General Education English Administrators

Director

Dr. Christopher Weedman has twenty years of experience teaching film studies, literature, and first-year writing courses at the university level. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in film studies at MTSU, he regularly teaches an ENGL 2020 special topics course on British film and popular culture of “The Swinging Sixties” as part of the General Education English curriculum. Dr. Weedman is co-editor of the scholarly collections Adult Themes: British Cinema and the X Certificate in the Long 1960s (Bloomsbury, 2023) and Liminal Noir in Classical World Cinema (Edinburgh University Press, 2023). His scholarship has also appeared in such journals as Film International, Jewish Film and New Media, Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, Quarterly Review of Film and Video, and Senses of Cinema, as well as multiple edited collections. You can find additional information about Dr. Weedman on his English Department faculty profile.

Program Coordinator

Alyson Muenzer Lynn has been teaching sections of ENGL 1010, 1020, and 2030 at MTSU for twenty-six years, and starting in Fall 2025, she will teach Honors courses. Her experiences have shown her that teaching is not a one-size-fits-all endeavor, for students are diverse in every way imaginable. And, every single student deserves a voice! Alyson’s teaching awards include Phi Kappa Phi Influential Faculty (2024, 2021, 2020, and 2013), Outstanding Teacher of the Year (2022), John T. Bragg, Sr. Distinguished Service Award (2019), and English Department FTT of the Year (2018). Aside from course instruction, Alyson frequently mentors GTAs, assists in the planning of important department events, and conducts yearly observations for the department’s Dual Enrollment instructors. As Gen Ed English Program Coordinator, Alyson looks forward to further serving her department, her students, and the rest of her MTSU community.

Program Assistants

Emiliya Mailyan is an English Ph.D. student and graduate teaching assistant at MTSU. She earned her B.A. in Spanish and B.S. in Global Studies from MTSU in 2017, going on to receive an M.A. in English from Belmont University in 2020. Her areas of scholarly interest include cultural rhetorics, diaspora studies, food culture, documentary poetics, and multigenre creative writing. She has served as the archivist of MTSU’s English Graduate Student Organization, and she also has six years of experience working as a professional writing tutor at the university level. Emiliya is dedicated to helping both new and returning graduate students and faculty feel confident as they navigate their teaching and scholarly journeys.

Lalonie McCarter is an English Ph.D. student and graduate teaching assistant at MTSU. She is new to the team, but eager to help you with any Gen Ed English Program resources, needs, or questions you might have. Lalonie enjoys exploring new approaches to teaching composition and is always happy to brainstorm about activities and project ideas. Pop in the office to say hello, and see pictures of her cat or talk about the development of fairytales!