1. People

Department Head

aurelie sheehan

Aurelie Sheehan

Department Head

  • Novels and short stories
  • Flash fiction and prose poetry
  • Cross-genre writing
520-621-9917
asheehan@email.arizona.edu
Modern Languages 445H

Senior Director of Writing Program

Shelley Rodrigo

Shelley Rodrigo

Senior Director, Writing Program

Associate Writing Specialist and Associate Professor

  • Professional development & mentoring
  • Online & technologically mediated learning
  • Writing program administration
520-621-1836
rrodrigo@email.arizona.edu
Modern Languages 452

Leadership

Hayriye Kayi Aydar

Hayriye Kayi-Aydar

Director, English Applied Linguistics

Associate Professor

  • Critical applied linguistics
  • TESOL teacher education
  • Positioning theory and discourse analysis
520-621-1505
hkaydar@email.arizona.edu
Modern Languages 428
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Lauren Camille Mason

Assistant Professor

Director, Graduate Studies

Director, Graduate Literature

520-621-5266
lmason@email.arizona.edu
Modern Languages 474
Ander Monson

Ander Monson

Professor

Interim Director of Undergraduate Studies

  • Creative nonfiction
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
520-621-7405
ander@email.arizona.edu
Modern Languages 429
Manuel Munoz

Manuel Muñoz

Director, MFA Program in Creative Writing

Associate Professor

520-621-5539
munozm@email.arizona.edu
Modern Languages 484

Cristina D Ramírez

Program Director, RCTE

Associate Professor

520-621-7395
cristinaramirez@email.arizona.edu
Modern Languages 434