The list below provides contact information for the Department of Rhetoric and Writing’s full-time faculty members. In addition to full-time faculty, some of our courses are also taught by lecturers and graduate student teachers.
The Department of Rhetoric and Writing
2801 South University SH 603, Little Rock, AR, 72204
Chair: Joyce Locke Carter, PhD
Email: jlcarter@ualr.edu
Main Office: (501) 916-6453
Email: write@ualr.edu
Full-Time Faculty Members
Melvin Beavers, EdD
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Office: SH 603-O
(501) 916-6451 (RHET)
(501) 916-5697 (DEI)
Susan Bowling, MEd
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Academic Instruction Coordinator
Office: SH 603 G
(501) 916-6452
Joyce Carter, PhD
University of Texas
Department Chair
Office: SH 603-P
(501) 916-6453
Earnest Cox, PhD
Texas Christian University
Director, University Writing Center
Office: LIB 106 D
(501) 916-6454
Greg Graham, MA
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Director, Little Rock Writing Project
Office: SH 603-C
(501) 916-6455

Heidi Harris, PhD
Ball State University
Graduate Coordinator
Office: SH 603-A
(501) 916-6463

Karen Kuralt, PhD
Purdue University
Associate Dean, Graduate School
Office: LIB 501D
(501) 916-6214
Joanne Liebman Matson, PhD, JD
University of Minnesota
Office: SH 603-D
(501) 916-6459
Cynthia Nahrwold, PhD
New Mexico State University
Office: SH 603-B
(501) 916-6460
canahrwold@ualr.edu
Brian Ray, PhD
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Office: SH 603-J
(501) 916-6461
Tammy Scaife, MA
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Director of Composition
Office: SH 603-N
(501) 916-6462
Joseph J. Williams, PhD
Syracuse University
Office: SH 603-K
(501) 916-6464