
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
- Jean Blackall
- Lynda D. Bogel
- Fredric Bogel
- Carole Boyce Davies
- Jeremy Braddock
- Mary Pat Brady
- Laura Brown
- Jodi A. Byrd
- James Byrne
- Cathy Caruth
- Cynthia Chase
- Eric Cheyfitz
- Elisha Cohn
- Margo Natalie Crawford
- Jonathan D. Culler
- Naminata Diabate
- Laura E. Donaldson
- Grant Farred
- David Faulkner
- Chelsea Mikael Frazier
- Emily Fridlund
- J. Ellen Gainor
- Andrew Galloway
- Roger Gilbert
- Amanda Jo Goldstein
- Charlie Green
- Ellis Hanson
- Lamar Herrin
- Thomas Hill
- Molly Hite
- Juliana Hu Pegues
- Juliana Hu Pegues
- Ishion Hutchinson
- George Hutchinson
- Mary Jacobus
- Karen Jaime
- Biodun Jeyifo
- Jane Juffer
- Rayna Kalas
- J. Robert Lennon
- Seth Lerer
- Caroline Levine
- Gregory Londe
- Philip Lorenz
- Alison Lurie
- Joanie Mackowski
- Jenny C. Mann
- Kenneth A. McClane
- Maureen McCoy
- Kate McCullough
- Jon McKenzie
- Natalie Melas
- Dorothy Mermin
- Satya P. Mohanty
- Jonathan B. Monroe
- Robert Morgan
- Valzhyna Mort
- Timothy Murray
- Mukoma Wa Ngugi
- David Orr
- A. Reeve Parker
- Sandeep Parmar
- Bao Phi
- Ernesto Quiñonez
- Mary Ann Radzinowicz
- Masha Raskolnikov
- Riché Richardson
- Neil Saccamano
- Nick Salvato
- Shirley Samuels
- Paul Sawyer
- Daniel R. Schwarz
- Anna Shechtman
- Sandra Siegel
- Derrick R. Spires
- Nafissa Thompson-Spires
- Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
- Stephanie Vaughn
- Helena María Viramontes
- Lenora Warren
- Shelley Wong
- Samantha Zacher