Faculty
Daniel Anderson
Professor / Director of Writing Program
Aesthetics American Literature to 1900 to the present Digital Humanities Digital Rhetorics Film and Media Studies Media Studies Performance Studies Poetry and Poetics Posthumanism Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy Visual Culture and Arts Writing In The Disciplines
David John Baker
Peter G. Phialas Distinguished Professor
British Literature from 1485 to 1660 (including Milton) Digital Humanities Early Modern Literature And Culture
Sarah Boyd
Teaching Assistant Professor
Aesthetics American Literature from 1789 to 1900 History of the Book Visual Culture and Arts Writing In The Disciplines
Inger S B Brodey
Associate Professor
Aesthetics British Literature from 1789 to 1900 Comparative Literature Digital Humanities Film and Media Studies French Literature and Culture German Literature and Culture Japanese Literature and Culture Literature and History Literature and Philosophy Narrative Theory Philosophy Of Language The Novel Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers
Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Associate Professor / Walker Percy Fellow
African American Literature American Literature to 1900 to the present Comparative Literature Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Creative Writing Critical Race Studies Digital Rhetorics Disability Studies Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Literature and History Literature, Medicine and Culture Performance Studies Poetry and Poetics Post-Colonial Literature and Theory Queer Theory Science Fiction Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers
Danielle Christmas
Associate Professor / Delta Delta Delta Fellow in the Humanities
African American Literature American Literature from 1789 to 1900 American Literature to 1900 to the present Comparative Literature Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Film and Media Studies Literature and History Literature and Religion Post-Colonial Literature and Theory Social Justice Southern Literature
Marsha S. Collins
Department Chair / Professor of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature Early Modern Literature And Culture Genre Theory Literature and History Poetry and Poetics The Novel Visual Culture and Arts
Taylor Cowdery
Associate Professor of English / Lumiansky Scholar / Director of the Program in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
British Literature from 1485 to 1660 (including Milton) British Literature from its beginning to 1485 Critical Theory and Cultural Studies History of the Book Poetry and Poetics Queer Theory
Elyse Crystall
Teaching Professor
Comparative Literature Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Critical Race Studies Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Latina / Latino Literature Literature of the Americas Social Justice Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers
Graham Culbertson
Teaching Assistant Professor
American Literature from 1789 to 1900 American Literature to 1900 to the present Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Digital Humanities Digital Rhetorics Film and Media Studies Literature and Philosophy Literature, Medicine and Culture Modernism Philosophy Of Language Posthumanism Queer Theory Science Fiction Science Writing Writing In The Disciplines
Cynthia Current
Associate Teaching Professor
African American Literature American Literature from 1789 to 1900 Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Genre Theory Literature, Medicine and Culture Narrative Theory Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy Science Writing Writing In The Disciplines
H. M. Cushman
Assistant Professor / Director of Graduate Placement
British Literature from 1485 to 1660 (including Milton) British Literature from its beginning to 1485 Digital Humanities Drama Literature and History Literature and Religion Performance Studies
Tyree Daye
Assistant Professor
African American Literature American Literature from 1789 to 1900 Arabic Literature Contemporary American Literature Creative Writing Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Depictions Of The Child Digital Humanities Disability Studies Drama Feminist Historiography Film and Media Studies Genre Theory History of the Book Latina / Latino Literature Literature and History Literature and Philosophy Literature and Religion Literature and Science Literature of the Americas Literature, Medicine and Culture Media Studies Modernism Narrative Theory Pedagogy Performance Studies Philosophy Of Language Poetry and Poetics Post-Colonial Literature and Theory Queer Theory Southern Literature The English Language The Novel Transatlantic Studies Travel Writing Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers Writing In The Disciplines
Stephanie DeGooyer
Assistant Professor / Frank Borden and Barbara Lasater Hanes Fellow
American Literature from 1789 to 1900 British Literature from 1660 to 1789 British Literature from 1789 to 1900 British Literature from 1900 to the Present Literature and History The Novel Transatlantic Studies Transnationalism
María DeGuzmán
Eugene H. Falk Distinguished Professor of English & Comparative Literature / Director of The UNC Latina/o Studies Program
Aesthetics African American Literature American Literature from 1789 to 1900 American Literature to 1900 to the present Comparative Literature Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Creative Writing Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Digital Humanities Ecocriticism Environmental Justice Studies Environmental Studies Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Film and Media Studies Genre Theory Latina / Latino Literature Literature and History Literature and Philosophy Literature and Religion Literature and Science Literature of the Americas Literature, Medicine and Culture Media Studies Modernism Narrative Theory Performance Studies Poetry and Poetics Post-Colonial Literature and Theory Posthumanism Queer Theory Science Fiction Southern Literature The Novel Transatlantic Studies Travel Writing Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers
