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

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

susan briante

Susan Briante

Director, MFA Program in Creative Writing

Professor

  • Poetry and creative nonfiction
  • Documentary studies
520-621-1057
sbriante@email.arizona.edu
Modern Languages 342
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Lauren Camille Mason

Assistant Professor

Director, Graduate Literature

Director, Graduate Literature

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

Cristina D Ramírez

Program Director, RCTE

Associate Professor

Acting Department Head, Fall 2021

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

Jonathon S Reinhardt

Professor

Program Director, EAL

  • Teaching English as a second language
  • Computer-assisted language learning
  • Digital game-based language learning
520-621-6156
jonrein@email.arizona.edu
Modern Languages 475
Scott Selisker

Scott Selisker

Associate Professor

Associate Head

  • U.S. literature and Culture since 1945
  • Science technology and society (STS)
  • Science fiction
520-621-1154
selisker@email.arizona.edu
Modern Languages 494
Dennis Wise

Dennis Wise

Lecturer

Director, Undergraduate Studies

dwwise@email.arizona.edu