People

Full & Part time Lecturers
		Fields of Interest
Felisa Baynes-Ross	Lecturer in English	Drama, Expository Writing, Literature & Theology, Middle English, Poetry
James Berger	Senior Lecturer in American Studies and in English	American, Contemporary Literature, Environmental Writing, Literary Theory, Poetics, Poetry, Poetry Writing, Science Writing, Theory, Twentieth Century
Marie-Helene Bertino	Ritvo-Slifka Writer-in-Residence and Lecturer in English	Children's Literature, Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Film, Literary Theory, Literature & Music, Non-fiction Prose, Novel, Poetry, Science Fiction
Kate Bolick	Lecturer in English	Aesthetics, African-American, American, Asian-American, Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Early Modern, Expository Writing, Feminist Theory, Gender & Sexuality, History of Literary Criticism, Journalism, Nineteenth-Century, Non-fiction Prose, Twentieth Century, Victorian
Steven Brill	Lecturer in English, Lecturer in Journalism	Journalism
Leslie Brisman	Karl Young Emeritus Professor of English & Senior Lecturer	Early Modern, Poetry, Romanticism, Victorian
Alan Burdick	Lecturer in English
Lincoln Caplan	Lecturer in English, Tutor Writing Center	Journalism
Danielle Chapman	Lecturer in English	Creative Writing, Poetry, Poetry Writing
Peter Cole	Horace W. Goldsmith Senior Lecturer in Judaic Studies, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature	Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Literature & Music, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Visual Arts, Middle English, Poetics, Poetry, Poetry Writing, Translation
Alison Coleman	Director Special Projects, Lecturer in English	Creative Writing, Expository Writing, Fiction Writing, Journalism, Pedagogy, Translation
Michael Cunningham	Professor in the Practice, Creative Writing	Creative Writing
Richard Deming	Senior Lecturer in English, Director of Creative Writing	Creative Writing
Natalie Diaz	Rosenkranz Writer-in-Residence Visiting Professor	Creative Writing
Susan Dominus	Lecturer in English	Creative Writing, Journalism, Non-fiction Prose
Seamus Dwyer	Lecturer in English
Andrew Ehrgood	Lecturer in English, Course Director English 121 [On Leave 24-25]
Craig Eklund	Lecturer in English	American, Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Early Modern, Expository Writing, Fiction Writing, Literary Theory, Literature & Philosophy, Novel, Twentieth Century
Greg Ellermann	Lecturer in English	Literary Theory, Literature & Philosophy, Poetics, Romanticism
Randi Epstein	Lecturer in English	Environmental Writing, Gender & Sexuality, Journalism, Literature & Science, Medical Writing, Twentieth Century
Charles Euchner	Lecturer in English	American, Creative Writing, Expository Writing, Journalism, Non-fiction Prose
Amity Gaige	Lecturer in English	Creative Writing, Fiction Writing
Joseph Gordon	Lecturer in English - Retired	American, Contemporary Literature, Expository Writing, Gender & Sexuality, Modern British, Novel, Twentieth Century, World Anglophone
Derek Green	Lecturer in English, Creative Writing	Creative Writing, Fiction Writing
Jake Halpern	Lecturer in English, Creative Writing	Drama, Journalism, Media Studies, Non-fiction Prose
Jack Hanson	Lecturer in English	History of Literary Criticism, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Science, Literature & Theology, Non-fiction Prose
Christopher Hawthorne	Senior Critic & Lecturer in English	Aesthetics, Creative Writing, Film, Journalism, Media Studies, Media Theory, Theory
Sam Huber	Lecturer in English	African-American, American, Contemporary Literature, Feminist Theory, Gender & Sexuality, Poetry, Twentieth Century
Rona Johnston Gordon	Lecturer in English
Rosemary Jones	Lecturer in English, Tutor Writing Center
Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah	Lecturer in English	Creative Writing
Rachel Kauder Nalebuff	Lecturer in English	Creative Writing, Drama, Expository Writing, Feminist Theory, Medical Writing, Non-fiction Prose, Performing Arts
Heather Klemann	Senior Lecturer in English, Course Director English 114	Children's Literature, Eighteenth-Century, Expository Writing, Gender & Sexuality, Novel, Romanticism
Verlyn Klinkenborg	Lecturer in English, Lecturer in Forestry and Environmental Studies	Creative Writing, Environmental Writing
Timothy Kreiner	Lecturer in English, Course Director English 115	African-American, American, Contemporary Literature, Feminist Theory, Poetics, Poetry, Theory
