AREAS/SPECIALTIES/PERIODS


AMERICAN LITERATURE

Martin Bickman, Professor. 19th-century American literature; pedagogy

John Escobedo, Assistant Professor. Chicano/a studies, especially 20th-century literature; Chicano/a Renaissance; border studies; U.S. Latino/a studies; transnational and comparative studies

Nan Goodman, Associate Professor. Early American literature; 19th-century American literature; law and literature

Jeremy F. Green, Associate Professor. Contemporary British and American literature; postmodernism; literary theory

Cheryl Higashida, Assistant Professor. African-American literature; Asian-American literature; U.S. literature after 1865; cultural studies; Marxism

Karen S. Jacobs, Associate Professor. Modernism and postmodernism; the experimental novel; visual culture; literary theory; feminist theory; gender and sexuality theory

Daniel Won-gu Kim, Assistant Professor. Poetry and poetics; 20th-century American literature; modernism; U.S. ethnic studies; critical theory

Ruth Ellen Kocher, Associate Professor. Creative writing (poetry); American modernism; African-American literature, especially women writers; modern and contemporary literature

Mary Klages, Associate Professor. American literature; gender studies; disability studies

John-Michael Rivera, Associate Professor. 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century American ethnic literature; poetry; creative non-fiction; cultural studies; studies of the avant garde

Jordan A. Stein, Assistant Professor. Early American and 19th-century American literature; American political culture; critical theory; gender and sexuality studies

Teresa Toulouse, Professor. American literature from the colonial period through the 19th century; comparative American literatures; gender studies

Mark Winokur, Associate Professor. Popular culture; film; science fiction; technology and media; American studies; American race and ethnicity studies


COMPOSITION, RHETORIC, PEDAGOGY

Martin Bickman, Professor. Nineteenth-century American literature; pedagogy

Paul M. Levitt, Professor. Modern drama; playwriting; composition; pedagogy

Steven J. Lamos, Assistant Professor. Composition theory and pedagogy; "basic writing" theory and praxis; scientific writing instruction; ethnographic writing; rhetorical theory

J. Edwin Rivers, Professor. Modern literature; comparative literature; translation; rhetoric; composition

Patricia A. Sullivan, Professor. Composition theory and practice; rhetoric; American literature; creative writing (nonfiction)


CREATIVE WRITING

Julie Carr, Assistant Professor. Creative writing (poetry); Victorian literature; poetics

Jeffrey DeShell, Associate Professor. Creative writing (fiction); 19th- and 20th-century American literature; 20th-century European literature; philosophy and literature; aesthetics; postmodernism

Marcia Douglas, Associate Professor. Creative writing (poetry, fiction); African American/Caribbean literature

Sidney Goldfarb, Professor. Creative writing (poetry, plays, screenplays); modern and contemporary literature

Ruth Ellen Kocher, Associate Professor. Creative writing (poetry); American modernism; African-American literature, especially women writers; modern and contemporary literature

Elisabeth Sheffield, Assistant Professor. Creative writing (fiction); Joyce and modernism; women's experimental fiction; 20th-century American literature; literary theory, especially feminist and queer theory


CULTURAL STUDIES

Jeffrey N. Cox, Professor. Romanticism; cultural theory and cultural studies

Katherine Eggert, Associate Professor. English Renaissance literature; Renaissance feminist and cultural studies; early modern science

David Glimp, Associate Professor. 16th- and 17th-century British literature; contemporary literary and cultural theory; gender and sexuality; humanism; ethics

Nan Goodman, Associate Professor. Early American literature; 19th-century American literature; law and literature

Jillian Heydt-Stevenson, Associate Professor. French and British Romanticism; feminist and gender studies; comparative and interdisciplinary studies; the historical novel; tourism

Cheryl Higashida, Assistant Professor. African-American literature; Asian-American literature; U.S. literature after 1865; cultural studies; Marxism

Kelly Hurley, Associate Professor. Victorian studies; literary theory; popular genres (gothic, horror, science fiction); film studies

Mary Klages, Associate Professor. American literature; gender studies; disability studies