Eric Downing
Gerhard L. Weinberg Distinguished Professor of German, English and Comparative Literature
Aesthetics Comparative Literature Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Depictions Of The Child Literature and Philosophy Modernism Narrative Theory Poetry and Poetics The Novel
Stephanie Elizondo Griest
Professor
Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Creative Writing Environmental Justice Studies Feminist Historiography Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Latina / Latino Literature Literature of the Americas Social Justice Travel Writing Women Writers
Candace Epps-Robertson
Associate Professor
Digital Rhetorics Media Studies Pedagogy Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy Social Justice Visual Culture and Arts Writing In The Disciplines
Melissa Faliveno
Assistant Professor / Margaret R. Shuping Fellow
American Literature to 1900 to the present British Literature from 1900 to the Present Contemporary American Literature Creative Writing Digital Humanities Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Queer Theory The Novel Women Writers
Sarah Ficke
Teaching Assistant Professor
Email |African American Literature British Literature from 1789 to 1900 Digital Humanities Digital Rhetorics Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Genre Theory Literature and History Narrative Theory Pedagogy Post-Colonial Literature and Theory Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy Science Fiction The Novel Writing In The Disciplines
Gregory Flaxman
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Aesthetics American Literature to 1900 to the present Comparative Literature Contemporary American Literature Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Film and Media Studies Literature and Philosophy Media Studies Philosophy Of Language Post-Colonial Literature and Theory Posthumanism Visual Culture and Arts
Michael Gadaleto
Teaching Assistant Professor
British Literature from 1485 to 1660 (including Milton) Comparative Literature Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Drama Early Modern Literature And Culture Literature and History Literature and Philosophy Literature and Religion Poetry and Poetics Science Fiction Transnationalism
Steven Gotzler
Teaching Assistant Professor / Associate Director of Digital Literacy and Communications Lab
British Literature from 1900 to the Present Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Digital Humanities Ecocriticism Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Film and Media Studies Literature and History Writing In The Disciplines
A. Kendra Greene
Visiting Writer
Email |Aesthetics Contemporary American Literature Creative Writing Environmental Studies German Literature and Culture History of the Book Literature and Philosophy Literature and Religion Literature and Science Literature of the Americas Literature, Medicine and Culture Media Studies Performance Studies Philosophy Of Language Science Writing Social Justice Travel Writing Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers
Liz Gualtieri-Reed
Teaching Associate Professor / Director of Special Programs
British Literature from 1789 to 1900 British Literature from 1900 to the Present Irish Literature Modernism The Novel Writing In The Disciplines
Philip F. Gura
William S. Newman Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture
American Literature from 1789 to 1900 History of the Book Literature and History Literature and Religion The Novel
Michael Keenan Gutierrez
Teaching Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Writing Program
American Literature to 1900 to the present Contemporary American Literature Creative Writing Digital Humanities Irish Literature Pedagogy Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy The Novel Travel Writing Writing In The Disciplines
Ylce Irizarry
Associate Professor / Norman and Dorothy Eliason Scholar
Aesthetics American Literature to 1900 to the present Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Ecocriticism Environmental Studies Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Film and Media Studies Genre Theory Latina / Latino Literature Literature of the Americas Narrative Theory Science Fiction Social Justice The Novel Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers
Jordynn Jack
Professor
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Digital Rhetorics Disability Studies Feminist Historiography Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Genre Theory Literature and Science Literature, Medicine and Culture Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy Science Writing Women Writers Writing In The Disciplines
Martin Louis Johnson
Associate Professor / Director of Undergraduate Studies
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
Meta DuEwa Jones
Associate Professor
Aesthetics African American Literature American Literature to 1900 to the present Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Creative Writing Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Depictions Of The Child Digital Humanities Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Genre Theory Literature and Religion Pedagogy Performance Studies Poetry and Poetics Post-Colonial Literature and Theory Queer Theory Science Fiction Southern Literature Transatlantic Studies Travel Writing Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers
Heidi Kim
Professor / Director of the Asian American Center
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
Jennifer Larson
Director of Credit Programs and Summer School, Digital and Lifelong Learning / Teaching Professor
African American Literature American Literature to 1900 to the present Critical Race Studies Pedagogy Social Justice
Shayne Aaron Legassie
Associate Professor
Email |Aesthetics British Literature from 1485 to 1660 (including Milton) British Literature from its beginning to 1485 Comparative Literature Early Modern Literature And Culture Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Film and Media Studies Italian Literature And Culture Literature and History Literature and Philosophy Literature and Religion Literature, Medicine and Culture Media Studies Narrative Theory Poetry and Poetics Travel Writing Visual Culture and Arts
