetoric and composition. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee, a Best New Poets nominee, and winner of the Academy of American Poets Poetry Society of Virginia Award. Her poetry has appeared in North American Review, Prairie Schooner, Mid-American Review, and other publications.
Office: Library 308 Phone: 423-425-2538
Catherine Meeks, Lecturer (M.S., The University of Montana-Missoula)
Catherine Meeks teaches undergraduate courses in rhetoric and composition. She studied Environmental Writing at the University of
Montana-Missoula. Her current research and writing interests include exploring intersections of race, landscape, agriculture, and
foodways, particularly in the American South.
Office: Holt 231-D | Phone: (423) 425-5640 | Email: catherine-meeks@utc.edu
Tiffany Mitchell, Lecturer (M.A., The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Tiffany Mitchell teaches courses in rhetoric and composition and Western humanities, and is an e-structor
with Smarthinking.com, an online writing center. She also teaches the writing portions of the School of Nursing
diversity program called DREAMWork (Diversity Recruitment and Education to Advance Minorities in the nursing Workforce)
in the summer, and hosts ocumentary screenings as a part of the Awake and Engaged Series (AwAE) originally co-founded
by Lecturer Michael Jaynes at UTC.
Office: Library 335 | Phone: (423) 425-2547 | Email: tiffany-mitchell@utc.edu
Sheena Monds, Lecturer (M.A., The University of Tennessee at Knoxville)
Sheena Monds teaches courses in rhetoric and composition.
Office: Library 337 | Phone: (423) 425-2549 | Email: sheena-monds@utc.edu
Andrew Najberg, Lecturer (M.F.A., Spalding University)
Andrew Najberg teaches classes in Rhetoric and Composition, Creative Writing, and Western Humanities. He received his MFA in poetry from Spalding University, and his MA in English and BA in English from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He is the author of the chapbook of poems Easy to Lose, published by Finishing Line Press in 2007, and his individual poems have appeared in North American Review, Artful Dodge, Louisville Review, Nashville Review, Yemassee, Bat City Review, and various other journals and anthologies. In addition, he is a recipient of an AWP Intro Award in poetry and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Office: Library 313 | Phone: (423) 425-2541 | Email: Andrew-Najberg@utc.edu
Susan North
Assistant Professor and Director of Composition (Ph.D., The University of Tennessee - Knoxville)
Susan North teaches courses in rhetoric and composition, and directs UTC's first-year writing program.
Office: Holt 231-B Phone: 423-425-5807 Email: susan-north@utc.edu
Tim Parker, Lecturer (M.A., The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Tim Parker teaches courses in professional writing and rhetoric and composition.
Office: Library 316 | Phone: (423) 425-2544 | Email: tim-parker@utc.edu
Josh Parks, Lecturer (M.A., The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Josh Parks teaches courses in rhetoric and composition, and western humanities.
Office: Library 339 Phone: 423-425-2551 Email: joshua-parks@utc.edu
Jim Pickard, Lecturer (M.A., University of South Carolina)
Jim Pickard is originally from the Washington D.C. area and moved south to study 20th Century American Literature. He teaches rhetoric and composition with an emphasis on mass media and pop culture texts.
Office: Library 310 Phone:423-425-2538 Email: james-pickard@utc.edu
Stephanie Pickard, Lecturer (M.A., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Stephanie Pickard teaches courses in Western humanities, literature, and rhetoric and composition.
Office: Library 338 Phone:423-425-2550 Email: stephanie-pickard@utc.edu
Tracye Pool, Lecturer (M.A., The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Tracye Pool has taught ACT preparation classes for Continuing Education, and Professional Writing, Rhetoric and Composition, Developmental Writing, and Writing for the Social Sciences for the English Department. She is President of the Chattanooga Council of Teachers of English, and a member of the Tennessee Council of Teachers of English, the National Council of Teachers of English, and the Chattanooga Writers Guild. She is Past-President of the Arts and Education Council and the Conference on Southern Literature. Publications include Healthscope Magazine, Adobe Abalone, Confection Magazine, Apollo's Lyre, and the National Council of Teachers of English Writer's Gallery. She has written for several local non-profit organizations, and she has written training manuals for Manufacturer's Life Insurance Company and Financial Planning Associates.
Office: Library 336 | Phone: (423) 425-2548 | Email: tracye-pool@utc.edu
Kris Whorton, Lecturer (M.A., University of Alabama)
Kristine Whorton teaches courses in rhetoric and composition, and Western humanities.
Office: Library 333 | Phone: (423) 425-5481 | Email: kristine-whorton@utc.edu
Jane Womack, Lecturer & Director of The English as a Second Language Institute (M.A., The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Jane Womack teaches courses in rhetoric and composition and English as a second language.
Office: Library 314 | Phone: (423) 425-2542 | Email: jane-womack@utc.edu
The Composition Program employs some part-time faculty each semester as enrollment requires. To reach an adjunct instructor, call the program office at (423)425-4261.
