Department of Focused Inquiry

University College

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Katy Hanggi

Chair

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Michael Abelson

Associate Chair

and Associate Professor

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Bonnie Boaz

Associate Professor

Service Learning

Multimodal Composition

Digital Media

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Scott Brookman

Assistant Professor

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Tanya Boucicaut

Assistant Professor

Hip hop

pedagogy, technology

race and oppression

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Tara Bray

Associate Professor

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Tara Shea Burke

Assistant Professor

Ungrading

Multimodal and Multigenre Writing

Queer Lit and Contemporary Poetry

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Ryan Cales

Assistant Professor

Queer Narratives

Homonormativity

rhetorical theory and criticism

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Joe Cates

Assistant Professor, Focused Inquiry

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Frank Cha

Associate Professor

and GTA Coordinator

multiethnic communities in the US South

Asian American studies

racial equity in higher education

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Jason Coats

Assistant Professor

Anglo-American modernist literature

poetry

literary theory

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Leslie Cohen-Gee

Assistant Professor

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Jason Corner

Associate Professor

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Meriah Crawford

Associate Professor

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Michaux Dempster

Assistant Professor

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Ywone Edwards-Ingram

Assistant Professor

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Nicole Anderson Ellis

Associate Professor

Sustainability

Student Wellness

Land Conservation

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Elizabeth Fagan

Assistant Professor

ancient history and archaeology

material culture

narratives

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Nikki Fernandes

Instructor

19TH-CENTURY TRANSATLANTIC PERIODICAL CULTURE

VIRGINIA HISTORY

SPIRITUALITY

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Jennifer Selman Flanagan

Associate Professor

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Thaddeus Fortney

Assistant Professor

Ungrading

Student autonomy

Collaborative Learning

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Jamie Fueglein

Assistant Professor

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Joshua Galligan

Assistant Professor

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Jessica Gordon

Associate Professor

composition theory

multimodal composition

teaching and learning

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Julianne Guillard

Associate Professor

and Curriculum Coordinator

critical pedagogy

childhood studies

feminist research methods

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Mary Lou Hall

Associate Professor

Power Dynamics and Learning in the American Classroom/ Race

Class and Ethnicity in American Higher Ed

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Christian Horlick

Associate Professor

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Incoronata "Nadia" Inserra

Assistant Professor

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Christopher Jackson

Associate Professor

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Joan Kalyan

Assistant Professor

Diversity and Inclusion

Online Learning

Meditation

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Jake Khoury

Assistant Professor

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Jason Kirby

Assistant Professor

American Roots Music

Popular Music in Media

Film Soundtracks

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Jo-Jo Koo

Assistant Professor

critical thinking

ethics

philosophy

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Beth Kreydatus

Associate Professor

and Faculty Development Coordinator

Environmental justice

community and socially engaged teaching

U.S. history

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Sara Laws

Assistant Professor

20th-century

American Poetry

Traspacific Poetry

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Deidra Lee

Assistant Professor

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Kiara Lee

Instructor

Writing and writer identity

Sociology of education

Underrepresented students

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Hilary Levinson

Assistant Professor

and Co-coordinator, UTA Program

Memory and Monuments

Latin American and Latinx Literature

Translation

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Katie Logan

Associate Professor

Contemporary Arab Women's Writing

Memoir and Life Writing

Memory Studies

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Troy A. Martin

Associate Professor

social and cultural foundations of education

social theory

sociology of education

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Chris Martiniano

Instructor

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Andrew Marx

Associate Professor

Legal Studies

Critical Thinking

Ethics

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Mark Meier

Instructor

and Experiential Learning Coordinator, University College

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Jeffrey Murray

Professor

Metacognition

Peer Mentoring

Habits of Mind

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Brandi Neal

Assistant Professor

semiotics

music

sampling

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Thomas J. Nelson

Associate Professor

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William Notter

Associate Professor

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Daliborka Padon

Assistant Professor

Writing pedagogy

teacher preparation

Linguistics

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Vicki Pallo

Associate Professor

and Textbook Coordinator

Composition &

Multimodal Communication

Eighteenth- &

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Amber Pearson

Assistant Professor

and UTA Program Co-Coordinator

Ecocriticism

American Poetry

Speculative Fiction

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Kristin Reed

Associate Professor

Advocacy-Oriented Pedagogy

Interdisciplinary &

Foundational Curriculum Design

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Kirk Richardson

Associate Professor

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Stephanie Rizzi

Assistant Professor

and Interim Associate Dean, University College

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Courtney Sviatko

Instructor

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Harry Szabo

Assistant Professor

Composition Studies, Rhetoric

Children's Literature

19th and 20th Century American Literature

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Allison Tharp

Assistant Professor

Alternative Grading

Rhetoric

Protest Movements

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Judy Topich

Assistant Professor

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Virginia Wray Totaro

Associate Professor

and Assessment Coordinator

Student Learning

Outcomes Assessment

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Amy Tudor

Assistant Professor

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Matthew James Vechinski

Coordintator of Academic Programming, University College

and Associate Professor

experiential learning

design thinking

collecting/curation

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Anne Weakley

Instructor

and Common Book Coordinator

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Emily Williams

Assistant Professor

Alternative Grading

Online Learning

Contemporary Literature

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Larry Williams

Assistant Professor

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Paul Yoon

Associate Professor

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Kim Zicafoose

Instructor