Robert Terrill
Associate Chair, English
Katherine Silvester
Director, Composition
- klsilves@iu.edu
Judith Brown
Director, Undergraduate Studies
- jcb@iu.edu
Jesse Molesworth
Director, Graduate Studies
Brando Skyhorse
Director, Creative Writing
- skyhorse@iu.edu
John Arthos
Director, Rhetoric, Writing and Communication
- jarthos@iu.edu
Beverly Hankins
Administrative Assistant, Graduate Program and Career Placement Program
- bhankins@iu.edu
- (812) 855-1543
Bev Hankins serves as the clerical assistant to the directors of graduate studies and the MFA program in creative writing. She assists the directors of admissions during the admissions season and serves as coordinator for all M.A., M.F.A., and Ph.D. application files. She also collects and distributes the graduate course descriptions and coordinates graduate student pre-enrollment. She serves as the initial contact for all current and prospective graduate students regarding departmental requirements and procedures. Beverly provides support to all departmental graduate students, coordinating the graduate student records division and monitoring degree process. She organizes and processes placement dossiers for Ph.D. and M.F.A. graduate students, assisting doctoral candidates and creative writing graduates from the initial preparation of their dossiers to their interviews, convention commitments, and job contracts.
Lisa LaPlante
Department Administrator
Fiscal Officer
- llaplant@iu.edu
- (812) 855-8226
Lisa LaPlante provides operational and administrative services to the chair, associate chair, graduate, undergraduate, composition and creative writing directors as well as to full-time, part-time and associate instructors. She serves as the human resource liaison and source of information regarding campus policies. Lisa is the fiscal officer for budgetary issues for all IU and IU Foundation accounts in the department.
Claire Mahave
- cmahave@iu.edu
- Ballantine Hall 404
Department of English Academic Advisor. Want to make an appointment? Please use the Student Appointment Scheduler (SAS) accessible through one.iu.edu.
Robin Nokes
Administrative Assistant, Undergraduate Studies
- mrnokes@iu.edu
- (812) 855-1359
Robin Nokes provides administrative assistance for the Undergraduate Studies Program. Robin is also the department's event specialist, travel coordinator, and first point of contact for purchasing-related questions.
Joshua J. Sutcliffe
Manager of Academic Operations
- jjsutcli@indiana.edu
- 812-856-4339
Josh Sutcliffe provides administrative support for the Composition and Basic Writing Program. Josh also manages course scheduling for the department.
Daniel Wallace
Assistant to the Chair
- dpwallac@iu.edu
- (812) 855-6074
- Ballantine 444
Daniel Wallace is the Assistant to the Chair of the English department. Daniel is also the department's contact for donor relations.
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