Christopher McGowan	Lecturer in English	Colonial & Postcolonial, Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Modern British, Nineteenth-Century, Non-fiction Prose, Novel, Twentieth Century, Victorian, World Anglophone
Maggie Millner	Lecturer in English, Lecturer in Journalism
Carol Tell Morse	Lecturer in English	Children's Literature, Creative Writing, Expository Writing, Non-fiction Prose, Poetry, Poetry Writing
Pamela Newton	Lecturer in English	African-American, Drama, Expository Writing, Journalism, Non-fiction Prose, Novel, Pedagogy
Meghan O'Rourke	Editor of the Yale Review, Professor in the Practice, English and Creative Writing	Poetry, Poetry Writing
Brian Price	Lecturer in English	American, Creative Writing, Drama, Fiction Writing, Film, Literary Theory, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Media Theory, Performing Arts, Science Fiction
Barbara Riley	Lecturer in English, Residential College Writing Tutor - Timothy Dwight College
Timothy Robinson	Lecturer in English, Lecturer in Classics	Drama, Poetics, Poetry
Adam Sexton	Lecturer in English; Course Director, English 121; Critic in the School of Art	Creative Writing, Expository Writing, Fiction Writing, Non-fiction Prose
Kim Shirkhani	Lecturer in English, Course Director 120	Creative Writing, Modern British, Non-fiction Prose, Novel, Theory
Steven Shoemaker	Lecturer in English	American, Contemporary Literature, Expository Writing, Film, Literary Theory, Literature & Ecology, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Science, Pedagogy, Poetics, Poetry, Science Fiction, Twentieth Century
Emily Skillings	Lecturer in English	Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Drama, Environmental Writing, Fiction Writing, Literature & Visual Arts, Non-fiction Prose, Poetry, Poetry Writing
R Clifton Spargo	Lecturer in English	Aesthetics, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Literature & Music, Literature & Philosophy, Non-fiction Prose, Novel, Poetics
Margaret Spillane	Lecturer in English	Creative Writing, Drama, Journalism, Literature & Visual Arts, Performing Arts, World Anglophone
Sarah Stillman	Lecturer in English	Expository Writing, Journalism, Non-fiction Prose
Jennifer Stock	Lecturer in English	Creative Writing, Non-fiction Prose
James Surowiecki	Lecturer in English	Journalism
Nafeesa Syeed	Lecturer in English & Associate Research Scholar	Colonial & Postcolonial, Creative Writing, Gender & Sexuality, Journalism, Non-fiction Prose
Rasheed Tazudeen	Lecturer in English	Aesthetics, African-American, Colonial & Postcolonial, Expository Writing, Literary Theory, Literature & Ecology, Literature & Music, Modern British, Nineteenth-Century, Novel, Pedagogy, World Anglophone
Aaron Tracy	Lecturer in English	Creative Writing, Digital Humanities, Drama, Film, Journalism, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Media Theory, Performing Arts, Twentieth Century
Sophia Veltfort	Associate Research Scholar & Lecturer in English	Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Literary Theory, Novel, Twentieth Century
Seth Walls	Lecturer in English	Aesthetics, African-American, American, Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Drama, Early Modern, Expository Writing, Fiction Writing, Film, History of Literary Criticism, Journalism, Literature & Music, Media Studies, Non-fiction Prose, Novel, Performing Arts, Poetics, Science Fiction, Twentieth Century
Ryan Wepler	Lecturer in English	American, Contemporary Literature, Pedagogy, Twentieth Century
Christian Wiman	Lecturer in English
Cynthia Zarin	Senior Lecturer in English, Writing Concentration Coordinator	Children's Literature, Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Drama, Environmental Writing, Fiction Writing, Film, Journalism, Literature & Music, Literature & Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Poetics
Carl Zimmer	Professor (Adjunct) of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Lecturer in English	Creative Writing, Environmental Writing, Expository Writing, Journalism, Medical Writing, Non-fiction Prose, Science Writing

Professors in the Practice
		Fields of Interest
Alison Bechdel	Professor in the Practice, English and Film & Media Studies	Children's Literature, Creative Writing, Feminist Theory, Gender & Sexuality, History of the Book, Non-fiction Prose
Michael Cunningham	Professor in the Practice, Creative Writing	Creative Writing
Anne Fadiman	Francis Writer in Residence; Professor in the Practice, Creative Writing	Creative Writing, Journalism, Non-fiction Prose
Donald Margulies	Professor in the Practice, English and Theater Studies	Creative Writing
