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Baldo, Jonathan
- Professor of English, Department of Humanities, Eastman School of Music
- jbaldo@esm.rochester.edu | (585) 274-1610
- 606 Eastman Theater
Interests: Shakespeare; early modern cultural studies; literary theory
Beljanski, Tanja
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, BA, University of Cologne
- MA, University of Rochester
Interests: Contemporary American literature and film, media and film studies, critical theory, narratology, intertextuality and intermediality, media objects, post-postmodernism, temporalities of the contemporary in popular culture, gender 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
Boerner, Jay
- Selznick Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, University of Minnesota
Interests: Film Preservation & Restoration, Silent Cinema, Cinema History
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 identity and space; borderlands; marginalized figures; monstrosity and race; science and literature
Brengle, Abigail
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, University of Rochester
- BA, Michigan State University
Interests: Twentieth-century British and American literature, Modernism, poetry and poetics
Bronte, Clarence
- MA Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Bard College
Interests: romanticism; horror and Gothic literature; science, psychology, and philosophy; gender and sexuality.
Burges, Joel
- Associate Professor of English
- Director of Visual and 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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Cho, Seung
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, University of Rochester
- BA, Soongsil University
Interests: Early Modern Literature; Shakespeare and Renaissance Poetry; Negative Capability and Theology; Tragedy and Philosophy
Chung, Ka Man
- MA Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, University of Hong Kong
- BA, Lingnan University
Conklin, Ashley
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, Boston College
- BA, University of Connecticut
Interests: Medieval literature; Violence in romance and hagiography; Monstrosity; Marginalized figures
Crakes, Andrew
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, Southern Connecticut State University
- BA, Boston University
Interests: American modernist poetry; Affect theory and psychoanalysis; Digital humanities; Poetry and Cinema
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Davies, Helen
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, BA, Loyola University Chicago
- MA, University of York, UK
Interests: Medieval literature, Maps, Digital Humanities, and Multi-Spectral Imaging
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
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Eaves, Morris
- Professor of English and Richard L. Turner Professor of Humanities
- 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
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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Gilbert, Natina
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- Oberlin College, BA
Interests: Twentieth-century American, Poetry and Poetics
Grasdalen, Taylor
- MA Program
- Prior Degrees
- University of Minnesota Duluth, BA
Interests: American literature since World War II, South American literature, rhetoric, debut novels, journalism, short stories
Green, Meaghan
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, North Central College
Interests: British Literature, Romanticism, Aesthetics and Images
Gross, Kenneth
- Alan F. Hilfiker Distinguished 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
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 and Textual Science; 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; film and media studies; fiction
Hubbs, Lauren
- Selznick Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Rochester Institute of Technology
Interests: Film Preservation
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Ingles, Jarrod
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Asbury University
Interests: Romantic and Victorian Literature; Politics and Poetry; Aesthetics
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Jaime, Shannon
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Whittier College
- MA, University of Rochester
Interests: British Romantic and Victorian Literature; Women Writers; Poetry and Poetics; Lyric and Genre Theory
Jones, Sarah
- Managing Editor, Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly
- sarah.jones@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3820
- Morey
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Kalish, Devin
- MA Program
- Prior Degrees
- BAAS, Rochester Institute of Technology
Interests: Science Fiction; Mary Shelley; New Wave Science Fiction; Multimedia; Experimental Writing; Utilitarianism; Animal Studies; Existential Risk
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
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
Kohlhase, Emily
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Interests: English Renaissance drama, focus on Shakespeare; Early Modern and Contemporary theatrical practices; Adaptation
Kraines, Daniel
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, NY University
- MFA, Boston University
- BA, Skidmore College
Interests: 20th Century and Contemporary Literature; Modernism, Poetry and Poetics
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Lang, Amanda
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, St. John Fisher College
- MA, University of Rochester
Interests: Early Modern Literature; Shakespeare and English Renaissance Drama; Gender Studies
Li, Huimin
- MA Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, Peking University
- BA, Renmin University of China
- MA, University of Rochester
Interests: British and American 19th century; modernism.
Lloyd, Hilarie
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Duke University
- JD, Cornell Law School
Interests: Feminist Theory and Jurisprudence; Progressive Literary Movements; Politics and Language; Critical Race Theory; Women Writers; Anglo-Irish Literature
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
- james.longenbach@rochester.edu
- 401A Morey Hall
Interests: Modernism; poetry; creative writing
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
Loy, Eric
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, Creighton University
- BA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Interests: Contemporary literature, book history & future, DH, scholarly editing
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
- 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
- Director, Graduate Studies
- 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
Martin, Olivia
- MA Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Georgia College and State University
McDonald, Matthew
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Vanderbilt University
Interests: 19th and 20th century American; poetics; fixed verse forms, particularly the sonnet
Memmott, James
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
- jim.memmott@rochester.edu
- 419 Morey Hall
Interests: Journalism
Michael, John
- Professor of English and Visual and Cultural Studies
- Director of American Studies and Chair of the Department, English
- john.michael@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9259
- 405 Morey Hall
Interests: American literature; critical theory; cultural studies
Middleton, Jason
- Associate Professor
- Director, Film and Media Studies Program
- jason.middleton@rochester.edu
- 511 Morey Hall
Interests: Film and media studies; critical theory; cultural studies
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: 19th century American literature; cosmopolitanism & exile; transnationalism; American intellectual history; relations between literature and national identity.
