Faculty & Staff
Full-time Faculty

Dr. Judith Livingston
Position: Associate Professor / Chair
Office: Arnold Hall 223
Phone: 706-565-1208
Email: livingston_judith@columbusstate.edu
Bio
Ms. Mary Dawson
Position: Lecturer
Office: Arnold Hall 250
Phone: 706-565-1226
Email: dawson_mary@columbusstate.edu

Dr. Allen Gee
Position: Professor of English
Endowed Title: Donald L. Jordan Endowed Professor in Creative Writing
Office: Arnold Hall 256
Phone: 706-565-1231
Email: gee_allen@columbusstate.edu
Bio

Dr. Courtney George
Position: Associate Professor
Office: Arnold Hall 243
Phone: 706-565-1202
Email: george_courtney2@columbusstate.edu
Bio

Dr. Rebecca Gerdes McClain
Position: Director of First-Year Composition / Assistant Professor of English
Office: Arnold Hall 222
Phone: 706-565-1217
Email: gerdesmcclain_rebecca@columbusstate.edu
Personal Website Bio

Dr. Shannon Godlove
Position: Associate Professor
Office: Arnold Hall 246
Phone: 706-565-1203
Email: godlove_shannon@columbusstate.edu
Personal Website Bio
Dr. Leslie Haines
Position: Lecturer
Office: Arnold Hall 232
Phone: 706-565-1201
Email: haines_leslie@columbusstate.edu
Bio

Dr. Susan Hrach
Position: Professor, English and Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Office: Illges Hall 213-A
Phone: 706-565-1204
Email: hrach_susan@columbusstate.edu

Dr. Patrick Jackson
Position: Professor
Office: Arnold Hall 254
Phone: 706-565-1206
Email: jackson_patrick5@columbusstate.edu
Bio

Dr. Seon Jeon
Position: Professor
Office: Arnold Hall 231
Phone: 706-565-1207
Email: jeon_kyongseon@columbusstate.edu
Bio
Mr. Christopher Matthews
Position: Lecturer
Office: Arnold Hall 233
Phone: 706-565-1211
Email: matthews_christopher@columbusstate.edu
Bio

Dr. Joseph McCallus
Position: Professor
Office: Arnold Hall 242
Phone: 706-565-1209
Email: mccallus_joseph@columbusstate.edu
Bio

Dr. Pat McHenry
Position: Interim Dean of the College of the Arts
Office: Yancey Center
Phone: 706-507-8960
Email: mchenry_james@columbusstate.edu
Bio

Mr. Joseph Miller
Position: Associate Professor
Office: Arnold Hall 240
Phone: 706-565-1210
Email: miller_joseph1@columbusstate.edu
Personal Website Bio

Dr. Nick Norwood
Position: Professor
Endowed Title: Carson McCullers Director
Office: Arnold Hall 253
Phone: 706-565-1212
Email: norwood_robert@columbusstate.edu
Personal Website Bio

Dr. Jim Owen
Position: Professor
Office: Arnold Hall 227
Phone: 706-565-1213
Email: owen_jim@columbusstate.edu
Bio

Dr. Carolina Pelaez-Morales
Position: Associate Professor of TESOL & Writing
Office: Arnold Hall 244
Phone: 706-565-1214
Email: pelaezmorales_carolina@columbusstate.edu
Personal Website Bio

Dr. Eliot Rendleman
Position: Professor & Associate Dean
Office: Lenoir Hall 301
Phone: 706-569-3439
Email: rendleman_eliot@columbusstate.edu
Bio

Ms. Sundi Rose-Holt
Position: Senior Lecturer
Office: Arnold Hall 247
Phone: 706-565-1216
Email: holt_sundi@columbusstate.edu
Bio

Ms. Natalia Temesgen
Position: Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
Office: Arnold Hall 249
Phone: 706-565-1221
Email: temesgen_natalia@columbusstate.edu
Bio

Dr. Scott Wilkerson
Position: Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
Office: Arnold Hall 245
Phone: 706-565-1219
Email: wilkerson_carey@columbusstate.edu
Bio

Ms. Crystal Woods
Position: Assistant Professor
Office: Arnold Hall 241
Phone: 706-565-1220
Email: woods_crystal@columbusstate.edu
Bio

Dr. Erinn Bentley
Position: Associate Professor of English Education, English Education Program Coordinator
Office: Frank Brown Hall 3311
Phone: 706-507-8513
Email: bentley_erinn@columbusstate.edu
Discipline: English Education
Bio
Part-time Faculty
Ms. Sydney Burke
Position: Lecturer, Online
Office: Unknown
Email: burke_sydney@columbusstate.edu

Dr. Tommie Delaney
Position: Lecturer
Office: RiverPark Campus
Email: delaney_tommie@columbusstate.edu
Personal Website Bio
Mr. Chase Fraley
Position: Lecturer
Office: Arnold Hall 248
Phone: 706-565-1225
Email: fraley_chase@columbusstate.edu

Ms. Cayce Van Horn
Position: Lecturer, Online
Office: Unknown
Email: gordy_cayce@columbusstate.edu
Mr. Jeffery Jackson
Position: Lecturer
Office: Arnold Hall 224
Phone: 706-565-1224
Email: jackson_jeffery2@columbusstate.edu
Ms. Sharon Johnson
Position: Lecturer
Office: Arnold Hall 229
Phone: 706-565-1223
Email: johnson_sharon5@columbusstate.edu
Mr. Charles E.D. Kendrick-Holmes
Position: Lecturer
Office: Arnold Hall 226
Phone: 706-565-1215
Email: kendrickholmes_charlesed@columbusstate.edu
Mr. Nicholas Palombo
Position: Lecturer
Office: Arnold Hall 248
Phone: 706-565-1225
Email: palombo_nicholas@columbusstate.edu
Ms. Lori Pennington
Position: Lecturer
Office: Arnold Hall 230
Phone: 706-565-1222
Email: pennington_lori@columbusstate.edu
Ms. Shelia Purser
Position: Lecturer
Office: Arnold Hall 226
Phone: 706-565-1215
Email: purser_shelia@columbusstate.edu
Mr. Joshua Rigsby
Position: Lecturer
Office: Arnold Hall 228
Phone: 706-565-1218
Email: rigsby_joshua@columbusstate.edu
Staff
Annie Carey
Position: Administrative Assistant
Office: Arnold Hall 220
Phone: 706-565-1200
Email: carey_annie@columbusstate.edu
Discipline: Administrative Assistant