Meghan O'Rourke	Editor of the Yale Review, Professor in the Practice, English and Creative Writing	Poetry, Poetry Writing

Adjunct Professors and Senior Lecturers
		Fields of Interest
James Berger	Senior Lecturer in American Studies and in English	American, Contemporary Literature, Environmental Writing, Literary Theory, Poetics, Poetry, Poetry Writing, Science Writing, Theory, Twentieth Century
Leslie Brisman	Karl Young Emeritus Professor of English & Senior Lecturer	Early Modern, Poetry, Romanticism, Victorian
Peter Cole	Horace W. Goldsmith Senior Lecturer in Judaic Studies, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature	Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Literature & Music, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Visual Arts, Middle English, Poetics, Poetry, Poetry Writing, Translation
Richard Deming	Senior Lecturer in English, Director of Creative Writing	Creative Writing
Anne Fadiman	Francis Writer in Residence; Professor in the Practice, Creative Writing	Creative Writing, Journalism, Non-fiction Prose
Peter Grund	Senior Lecturer	American, Colonial & Postcolonial, Digital Humanities, Early Modern, History of the Book, Middle English, Nineteenth-Century, Old English, Pedagogy, Rhetorical Theory, Science Writing
Heather Klemann	Senior Lecturer in English, Course Director English 114	Children's Literature, Eighteenth-Century, Expository Writing, Gender & Sexuality, Novel, Romanticism
Cynthia Zarin	Senior Lecturer in English, Writing Concentration Coordinator	Children's Literature, Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Drama, Environmental Writing, Fiction Writing, Film, Journalism, Literature & Music, Literature & Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Poetics
Carl Zimmer	Professor (Adjunct) of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Lecturer in English	Creative Writing, Environmental Writing, Expository Writing, Journalism, Medical Writing, Non-fiction Prose, Science Writing

Creative Writers
		Fields of Interest
Marie-Helene Bertino	Ritvo-Slifka Writer-in-Residence and Lecturer in English	Children's Literature, Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Film, Literary Theory, Literature & Music, Non-fiction Prose, Novel, Poetry, Science Fiction
Alan Burdick	Lecturer in English
Danielle Chapman	Lecturer in English	Creative Writing, Poetry, Poetry Writing
Peter Cole	Horace W. Goldsmith Senior Lecturer in Judaic Studies, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature	Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Literature & Music, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Visual Arts, Middle English, Poetics, Poetry, Poetry Writing, Translation
Michael Cunningham	Professor in the Practice, Creative Writing	Creative Writing
Richard Deming	Senior Lecturer in English, Director of Creative Writing	Creative Writing
Natalie Diaz	Rosenkranz Writer-in-Residence Visiting Professor	Creative Writing
Anne Fadiman	Francis Writer in Residence; Professor in the Practice, Creative Writing	Creative Writing, Journalism, Non-fiction Prose
Amity Gaige	Lecturer in English	Creative Writing, Fiction Writing
Derek Green	Lecturer in English, Creative Writing	Creative Writing, Fiction Writing
Jake Halpern	Lecturer in English, Creative Writing	Drama, Journalism, Media Studies, Non-fiction Prose
Verlyn Klinkenborg	Lecturer in English, Lecturer in Forestry and Environmental Studies	Creative Writing, Environmental Writing
Donald Margulies	Professor in the Practice, English and Theater Studies	Creative Writing
Maggie Millner	Lecturer in English, Lecturer in Journalism
Meghan O'Rourke	Editor of the Yale Review, Professor in the Practice, English and Creative Writing	Poetry, Poetry Writing
Caryl Phillips	Professor of English	Colonial & Postcolonial, Creative Writing, Modern British, World Anglophone
Adam Sexton	Lecturer in English; Course Director, English 121; Critic in the School of Art	Creative Writing, Expository Writing, Fiction Writing, Non-fiction Prose
Emily Skillings	Lecturer in English	Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Drama, Environmental Writing, Fiction Writing, Literature & Visual Arts, Non-fiction Prose, Poetry, Poetry Writing
R Clifton Spargo	Lecturer in English	Aesthetics, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Literature & Music, Literature & Philosophy, Non-fiction Prose, Novel, Poetics
Margaret Spillane	Lecturer in English	Creative Writing, Drama, Journalism, Literature & Visual Arts, Performing Arts, World Anglophone
Sarah Stillman	Lecturer in English	Expository Writing, Journalism, Non-fiction Prose
