- American Literature
- Composition, Rhetoric,
Pedagogy
- Creative Writing
- Cultural Studies
- Eighteenth-Century Literature
- Ethnic American Literature, Literature of the Americas, Postcolonial Literature
- Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Literary Theory
- Medieval Literature
- Modern and Contemporary Literature
- Poetics, Aesthetics
- Popular Culture, Film, Digital Media
- Renaissance Literature
- Romanticism
- Victorian Literature
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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