Comparative Literature Faculty
Research Interests
- Modern Thought and Literature
- German Literature and Culture from the 18th Century to the Present
- Women’s Writing and Gender Studies
- Transnational Approaches to Literature, Culture and Politics
- Concepts of the “Other” and the “Foreign”
- The Work of Lou Andreas-Salomé, Walter Benjamin and Ingeborg Bachmann
Jeroen Gerrits
Assistant Professor; Graduate Director
Comparative Literature
Research Interests
- Latin American literature and cultural studies
- Postcolonial studies
- Continental philosophy
- Psychoanalysis
- Literary theory
- Third cinema
María C. Lugones
Research Interests
- Ethics
- Social and political philosophy
- Feminist theory
- Philosophy of race and gender
- Latin American philosophy
- Theories of resistance
- Subaltern studies
- Popular education
- U.S. Latino politics
Giovanna Montenegro
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Romance Languages
Comparative Literature
Luiza F. Moreira
Chair; Professor
Comparative Literature
Tarek Shamma
Associate Professor
Comparative Literature; Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP)
Kathleen Stanley
Secretary to Chair
Comparative Literature