James Surowiecki	Lecturer in English	Journalism
Aaron Tracy	Lecturer in English	Creative Writing, Digital Humanities, Drama, Film, Journalism, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Media Theory, Performing Arts, Twentieth Century
Ryan Wepler	Lecturer in English	American, Contemporary Literature, Pedagogy, Twentieth Century
Cynthia Zarin	Senior Lecturer in English, Writing Concentration Coordinator	Children's Literature, Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Drama, Environmental Writing, Fiction Writing, Film, Journalism, Literature & Music, Literature & Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Poetics
Carl Zimmer	Professor (Adjunct) of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Lecturer in English	Creative Writing, Environmental Writing, Expository Writing, Journalism, Medical Writing, Non-fiction Prose, Science Writing

Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
		Fields of Interest
Jessica Brantley	Frederick W. Hilles Professor of English, Department Chair	Drama, Gender & Sexuality, History of the Book, Literature & Theology, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Middle English, Poetry
David Bromwich	Sterling Professor of English	Eighteenth-Century, History of Literary Criticism, Non-fiction Prose, Poetry, Romanticism, Theory
Ardis Butterfield	Marie Borroff Professor of English, and (by courtesy) Professor of French and Music	History of the Book, Literary Theory, Literature & Music, Middle English, Poetics, Poetry, Rhetorical Theory, Theory
Jill Campbell	Professor of English	Children's Literature, Drama, Eighteenth-Century, Novel, Romanticism
Joe Cleary	John M. Schiff Professor of English	Colonial & Postcolonial
Anastasia Eccles	Assistant Professor of English	Aesthetics, Digital Humanities, Eighteenth-Century, Literary Theory, Novel, Romanticism
Erica Edwards	Professor of English and African American Studies	African-American, Contemporary Literature, Feminist Theory, Gender & Sexuality, Media Studies, Novel
Marcel Elias	Assistant Professor of English, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies	Literature & Theology, Literature & Visual Arts, Middle English, Poetry, Translation, World Anglophone
Ben Glaser	Associate Professor of English	African-American, American, History of Literary Criticism, Literary Theory, Literature & Music, Modern British, Nineteenth-Century, Poetics, Poetry, Twentieth Century
Jacqueline Goldsby	Thomas E. Donnelly Professor of African American Studies and of English; and Professor of American Studies	African-American, American, History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Theory
Langdon Hammer	Niel Gray, Jr. Professor of English	American, Contemporary Literature, Modern British, Poetry, Poetry Writing
Margaret Homans	Bird White Housum Professor of English and Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies	African-American, American, Feminist Theory, Gender & Sexuality, Modern British, Nineteenth-Century, Novel, Twentieth Century, Victorian
Jonathan Howard	Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies	African-American, Environmental Writing, Literature & Ecology, Poetics
Cajetan Iheka	Professor of English	Colonial & Postcolonial, Contemporary Literature, Environmental Writing, Film, Literary Theory, Literature & Ecology, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Media Theory, Novel, Theory, Twentieth Century, World Anglophone
Elleza Kelley	Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies	African-American, American, Literature & Visual Arts, Twentieth Century
Jonathan Kramnick	Maynard Mack Professor of English, Director of Graduate Studies	Eighteenth-Century, Literature & Ecology, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Science
Naomi Levine	Assistant Professor of English	History of Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century, Poetics, Poetry, Victorian
Stefanie Markovits	Professor of English, Director of Undergraduate Studies	Eighteenth-Century, Non-fiction Prose, Novel, Romanticism, Victorian
Joseph Miranda	Assistant Professor in English	American, Colonial & Postcolonial, Contemporary Literature, Film, Gender & Sexuality, Media Studies, Novel, Twentieth Century
Ernest Mitchell	Assistant Professor of English and Humanities	African-American, American, History of Literary Criticism, Literary Theory, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Theology, Non-fiction Prose, Theory, Twentieth Century
Feisal Mohamed	Professor of English
