English

Faculty

Professor and Chair of English
BA, University of California-Berkeley; MA, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Professor of English
BA, PhD, University of California-Berkeley
Associate Professor of English
BA, University of British Columbia; MA, PhD, Stanford University
Adjunct Instructor in English
BA, University of Puget Sound
Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
BA, Wheaton College; MA, PhD, University at Buffalo
Professor of English on the Henry Noble MacCracken Chair
Robert DeMaria wearing a white shirt, gray jacket and floral tie against a light background.
BA, Amherst College; PhD, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Professor of English on the Jean Webster Chair
BA, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus; MA, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Professor of English
BA, Yale University; BA, Clare College; PhD, University of Cambridge
Assistant Professor of English
Katie Gemmill wearing a pink and blue shirt against a light background.
BA, Queens University; MA, McGill University; PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Adjunct Associate Professor of English
BA, Marlboro College; MFA, Cornell University
Art Librarian
MLS, Southern Connecticut State University; MPhil, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Professor of English
Jean M. Kane wearing a light blue collared shirt against a light gray background.
BA, Indiana University-Bloomington; MA, Stanford University; PhD, University of Virginia
Professor of English on the Helen D. Lockwood Chair
Headshot of Amitava Kumar
BA, University of Delhi; MA, Syracuse University; MA, University of Delhi; PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
BA, Vassar College; MA, PhD, CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
BA, Brigham Young University; MFA, University of Houston
Associate Professor of English
BA, MA, Eotvos Lorand University (University of Budapest); MA, New York University; MPhil, University of Birmingham; PhD, New York University
Professor of English
BA, University of San Diego; MFA, Mills College; PhD, University of California-Davis
Visiting Associate Professor of English
BA, The College of Wooster; MFA, Columbia University in the City of New York
Assistant Professor of English
BA, Connecticut College; MA, Columbia University in the City of New York; MFA, CUNY City College; MPhil, Columbia University in the City of New York
Associate Professor of English
BA, University of Miami; MA, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Director of First-Year Writing and The Writing Center and Adjunct Associate Professor of English
Matthew Schultz with a beard and mustache, wearing a purple and white checked shirt, tan patterned jacket, and dark blue tie with a bookcase and framed art in the background.
BA, MA, John Carroll University; PhD, Saint Louis University-Main Campus
Assistant Professor of English
Headshot of Blevin Shelnutt.
BA, Davidson College; MA, PhD, New York University
Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
BA, Wesleyan University
Associate Professor of English
Tyrone Simpson, II
BA, University of Virginia; MA, Boston College; MA, Xavier University; PhD, Indiana University-Bloomington
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
A portrait photo of Mark Taylor posing in front of a bookshelf.
BA, University of Auckland; MA, PhD, Stanford University
Assistant Professor of English
Portrait of a person in a blue suit and glasses in front of a stained glass window.
MSt, MSt, University of Oxford; BA, Washington and Lee University; MA, PhD, Princeton University
Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
BA, Vassar College; MFA, Cornell University
Professor of English on the Mary Augusta Scott Chair
BA, MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Emeriti

Peter Antelyes , PhD
Associate Professor Emeritus of English (1984–2023)
Susan H. Brisman , PhD
Associate Professor Emerita of English (1973–2008)
Beverly Coyle , PhD
Professor Emerita of English (1977–2001)
Dean Crawford , MA
Visiting Associate Professor Emeritus of English (1988–2016)
Beth Darlington , PhD
Professor Emerita of English (1967–2013)
Donald W. Foster , PhD
Professor Emeritus of English (1986–2017)
Eamon Grennan , PhD
Professor Emeritus of English (1974–2007)
Colton Johnson , PhD
Professor Emeritus of English (1965–2007)
Marsha Mark , MA
Adjunct Associate Professor Emerita of English (2001–2022)
Barbara J. Page , PhD
Professor Emerita of English (1969–2007)
Karen Robertson , PhD
Senior Lecturer Emerita in English (1982–2018)
Paul Russell , PhD
Professor Emeritus of English (1983–2021)
Patricia B. Wallace , PhD
Professor Emerita of English (1976–2016)