Emeritus Faculty Members

John McGowan

John W. and Anna H. Hanes Distinguished Professor

Email About My work has been in literary and political theory, with a focus on how the intellectual traditions in … Read more

Ruth Moose

Email Degrees Pfeiffer University-BA UNC Greensboro MLS Publications Published 6 collections of short stories 2 novels – one which won … Read more

Patrick Paul O’Neill

James Gordon Hanes Distinguished Professor

Most of my academic work has focused on the principal languages and literatures of the British Isles (English, Irish/Gaelic, Welsh, … Read more

Margaret Ellen O’Shaughnessey

Email About Margaret O’Shaughnessey focuses on American Literature, specifically Native American Literature and American Environmental Literature.  She also teaches Writing … Read more

Mark Lafayette Reed, III

Email About I am a native of Asheville, NC. I was a member of the  UNC-CH Department of English 1963-2000. … Read more

Thomas Jeffrey Reinert

Email About Thomas Reinert works primarily on British 18th-century literature but also teaches 19- and 20th-century British literature and recent … Read more

James Seay

Email Degrees 1964, BA English, University of Mississippi 1966, MA English, University of Virginia Publications Recent work in Harper’s, The … Read more

Alan Shapiro

Email About Alan Shapiro has published many books of poetry and prose, including Reel to Reel, finalist for the Pulitzer … Read more

Beverly Taylor

Email About Specializing in Victorian literature and culture, especially poetry and women novelists, Beverly Taylor has published on Byron, Shelley, … Read more

James Thompson

Email About I am interested in the development of fiction from the late seventeenth century into the middle of the … Read more