Priyasha Mukhopadhyay	Assistant Professor of English	Colonial & Postcolonial, History of the Book, Media Studies, Nineteenth-Century, Twentieth Century, Victorian, World Anglophone
Stephanie Newell	George M. Bodman Professor of English	Colonial & Postcolonial, Gender & Sexuality, History of the Book, Media Studies
Catherine Nicholson	Professor of English	Children's Literature, Drama, Early Modern, Gender & Sexuality, History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Literary Theory, Poetics, Poetry, Rhetorical Theory
Joseph North	Associate Professor of English	History of Literary Criticism, Theory
John Durham Peters	Maria Rosa Menocal Professor of English and of Film and Media Studies	American, Media Studies, Media Theory, Nineteenth-Century
Caryl Phillips	Professor of English	Colonial & Postcolonial, Creative Writing, Modern British, World Anglophone
Juno Jill Richards	Associate Professor of English	Gender & Sexuality, Novel
Marc Robinson	Malcolm G. Chace '56 Professor of Theater & Performance Studies and English	American, Contemporary Literature, Drama, Performing Arts, Twentieth Century
Nicole Sheriko	Assistant Professor of English	Drama, Early Modern, History of the Book, Literature & Science, Literature & Theology, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Performing Arts
Caleb Smith	Professor of English and of American Studies	African-American, American, History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Theory
Lloyd Alimboyao Sy	Assistant Professor in English	American, Colonial & Postcolonial, Digital Humanities, Environmental Writing, Film, Literature & Ecology, Nineteenth-Century, Twentieth Century
Emily Thornbury	Associate Professor of English	Aesthetics, Latin literature, Literature & Visual Arts, Old English, Poetics, Poetry
Katie Trumpener	Emily Sanford Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of English	Children's Literature, Colonial & Postcolonial, Drama, Eighteenth-Century, Film, History of the Book, Literature & Music, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Modern British, Nineteenth-Century, Novel, Translation, Twentieth Century, World Anglophone
Shane Vogel	Professor of English and African American Studies; Chair of Theater and Performance Studies	African-American, American, Drama, Gender & Sexuality, Performing Arts, Twentieth Century
Michael Warner	Seymour H. Knox Professor of English and Professor of American Studies	Aesthetics, African-American, American, Colonial & Postcolonial, Eighteenth-Century, Environmental Writing, Feminist Theory, Gender & Sexuality, History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Literary Theory, Literature & Ecology, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Science, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Theory
John Williams	Professor of English	American, Asian-American, Digital Humanities, Film, History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Literary Theory, Literature & Ecology, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Science, Literature & Theology, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Media Theory, Novel, Science Fiction, Theory, Translation, Twentieth Century
Sunny Xiang	Associate Professor of English	Aesthetics, American, Asian-American, Colonial & Postcolonial, Contemporary Literature, Gender & Sexuality, Twentieth Century, World Anglophone
Ruth Yeazell	Sterling Professor of English	American, Eighteenth-Century, Gender & Sexuality, Literature & Visual Arts, Modern British, Novel, Victorian

Professors
		Fields of Interest
Jessica Brantley	Frederick W. Hilles Professor of English, Department Chair	Drama, Gender & Sexuality, History of the Book, Literature & Theology, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Middle English, Poetry
David Bromwich	Sterling Professor of English	Eighteenth-Century, History of Literary Criticism, Non-fiction Prose, Poetry, Romanticism, Theory
Ardis Butterfield	Marie Borroff Professor of English, and (by courtesy) Professor of French and Music	History of the Book, Literary Theory, Literature & Music, Middle English, Poetics, Poetry, Rhetorical Theory, Theory
Jill Campbell	Professor of English	Children's Literature, Drama, Eighteenth-Century, Novel, Romanticism
Joe Cleary	John M. Schiff Professor of English	Colonial & Postcolonial
Erica Edwards	Professor of English and African American Studies	African-American, Contemporary Literature, Feminist Theory, Gender & Sexuality, Media Studies, Novel
Jacqueline Goldsby	Thomas E. Donnelly Professor of African American Studies and of English; and Professor of American Studies	African-American, American, History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Theory
