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	Kevin J.B. O'Connor PhD Candidate, Graduate Instructor 20th and 21st Century American Literature, Postcolonial/Decolonial Theory, transnationalism, Contemporary Poetry, Latinx Literature	kevinjboconnor@uky.edu
	Richard Parmer Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Instructor Early American Literature and Culture, Environmental Humanities, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies	richard.parmer@uky.edu 1218 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-6990
	Jannell McConnell Parsons PhD Student, Graduate Instructor 19th and 20th century American literature, Southern literature, African African American and Caribbean Literature and Culture, Irish Literature, Gender & Women's Studies, Transnational Feminisms, Postcolonial feminisms	jmcconnellparsons@uky.edu 1218 Patterson Office Tower
	Kristen Pickett Department Manager Senior, Department of English	kristen.pickett@uky.edu 1201 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-2901
	Hannah Pittard Professor Creative Writing	h.pittard@uky.edu 1269 POT (859) 257-1271
	Armando Prats Professor	ajprat1@email.uky.edu 1271 Patterson Office Tower 257-7005
	Adam Quinn PhD Candidate, Graduate Instructor Colonial Through Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture, African American Literature, Native American and Indigenous Studies	Adam.Quinn@uky.edu
	Robin Rahija Department Manager Associate, Department of English	robin.rahija@uky.edu 1207 POT (859) 257-6895
	Jill Rappoport Associate Professor, Department Chair Nineteenth-Century British Literature and Culture, Women's Literature and Gender Studies, Literary Theory	jill.rappoport@uky.edu 1255 Patterson Office Tower
	Erik Reece Professor Non-Fiction Writing, Creative Writing	erik.reece@uky.edu 1231 Patterson Office Tower 257-6971
	Justin J. Roberts PhD Candidate, Graduate Instructor Film, Television, Popular Culture, music, Twentieth century literature, Twenty-first century literature	justin.j.roberts@uky.edu 1306 Patterson Office Tower
	Shelby Roberts PhD Candidate, Graduate Instructor Appalachian Studies, Queer Literature, Queer Culture in Appalachia, 20th and 21st Century American Literature and Culture, 20th and 21st Century American Southern Literature, Southern Gothic	shelbyroberts@uky.edu 1218 Patterson Office Tower
	Randall Roorda Associate Professor Non-Fiction Writing, Literary Theory, Composition and Rhetoric	rroorda@uky.edu 1251 Patterson Office Tower 257-1033
	Ellen Rosenman Emeritus Professor Women's Literature and Gender Studies	rosenma@email.uky.edu
	Marion Rust Professor of English, Editor, Early American Literature Early American Literature and Culture, Personal Narrative and Academic Discourse, Women and Gender Studies, Colonial Through Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture	marion.rust@uky.edu 1233 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-7008
	Amanda E. Salmon PhD Candidate, English Literature, Graduate Instructor, Writing, Rhetoric, & Digital Studies 20th and 21st Century American Literature and Culture, Gender and Women's Studies, Humor, Celebrity, Film and Television	amanda.salmon@uky.edu 1302 Patterson Office Tower
	Clay Shields	clay.shields@uky.edu 1222 Patterson Office Tower
	Emily Shortslef Assistant Professor Renaissance and Seventeenth-Century Literature and Culture, Literary and intellectual history, Critical Theory, Literary Theory, early modern drama, Shakespeare	emily.shortslef@uky.edu 1219 Patterson Office Tower
	Michelle Sizemore Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies Colonial Through Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture, Literary Theory	michelle.sizemore@uky.edu
	Jamie Stoike PhD Candidate, Graduate Instructor 19th Century American Literature, 20th Century American Literature, Midwestern Literature, Place and Space, class	jamison.stoike@uky.edu 1202 Patterson Office Tower