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Faculty Name	Fields of Interest

Allmendinger, Blake	Literature of the American West
Behdad, Ali	Victorian Literature Postcolonial Theory Travel Literature Immigration Nationalism
Braunmuller, Albert R.	Western Drama from the Greeks to Present Theory and Practice of European Drama 1500-1700 British Early Modern and 19^th-Century and 20^th/21^st-Century Drama
Bristow, Joseph	British & Irish Literature, 1832-1914 Histories and Theories of Sexuality LGBT Studies / Queer Theory Oscar Wilde and his circle
Carruth, Allison	American literature (especially since 1945) Contemporary fiction Ecocriticism / Environmental Humanities Literature & Science / STS Globalization theory Food studies
Cheung, King-Kok	Chinese and Chinese American Comparative Literature Comparative American Ethnic Literatures Asian American Literature Comparative Heroic Traditions Renaissance British Literature
Chism, Christine	Medieval Literature and Drama Medieval Intercultural Encounter The Medieval Mediterranean Theories of History, Culture and Performance Medieval Islam and Arabic
Cohen, Michael C.	Nineteenth-century poetry American literature Historical poetics History of the book
Colacurcio, Michael J.	American Literary and Intellectual History, beginnings to 1900 Literature and Philosophy Historical Criticism
DeLoughrey, Elizabeth	Postcolonial Studies Ecocritical/Environmental Studies Diaspora and Indigenous Studies Globalization, Militarization, Nuclearization Island, Oceanic, and Gender Studies Caribbean and Pacific Island Literatures
Deutsch, Helen E.	Eighteenth-century British Literature and Culture Disability Studies Gender Studies Literary Theory Poetry
Dickey, Stephen J.	Shakespeare and English Renaissance Literature Poetry Drama The Beat Generation
Dimuro, Joseph A.	19th and 20th Century American Literature History and Theory of the Novel Cultural Theory Henry James Narratology
Fisher, Matthew	Insular Medieval Literature (in Latin, Old English, Anglo-Norman, And Middle English) Medieval History Writing Travel Writing, Saints’ Lives, and Romance Insular Medieval Manuscripts (paleography and codicology)
Fuchs, Barbara	Early Modern English and Spanish Literature Mediterranean and Transatlantic Studies Literature and Empire Transnationalism and Literary History Race and Religion in the Early Modern World
Gallagher, Lowell	Renaissance Studies Critical Theory English Catholic Studies Spenser Religion and Literature Queer Studies
Goodwin, James E.	Modern Literature and Drama Autobiography Film Photography
Goyal, Yogita	African American Literature Diaspora and Transnationalism Postcolonial Literature and Theory Novel Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Grossman, Jonathan H.	19th-Century British Literature History, Form, and Sociology of the Novel Narrative and Temporality
Hornby, Louise	20th Century British Literature Photography Film Interdisciplinary Studies
Hyde, Carrie	19th-Century U.S. Literature and Culture Political Philosophy and Theory The Black Atlantic Historical Methods Citizenship
Jager, Eric	Medieval Literature
Kareem, Sarah T.	The History and Theory of The Novel Enlightenment Philosophy Literature and Science Realism and The Marvelous
Kaufman, Eleanor	Twentieth-century French philosophy and literature History of Critical Theory Medieval Christian Philosophy Literature of the Jewish Diaspora Western American Jewish Studies
Kelly, Henry A.	Medieval and Renaissance Literature and History Biblical Studies Ecclesiastical History and Theology
Lee, Rachel C.	Asian American Literature and Culture Studies of Race and Ethnicity Body Studies and Biopolitics Feminist and Queer Theory