William Kuskin, Associate Professor. Medieval and early modern literature, especially Chaucer and 15th-century Chaucerians; the history of the book, especially early printing; the graphic novel

Richelle Munkhoff, Senior Instructor. Early modern English literature and culture; Shakespeare; Spenser; women writers 1350-1750; social history of science and medicine; early American literature

Padma Rangarajan, Assistant Professor. Romanticism; Victorian literature; postcolonial theory; the late 18th century

John-Michael Rivera, Associate Professor. 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century American ethnic literature; poetry; creative non-fiction; cultural studies; studies of the avant garde

John Allen Stevenson, Professor. 18th-century literature and cultural studies

Teresa Toulouse, Professor. American literature from the colonial period through the 19th century; comparative American literatures; gender studies

Sue Zemka, Associate Professor. History and theory of the novel; Victorian literature and culture; 19th-century intellectual history; time studies


EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE

Scarlet Bowen, Assistant Professor. 18th-century literature; early modern popular culture; gender and class identies in literature; lesbian, gay, and queer literature and theory

Cathy Lynn Preston, Senior Instructor. Folk and popular culture; women's literature; American ethnic literature; 18th- and 19th-century English literature

John Allen Stevenson, Professor. 18th-century literature and cultural studies


ETHNIC AMERICAN LITERATURE, LITERATURE OF THE AMERICAS, POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE

Marcia Douglas, Associate Professor. Creative writing (poetry and fiction); African American/Caribbean literature

John Escobedo, Assistant Professor. Chicano/a studies, especially 20th-century literature; Chicano/a Renaissance; border studies; U.S. Latino/a studies; transnational and comparative studies

Cheryl Higashida, Assistant Professor. African-American literature; Asian-American literature; U.S. literature after 1865; cultural studies; Marxism

Ruth Ellen Kocher, Associate Professor. Creative writing (poetry); American modernism; African-American literature, especially women writers; modern and contemporary literature

Padma Rangarajan, Assistant Professor. Romanticism; Victorian literature; postcolonial theory; the late 18th century

Daniel Won-gu Kim, Assistant Professor. Poetry and poetics; 20th-century American literature; modernism; U.S. ethnic studies; critical theory

John-Michael Rivera, Associate Professor. 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century American ethnic literature; poetry; creative non-fiction; cultural studies; studies of the avant garde

Mark Winokur, Associate Professor. Popular culture; film; science fiction; technology and media; American studies; American race and ethnicity studies


GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES

Scarlet Bowen, Assistant Professor. 18th-century literature; early modern popular culture; gender and class identies in literature; lesbian, gay, and queer literature and theory

Katherine Eggert, Associate Professor. English Renaissance literature; Renaissance feminist and cultural studies; early modern science

Valerie Forman, Assistant Professor. 16th- and 17th-century English literature; early modern economics; early modern women writers; Marxist theory; critical theory

Jane Garrity, Associate Professor. 20th-century British literature; modernism and empire; cultural studies; feminist theory; Anglo-American lesbian literature and theory

Jillian Heydt-Stevenson, Associate Professor. French and British Romanticism; feminist and gender studies; comparative and interdisciplinary studies; the historical novel; tourism

Kelly Hurley, Associate Professor. Victorian studies; literary theory; popular genres (gothic, horror, science fiction); film studies

Karen S. Jacobs, Associate Professor. Modernism and postmodernism; the experimental novel; visual culture; literary theory; feminist theory; gender and sexuality theory

Ann M. Kibbey, Associate Professor. Gender studies; feminist theory; film studies

Mary Klages, Associate Professor. American literature; gender studies; disability studies

Richelle Munkhoff, Senior Instructor. Early modern English literature and culture; Shakespeare; Spenser; women writers 1350-1750; social history of science and medicine; early American literature

Elizabeth A. Robertson, Professor. Medieval literature; feminist theory

Elisabeth Sheffield, Assistant Professor. Creative writing (fiction); Joyce and modernism; women's experimental fiction; 20th-century American literature; literary theory, especially feminist and queer theory

