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Faculty and Staff

Phillip Bailey

Phillip Bailey

Associate Vice President for Global Learning and Engagement & Professor of French

phillipb@uca.edu

Schichtl 119C

(501) 450-3262

Courtney Beard

Courtney Beard

Senior Lecturer

cbarr@uca.edu

Irby 207I

(501) 450-5646

Caroline Bivins

Caroline Bivins

Adjunct Instructor of English

cbivins@uca.edu

TORW 328

(501) 852-2064

Michael Blanchard

Michael Blanchard

Adjunct Instructor of English & Editor of SLANT

mblanchard@uca.edu

Irby 409

(501) 852-2064

Amanda Bruce

Amanda Bruce

Lecturer II of Intensive English

abruce@uca.edu

Torreyson West 326

(501) 852-2560

Lynn Burley

Lynn Burley

Professor of Linguistics

lburley@uca.edu

Irby 207F

(501) 450-5648

Christine Case

Christine Case

Visiting Assistant Professor of English

ccase3@uca.edu

Irby 419

Bi-ling Chen

Bi-ling Chen

Professor of English

blchen@uca.edu

Irby 314

(501) 852-2064

Dwayne Coleman

Dwayne Coleman

Professor of English

dcoleman@uca.edu

Irby 317H

(501) 852-2064

Jennifer Davis

Jennifer Davis

Adjunct Instructor of English

jdavis74@uca.edu

Irby 301G

(501) 852-2064

Nate Duke

Nate Duke

Adjunct of English

jduke6@uca.edu

Irby 425

(501) 852-2064

Ramón Escamilla

Ramón Escamilla

Professor of Linguistics

rescamilla@uca.edu

(501) 852-0997

Matteo Fiorini

Matteo Fiorini

Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics

mfiorini@uca.edu

Irby 302B

(501) 852-2064

Celeste Flowers

Celeste Flowers

Director of the Intensive English Program

cflowers@uca.edu

Torreyson West 316F

(501) 852-2953

Sonya Sawyer Fritz

Sonya Sawyer Fritz

Professor of English

sfritz@uca.edu

Irby 317C

(501) 852-2064

Alejandro González Landeros

Alejandro González Landeros

Associate Professor of Spanish

agonzalez@uca.edu

Irby 207B

(501) 450-5585

Crystal Harris

Crystal Harris

Assistant Professor of English & Co-Director of Africana Studies

CDR02003@uca.edu

Irby 407

(501) 852-2064

Glenn Jellenik

Glenn Jellenik

Director & Professor of English

gjellenik@uca.edu

Irby 317 G

(501) 852-0281

Suzanne Johnston

Suzanne Johnston

Associate Professor of Spanish, K-12 Language Teacher Education, & Coordinator of the ESL Endorsement

sjohnston4@uca.edu

Irby 317D

(501) 450-3433

Margo Kolenda-Mason

Margo Kolenda-Mason

Assistant Professor of English

mkolendamason@uca.edu

Irby 317B

(501) 852-2064

Peter Lang

Peter Lang

Assistant Professor of English & MA Program Coordinator

plang@uca.edu

Irby 317 G

(501) 852-2064

Brian Larsen

Brian Larsen

Visiting Lecturer of English

blarsen@uca.edu

Irby 410

(501) 852-2064

Lori Leavell

Lori Leavell

Professor of English

lleavell@uca.edu

Irby 401

(501) 852-2064

Samantha Meeks

Samantha Meeks

Assistant Professor of English

smeeks6@uca.edu

Irby 424

(501) 852-2064

Lisa Mommsen

Lisa Mommsen

Senior Lecturer of Intensive English

lmommsen@uca.edu

Torreyson West 327

(501) 852-2954

Deanne Murphey

Deanne Murphey

Departmental Administrative Specialist

dmurphey@uca.edu

Irby 207J

(501) 852-2064

K. Adele Okoli

K. Adele Okoli

Associate Professor of French and French Program Coordinator

kokoli@uca.edu

Irby 317F

(501) 450-5097

Jennifer Parrack

Jennifer Parrack

Associate Professor of Spanish & Internship Coordinator for Languages

jparrack@uca.edu

Irby 317A

(501) 450-5697

John Parrack

John Parrack

Professor of Spanish & Director of the Community Language School

johncp@uca.edu

Irby 207E

(501) 450-5120

Kae Reed

Kae Reed

Visiting Lecturer of Japanese

kreed15@uca.edu

Irby 422

(501) 852-2064

Alana Reid

Alana Reid

Associate Director & Associate Professor of Spanish

areid@uca.edu

Irby 207D

(501) 450-5096

Paige Reynolds

Paige Reynolds

Professor of English & Internship Coordinator for English

preynolds@uca.edu

Irby 317E

(501) 852-2064

Patricia Riviere-Mitchell

Patricia Riviere-Mitchell

Visiting Lecturer of French

rivierep@uca.edu

Irby 415

(501) 852-2064

Travis Sorenson

Travis Sorenson

Professor of Spanish

tsorenson@uca.edu

Irby 207G

(501) 450-5644

Tim Strikwerda

Tim Strikwerda

Assistant Professor of Japanese

tstrikwerda@uca.edu

Irby 405

(501) 852-2064

Arnaud Tcheutou

Arnaud Tcheutou

Assistant Professor of French

atcheutou@uca.edu

Irby 403

(501) 852-2064

Virginia Davis Wyeth

Virginia Davis Wyeth

Adjunct Instructor of English

Irby 429

(501) 852-2064

Jia Zhu

Jia Zhu

Associate Professor of Mandarin Chinese

jiaz@uca.edu

Irby 207C

(501) 852-2332

Guo-Ou Zhuang

Guo-Ou Zhuang

Associate Professor of Mandarin Chinese & Director of the Center for Chinese Language and Culture

gzhuang@uca.edu

Irby 207H

(501) 450-3263

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