Faculty Interest: American Literature to 1900 to the present
Eliza Richards
Professor
Email: ecr@email.unc.edu
Aesthetics African American Literature American Literature from 1789 to 1900 American Literature to 1900 to the present British Literature from 1789 to 1900 Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Disability Studies Genre Theory History of the Book Literature and History Literature and Philosophy Literature and Science Literature of the Americas Media Studies Performance Studies Poetry and Poetics Women Writers
Matthew Taylor
Associate Professor / Director of Graduate Admissions
Email: mattheta@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-3395
Aesthetics American Literature from 1789 to 1900 American Literature to 1900 to the present Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Literature and Philosophy Literature and Science Literature, Medicine and Culture Posthumanism Science Fiction Science Writing The Novel Transatlantic Studies
Martin Louis Johnson
Assistant Professor
Email: mlj@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-4050
Aesthetics American Literature to 1900 to the present Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Digital Humanities Feminist Historiography Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Film and Media Studies Genre Theory History of the Book Media Studies Performance Studies Post-Colonial Literature and Theory Posthumanism Queer Theory Visual Culture and Arts
Cynthia Current
Teaching Associate Professor
Email: current@email.unc.edu
African American Literature American Literature from 1789 to 1900 American Literature to 1900 to the present Contemporary American Literature Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Genre Theory Literature and Science Literature, Medicine and Culture Narrative Theory Posthumanism Queer Theory Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy Science Fiction Science Writing Social Justice The Novel Women Writers Writing In The Disciplines
Bland Simpson
Kenan Distinguished Professor
Email: bsimpson@email.unc.edu
American Literature from 1789 to 1900 American Literature to 1900 to the present Creative Writing Drama Literature of the Americas Southern Literature The Novel Travel Writing
Søren George Palmer
Teaching Assistant Professor
Email: sgpalmer@email.unc.edu
African American Literature American Literature to 1900 to the present Contemporary American Literature Creative Writing Literature and Religion Modernism Southern Literature Writing In The Disciplines
Heidi Kim
Associate Professor; Director of the Asian American Center
Email: heidikim@email.unc.edu
American Literature to 1900 to the present Asian American Literature Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Critical Race Studies Literature and History Literature and Science The Novel
Henry Veggian
Associate Teaching Professor
Email: torino3@email.unc.edu
American Literature to 1900 to the present Contemporary American Literature Critical Theory and Cultural Studies History of the Book Italian Literature And Culture Literature and History Literature and Philosophy Literature and Science The Novel
Leslie Frost
Teaching Associate Professor
Email: lefrost@ad.unc.edu
Margaret Ellen O’Shaughnessey
Teaching Professor
Email: meo@email.unc.edu
American Literature from 1789 to 1900 American Literature to 1900 to the present Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Literature and Science Literature of the Americas Science Writing Southern Literature