General Education English Program
General Education English Administrators
Director
Dr. Christopher Weedman has nearly 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 literature, film, and 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-four years. 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. Her teaching awards include English Department FTT of the Year (2018), John T. Bragg, Sr. Distinguished Service Award (2019), and Outstanding Teacher of the Year (2022). 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.
Kylie Petrovich is an English Ph.D. candidate at Middle Tennessee State University. She received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Full Sail University, and a Master of Arts in English from Belmont University. Ms. Petrovich specializes in modern American literature, popular culture, and critical theory. She also enjoys creative writing and maintains an avid interest in psychology.
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General Education English Director:
Dr. Christopher Weedman
Peck Hall 324
(615) 898-2579