Jennie Ariail, PhD
Professor Emerita
Interests: teaching adult learners; role of affect in writing and learning; preparing students for certifying/national board exams; writing instruction; scientific and technical communication
Ph: 843-792-4017
Fax: 843-792-9179
ariailjc@musc.edu
Tom G. Smith, PhD
Executive Director, Professor
Interests: science and technical writing; high-stakes certifying and board exams; genre studies; writing and interprofessional identity; composition; rhetoric; writing and healing; health education specialist role
Ph: 843-792-2790
Fax: 843-792-9179
smithtg@musc.edu
Lisa Kerr, PhD
Professor
Director, MUSC Office of Humanities
Interests: health humanities; narrative medicine; writing and health; literature and medicine; patients as educators
Ph: (843) 792-2386
kerli@musc.edu
R.J. Lambert, PhD
Associate Professor
Interests: risk communication and crisis response; health communication; medical rhetoric; grant writing; medical humanities; digital pedagogies
Ph: (843) 792-3474
lamberro@musc.edu
Kasey Larson, MA
Instructor
Supplemental Instruction Director
Interests: Learning strategy development for future health professionals; (Near) peer-to-peer learning; Generative AI for education; English for health professionals; Professional development in health education
Ph: (843) 792-9024
larsokas@musc.edu
Michelle Cohen, PhD
Associate Professor
Interests: writing pedagogy; multimodal composition; visual rhetoric & design; writing style; writing center theory
Ph: 843-792-2326
cohenmi@musc.edu
John D. Dinolfo, PhD
Assistant Professor
Interests: Scientific writing and communication; health communication; multimodal teaching and learning; distance learning; narrative and poetry in the health humanities
Ph: 843-792-6390
dinolfo@musc.edu
Christy Huggins
Business Manager and Administrative Coordinator
Ph: 843-792-6390
hugginsc@musc.edu
Tara Edwards
Program Coordinator/Data & Operations Specialist
Ph: 843-792-8071
edwardsh@musc.edu
