Full Directory
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Albers-Morris, Catherine
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, BA, University of Mississippi
Interests: Medieval literature; global Middle Ages; Multispectral imaging; Textual Science; Digital Humanities
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Beljanski, Tanja
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, BA, University of Cologne
- MA, University of Rochester
Interests: Contemporary American literature, film, and television, media studies, intertextuality and intermediality, affect, emotions, and the visceral, temporalities of the contemporary, gender, sexuality and women’s studies
Bleich, David
- Professor
- david.bleich@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8568
- 409 Morey Hall
Interests: Literary and language theory; writing and language pedagogy; women's studies; science studies; Jewish studies; film and popular culture
Bowen, Mead
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, Aberystwyth University
- BA, University of Florida
Interests: Anglo-Celtic literature and interactions in the Middle Ages; animal studies and ecocriticism; constructions of wildness in gender identity and space; borderlands; marginalized figures; monstrosity and race; science and literature
Burges, Joel
- Associate Professor of English and Visual & Cultural Studies
- joel.burges@rochester.edu
- 413 Morey Hall
Interests: Post-1945 cultural studies; media studies; critical theory; American and contemporary literature
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Chitrakar, Yash
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Washburn University
Interests: Metamodernism, Modern and Postmodern literature and film, Aesthetics and ethics, Literary theory
Choudhury, Debarati
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, University of York
- BA, University of Calcutta
Interests: Post-1945 literature, Novelty, Narrative theory, Comics, Life-Writing, Memory Studies, Philosophy and literature, Philosophy of Action, and Aesthetics.
Conklin, Ashley
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, Boston College
- BA, University of Connecticut
Interests: Medieval literature; Violence in romance and hagiography; Monstrosity; Marginalized figures
Corbeaux, Claire
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, SUNY College at Geneseo
Interests: Twentieth-century and contemporary American Literature; speculative fiction; identity; community; science and literature
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Davis, Diana
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, University of Rochester
- Postgraduate Certificate of Education, University of Oxford
Interests: Medieval concept of the human Soul in relationship to the Divine, and the implications this then has on the Western worldview and understanding of Self from the Renaissance onward.
Delcourt, Steffi
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, University of Rochester
- BA, Emory University
Interests: Medieval Literature, Middle English Romances, the Arthurian Tradition, Identity, Spatial Theory, Medieval death culture
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Eaves, Morris
- Professor of English and Richard L. Turner Professor of Humanities
- Former Director, A. W. Mellon Graduate Program in the Digital Humanities, the School of Arts & Sciences
- morris.eaves@rochester.edu
- 301 Morey Hall
Interests: British Romanticism; Media history and theory; Editorial theory; William Blake Archive Project
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Farrell, Katie
- Administrative Assistant, Theater Program
- katie.farrell@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4959
- 207 Todd Union
Fessenmeyer, Victor
- Selznick Program
Interests: Film Studies and Preservation
Fletcher, Brady
- Instructor
- Director of Forensics, Debate Union
- brady.fletcher@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3873
- 1.208a Dewey
Francisco, Erin
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, University of Rochester
- MFA, California College of the Arts
- BA, Elmira College
Interests: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Literature, Humor Studies, Environmental Humanities, Critical Race Theory, Public Humanities.
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Garcia, Antonia
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, University of Rochester
Interests: Sankofarration, Horror film and literature, Black Speculative 20th an 21st century literature, folktales, trauma studies
Garcia, Dani
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, California State University, Fullerton
- MA, California State University, Long Beach
- MA, Arizona State University
Interests: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Literature, Chicana/o Literature, Dystopian Literature, Cultural Criticism
Gilbert, Natina
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- Oberlin College, BA
Interests: Twentieth-century American, Poetry and Poetics, law and literature
Gross, Kenneth
- Alan F. Hilfiker Distinguished Professor in English
Professor of English
- kenneth.gross@rochester.edu
- 404B Morey Hall
Interests: Shakespeare; lyric poetry; Renaissance literature; romance
Grotz, Jennifer
- Professor of English
- jennifer.grotz@rochester.edu
- 406 Morey Hall
Interests: Poetry; creative writing; translation
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Hahn, Thomas
- Professor
- thomas.hahn@rochester.edu
- 402A Morey Hall
Interests: Medieval literature and culture; popular culture
Hamilton, Katie
- Production Manager
Interests: Theatre management; Stage lighting; Props building; Social justice
Harper, Alison
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, University of Chicago
- MA, University of York
- BA, St Hilda's College, Oxford University
Interests: Fifteenth-century popular literature; Medieval household miscellanies; Afterlife of texts, focus on fanfiction and other forms of textual adaptation
Heyworth, Gregory
- Associate Professor of English
- Director, Lazarus Project
- gregory.heyworth@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2548
- 408 Morey Hall
Higley, Sarah L
- Professor
- sarah.higley@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9261
- 411 Morey Hall
