Offices & Staff

The Main English Department office is 401 Hall of Languages
The Graduate Office is HL 420.
Normal office hours are Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
The phone numbers are:
(315) 443-9485 (Main Office),
(315) 443-2173 (Undergraduate Program), and
(315) 443-2174 (Graduate Program).
The fax number is (315) 443-3660.
There is a separate page listing the offices and phone numbers of department faculty.
The area code for all phone numbers below is (315)-.

Administrative Assistant
Sandy Parzych, sparzych@syr.edu
401A Hall of Languages, 443-9485

Director of Creative Writing
Christopher Kennedy, ckennedy@syr.edu
420A Hall of Languages, 443-3755

Director of Graduate Studies
Linda Shires, lmshires@syr.edu
420B Hall of Languages, 443-1119

Graduate Coordinator
Terri Zollo, tazollo@syr.edu
420 Hall of Languages, 443-2174

Director of Undergraduate Studies
Claudia Klaver, ccklaver@syr.edu
410 Hall of Languages, 443-9490

Undergraduate Coordinator
Daphne Stowe, dstowe@syr.edu
401 Hall of Languages, 443-2173

ETS Coordinator
Jolynn Parker, jmpark02@syr.edu
405 Hall of Languages, 443-5985

The governing structure of the department is defined by the Plan of Organization and consists of the Chair, the administrative officers as listed above, an elected Agenda Committee, a department Assembly (consisting of all full-time and part-time faculty and elected graduate student representatives), and other standing committees.