The Department of Literatures in English embraces new approaches to literary study while maintaining traditional strengths in creative writing and the history of literature in English. In seminars and lecture courses, the department seeks to foster critical thinking, close reading, and lucid writing, while offering instruction in a wide range of genres, periods and traditions, from Medieval and Renaissance literature to contemporary US and global fiction.
The professors of Literatures in English include scholars, theorists, poets, and novelists. In addition to having access to a world-class library system, students can participate in many interdisciplinary opportunities on campus. Lively series of speakers, readings, colloquia and conferences provide a context for sustained learning and debate within the humanities.
Associated Faculty
- Juan Pablo Albornoz
- Elizabeth S. Anker
- Kevin Attell
- Natasha Ayaz
- Gerardo Azpiri Iglesias
- Anindita Banerjee
- Aaron Bartels-Swindells
- Nora Battelle
- Matthew Bettencourt
- Marquis Bey
- Jean Blackall
- Fredric Bogel
- Carole Boyce Davies
- Jeremy Braddock
- Mary Pat Brady
- Laura Brown
- Jodi A. Byrd
- James Byrne
- Cathy Caruth
- Miranda Castro
- Cynthia Chase
- Elisha Cohn
- Barbara Correll
- Asher Courtemanche
- Tanner Crunelle
- Maura Cruz
- Oona Cullen
- Jonathan D. Culler
- Stuart Davis
- Naminata Diabate
- Habiba Dokubo-Asari
- Laura E. Donaldson
- Carolina Elices
- Reymundo Escobedo
- Grant Farred
- David Faulkner
- Emily Foster
- Chelsea Mikael Frazier
- Emily Fridlund
- Alice Fulton
- Owen Fulton
- Otis Fuqua
- J. Ellen Gainor
- Andrew Galloway
- Niloofar Ghaemi
- Roger Gilbert
- Mary Gilliland
- Alex Gilvarry
- Charlie Green
- Ellis Hanson
- Lamar Herrin
- Neil H. Hertz
- Rebeca Hey-Colón
- Thomas Hill
- Andrew Hill
- Molly Hite
- Sebastian Hobday
- Nicholas Huelster
- Ishion Hutchinson
- George Hutchinson
- Mary Jacobus
- Karen Jaime
- Biodun Jeyifo
- Jane Juffer
- Rayna Kalas
- Adhy Kim
- Alexandra Kleeman
- Hannah Kosak
- J. Robert Lennon
- Caroline Levine
- Mary Loeffelholz
- Gregory Londe
- Philip Lorenz
- Mai Mageed
- Kenneth A. McClane
- Maureen McCoy
- Kate McCullough
- Jon McKenzie
- Evelyn Meckley
- Natalie Melas
- Dorothy Mermin
- Dante Micheaux
- Satya P. Mohanty
- Jonathan B. Monroe
- Robert Morgan
- Chanté Morris
- Valzhyna Mort
- Zibusiso Mpofu
- Timothy Murray
- Grace Murry
- Mukoma Wa Ngugi
- Mendi Obadike
- Adwoa Tiwaah Ofori Atakorah
- Sanghoon Oh
- A. Reeve Parker
- Sandeep Parmar
- Juliana Hu Pegues
- Eastan Powers
- Ernesto Quiñonez
- Jennifer Rabedeau
- Khushi Ranpura
- Masha Raskolnikov
- Riché Richardson
- Jessica M. Rosenberg
- Dan Rosenberg
- Neil Saccamano
- Nick Salvato
- Sean Sam
- Shirley Samuels
- Jorden Sanders
- Timi Sanni
- Paul Sawyer
- Daniel R. Schwarz
- Rachel Shaver
- Harry E. Shaw
- Anna Shechtman
- Aditi Shenoy
- Sandra Siegel
- Rome Smaoui
- Derrick R. Spires
- Lara Stecewycz
- Colin Stragar-Rice
- Fia Zhang Swanson
- Lindsay Thomas
- Lucy TonThat
- NoViolet Bulawayo
- Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
- Stephanie Vaughn
- Helena María Viramontes
- Phoenix Wang
- Lenora Warren
- Shelley Wong
- Sijing Yang
- Iris Yu
- Samantha Zacher
- Anne Zidek
- Brad Zukovic
- Hafsa Zulfiqar
