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Administration and Staff

The Department of English is happy to answer questions or provide information for students.

Department Head

	Name	Title	Email	Phone
\|Department Head\|	\|contact\|faculty\|h-j\|med\|		Bob Hasenfratz	Professor Department Head	robert.hasenfratz@uconn.edu	860‑486‑1526

Associate Department Head

	Name	Title	Email	Phone
\|Associate Department Head\|	\|contact\|faculty\|k-m\|med\|ren\|		Clare Costley King'oo	Associate Professor Associate Department Head	clare.kingoo@uconn.edu	860‑486‑2058

Administration

	Name	Title	Email	Phone
\|Administration\|	\|b\|contact\|faculty\|res\|		Lisa Blansett	Assistant Professor in Residence Associate Director First-Year English	lisa.blansett@uconn.edu	860‑486‑2066
\|Administration\|	\|b\|contact\|faculty\|fem\|lgbq\|nov\|theo\|		Margaret Breen	Professor Regional Campus Change Advisor	margaret.breen@uconn.edu	860‑486‑2873
\|Administration\|	\|comp\|contact\|faculty\|nonf\|		Brenda Brueggemann	Professor Aetna Chair of Writing Director of First-Year Writing Program	brenda.brueggemann@uconn.edu	please email instead
\|Administration\|	\|b\|faculty\|iri\|		Mary Burke	Associate Professor Honors Program Director	mary.burke@uconn.edu	860‑486‑6858
\|Administration\|	\|19a\|c\|comp\|contact\|director\|faculty\|		Jason Courtmanche	Assistant Professor in Residence Director, Connecticut Writing Project	Jason.courtmanche@uconn.edu	860‑486‑5772 (direct)
\|Administration\|	\|adjunct\|contact\|		Ruth Fairbanks	Adjunct Faculty Writing Internship Program Director	ruth.fairbanks@uconn.edu	860‑486‑9017
\|Administration\|	\|20a\|contact\|cw\|director\|eth\|faculty\|lgbt\|nonf\|poe\|wor\|		Sean Forbes	Assistant Professor in Residence Creative Writing Program Director	sean.forbes@uconn.edu	860‑486‑2324
\|Administration\|	\|20a\|contact\|cw\|eth\|faculty\|k-m\|nov\|		Ellen Litman	Associate Professor Associate Director of Creative Writing	ellen.litman@uconn.edu	860‑486‑2111
\|Administration\|	\|19b\|20b\|chi\|faculty\|s2\|		Victoria Ford Smith	Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies	victoria.f.smith@uconn.edu	860‑486‑3959
\|Administration\|	\|19a\|20a\|contact\|eth\|faculty\|t-w\|		Christopher Vials	Associate Professor	christopher.vials@uconn.edu	860‑486‑9033

Administrative Manager

	Name	Title	Email	Phone
\|Administrative Manager\|	\|contact\|staff\|		Melanie Hepburn	Department Administrative Manager	melanie.hepburn@uconn.edu	860‑486‑2169

Staff

	Name	Title	Email	Phone
\|Staff\|	\|staff\|		Peter Carcia	Program Assistant	peter.carcia@uconn.edu
\|Staff\|	\|staff\|		Marjorie Ouimette	First-Year Writing Assistant	margie.ouimette@uconn.edu	860‑486‑2866
\|Staff\|	\|contact\|staff\|		Claire E. Reynolds	Communications Coordinator	claire.reynolds@uconn.edu	(860) 486‑3047
\|Staff\|	\|contact\|staff\|		Mary Udal	Administrative Services Specialist, Graduate Studies	mary.udal@uconn.edu	860‑486‑2329
\|Staff\|	\|contact\|staff\|		Inda Watrous	Undergraduate Academic Advisor	inda.watrous@uconn.edu	860‑486‑2322