Administration & Program Staff

Department Administration & Staff

Christa J. Olson

Position title: Department Chair; Marjorie and Lorin Tiefenthaler Professor of English

Theresa Delgadillo

Position title: Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, English and Chican@/Latin@ Studies

Email: tdelgadillo@wisc.edu

Martin Foys

Position title: Director of Graduate Studies; Nancy C. Hoefs Professor of English

Email: foys@wisc.edu

Address:
Helen C. White Hall, Rm. 7195F

Spring Sherrod

Position title: Department Manager

Email: sherrod@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 263-3303

Address:
7187 Helen C. White

Pam Chizek

Position title: Administrative Assistant III

Email: plchizek@wisc.edu

Address:
Helen C. White, Rm. 7195

Ron Harris

Position title: Instructional Coordinator

Email: rwharris@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 263-3795

Address:
7187D Helen C. White

Julie Palmer

Position title: Payroll

Email: julie.palmer@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 263-3801

Address:
7187 Helen C. White

Andrew Leinberger

Position title: IT Support

Email: leinberger@wisc.edu

Cheryl Loschko

Position title: Graduate Program Manager

Email: loschko@wisc.edu

Address:
7195H Helen C. White

Vivian Ye

Position title: Graduate Program Manager

Email: vivian.ye@wisc.edu

Address:
7195H Helen C. White

Preamtip Satasuk

Position title: English as a Second Language Academic Program Specialist

Email: preamtip.satasuk@wisc.edu

Address:
5134 Helen C. White

Haiyan Wei

Position title: Accountant in English

Email: haiyanwei@wisc.edu

Phone: 608-263-2864

Advisors

Erin Polnaszek Boyd

Position title: Academic Advising Manager

Email: erin.polnaszek.boyd@wisc.edu

Phone: (she/her/hers)

Caroline Hensley

Position title: Career Advisor

Email: cmhensley@wisc.edu

Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing

Sean Bishop

Position title: Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Program Coordinator

Email: sbbishop@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 263-3658

Address:
6195A Helen C. White

English as a Second Language

Joseph Nosek

Position title: English as a Second Language Interim Director

Email: jmnosek@wisc.edu

Phone: 608-263-3783

Address:
5127 Helen C. White Hall

Preamtip Satasuk

Position title: English as a Second Language Academic Program Specialist

Email: preamtip.satasuk@wisc.edu

Address:
5134 Helen C. White

English 100 Program

Morris Young

Position title: Charles Q. Anderson Professor of English; Director of English 100; Affiliate, Asian American Studies

Email: msyoung4@wisc.edu

Address:
6187C Helen C. White Hall

Sara Kelm

Position title: Associate Director of English 100; Teaching Faculty

Email: sakelm@wisc.edu

Address:
Helen C. White Hall, Rm. 6183

Nicole Ramer

Position title: Senior Assistant Director of English 100

Email: nramer@wisc.edu

English 201 Program

Nathan Wood

Position title: English 201 Assistant Director

Email: nwood7@wisc.edu

The Writing Center

Nancy Linh Karls

Position title: Director of the Writing Center

Email: nkarls@wisc.edu

Phone: 608-263-4512

Address:
6187B Helen C. White Hall

Ellen Cecil-Lemkin

Position title: Writing Center Teaching Faculty

Email: cecillemkin@wisc.edu

Jennifer L. Conrad

Position title: Writing Center Teaching Faculty

Email: jlconrad@wisc.edu

Address:
Helen C. White, Rm. 6127

Abigail Letak

Position title: Writing Center and Writing Across the Curriculum Teaching Faculty

Email: letak@wisc.edu

Address:
Helen C. White Hall, Rm. 6165

Lisa Marvel Johnson

Position title: Writing Center Teaching Faculty

Email: lmjohnson32@wisc.edu

Address:
Helen C. White, Rm. 6125

Seth Umbaugh

Position title: Writing Center Teaching Faculty

Email: umbaugh@wisc.edu

Address:
Helen C. White, Rm. 6163

Karen Best

Position title: Writing Center liaison from the ESL program

Email: kebest@wisc.edu

Sydney Goggins

Position title: TA Coordinator of the Online Writing Center

Email: scgoggins@wisc.edu

Jay Lowe

Position title: TA Coordinator of Outreach

Email: jdlowe@wisc.edu

Christian Lutz

Position title: TA Coordinator of Outreach

Email: celutz@wisc.edu

Antonella Pappolla

Position title: TA Coordinator of Outreach

Email: pappolla@wisc.edu

Carly Pschorr

Position title: TA Coordinator of Multicultural and Social Justice Initiatives

Email: cpschorr@wisc.edu

Samitha Senanayake

Position title: TA Assistant Director of the Writing Center

Email: sssenanayake@wisc.edu

Helen E. Smith

Position title: TA Coordinator of Special Projects

Email: hesmith7@wisc.edu

Writing Across the Curriculum

Emily Hall

Position title: Writing Fellows Director and Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Director

Email: ebhall@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 263-3823

Address:
6187F Helen C. White

Abigail Letak

Position title: Writing Center and Writing Across the Curriculum Teaching Faculty

Email: letak@wisc.edu

Address:
Helen C. White Hall, Rm. 6165

Grace "Gina" Atkins

Position title: Assistant Director of Writing Across the Curriculum

Email: giatkins@wisc.edu

Writing Fellows

Brenna Swift

Position title: Assistant Director of Writing Fellows

Email: blswift@wisc.edu

General Information

General Office

Department of English
7195 Helen C. White
600 N. Park St.
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 263-3760
Fax: (608) 263-3709

Divisional Offices

Creative Writing
6195 Helen C. White

English as a Second Language
5134 Helen C. White

Graduate Studies
7195 Helen C. White

Writing Center
6171 Helen C. White