Interests: Medieval vernacular languages and literature of Northern Europe and their interchanges; Film and media studies; Teratology (the study of the monstrous); Ecocriticism
Hinsenkamp, Jane
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MEd, Harvard
- BA, Harvard
Interests: Science Fiction; Ursula K. Le Guin; Utopian Studies; Queer Studies; Narrative Game Theory; Tabletop Role-playing Games and Performance Studies
Huskin, Kyle
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Georgetown College
Interests: medieval literature, gender and authority, multispectral imaging, codicology, manuscript cultures, textual sciences
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Jarzyna, Luke
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Grinnell College
Interests: poetics, literary formalism, 20th-21C American, African American and Afro-diasporic literature, ordinary language philosophy
Jones, Sarah
- Managing Editor, Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly
- sarah.jones@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3820
- Morey
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Kegl, Rosemary
- Associate Professor
- rosemary.kegl@rochester.edu
- 318 Morey Hall
Interests: Shakespeare and English Renaissance drama; early modern literature and culture; literary theory; gender studies
Kephart, Daniel
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, Texas Tech University
- BA, Waynesburg University
Interests: Medieval literature; economics in storytelling; medieval social justifications of violence; race-making in the Middle Ages; aesthetics; the works of J.R.R. Tolkien
Kingsley, Joey
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University
- BA, College of the Holy Cross
Interests: British Romantic and Victorian Literature; Victorian Studies; Poetry and Poetics
Kusmierek, Liam
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, University of Rochester
Interests: Spatiotemporal, sociohistorical, semiotic, and translational considerations including notions of identity the text ‘contains’ grounded specifically in American/British/Russian literature from 1910 to 1970
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Lang, Amanda
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, St. John Fisher College
- MA, University of Rochester
Interests: English Renaissance Drama and Theater; Women and Theater in early modern England
Latella, Luke
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Hobart College
Interests: British and Irish Modernism; American Postmodernism; Transatlantic Studies; Literature and national identity
Li, Huimin
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, University of Rochester
- MA, Peking University
- BA, University of China, Renmin
Interests: women’s literature; female identity and subjectivity, the novel, contemporary pop culture
London, Bette
- Professor
- bette.london@rochester.edu
- 304 Morey Hall
Interests: Twentieth-century British literature; Victorian literature and culture; feminist theory; women's writing; authorship studies
Longenbach, James
- Joseph Henry Gilmore Professor of English
- 17 September 1959 - 29 July 2022
Lowman, Emily
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, College of William and Mary
Interests: Medieval literature, Celtic literature, Arthurian tradition, Old English literature, folklore; temporal theory, spatial theory; critical race theory
Lupack, Alan
- Emeritus Director of the Rossell Hope Robbins Library and the Koller-Collins Graduate English Center
- alupack@library.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0110
- 416 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Arthurian studies; Middle English literature; medievalism
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Maister, Nigel
- Senior Lecturer
- Russell and Ruth Peck Artistic Director, the International Theatre Program
- nigel.maister@rochester.edu | (585) 273-5159
- 210 Todd Union
Interests: New music; multimedia performance
Mannheimer, Katherine
- Associate Professor of English
- Chair , Department of English
- katherine.mannheimer@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9257
- 417 Morey Hall
Interests: Restoration; Eighteenth-century literature
Marra, Abbey
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- University of Bristol, MA
- Southern Nazarene University, BA
Interests: Film and Television Studies, Comedy, Gender Studies, Stardom and Celebrity, Popular Culture, Race and Representation
McCune, Jeffrey Q., Jr.
- Frederick Douglass Professor
Associate Professor of English
Associate Professor of Black Studies - Chair, Faculty Programs and Departmental Initiatives, Department of Black Studies
- jmccune@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 273-5346
- 311B Morey Hall
Memmott, James
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
- jim.memmott@rochester.edu
- 419 Morey Hall
Interests: Journalism
Michael, John
- John Hall Deane Professor of Rhetoric and Poetry
Professor of English
Professor of Visual and Cultural Studies - Director, American Studies
Interim Chair, Department of Black Studies
- john.michael@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9259
- 405 Morey Hall
Interests: American literature; critical theory; cultural studies
Middleton, Jason
- Associate Professor of English and Visual and Cultural Studies
- Director, Film and Media Studies Program
- jason.middleton@rochester.edu
- 511 Morey Hall
Interests: Film and media studies; critical theory; cultural studies; horror
Miller, William
- Assistant Professor
- william.miller@rochester.edu
- 410 Morey Hall
Interests: 17th century literature; 18th century literature; literature and religion; literature and philosophy
Morrice, Santiago
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, Mills College
- BA, University of California-Merced
Interests: Contemporary poetry and poetics; translation
Murray, Seth
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Kent State University
Interests: Long 19C American literature, history of the novel, genre theory, religion and literature, pragmatism, travel narratives
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Omelsky, Matthew
- Assistant Professor of English
- matthew.omelsky@rochester.edu
- 417 Morey Hall
Interests: Global black cultural studies; African and Caribbean literatures; film and digital media; time and phenomenology; speculative fiction; critical theory.
