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Adviser Hours

For questions about the Composition (English 1010 and 1012) program, please e-mail:

• Karl T. Steel, Director
• Esther Ritiau, Program Administrator

For questions about the English major (English, English Teacher, History and Literature, Creative Writing, Comparative Literature, English Minor, Linguistics Minor, Creative Writing Minor, English Concentration), please e-mail the following professors:

• Roni Natov, Majors' Counselor
• Elaine Brooks, Deputy Chair
• James Davis, Evening Undergraduate Deputy
• Jonathan Nissenbaum, Director of Linguistics

For questions about the graduate programs (M.A., M.F.A., M.A.T.), please e-mail:

• Geoffrey Minter
• Bonnie Harris, M.F.A. Program Administrator

For general English Department office questions, please e-mail:

• Corinne Amato
• Chris Ortiz
• Mila Yusufova

For questions about English as a Second Language (ESL), please e-mail:

• Florence Valentino

Advisers

Elaine Brooks

• Tuesdays, 10–11 a.m., 2:30–4:30 p.m.
• Wednesdays. 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
• Thursdays 10-11 a.m., 1:30–3:30 p.m.
• To schedule a phone or Zoom appointment, e-mail directly or call 718.951.5195, with name, phone, EMPLID, preferred e-mail, and preferred method of communication, along with date and time you'd like to meet.
  • Zoom has a waiting room feature, so please be patient when you have your appointment, I am probably finishing with another student.
• If you are looking for a section of English 1010, please be aware that any section with an "F" in its name (e.g., ENGL. 1010 8MF) is exclusively for first-term freshman.
• Any section with an H is for Honors College Students.
• Any section with a Q is for SEEK students, and BCA and STR classes are for early-college high school students.

James Davis

• Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2–4:30 p.m.
• Wednesdays, 2–6 p.m.
• https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5110687626
  Meeting ID: 511 068 7626
  Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kd3wGyaahq

Bonnie Harris

• Mondays-Thursdays, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
• Via e-mail

Geoffrey Minter

• Mondays, 4-7 p.m.
• Tuesdays, 5-6 p.m.
• Wednesdays, 4-7 p.m.
• Thursdays, 12:30-2 p.m., 3:30-5 p.m.
• https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89485381241?pwd=WitlZGoyQUc0c1duRDAvQVRnZjdKQT09
  Meeting ID: 894 8538 1241
  Passcode: bc21
  Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kd3wGyaahq

Martha Nadell

• Mondays, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
• Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
• Please email for Zoom information

Esther Ritiau

• Mondays and Wednesdays, Noon–5 p.m.
• Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1–6 p.m.
• Via e-mail

Ellen Tremper, Chair

• Thursdays, 3–4 p.m.
• Via e-mail

Additional Advisers Via E-mail

• Mondays, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
• Tuesdays, 12:30–5:30 p.m.
• Wednesdays, 2–5 p.m.
• Thursdays, 12:30–5:30 p.m.
• Roni Natov