Libby Nutt Williams
Phone: (240) 895-4467
Email: enwilliams@smcm.edu

Dr. Libby Nutt Williams
Dean of the Core Curriculum and First Year Experience

Ruth Feingold
Phone: (240) 895-3153
Email: rpfeingold@smcm.edu

Dr. Ruth P. Feingold
Assistant Dean of the Core Curriculum and Academic Advising

Dr. Feingold is a Professor of English, and also a member of the Asian Studies and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies faculty. She came to  St. Mary's in 1999. She teaches courses in postcolonial and contemporary British literature, as well as a first year seminar entitled "Why Don't You Just Grow Up?!," focusing on coming-of-age novels and films. She has previously served as chair of the Department of English and Coordinator of the Women, Gender, & Sexuality cross-disciplinary study area.

Andrew Cognard-Black
Phone: (240) 895-2213
Email: ajcognardblack@smcm.edu

Dr. Andrew J. Cognard-Black
Liberal Arts Associate and Adjunct Assistant Professor of the Liberal Arts

Dr. Cognard-Black joined the faculty at St. Mary's in 2003, where he has taught courses in social statistics, social stratification, gender, family, and work, as well as introductory courses in both sociology and English composition. Primarily trained as a sociologist (Ph.D., M.A., Ohio State University), Cognard-Black also has a master's degrees in English language and literature from Iowa State University. He has served continuously for the past ten years on the editorial staff for the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, and he has been involved in one way or another in writing across the curriculum for the past decade. In his role as a liberal arts associate, he is responsible for supporting faculty in the teaching of the four fundamental liberal arts skills, especially as related to the First Year Seminars. He also supports writing activities across the curriculum. He has taught a First Year Seminar on A World of Work.

Brandi Stanton
Phone: (240) 895-2214
Email: bstanton@smcm.edu

Dr. Brandi Stanton
Liberal Arts Associate and Adjunct Assistant Professor of the Liberal Arts

Dr. Stanton received her BA from Stanford University, and her MA and PhD in English from Indiana University. She came to the college as a Visiting Instructor of English in 2007, before joining the Core. Her teaching interests include 20th and 21st century American poetry and fiction, postmodernism, hybrid genres, feminist theory, and composition. In her role as a liberal arts associate, she is responsible for supporting faculty in the teaching of the four fundamental liberal arts skills, especially as related to the First Year Seminars. She also supports writing activities across the curriculum. She has taught a First Year Seminar called "Totally Awesome" American Literature of the 1980s.