Faculty Directory
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Brian Ballentine
Professor & Chair; Coordinator, Professional Writing and Editing
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Catherine Gouge
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH; COORDINATOR, MEDICAL HUMANITIES AND HEALTH STUDIES MINOR
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Katy Ryan
Professor; Eberly Family Professor of Outstanding Teaching
Professor Ryan's research focuses on the history and literature of imprisonment in the United States.
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Jennifer Sano-Franchini
Gaziano Family Legacy Professor and Associate Professor of English
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Nathalie Singh-Corcoran
Service Professor; Director of the Eberly Writing Studio
Nathalie Singh-Corcoran is the director of the Eberly Writing Studio. In addition to her administrative role, she teaches classes in the Undergraduate Writing, Professional Writing, and the graduate program. Dr. Singh-Corcoran has held several leadership positions including the President of the International Writing Centers Association and WVU Faculty Senate Chair. Her research interests include writing pedagogy, writing program administration, Writing Across & Within the Disciplines, contingent faculty issues and concerns, and student retention and persistence. Her publications have appeared in several edited collections as well as in Composition Forum, WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, College English, and Kairos.
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David Stewart
Associate Professor; Associate Vice President for International Student Life and Global Services
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Jill Woods
Teaching Assistant Professor/Undergraduate PWE Internship Coordinator
Prior to joining the teaching faculty of West Virginia University in 2009, Jill Woods spent more than a decade as a professional writer and editor in various fields—healthcare, insurance, manufacturing—positioning herself to teach applied communication and experiential learning courses through the English department’s Professional Writing & Editing program. She earned her PhD in Instructional Design & Technology from WVU.
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Omar Yacoub
Service Assistant Professor and the Assistant Director of Communication Across the Curriculum
Omar Yacoub is a Service Assistant Professor and the Assistant Director of Communication Across Curriculum. Omar teaches college composition and technical writing courses. His research interests are in the areas of writing transfer, STEM writing, and writing centers. He received the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum “Best Article Focus on Research” award for 2023 on a co-authored article, titled “Threshold Genres: A 10-Year Exploration of a Medical Writer’s Development and Social Apprenticeship through the Patient SOAP Note”.