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One VCU: Responsible Together
Get information about VCU's phased approach to reopening campus at together.vcu.edu
Hours: On-site office hours are suspended for now; staff will telecommute and be available by email between 8 a.m.–4:30p.m., Monday through Friday.
Phone: 804.828.1331
Fax: 804.828.8684
VCU Department of English
900 Park Avenue, Hibbs Hall, Room 306
Box 842005
Richmond, VA 23284-2005
[Address deliveries to street, building, & room; address mail to box number]
Additional faculty offices, two seminar rooms, and the main Blackbird office are located in Anderson House.
913 W. Franklin St.
Richmond, VA 23284-2005
Chair
Catherine Ingrassia
Hibbs 306 | 804.828.1331
cingrass@vcu.edu
Associate Chair
Sachi Shimomura
Hibbs 306 | 804.828.1331
sshimomura@vcu.edu
Assistant to the Chair
Kelsey Cappiello
Hibbs 306 | 804.827.8305
cappiellokn@vcu.edu
Business and Human Resources Manager
Margret Vopel
Hibbs 306 | 804.827.8308
mschluer@vcu.edu
Office Administrative Assistant
Greg Patterson
Hibbs 306 | 804.828.1331
pattersongb.vcu.edu
Graduate Programs Advisor
Thom Didato
MA in English, MFA in Creative Writing, PhD in Media, Art, and Text
Hibbs 306 | 804.828.1329
tndidato@vcu.edu
Coordinator of Undergraduate Advising
Dale Smith
Hibbs 318 | 804.827.8320
rdsmith@vcu.edu
Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts
Caitlin Wilson
Lead Associate Editor
Anderson House 101A
blackbird@vcu.edu
Technology Coordinator & Senior Online Editor, Blackbird
Michael Keller
Hibbs 317 | 804.827.8317
mkeller@vcu.edu
English Website
For updates or comments regarding English and MATX graduate program web pages, or alumni news, contact
tndidato@vcu.edu
For all other English web-related error reporting, updates, or issues, contact
mkeller@vcu.edu
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Learn more about Blackbird and internship opportunities for students
British Virginia is a VCU-hosted series of scholarly editions of documents touching on the colony. These texts range from the 16th and 17th-century literature of English exploration to the 19th-century writing of loyalists and other Virginians who continued to identify with Great Britain. Editions appear principally in digital form, freely downloadable. [View Image]
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