Jordan A. Stein, Assistant Professor. Early American and 19th-century American literature; American political culture; critical theory; gender and sexuality studies

Teresa Toulouse, Professor. American literature from the colonial period through the 19th century; comparative American literatures; gender studies

R L Widmann, Associate Professor. Renaissance literature; gender studies

Mark Winokur, Associate Professor. Popular culture; film; science fiction; technology and media; American studies; American race and ethnicity studies


LITERARY THEORY

Jeffrey DeShell, Associate Professor. Creative writing (fiction); 19th- and 20th-century American literature; 20th-century European literature; philosophy and literature; aesthetics; postmodernism

Valerie Forman, Assistant Professor. 16th- and 17th-century English literature; early modern economics; early modern women writers; Marxist theory; critical theory

David Glimp, Associate Professor. 16th- and 17th-century British literature; contemporary literary and cultural theory; gender and sexuality; humanism; ethics

Jeremy F. Green, Associate Professor. Contemporary British and American literature; postmodernism; literary theory

Cheryl Higashida, Assistant Professor. African-American literature; Asian-American literature; U.S. literature after 1865; cultural studies; Marxism

Kelly Hurley, Associate Professor. Victorian studies; literary theory; popular genres (gothic, horror, science fiction); film studies

Karen S. Jacobs, Associate Professor. Modernism and postmodernism; the experimental novel; visual culture; literary theory; feminist theory; gender and sexuality theory

Ann M. Kibbey, Associate Professor. Gender studies; feminist theory; film studies

Daniel Won-gu Kim, Assistant Professor. Poetry and poetics; 20th-century American literature; modernism; U.S. ethnic studies; critical theory

Mary Klages, Associate Professor. American literature; gender studies; disability studies

William Kuskin, Associate Professor. Medieval and early modern literature, especially Chaucer and 15th-century Chaucerians; the history of the book, especially early printing; the graphic novel

Padma Rangarajan, Assistant Professor. Romanticism; Victorian literature; postcolonial theory; the late 18th century

Jordan A. Stein, Assistant Professor. Early American and 19th-century American literature; American political culture; critical theory; gender and sexuality studies

Eric White, Associate Professor. Literary theory; literature and science; literature of the fantastic; modern British, Irish, and Continental literature

Mark Winokur, Associate Professor. Popular culture; film; science fiction; technology and media; American studies; American race and ethnicity studies

Sue Zemka, Associate Professor. History and theory of the novel; Victorian literature and culture; 19th-century intellectual history; time studies


MEDIEVAL LITERATURE

L. Michael Bell, Associate Professor. Folklore; oral traditions; the blues; Anglo-Saxon; Old Norse; history of the English language

Douglas A. Burger, Associate Professor. Medieval literature and history; fantasy literature; masculinity studies

William Kuskin, Associate Professor. Medieval and early modern literature, especially Chaucer and 15th-century Chaucerians; the history of the book, especially early printing; the graphic novel

Michael J. Preston, Professor. Middle English and early Renaissance literature; vernacular culture; folklore; traditional drama

Elizabeth A. Robertson, Professor. Medieval literature; feminist theory


MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

John Escobedo, Assistant Professor. Chicano/a studies, especially 20th-century literature; Chicano/a Renaissance; border studies; U.S. Latino/a studies; transnational and comparative studies

Jane Garrity, Associate Professor. 20th-century British literature; modernism and empire; cultural studies; feminist theory; Anglo-American lesbian literature and theory

Jeremy F. Green, Associate Professor. Contemporary British and American literature; postmodernism; literary theory

Karen S. Jacobs, Associate Professor. Modernism and postmodernism; the experimental novel; visual culture; literary theory; feminist theory; gender and sexuality theory

Bruce F. Kawin, Professor. Modern British and American literature; film; creative writing (poetry, screenplays)

Daniel Won-gu Kim, Assistant Professor. Poetry and poetics; 20th-century American literature; modernism; U.S. ethnic studies; critical theory

