Mary Grace Albanese
Assistant Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Literatures of the Americas
- The Haitian Revolution
- Archival Theory
David Sterling Brown
Assistant Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Shakespeare
- Early modern English drama and literature
- Race
- Domesticity
- The family
Joseph E. Church
Associate Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- 19th century American literature
- 20th century American literature
- Literature, Philosophy and Psychology
Jaimee Wriston Colbert
Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- 18-19th century Highland Clearances
- Environmental science
- Nature writing
- Climate change
Marilynn R. Desmond
Distinguished Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Medieval literature
- classics and medieval narrative
- Chaucer
- feminist theory / queer theory
- manuscript studies
- francophone middle ages
Lois J. Einhorn
Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
- Organizational Communication
- Compassionate Nonviolent Communication
- Communication
- Ethics
- Social Actions
- Voices of Diversity
- Spiritual Communication
Pamela J. Gay
Research Interests
- Creative Writing
- Flash Fiction
- Flash Memoir
Praseeda Gopinath
Associate Professor; Graduate Director
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Twentieth Century British Literature
- Postcolonial Studies
- Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Northern Ireland Studies
- Literature of South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora
- Masculinity Studies
- Cultural Studies
- Neoliberalism Studies
Maria M. Gillan
Bartle Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Ecological Justice
- Contemporary and modern poetry
- Multicultural literature
- Narrative poetry
- Contemporary Women Poets
- Working Class Literature
- Modern American Literature
- Poetry
Thomas Glave
Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Creative Writing
- Fiction
- Caribbean and African American Literature
- Queer/ LGBT Literature
Mary S. Haupt
Lecturer
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Print Journalism — Reporting
- Editing
- Feature Writing
- Opinion Writing
John O. Havard
Assistant Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- 18th-Century British Literature
- Romanticism
- Transatlantic Studies
- Literature and Politics
- Critical Theory
Leslie L. Heywood
Professor; Faculty Fellow
English, General Literature and Rhetoric; Graduate School
Research Interests
- Sports studies
- 20th-century literature
- feminist and critical theory
- creative writing
- Gender Studies
- Science Studies
- Third Wave Feminism
- Globalization & the Environment
Olivia Holmes
Director; Professor
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies; English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Medieval Studies
- Early Modern Studies
- Gender and Sexualities
- Rhetorical Discourse
- Italian Literature
- Troubadours
- Authorship
- Book History
Joseph A. Keith
Associate Professor; Chair
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Modern U.S. and British Literature
- Culture of U.S. Imperialism
- Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American Literature
- Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies
- Transnational American Studies
- Postcolonial Studies
- Anglophone Caribbean Literature
- Cold War Literature
John Kuhn
Assistant Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- 16th- and 17th-century English literature and history
Research Interests
- Animal Rights Scholarship
- Cultural & Media Studies
- Transhumanist Studies
- Feminist Theory
Monika Mehta
Associate Professor; Undergraduate Director
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Globalization
- Diaspora and Cultural Production
- Postcolonial Literature
- New Media & Film Studies
- Theories of Nation-State
- Contemporary Critical Theory
- Feminist and Sexuality Studies
Robert Micklus
Associate Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Early American Literature
- Southern Fiction
- American Humor
Jean-Pierre Mileur
Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Alexandra Moore
Professor; Director
English, General Literature and Rhetoric; Human Rights Institute
Research Interests
- Human Rights in Literature and Visual Culture
- Postcolonial Studies
- Critical Theory
- Feminist Theory
Surya Parekh
Assistant Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- 18th Century Enlightenment
- Critical Race and Gender Studies
- Black Cultural Studies
- Postcolonial Studies
- Feminist Theory
Birgit Brander Rasmussen
Associate Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Comparative Ethnic Studies
- Early American Literature
- Native American Literatures, Literacies, and Rhetorics
- Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Critical Whiteness Studies
Jessie Reeder
Assistant Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Romantic and Victorian literature
- Empire
- Latin America
- Narrative
- Formalism
- Temporality
- Gender
- Politics
Liz Rosenberg
Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Children's Literature
- American Literature
Michael Sharp
Lecturer
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Medieval Literature
- American Crime Fiction
- Comics
- Popular Fiction
- Arthurian Literature
Jennifer Lynn Stoever
Associate Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- African American Literature and Culture
- 19th and 20th Century American Literature
- American Studies
- Popular Music
- Sound and Audio Culture Studies
- Race and Theories of Representation
- Digital Humanities
- Civic Engagement
Susan Strehle
Distinguished Service Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- American Literature
- Women Writers
- Contemporary Fiction American and Global
- Nation in Literature
- Diaspora Citizenship and Belonging
- Postcolonial Theory and Literature
- Feminism
Elizabeth Tucker
Distinguished Service Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- children's/adolescents' folklore
- folklore of the supernatural
- digital folklore
John E. Vernon
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Creative Writing
- Modern Literature
- Literature of the American West
Alvin P. Vos
Associate Professor; Collegiate Professor of Hinman College
English, General Literature and Rhetoric; Residential Life
Research Interests
- Renaissance Literature and Culture
- Shakespeare
- Colonial/Post-Colonial Studies
- Student-Centered Pedagogies
- Learning Communities
Andrew R. Walkling
Dean's Associate Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Seventeenth-Century British History
- Visual Culture
- Literary Studies
- Performance Studies
- Musicology
Joseph Weil
Assistant Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Bridget Whearty
Assistant Professor, Medieval Studies Program; Assistant Professor
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies; English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- 14th- and 15th-c English Literature; Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, John Lydgate and Thomas Hoccleve
- Digitization and Medieval Texts
Gayle E. Whittier
Associate Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Creative writing
- Shakespeare
- selected aspects of modern literature
Lisa T. Yun
Associate Professor
Department of Asian and Asian American Studies; English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Freedom; Slavery; Human Rights
- Testimony and Testimonial
- Cross-racial Liberatory Movements
- Immigrant Narratives
Alexi Zentner
Assistant Professor, English and Creative Writing
English, General Literature and Rhetoric
Research Interests
- Fiction
Affliliated Faculty
Patricia G. Lespinasse
Assistant Professor
Africana Studies