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Nelson, Daniel
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, New York University
- MA, SUNY at Buffalo
Interests: Poetry, Especially Ninteenth-Century British and Twentieth-Century American; British Romanticism
Nikolis, Anastasia
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Haverford College
Interests: Modern and contemporary literature; Poetry and poetics; Word and image
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Omelsky, Matthew
- Assistant Professor of English
- matthew.omelsky@rochester.edu
- 417 Morey
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: 18th and 19th century British literature, narratology, genre theory, literary theory and its history, the Novel
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Paul, Benjamin
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Interests: Twentieth-century British and American literature; transnational modernism; hybrid texts; narratology; poetics; translation
Peck, Russell A
- Professor Emeritus of English and John H. Deane Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric and Poetry
- russell.peck@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7157
- 319 Morey Hall
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
Powell, Zachary M
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, Kansas State University
- BS, University of Kansas
Interests: Film and Media Studies (Silent Film, War Film, Horror Film, Experimental Film) Cultural Studies, Modernism, and Contemporary Literature
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Quinn, Kelsey
- MA Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Vassar College
Interests: 19th century British literature, Victorian studies
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Rajan, Supritha
- Associate Professor of English
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
- srajan@UR.Rochester.edu
- 415 Morey Hall
Interests: Nineteenth-century British literature; critical theory; creative writing (poetry)
Rice, Gordon
- Senior Lecturer
- Production Manager, the International Theatre Program
- g.rice@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9006
- 205 Todd Union
Interests: Technical direction; production management
Rich, Robert
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, University of Oregon
Interests: Nineteenth-Century British Literature, History of Economic Thought, Early Science Fiction
Rozenski, Steven
- Assistant 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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Sadaniantz, Nicole
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, University of Pennsylvania
Interests: 20th century theatre, modernism, dramaturgy, composition studies
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
- Director, Literary Arts Programs
- joanna.scott@rochester.edu
- 404C Morey Hall
Interests: Modern and contemporary fiction; the art of imaginative writing
Sengupta, Oishani
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
- BA, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Interests: Victorian visual culture; illustrated novels; digital humanities; translation studies
Shukla, Abhishek
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, St. Stephen's College, Delhi
- MA, University College Dublin
Interests: Nineteenth-Century American Literature; History of Ideas; Early American religious thought; Pragmatist philosophy.
Simon, Miles
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, California State University-Northridge
- BA, California State University-Northridge
Interests: Transatlantic Romanticism; Liminal spaces; Negative capability and theology; History of the daemon; Genre studies; Hybrid texts
Skwiat, Matthew
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, University of Rochester
- MA, Drew University
- BA, Kean University
Interests: Rise of the Novel, Victorian Literature and Transatlantic Gothic Fiction
Smith, Curt
- Senior Lecturer in English
- curtsmith@netacc.net | (585) 275-4260
- 320 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: Research interests: contemporary American literature, war & memory, literary theory & history of theory, intellectual history, philosophy, religion, aesthetics, visual art & history
Sutter, Malaika
- MA Program
- Prior Degrees
- MA, BA, University of Bern
Interests: Contemporary North American literature, needlework and textiles, intermediality, materiality, gender and queer studies, storytelling and historiography
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Tawil, Ezra
- Professor
- 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 Literature, Modernism, Construction of Mixed Race Identity in Literary Texts, Narrative Identity Construction, Liminal Spaces, Critical Race Theory, Gender and Sexuality
Tucker, Jeffrey Allen
- Associate Professor of English
- jeffrey.tucker@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2064
- 418 Morey Hall
Interests: African-American literature; 20th-century American literature; science fiction
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Valencia, Gabby
- MA Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Marymount Manhattan College
Interests: Gender and Sexuality; Twentieth-century fiction; Twentieth-century poetry; Modernism; Women writers; Contemporary novels; Caribbean literature; Hispanic literature; Chicano studies
Vernetti II, Richard
- MA Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Le Moyne College
Interests: Romanticism, American Trancendentalism, Epic Poetry, Film History and Studies, the Grotesque (across multiple periods), American Literature (the “Great American Novel”)
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Wessels, Christian
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- MFA, Boston University
- BA, SUNY College at Brockport
Interests: Poetry and poetics
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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Yee, Pamela
- PhD Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, University of California, Berkeley
Interests: Medieval Literature; Arthurian Tradition; Celtic Mythology; Folklore and Fairy Tale; Historical Linguistics; Gender Studies
Yochum, Tiffany
- MA Program
- Prior Degrees
- BA, Loyola University New Orleans
Interests: British Literature; politics and the novel; intersection of politics and humor, portrayals of religion in literature; religion and aesthetics
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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