Faculty & Staff
WCSU students in Barcelona in 2018
Full-Time WLC Faculty
Galina Bakhtiarova, Ph.D.
Professor, Spanish, and Chairperson
Office: Higgins Hall, Room 218B, Midtown Campus
Office Hours:
On campus and online meetings via: https://us.bbcollab.com/collab/ui/session/guest/8bdf6569f89f48179038244966ee20ca
Tuesday: 2:00 pm – 4:00pm
Wednesday: 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Friday: 10am-11am
Phone: (203) 837-8734
Email: bakhtiarg@wcsu.edu
Kelli Custer, Ph.D., (she/her) on leave Fall 2025
Professor, Composition, and Associate Chair
Coordinator of the Writing Center
Email: custerk@wcsu.edu
Phone: 203.837.3941
Stacey Alba Hawkins, Ph.D.
Professor, Spanish
Office: Higgins Hall, Room 218C, Midtown Campus
Office Hours:
Monday 8 – 9am
Tuesday 2:30 – 3:30 pm
Wednesday 5 – 6pm
https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/cb276c6c9d0349a68bed10916c2d955e
Virtual meetings and in person meetings available by appointment.
Send email for an appointment: hawkinsa@wcsu.edu
Phone: (203) 837-8485
Email: Hawkinsa@wcsu.edu
Cameron Phillips, MFA in Creative and Professional Writing
Interim Coordinator, Writing Center
Haas Library, Room 302
181 White St.
Danbury, CT 06810
(203) 837-8728
writingcenter@wcsu.edu
Vittoria S. Rubino, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Composition
Coordinator of Composition
Office: Higgins Hall, 218A
Monday/Thursday 1:30-2:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am-12:30pm
Phone: (203) 837 – 8025
rubinov@wcsu.edu
Part-Time WLC Faculty
Office Hours for Part-Time Faculty Are By Appointment
Language Faculty
Carmen Crisostomo-Lenz, M.A., Spanish
Hamid El Khalfi, Ph.D., Arabic
Ernest Fabrizio-Garcia, M.S., Spanish
Patrizia Farina, A.B.D., Italian
Renate Ludanyi, Ph.D., German
James Matranga, M.A., French
Miriam Oliveira, M.A., Portuguese
Sandra Peña, M.A., Spanish
Miguel Purgatorio, M.A., Spanish
Composition Faculty
Deatra (Dee) Anderson, MA in English, Writing Emphasis
Leah Begg, Ph.D. in English
Brendan Dyer, MFA in Creative and Professional Writing
Sara Flores, MA in English Literature and Museum Studies
Amanda Gallagher, MS in Education
David Griffith, MA in Education Curriculum and Instruction, Bilingual and Special Education
Chet Jordan, Ph.D. in Urban Education
Louis Samuel Nicolosi, Ph.D., English Literature
Ellen O’Donnell, MFA in Creative and Professional Writing
Alice Schuette, MA in Interdisciplinary Studies, Concentration: Writing Arts and Education
Laura Stuart, MFA in Creative Writing
Casey Rudkin, PhD in Composition and Rhetoric
WLC STAFF
Ms. Krista Brooks
Department Secretary
Office:
Higgins Hall – Room 201 (Midtown Campus)
Monday-Friday: 9am – 4pm
Phone: 203-837-9166
Email: brooksk@wcsu.edu