Faculty and Staff

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; diversity and inclusion

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