Writing Center Staff

Assistant 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

Academic Support Coordinator

Office: 203 Carroll Hall

Phone: 540-464-7636

Email: copenhavergt@vmi.edu

Writing Center Consultant

Office: 215 Carroll Hall

Phone: 540-464-7045

Email: drakemp@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

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

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

Writing Center Consultant

Office: 215 Carroll Hall

Phone: 540-464-7045

Email: mcdonalgge@vmi.edu

Writing Center Consultant

Office: 215 Carroll Hall

Phone: 540-464-7045

Email: oleksyshynnj@vmi.edu

Writing Center Consultant

Office: 215 Carroll Hall

Phone: 540-464-7045

Email: parsongg@vmi.edu

Writing Center Consultant

Office: 215 Carroll Hall

Phone: 540-464-7045

Email: sheffieldeg10@vmi.edu

Writing Center Consultant

Office: 215 Carroll Hall

Phone: 540-464-7045

Email: simonag@vmi.edu

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

Writing Center Consultant

Office: 215 Carroll Hall

Phone: 540-464-7045

Email: wiesepp@vmi.edu

Assistant Professor

M.F.A. – University of Mississippi

Office: 408 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7037

Email: wiseha@vmi.edu

Fields: American Literature, Creative Writing