Ormsbee, Michael
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Williams College
Interests: 19th century British literature, literary theory and its history, recognition and form in the novel
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Peck, Russell A
- Professor Emeritus of English and John H. Deane Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric and Poetry
- 17 December, 1933 – 20 February, 2023
Interests: Middle English literature; medieval aesthetics; medieval intellectual history; myth and fairytale; history of drama and its performance; medievalism in British and American popular culture
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Rajan, Supritha
- Associate Professor of English
- srajan@UR.Rochester.edu
- 415 Morey Hall
Interests: Nineteenth-century British literature; critical theory; creative writing (poetry)
Rich, Robert
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, University of Oregon
- MA, University of Rochester
Interests: Nineteenth-Century British Literature, History of Economic Thought, Early Science Fiction
Rozenski, Steven
- Associate Professor
- srozensk@ur.rochester.edu
- 416 Morey
Interests: Middle English devotional literature; translation studies; book history; medieval German and Dutch literature; trans-Reformation England
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Schottenfeld, Stephen
- Associate Professor of English
- s.schottenfeld@rochester.edu
- 414 Morey Hall
Interests: Modern and contemporary literature; fiction writing; playwriting; screenwriting
Scott, Joanna
- Roswell Smith Burrows Professor of English
Professor of English - Director, Literary Arts Programs
- joanna.scott@rochester.edu
- 404C Morey Hall
Interests: Modern and contemporary fiction; the art of imaginative writing
Shaikh, Abdullah
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, University of Rochester
- BA, Tunghai University, Taiwan
Interests: The Novel, Fiction and Sociology, Self-Improvement Literature, Stoicism, Animal Theory, Islamic Perspectives on Literature
Smith, Curt
- Senior Lecturer of English
- curtsmith@netacc.net | (585) 426-7375
- 404-A Morey Hall
Interests: Presidential rhetoric; American presidents of the radio/television age; Public speaking; Sports broadcasting, with emphasis on baseball, football, basketball, and hockey
Soules, Katherine
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, University of Rochester
- MA, Marshall University
- BA, Cedarville University
Interests: Contemporary American literature; war and memory; literary theory and history of theory; intellectual history; philosophy; religion; aesthetics; visual art and history
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Tapia, Gabby
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, University of California, Irvine
Interests: Ecocriticism, queer theory, Spinozist theories, absurdist literature, 19th-century British literature
Tawil, Ezra
- Professor
- Director, Graduate Studies
- ezra.tawil@rochester.edu
- 412 Morey Hall
Interests: American literature to 1900; rise of the novel; the literary history of race; American sentimentalism; transatlantic theories of the aesthetic
Townsend, Dominique
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Pacific Union College
Interests: Twentieth-century British and Anglophone literature, Modernism, Racial identity construction, Liminality, Critical Race Theory, Gender and Sexuality
Tucker, Jeffrey Allen
- Associate Professor of English
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of English
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Black Studies
- jeffrey.tucker@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2064
- 418 Morey Hall
Interests: African-American literature; 20th-century American literature; science fiction
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Wessels, Christian
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MFA, Boston University
- BA, SUNY College at Brockport
Interests: 20th century poetry and poetics; didactic poetry and public poetics; responses to New Criticism
Williams, Micah
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Interests: African American literature and media; 20th and 21st-century American Literature; Gender and Sexuality; Social Justice Literature; Race and Representation
Woehl, Marcie
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, University of North Dakota
Interests: New media, public humanities, digital humanities, political rhetoric of the late 60s to mid-70s, and postmodernism.
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Zaloom, Rose
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Utica College
Interests: Early Modern/Renaissance British Literature, Dramatic Literature, Representations and Dynamics of Violence, Theatrical Staging, Audience Experience, Prose and Poetic Narrative
Zaman, Nasheed
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, Kansas State University
- BA, North South University, Bangladesh
Interests: Twentieth-century American Literature; African-American Literature; Literary theory
Zawacki, Alexander
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, Bangor University, Wales
- BS, Susquehanna University
Interests: High and late medieval literature, insular romance, multispectral imaging, textual science, the digital humanities