Ling, Jinqi	Asian American Literature Asian American Studies Literary and Cultural Theory
Little, Arthur L.	Shakespeare/Early Modern Studies LGBT/Queer Studies Gender Studies African American/Black Diaspora Studies
Looby, Christopher	Early and Colonial America 19^th-Century American Gender / Sexuality Studies
Lopez, Marissa K.	Chicana/o Literature 19^th-Century Literature, especially the literature of the West and California Narratology Novel Theory Globalization and Transnational Studies Bodies and Corporeal Subjectivity
Louie, David Wong	Fiction Writing Asian American Literature Contemporary American Literature
Makdisi, Saree	Culture of Modernity in Britain during the Romantic period 18^th and 19^th-Century Imperialism British Literature and Imperial Culture Cultural Politics of the Contemporary Arab World
Maniquis, Robert M.	Late 18^th and Early 19^th-Century Literature Comparative Literature
McEachern, Claire	16^th and 17^th Century British Literature Reformation Religions and Politics Gender / Sexuality Early Modern Women’s Writing Shakespeare Editing Humanism
McHugh, Kathleen	Film and Visual Cultural Studies Autobiography Contemporary, Critical and Feminist Theory
McMillan, Uri	African American Studies African American Literature American Literature Black and Latino/a Popular Cultures Black Performance Critical Race Theory Feminist Performance Art and Theory Queer Studies Third World Feminisms Women’s Studies
Mellor, Anne K.	British Romantic Literature and Art 18^th and 19^th Century Women’s Writing Feminist Theory Literature and Science Literature and Philosophy
Minkova, Donka	History of the English Language History and Structure of English Verse English Word-Structure Varieties of English
Mullen, Harryette R.	African American Literature American Poetry Creative Writing
Nagy, Joseph F.	Celtic Languages and Literatures Folklore and Mythology
North, Michael A.	20^th Century British and American Literature Postcolonial Literature Visual and Media Studies Politics and Literature Race, Ethnicity and Language
Nussbaum, Felicity	18^th-Century British Literature Disability Studies Drama Nonfiction Prose Women’s Literature Postcolonial and Anglophone Literature
Pérez-Torres, Rafael	Chicano Literature and Culture Contemporary Multicultural Production and Theories of Post-coloniality and Post-modernity
Post, Jonathan F S	Poetry of Shakespeare, Milton, Donne and the Metaphysical Poets Modern and Contemporary Poetry Visual Arts Matters of the Baroque The Writings of Sir Thomas Browne
Reinhard, Kenneth	The History of Critical and Aesthetic Theory, Contemporary Critical Theory (Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, Political Theory) Jewish Studies (Hermeneutics and Modern Jewish Philosophy)
Rowe, Karen E.	Colonial American Literature to 1800 Women’s Literature Renaissance 17^th-Century English Literature
Sanchez, Juan	British Romanticism Transatlantic Literary Studies The Global 19^th Century 19^th-Century Anglo-Hispanic Literary Culture
Seltzer, Mark I.	American Literature Modern and Contemporary Theory and Society Media Studies
Sharpe, Jenny	Postcolonial Studies Caribbean Literature Critical Theory Gender Studies Novel
Shuger, Debora K.	Renaissance / 17^th-Century Tudor-Stuart Literature Early Modern Religious, Political and Legal Thought Neo-Latin Censorship
Simpson, Mona	Fiction The Novel The Short Story The Old Fashioned Love of Literary Pleasure
Stefans, Brian Kim	Digital Aesthetics 20^th / 21^st- Century Poetry Video Game Narrative Studies Book Arts
Streeter, Caroline	African American Studies Ethnic Studies Women's Studies
Watson, Robert N.	William Shakespeare Ecocriticism Ben Jonson’s Comedies The Metaphysical Poets Renaissance Religion The U.S. in the 1960s Contemporary Politics Contemporary Poetry
Yarborough, Richard A.	African American Literature 19^th and 20^th Century American Fiction Politics & Literature American Popular Culture (film, music)
Yenser, Stephen	The Writing of Poems Contemporary American Poetry Lyric Poetry in English
Emeriti Name	Fields of Interest
Allen, Michael J.	English Medieval and Renaissance Literature, especially Shakespeare Italian Quattrocento Literature Renaissance Philosophy, especially the Platonism of Marsilio Ficino And Pico della Mirandolaf
Burwick, Fred L.	British and German Romanticism 19^th-Century Drama Perception Theory Literature and Cognitive Science
Kipling, Gordon L.	Medieval and Tudor Drama Theatrical Spectacle Chaucer Shakespeare
Lincoln, Kenneth R.	Contemporary Literature Native American Literature Native American Poetry
Novak, Maximillian E.	The Novel Restoration and 18^th Century Literature Jewish-American Literature
Wortham, Thomas R.	19^th-Century American Literature and Culture Textual Scholarship

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