Langdon Hammer	Niel Gray, Jr. Professor of English	American, Contemporary Literature, Modern British, Poetry, Poetry Writing
Margaret Homans	Bird White Housum Professor of English and Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies	African-American, American, Feminist Theory, Gender & Sexuality, Modern British, Nineteenth-Century, Novel, Twentieth Century, Victorian
Cajetan Iheka	Professor of English	Colonial & Postcolonial, Contemporary Literature, Environmental Writing, Film, Literary Theory, Literature & Ecology, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Media Theory, Novel, Theory, Twentieth Century, World Anglophone
Jonathan Kramnick	Maynard Mack Professor of English, Director of Graduate Studies	Eighteenth-Century, Literature & Ecology, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Science
Pericles Lewis	Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of English, Dean of Yale College	Colonial & Postcolonial, Contemporary Literature, History of Literary Criticism, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Theology, Modern British, Nineteenth-Century, Novel, Twentieth Century, Victorian, World Anglophone
Stefanie Markovits	Professor of English, Director of Undergraduate Studies	Eighteenth-Century, Non-fiction Prose, Novel, Romanticism, Victorian
Feisal Mohamed	Professor of English
Stephanie Newell	George M. Bodman Professor of English	Colonial & Postcolonial, Gender & Sexuality, History of the Book, Media Studies
Catherine Nicholson	Professor of English	Children's Literature, Drama, Early Modern, Gender & Sexuality, History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Literary Theory, Poetics, Poetry, Rhetorical Theory
John Durham Peters	Maria Rosa Menocal Professor of English and of Film and Media Studies	American, Media Studies, Media Theory, Nineteenth-Century
Caryl Phillips	Professor of English	Colonial & Postcolonial, Creative Writing, Modern British, World Anglophone
Marc Robinson	Malcolm G. Chace '56 Professor of Theater & Performance Studies and English	American, Contemporary Literature, Drama, Performing Arts, Twentieth Century
Caleb Smith	Professor of English and of American Studies	African-American, American, History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Theory
Katie Trumpener	Emily Sanford Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of English	Children's Literature, Colonial & Postcolonial, Drama, Eighteenth-Century, Film, History of the Book, Literature & Music, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Modern British, Nineteenth-Century, Novel, Translation, Twentieth Century, World Anglophone
Shane Vogel	Professor of English and African American Studies; Chair of Theater and Performance Studies	African-American, American, Drama, Gender & Sexuality, Performing Arts, Twentieth Century
Michael Warner	Seymour H. Knox Professor of English and Professor of American Studies	Aesthetics, African-American, American, Colonial & Postcolonial, Eighteenth-Century, Environmental Writing, Feminist Theory, Gender & Sexuality, History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Literary Theory, Literature & Ecology, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Science, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Theory
John Williams	Professor of English	American, Asian-American, Digital Humanities, Film, History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Literary Theory, Literature & Ecology, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Science, Literature & Theology, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Media Theory, Novel, Science Fiction, Theory, Translation, Twentieth Century
Ruth Yeazell	Sterling Professor of English	American, Eighteenth-Century, Gender & Sexuality, Literature & Visual Arts, Modern British, Novel, Victorian

Professors Emeritus
		Fields of Interest
Leslie Brisman	Karl Young Emeritus Professor of English & Senior Lecturer	Early Modern, Poetry, Romanticism, Victorian
Richard Brodhead	A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor Emeritus of English	American, Nineteenth-Century
Janice Carlisle	Professor Emeritus of English	Literature & Visual Arts, Nineteenth-Century, Non-fiction Prose, Novel, Victorian
Wai Chee Dimock		African-American, American, Contemporary Literature, History of Literary Criticism, Media Studies, Novel, Poetry, Theory, World Anglophone
Roberta Frank	Marie Borroff Professor Emeritus of English	Old English, Poetics, Poetry
