Faculty and Staff
ENGLISH AND PHILOSOPHY PROGRAM
P. O. Box 9671, Baton Rouge, LA 70813-2023
225-771-2870
MR. JESUS AVILA
Instructor & Writing Den Coordinator
2026 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-3770 | jesus.avila@sus.edu
MR. DERRICK BARROW
Instructor
2035 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-3944 | derrick.barrow@sus.edu
DR. CYNTHIA DOWNING BRYANT
Dean, College of Humanities & Interdisciplinary Studies
122 W. W. Stewart Hall | 225-771-5260 | cynthia.bryant@sus.edu
DR. MARY CARRUTH
Associate Professor
2050 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-5398 | mary.carruth@sus.edu
DR. MARY CLINKENBEARD
Assistant Professor
2039 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-2147 | mary.clinkenbeard@sus.edu
MS. EMILY COGBURN
Instructor
2032 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-5762 | emily.cogburn@sus.edu
MS. JEAN CREDIT-LEWIS
Instructor
jean_credit@subr.edu | jean.credit@sus.edu
MS. TIFFANY DAVIS
Instructor
2034 T.H. Harris Hall | tiffany.davis03@sus.edu
DR. OTIS P. ELLIOTT
Instructor
2035 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-3944 | otis.elliott@sus.edu
DR. MARIE FRILOT
Instructor
2026 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-3753 | donna.frilot@sus.edu
MR. LUCAS GASSEN
Instructor
DR. J. EDWARD HACKETT
Assistant Professor
2044 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-2341 | james.hackett@sus.edu
MS. SHERRETA HARRISON
Instructor
2030 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-3073 | sherreta.harrison@sus.edu
MR. GRANT HELLER
Instructor
2007 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-3682 | grant.heller@sus.edu
DR. VONSHA HENDERSON
Associate Professor
2047 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-3620
vonsha_henderson@subr.edu | vonsha.henderson@sus.edu
DR. CHRISTINA JEN (BIO)
Assistant Professor
2049 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-4281 | christina.jen@sus.edu
DR. RASHEEDAH JENKINS
Associate Professor & Interim Chair
2040 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-2431 | rasheedah.jenkins@sus.edu
MS. DYLAN KRIEGER
Instructor
2036 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-4280 | dylan.krieger@sus.edu
DR. SARAH LADOW
Instructor
2027 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-6218 | sarah.ladow@sus.edu
MR. GIAN MCCANN
Instructor
2036 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-3802 | gian.mccann@sus.edu
MS. MADYSEN NORRA
Instructor
2032 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-3627 | madysen.norra@sus.edu
DR. JENNIFER PAGE
Instructor
DR. SUMITA ROY
Associate Professor
2029 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-3636
sumita_roy@subr.edu | sumita.roy@sus.edu
DR. ERIN SCOTT
Instructor
DR. TAYLOR SCOTT
Assistant Professor
2051 T. H. Harris Hall | 225-771-4268 | taylor.scott@sus.edu
DR. DON SHIPLEY
Instructor
2027 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-3730 | don.shipley@sus.edu
DR. CAITLIN SIMMONS
Assistant Professor
2046 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-4153 | caitlin.simmons@sus.edu
MR. JOHN SMITH
Instructor
MR. WILLIE SONIAT
Instructor
2030 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-0070 | willie.soniat@sus.edu
MS. TOI WILLIAMS
Instructor
2035 T.H. Harris Hall | toi-whitney.willi@sus.edu
MS. ANNA WOODARD
Instructor
2034 T.H. Harris Hall | 225-771-3716 | anna.woodard@sus.edu
IN MEMORIAM
DR. APRIL TOADVINE
Associate Professor of English
Dr. Toadvine was a respected professor and scholar who served as Interim Chair of the Department of English & Philosophy from Fall 2023 to Fall 2025. We honor her memory and dedication to her students, her colleagues, and the life of the department.