Administrators and Office Personnel
Contact Us: 479-575-4301 or engl@uark.edu
Chairs:
- Department Chair: Yajaira Padilla
- Associate Chair: Joshua Smith
Department Administrative Staff:
- Administrative Specialist II: Carly Riggs
- Administrative Specialist III: Nik Robbins
- Administrative Specialist III: Ev Merritt
- Office Manager, Assistant to the Chair: Tara Bielecki
Program Directors and Program Administrative Staff:
- Director of the M.A. and Ph.D. Programs in English: Susan Marren
- Assistant Director of the M.A. and Ph.D. Programs in English: Leigh Sparks
- Director of the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing: Davis McCombs
- Assistant Director of the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing: Jane Blunschi
- Director of the Ph.D. Program in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies (interdisciplinary): Luis Restrepo
- Director of the Graduate Certificate in Technical Writing and Public Rhetorics: Adam Pope
- Director of the Program in Rhetoric and Composition: Megan McIntyre
- Assistant Director of the Program in Rhetoric and Composition: LewEllyn F. Hallett
- Assistant Director of the Program in Rhetoric and Composition: Kat Gray
Undergraduate and Honors Advisors:
- Director of Undergraduate Studies: Sean Dempsey
- English Advising Email