Our Faculty and Staff
Department Office Staff
For more information about any of our degree programs, please contact the Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Cultural Studies, Room 318, Kyser Hall, Phone: 318-357-6272, email: languages@nsula.edu.
Dr. Thomas ReynoldsDepartment Head
Associate Professor of English
Graduate Faculty
Associate Professor of English
Graduate Faculty
Marisa DawsonAdministrative Assistant
Louisiana Folklife Center
Dr. Shane RasmussenProfessor of English
Director of the Louisiana Folklife Center
Director of the annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival
Co-chair of the annual Louisiana Studies Conference
Co-chair of the annual NSU Louisiana High School Essay Contest
General editor of the Louisiana Folklife Journal
Graduate Faculty
Director of the Louisiana Folklife Center
Director of the annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival
Co-chair of the annual Louisiana Studies Conference
Co-chair of the annual NSU Louisiana High School Essay Contest
General editor of the Louisiana Folklife Journal
Graduate Faculty
English Studies Faculty
Dr. Lilly BerberyanAssistant Professor of English, Graduate Faculty
314J Kyser Hall
318-357-6473
berberyanl@nsula.edu
318-357-6473
berberyanl@nsula.edu
Dr. J. Andrew BriseñoAssociate Professor of English
Faculty Advisor for the Brainy Acts Poetry Society
Graduate Faculty
Faculty Advisor for the Brainy Acts Poetry Society
Graduate Faculty
Lisa DavisInstructor of English Education
Dr. Khirsten DoolanInstructor of English
Dr. Jennifer EnochAssistant Professor of English, Writing Program Administrator, Graduate Faculty
Daniel GordyInstructor
Dr. J. Ereck JarvisAssociate Professor of English, Coordinator of Graduate Studies
Krista JenkinsInstructor of English
Dr. Rebecca MacijeskiCreative Writing Program Coordinator, Associate Professor of English
Stephanie MassonInstructor of English
Internship Coordinator
Internship Coordinator
314B Kyser Hall
318-357-4237
massons@nsula.edu
Dr. Sarah E. McFarlandProfessor of English
Graduate Faculty
Graduate Faculty
Dr. Jim MischlerDirector, Institutional Review Board
Coordinator, Graduate Program in TESOL
Associate Professor of English
Graduate Faculty
Coordinator, Graduate Program in TESOL
Associate Professor of English
Graduate Faculty
Shea MontgomeryInstructor
314A Kyser Hall
montgomerys@nsula.edu
montgomerys@nsula.edu
Sadeem El NahhasInstructor
314-C Kyser Hall
nahhass@nsula.edu
nahhass@nsula.edu
Dr. Shane RasmussenProfessor of English
Director of the Louisiana Folklife Center
Director of the annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival
Co-chair of the annual Louisiana Studies Conference
Co-chair of the annual NSU Louisiana High School Essay Contest
General editor of the Louisiana Folklife Journal
Graduate Faculty
Director of the Louisiana Folklife Center
Director of the annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival
Co-chair of the annual Louisiana Studies Conference
Co-chair of the annual NSU Louisiana High School Essay Contest
General editor of the Louisiana Folklife Journal
Graduate Faculty
Dr. Thomas ReynoldsDepartment Head
Associate Professor of English
Graduate Faculty
Associate Professor of English
Graduate Faculty
Dr. Allison RittmayerAssociate Professor of Film Studies and Southern Literature
Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies
Graduate Faculty
Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies
Graduate Faculty
Heather Salter-DrommInstructor of English
Max SheltonInstructor
101C Leesville Campus
(337) 392-3100 ext. 3117
sheltonl@nsula.edu
(337) 392-3100 ext. 3117
sheltonl@nsula.edu
Mariann WilsonInstructor of English
Oona ZbitkovskisInstructor
316D Kyser Hall
oonaz@nsula.edu
oonaz@nsula.edu
Foreign Language Faculty
Jim CrawfordAssistant Professor of Spanish
Christine FerrellInstructor of French and Spanish
Dr. Benjamin S.Y. ForknerDirector, Foreign Language Resource Center, Associate professor of French and Spanish