Hilary E. Lithgow
Teaching Professor / Undergraduate Advisor for ECL
Aesthetics British Literature from 1789 to 1900 British Literature from 1900 to the Present Literature and History Literature and Philosophy Literature and Religion Literature and Science Literature, Medicine and Culture Modernism Narrative Theory Pedagogy Philosophy Of Language
Ruby Pappoe
Teaching Assistant Professor in Technical Writing
Email |Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Digital Rhetorics Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy Social Justice
Sarah Leilani Parijs
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Email |American Literature from 1789 to 1900 American Literature to 1900 to the present Comparative Literature Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Ecocriticism Environmental Justice Studies Environmental Studies Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Genre Theory Literature and Science Literature, Medicine and Culture Post-Colonial Literature and Theory Posthumanism Science Fiction Science Writing Travel Writing
Inga Pollmann
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, German
Aesthetics Comparative Literature Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Film and Media Studies Literature and Philosophy Media Studies Modernism Posthumanism Visual Culture and Arts
Eliza Richards
Professor
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
Rebecka Rutledge Fisher
Professor of African American Literature and Comparative Literature
African American Literature Comparative Literature Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Literature and Philosophy Philosophy Of Language Poetry and Poetics
Julia Ridley Smith
Lecturer
Aesthetics African American Literature American Literature from 1789 to 1900 American Literature to 1900 to the present British Literature from 1789 to 1900 Comparative Literature Contemporary American Literature Creative Writing Feminist Historiography Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Irish Literature Literature and History Southern Literature The Novel Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers
Kimberly J. Stern
Associate Professor / Director of Graduate Studies
Aesthetics British Literature from 1789 to 1900 Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Drama Feminist Historiography Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Literature and History Literature and Philosophy Pedagogy The Novel Women Writers
Matthew Taylor
Associate Professor
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
Hill Taylor
Teaching Assistant Professor
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Ecocriticism Environmental Justice Studies Environmental Studies Genre Theory Literature and Science Literature, Medicine and Culture Narrative Theory Pedagogy Science Writing Travel Writing Writing In The Disciplines
Joseph Telegen
Teaching Assistant Professor
Aesthetics Creative Writing Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Digital Rhetorics Film and Media Studies Genre Theory Irish Literature Media Studies Pedagogy Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy Social Justice The English Language Writing In The Disciplines
Jane F. Thrailkill
Bank of America Honors Term Professor / Director of Graduate Admissions
American Literature from 1789 to 1900 Literature and Philosophy Literature and Science Literature, Medicine and Culture
Daelena Tinnin-Gadson
Assistant Professor
Email |Aesthetics African American Literature Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Feminist Historiography Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Film and Media Studies Media Studies Post-Colonial Literature and Theory Queer Theory Social Justice Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers
Karen Tucker
Teaching Assistant Professor
Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Creative Writing History of the Book Literature, Medicine and Culture Social Justice Southern Literature The Novel Women Writers
Henry Veggian
Teaching Professor
American Literature to 1900 to the present Contemporary American Literature Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Film and Media Studies History of the Book Italian Literature And Culture Literature and History Literature and Philosophy Science Writing Writing In The Disciplines
Angela Velez
Teaching Assistant Professor
Contemporary American Literature Creative Writing Depictions Of The Child Latina / Latino Literature The Novel Women Writers
Joseph Viscomi
James G. Kenan Distinguished Professor
Aesthetics British Literature from 1789 to 1900 Digital Humanities History of the Book Poetry and Poetics Visual Culture and Arts
Rick Warner
Associate Professor / Director of Film Studies
Aesthetics Comparative Literature Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Environmental Studies Film and Media Studies French Literature and Culture Genre Theory Media Studies Modernism Performance Studies Visual Culture and Arts
Kym Weed
Teaching Assistant Professor / Co-Director of HHIVE Lab / Associate Director of Graduate Programs in LMC
American Literature from 1789 to 1900 American Literature to 1900 to the present Disability Studies Literature and Science Literature, Medicine and Culture
Ross White
Teaching Assistant Professor / Director of Creative Writing
Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Creative Writing Digital Humanities History of the Book Pedagogy Performance Studies Poetry and Poetics The English Language
Jessica Lynn Wolfe
Marcel Bataillon Professor of English and Comparative Literature
British Literature from 1485 to 1660 (including Milton) Comparative Literature Drama Early Modern Literature And Culture History of the Book Italian Literature And Culture Literature and History Literature and Philosophy Literature and Religion Literature and Science Poetry and Poetics Transatlantic Studies Travel Writing Visual Culture and Arts