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The Villanova English department offers several kinds of advisors:

  • Academic advisors, faculty who guide you through your academic career and can help you with your future plans.
  • Peer Advisors, current English majors who can use their experience to give you suggestions and opinions. To read more about individual peer advisors, click here.
  • Specialized advisors, faculty who can give you help in areas such as careers in business, careers in law, and graduate school.

Academic Advisors

Chiji Akoma chiji.akoma@villanova.edu(610) 519-6967
Associate Professor
Earl Bader, Ph.D.earl.bader@villanova.edu(610) 519-4652
Assistant Professor
Michael Berthold michael.berthold@villanova.edu(610) 519-4630
Associate Professor
Ellen Bondsellen.bonds@villanova.edu(610) 519-4657
Assistant Professor
Cristina Maria Cervone cristina.cervone@villanova.edu(610) 519-8091
Assistant Professor
Charles Cherrycharles.cherry@villanova.edu(610) 519-4630
Professor
Alice Daileyalice.dailey@villanova.edu(610) 519-4656
Assistant Professor
Heather Hicksheather.hicks@villanova.edu(610) 519-4645
Associate Professor; Director, Graduate Studies in English
Karyn Holliskaryn.hollis@villanova.edu(610) 519-7872
Associate Professor
Director, Concentration in Writing and Rhetoric
James Kirschkejames.kirschke@villanova.edu(610) 519-7330
Professor
Crystal J. Lucky crystal.lucky@villanova.edu(610) 519-7824
Associate Professor of English and Director, Africana Studies Program
Hugh Ormsby-Lennonhugh.ormsby-lennon@villanova.edu(610) 519-4655
Associate Professor of English
Jean Lutesjean.lutes@villanova.edu(610) 519-6518
Associate Professor
Evan Radcliffe, Ph.D. evan.radcliffe@villanova.edu(610) 519-4648
Associate Professor
Chair, Department of English
Jill Rappoportjill.rappoport@villanova.edu(610) 519-3055
Assistant Professor
Lisa Sewelllisa.sewell@villanova.edu(610) 519-4646
Associate Professor
Director of Programming, Women's Studies
Lauren Shohetlauren.shohet@villanova.edu(610) 519-6966
Associate Professor
Deborah Thomasdeborah.thomas@villanova.edu(610) 519-4799
Professor

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Specialized Advisors

The department’s advisor for careers in business is Professor Charles Cherry, who has extensive experience consulting with businesses.

The department’s advisor for law school applications is Professor Karen Graziano, who has a law degree. She can review your applications as well as give you advice. See also Prof. Graziano’s extensive set of webpages for Villanova’s Law School Advising Program.

The department’s advisor for graduate school applications is Professor Cristina Maria Cervone. If you are thinking about going on to graduate school in literature, you should speak to her early. She can help you plan a suitable program of courses to prepare you for graduate study. Later, she can also help you in deciding where, when, and how to apply.

See also the Careers page for more discussion about following any of these careers.

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