Paul Fry	William Lampson Professor Emeritus of English	Aesthetics, Children's Literature, Eighteenth-Century, History of Literary Criticism, Literary Theory, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Visual Arts, Nineteenth-Century, Poetics, Poetry, Romanticism, Theory
David Kastan	George M. Bodman Professor Emeritus of English	Drama, Early Modern, History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Literary Theory, Literature & Theology, Literature & Visual Arts
Traugott Lawler	Professor Emeritus of English	Middle English, Old English
Lawrence Manley	William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of English	Drama, Early Modern, History of Literary Criticism, World Anglophone
Alastair Minnis	Douglas Tracy Smith Professor Emeritus of English	History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Theology, Middle English, Poetry
Annabel Patterson	Sterling Professor Emeritus of English	Early Modern
David Quint	Sterling Professor Emeritus of English, Professor of Comparative Literature	Drama, Early Modern, World Anglophone
Claude Rawson	Maynard Mack Professor Emeritus of English	Eighteenth-Century, Modern British, Non-fiction Prose, Novel, Poetry
Joseph Roach	Sterling Professor Emeritus of Theater, Professor Emeritus of English	Drama, Eighteenth-Century
John Rogers	Professor Emeritus of English - Retired	Early Modern
Robert Stepto	John M. Schiff Professor Emeritus of English, Professor Emeritus of African American Studies, Professor Emeritus of American Studies	African-American, American, Non-fiction Prose
Fred Strebeigh	Senior Lecturer Emeritus in English and in Forestry and Environmental Studies	Creative Writing, Environmental Writing, Non-fiction Prose

Assistant Professors
		Fields of Interest
Anastasia Eccles	Assistant Professor of English	Aesthetics, Digital Humanities, Eighteenth-Century, Literary Theory, Novel, Romanticism
Marcel Elias	Assistant Professor of English, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies	Literature & Theology, Literature & Visual Arts, Middle English, Poetry, Translation, World Anglophone
Jonathan Howard	Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies	African-American, Environmental Writing, Literature & Ecology, Poetics
Elleza Kelley	Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies	African-American, American, Literature & Visual Arts, Twentieth Century
Naomi Levine	Assistant Professor of English	History of Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century, Poetics, Poetry, Victorian
Joseph Miranda	Assistant Professor in English	American, Colonial & Postcolonial, Contemporary Literature, Film, Gender & Sexuality, Media Studies, Novel, Twentieth Century
Ernest Mitchell	Assistant Professor of English and Humanities	African-American, American, History of Literary Criticism, Literary Theory, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Theology, Non-fiction Prose, Theory, Twentieth Century
Priyasha Mukhopadhyay	Assistant Professor of English	Colonial & Postcolonial, History of the Book, Media Studies, Nineteenth-Century, Twentieth Century, Victorian, World Anglophone
Nicole Sheriko	Assistant Professor of English	Drama, Early Modern, History of the Book, Literature & Science, Literature & Theology, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Performing Arts
Lloyd Alimboyao Sy	Assistant Professor in English	American, Colonial & Postcolonial, Digital Humanities, Environmental Writing, Film, Literature & Ecology, Nineteenth-Century, Twentieth Century

Associate Professors
		Fields of Interest
Ben Glaser	Associate Professor of English	African-American, American, History of Literary Criticism, Literary Theory, Literature & Music, Modern British, Nineteenth-Century, Poetics, Poetry, Twentieth Century
Joseph North	Associate Professor of English	History of Literary Criticism, Theory
Juno Jill Richards	Associate Professor of English	Gender & Sexuality, Novel
Emily Thornbury	Associate Professor of English	Aesthetics, Latin literature, Literature & Visual Arts, Old English, Poetics, Poetry
Sunny Xiang	Associate Professor of English	Aesthetics, American, Asian-American, Colonial & Postcolonial, Contemporary Literature, Gender & Sexuality, Twentieth Century, World Anglophone

Research Scholars
			Fields of Interest
	Nafeesa Syeed	Lecturer in English & Associate Research Scholar	Colonial & Postcolonial, Creative Writing, Gender & Sexuality, Journalism, Non-fiction Prose
	Sophia Veltfort	Associate Research Scholar & Lecturer in English	Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Literary Theory, Novel, Twentieth Century

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