Department of English and Comparative Literature

Introduction

The Department of English and Comparative Literature is a vibrant and diverse department with a global reach. Our course offerings present a diversity of approaches to the study, production, and appreciation of literary and nonliterary texts. We pursue a four-fold mission to:

1. explore the history and significance of American, British, and world literatures;
2. promote interdisciplinary connections and incorporate the study of culture, theory, and history into our research and courses;
3. offer training in rigorous thinking, precise analysis, and critical reading; and
4. foster practical skills in rhetoric, composition, and expression in essays, creative pieces, even emerging forms of digital media.

Majors

• English and Comparative Literature Major, B.A.

Minors

• Comparative Literature Minor
• Creative Writing Minor
• English Minor
• Global Cinema Minor
• Latina/​o Studies Minor
• Medicine, Literature, and Culture Minor
• Medieval and Early Modern Studies Minor
• Writing, Editing, and Digital Publishing Minor

Graduate Programs

• Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature
• M.A. in English with a Concentration in Literature, Medicine, and Culture

Courses

• Comparative Literature (CMPL)
• English (ENGL)

Professors

Daniel Anderson, David J. Baker, A. Reid Barbour, Marsha Collins, María DeGuzmán, Florence Dore, Mary Floyd-Wilson, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Philip Gura, Jordynn Jack, Heidi Kim, Laurie Langbauer, Jeanne Moskal, Eliza Richards, Jane F. Thrailkill, Joseph S. Viscomi, Daniel Wallace, Jessica Wolfe.

Associate Professors

Inger S. Brodey, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Pamela Cooper, Taylor Cowdery, Tyler Curtain, Stephanie DeGooyer, Candace Epps-Robertson, Rebecka Rutledge Fisher, Gregory Flaxman, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Ylce Irizarry, Martin Johnson, Meta DuEwa Jones, Shayne Legassie, Theodore H. Leinbaugh, Inga Pollmann,  Kimberly Stern, Matthew Taylor, Rick Warner.

Assistant Professors

Shinjini Chattopadhyay, H.M. Cushman, Tyree Daye, Carlina Duan, Melissa Faliveno, Courtney Rivard, Sheera Talpaz, Daelena Tinnin-Gadson.

Teaching Professors

Elyse Crystall, Leslie Frost, Bradley Hammer, Hilary Lithgow, David Ross, Henry Veggian.

Teaching Associate Professors 

Marc Cohen, Cynthia Current, Joseph Fletcher, Elizabeth Gualtieri-Reed, Michael Keenan Gutierrez, Søren Palmer, Wendy Weber, Kym Weed, Ross White.

Teaching Assistant Professors

Nicole Berland, Ben Bolling, Graham Culbertson, Sarah Ficke, Michael Gadaleto, Steven Gotzler, Kelli Holt, Sophia Klahr, Matthew O'Wain, Ruby Pappoe, Shane Peterson, Adam Price, Julia Ridley Smith, Hill Taylor, Joseph Telegen, Karen Tucker, Angela Velez.

Adjunct Professors

Hassan Melehy, Morgan Pitelka, Michael Silk.

Adjunct Associate Professors

Terrence Holt, Sharon James, Pamela Lothspeich, Timothy Marr, Alicia Rivero, Yaron Shemer, Gabriel Trop, Ariana Vigil, Robin Visser, Nadia Yaqub.

Adjunct Assistant Professors

Janice Koelb, Petal Samuel.

Professors Emeriti

William L. Andrews, Christopher M. Armitage, Laurence G. Avery, James W. Coleman, Pamela Cooper, Jane M. Danielewicz, Alan C. Dessen, Eric Downing, Rosa Palmer Durban, Connie C. Eble, Kathleen Flanagan, Joseph M. Flora, Marianne Gingher, Larry Goldberg, J. Lee Greene, Minrose Gwin, William R. Harmon, Howard M. Harper Jr., Trudier Harris, Mae Henderson, Fred Hobson, Susan Irons, Randall Kenan, Clayton Koelb, Ritchie D. Kendall, George A. Kennedy, Edward D. Kennedy, Joy S. Kasson J. Kimball King, George S. Lensing Jr., Diane R. Leonard, Allan R. Life, Erika Lindemann, C. Townsend Ludington Jr., G. Mallary Masters, Megan Matchinske, Michael A. McFee, John P. McGowan, Lawrence Naumoff, Margaret A. O’Connor, Patrick P. O’Neill, Maggie O'Shaughnessey, Daniel W. Patterson, Julius R. Raper III, Mark L. Reed, Thomas J. Reinert, Richard D. Rust, Ruth Salvaggio, James Seay, Alan R. Shapiro, Bland Simpson, Richard A. Smyth, Philip A. Stadter, Thomas A. Stumpf, Beverly Taylor, James Thompson, Weldon E. Thornton, Linda Wagner-Martin, David Whisnant, Joseph S. Wittig, Charles G. Zug III.