Ruth Ellen Kocher, Associate Professor. Creative writing (poetry); poetics; American modernism; African-American literature, especially women writers; modern and contemporary literature

Paul M. Levitt, Professor. Modern drama; playwriting; composition; pedagogy

J. Edwin Rivers, Professor. Modern literature; comparative literature; translation; rhetoric; composition

Elisabeth Sheffield, Assistant Professor. Creative writing (fiction); Joyce and modernism; women's experimental fiction; 20th-century American literature; literary theory, especially feminist and queer theory

Eric White, Associate Professor. Literary theory; literature and science; literature of the fantastic; history of rhetoric; modern British, Irish, and Continental literature


POETICS, AESTHETICS

Julie Carr, Assistant Professor. Creative writing (poetry); Victorian literature; poetics

Jeffrey DeShell, Associate Professor. Creative writing (fiction); 19th- and 20th-century American literature; 20th-century European literature; philosophy and literature; aesthetics; postmodernism

Bruce F. Kawin, Professor. Modern British and American literature; film; creative writing (poetry, screenplays)

Ruth Ellen Kocher, Associate Professor. Creative writing (poetry); American modernism; African-American literature, especially women writers; modern and contemporary literature

Daniel Won-gu Kim, Assistant Professor. Poetry and poetics; 20th-century American literature; modernism; U.S. ethnic studies; critical theory

Jeffrey C. Robinson, Professor. Romantic literature; poetics


POPULAR CULTURE, FILM, DIGITAL MEDIA

L. Michael Bell, Associate Professor. Folklore; oral traditions; the blues; Anglo-Saxon; Old Norse; history of the English language

Kelly Hurley, Associate Professor. Victorian studies; literary theory; popular genres (gothic, horror, science fiction); film studies

Bruce F. Kawin, Professor. Modern British and American literature; film; creative writing (poetry, screenplays)

Ann M. Kibbey, Associate Professor. Gender studies; feminist theory; film studies

Cathy Lynn Preston, Senior Instructor. Folk and popular culture; women's literature; American ethnic literature; 18th- and 19th-century English literature

Michael J. Preston, Professor. Middle English and early Renaissance literature; vernacular culture; folklore; traditional drama

Mark Winokur, Associate Professor. Popular culture; film; science fiction; technology and media; American studies; American race and ethnicity studies


RENAISSANCE LITERATURE

Katherine Eggert, Associate Professor. English Renaissance literature; Renaissance feminist and cultural studies; early modern science

Valerie Forman, Assistant Professor. 16th- and 17th-century English literature; early modern economics; early modern women writers; Marxist theory; critical theory

David Glimp, Associate Professor. 16th- and 17th-century British literature; contemporary literary and cultural theory; gender and sexuality; humanism; ethics

William Kuskin, Associate Professor. Medieval and early modern literature, especially Chaucer and 15th-century Chaucerians; the history of the book, especially early printing; the graphic novel

Richelle Munkhoff, Senior Instructor. Early modern English literature and culture; Shakespeare; Spenser; women writers 1350-1750; social history of science and medicine; early American literature

R L Widmann, Associate Professor. Renaissance literature; gender studies


ROMANTICISM

Jeffrey N. Cox, Professor. Romanticism; cultural theory and cultural studies

Jillian Heydt-Stevenson, Associate Professor. French and British Romanticism; feminist and gender studies; comparative and interdisciplinary studies; the historical novel; tourism

Padma Rangarajan, Assistant Professor. Romanticism; Victorian literature; postcolonial theory; the late 18th century

Jeffrey C. Robinson, Professor. Romantic literature; poetics


VICTORIAN LITERATURE

Julie Carr, Assistant Professor. Creative writing (poetry); Victorian literature; poetics

Kelly Hurley, Associate Professor. Victorian studies; literary theory; popular genres (gothic, horror, science fiction); film studies

Padma Rangarajan, Assistant Professor. Romanticism; Victorian literature; postcolonial theory; the late 18th century

Sue Zemka, Associate Professor. History and theory of the novel; Victorian literature and culture; 19th-century intellectual history; time studies



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