Literature Faculty
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Serena Blount
Senior Instructor
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies
(205) 348-0414
bloun002@ua.edu
![Lauren Cardon](https://literature.english.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Lauren-Cardon.jpg)
Lauren Cardon
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
(205) 348-5065
lauren.s.cardon@ua.edu
![Natalie Loper](https://literature.english.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ENG-Natalie-Loper.jpg)
Natalie Loper
Senior Instructor
Associate Director, First-Year Writing Program
(205) 348-1763
nloper@ua.edu
![Michelle Dowd](https://literature.english.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ENG-Michelle-M.-Dowd.jpg)
Michelle Dowd
Hudson Strode Professor of English
Director, Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies
(205) 348-6538
mmdowd1@ua.edu
![Tricia McElroy](https://literature.english.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Dr.-Tricia-A.-McElroy.jpg)
Tricia McElroy
Associate Professor
Associate Dean, Humanities & Fine Arts
(205) 348-7007
tmcelroy@ua.edu
![Albert Pionke](https://literature.english.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Albert-Pionke.jpg)
Albert Pionke
William and Margaret Going Endowed Professor of English
Assistant Dean for General Education
(205) 348-8497
apionke@ua.edu
![Cassander Smith](https://literature.english.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ENG-Cassie-Smith.jpg)
Cassander Smith
Associate Professor
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Honors College
(205) 348-8523
clsmith17@ua.edu