Department of Rhetoric and Language Faculty

Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty

Genevieve Leung

Professor

(415) 422-6674

Genevieve Leung is the academic director of the Asian Pacific Studies MA program and director of the Asian Pacific American Studies minor. She has a…

Todd Lewis

Adjunct Professor

(415) 422-6862

Todd Lewis has a BA in Speech Communications and an MA in TESOL from San Francisco State University. He has taught AEM in private institutes, City…

Marlene Mahony

Adjunct Professor

(415) 422-5502

Marlene Mahony earned her doctorate degree in International and Multicultural Education, with a double concentration in Human Rights and Linguistics…

Theodore Matula

Professor

(415) 422-5809

Ted Matula earned his PhD in Communication from The Ohio State University, specializing in rhetorical theory and its usefulness in studying popular…

Nicole Mauro

Adjunct Professor

(415) 422-5077

Nicole Mauro earned her BA in Communications Arts in 1992, and her MAW in fiction in 1996, both from USF. After receiving her MFA in poetry from…

Patrick McDonnell

Adjunct Professor

(415) 422-3723

In addition to Speaking and Composition, students in Patrick’s courses are encouraged to explore Digital, Multimodal, and Alternative modes of…

Jake McGoldrick

Adjunct Professor

(415) 422-6862

Jake McGoldrick has a BA in American Studies and an M.A. in English, with a concentration in TESL from San Francisco State University. He has also…

Mark Meritt

Professor

(415) 422-5029

Mark Meritt, Professor of Rhetoric and Language, holds a BA in English from Cornell University, an MA in English from the UC Santa Barbara, and a PhD…

Lynn C. Perkins

Adjunct Professor

(415) 422-6243

Lynn C. Perkins has taught public speaking, composition, and English as a Second Language in higher education since 1990. Midway through her USF…
Virginia Ramos is a Spanish and American poet, and scholar. She earned a PhD in Comparative Literature from Stanford University and is the former…

Emeriti Faculty