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
- Elizabeth S. Anker
- Kevin Attell
- Anindita Banerjee
- Aaron Bartels-Swindells
- Jean Blackall
- Lynda D. Bogel
- Fredric Bogel
- Carole Boyce Davies
- Jeremy Braddock
- Mary Pat Brady
- Laura Brown
- NoViolet Bulawayo
- Jodi A. Byrd
- Cathy Caruth
- Cynthia Chase
- Eric Cheyfitz
- Elisha Cohn
- Jonathan D. Culler
- Naminata Diabate
- Laura E. Donaldson
- Grant Farred
- David Faulkner
- Emily Foster
- Chelsea Mikael Frazier
- Emily Fridlund
- J. Ellen Gainor
- Andrew Galloway
- Roger Gilbert
- Alex Gilvarry
- Charlie Green
- Ellis Hanson
- Lamar Herrin
- Rebeca Hey-Colón
- Andrew Hill
- Thomas Hill
- Molly Hite
- Juliana Hu Pegues
- Nicholas Huelster
- Ishion Hutchinson
- George Hutchinson
- Mary Jacobus
- Karen Jaime
- Biodun Jeyifo
- Jane Juffer
- Rayna Kalas
- Adhy Kim
- Alexandra Kleeman
- J. Robert Lennon
- Caroline Levine
- Mary Loeffelholz
- Gregory Londe
- Philip Lorenz
- Alison Lurie
- Joanie Mackowski
- Kenneth A. McClane
- Maureen McCoy
- Kate McCullough
- Jon McKenzie
- Paul McQuade
- Natalie Melas
- Dorothy Mermin
- Satya P. Mohanty
- Jonathan B. Monroe
- Robert Morgan
- Valzhyna Mort
- Timothy Murray
- Mukoma Wa Ngugi
- Mendi Obadike
- A. Reeve Parker
- Ernesto Quiñonez
- Mary Ann Radzinowicz
- Masha Raskolnikov
- Riché Richardson
- Dan Rosenberg
- Jessica M. Rosenberg
- Neil Saccamano
- Nick Salvato
- Shirley Samuels
- Paul Sawyer
- Daniel R. Schwarz
- Anna Shechtman
- Sandra Siegel
- James Simpson
- Derrick R. Spires
- Lindsay Thomas
- Nafissa Thompson-Spires
- Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
- Stephanie Vaughn
- Helena María Viramontes
- Edna Wan
- Lenora Warren
- Samantha Zacher