English Faculty and Staff Dr. Jay Self English Department Chair selfjw@truman.edu (660) 785-7295 Fall 2026 Office Hours: MWF 1:30p-2:30p; TR 2p-3p; and by appointment. Personal Pronouns: he/him William Murphy Secretary - English wmurphy@truman.edu (660) 785-7295 Fall 2026 office hours MTWR: 8:15 - 11:30 AM, 12:45 - 4:00 PM Fri. 8:15 - 11:30 AM, 12:45 - 3:30 PM Dr. Hena Ahmad Professor of English hahmad@truman.edu (660) 785-6017 Office Hours: M 1:30-3:00; W 2:30-3:00; F 1:30-3:30; TR 4:30-5:00, & by appointment. Virtual Office Hours on Zoom: MTWRF 7-8 PM (by appointment). Personal Pronouns: she, her, hers Dr. Ben Batzer Assistant Professor of English Education/GTRA Supervisor bbatzer@truman.edu (660) 785-5679 Summer 2026 Office Hours: By appointment. Personal Pronouns: he/him Linda Bindner Instructor in English lindab@truman.edu (660) 785-7295 Fall 2026 office hours Available by Zoom or email. Kelly Budruweit kbudru@truman.edu (660) 785-7295 Fall 2026 office hours: MTR 1:30 - 2:30 PM Personal Pronouns: she/hers Dr. James D'Agostino Professor of English dagostino@truman.edu (660) 785-7295 Personal Pronouns: He/Him Dr. Rebecca Dierking Professor of English Education rdierking@truman.edu (660) 785-7295 Fall 2026 Office Hours: By appointment. Personal Pronouns: she/her Dr. Nicole Hagstrom Schmidt Assistant Professor nschmidt@truman.edu (660) 785-4288 Personal Pronouns: she/her/hers Rainer Hamilton rhamilton@truman.edu Dr. Brian Heston Assistant Professor of English bheston@truman.edu (660) 785-7295 Personal Pronouns: He/Him LJ Johnson ljjohnson@truman.edu Elizabeth Keeley ekeeley@truman.edu (660) 785-7295 Rachel Kempf Assistant Professor of English & Creative Writing rkempf@truman.edu (660) 785-7295 Fall 2026 office hours: MWF 9:30-10:20 a.m. Personal Pronouns: she/her David Leaton Instructor in English/Writing Center Director dleaton@truman.edu (660) 785-4484 Cassie Lowen clowen@truman.edu Dr. Abby Manzella Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing amanzella@truman.edu (660) 785-7108 Fall 2026 TU 1:20-2:20PM and by appt. Jennifer McCauley jmccauley@truman.edu Nolan Meara nmeara@truman.edu Dr. Bob Mielke Professor of English bmielke@truman.edu (660) 785-4122 Personal Pronouns: he/him Dr. Sarah Mohler Associate Professor of English/Director of Graduate Studies sbmohler@truman.edu (660) 785-7295 Personal Pronouns: she, her, hers Sedona Sayers ssayers@truman.edu (660) 785-7295 Fall 2026 office hours Wed. 12:00 - 2:00pm over Zoom Dr. Jay Self Chair, English Department, Professor of Communication selfjw@truman.edu (660) 785-7295 Fall 2026 Office Hours: MWF 1:30p-2:30p; TR 2p-3p; and by appointment. Personal Pronouns: he/him Kate Speak kspeak@truman.edu (660) 785-7295 Laney Wohlschlaeger lwohlschlaeger@truman.edu Fall 2026 office hours Mon. 9:30 - 10:20am Tues. 12:00 - 1:10pm