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 / Director, Office of Distinguished Scholarships
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
Assistant 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
Elyse Crystall
Teaching Associate 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
Cynthia Current
Teaching Associate Professor
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
Tyree Daye
Teaching 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
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
Florence Dore
Professor / Director of Graduate Studies
Aesthetics African American Literature American Literature to 1900 to the present Contemporary American Literature Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Genre Theory Media Studies Modernism Narrative Theory Posthumanism Southern Literature The Novel
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
Associate Professor / Margaret R. Shuping Fellow of Creative Nonfiction
Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Creative Writing Feminist Historiography Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Latina / Latino Literature Literature of the Americas Travel Writing Women Writers
Melissa Faliveno
Kenan Visiting Writer
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 Media Studies Queer Theory The Novel Travel Writing Women Writers
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
Mary Floyd-Wilson
Mann Distinguished Professor / Department Chair
British Literature from 1485 to 1660 (including Milton) Drama Early Modern Literature And Culture Feminist Historiography Literature and History Literature and Religion Literature and Science Literature, Medicine and Culture
Liz Gualtieri-Reed
Teaching Assistant Professor / Associate Director - Writing Program
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
American Literature from 1789 to 1900 History of the Book Literature and History Literature and Religion The Novel
Laura Halperin
Associate Professor
American Literature to 1900 to the present Comparative Literature Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Depictions Of The Child Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Latina / Latino Literature Literature of the Americas Literature, Medicine and Culture Post-Colonial Literature and Theory Queer Theory Women Writers
Jordynn Jack
Chi Omega Distinguished Term 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
Assistant Professor
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
Associate 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
Teaching Associate Professor / Director of Undergraduate Studies
African American Literature American Literature from 1789 to 1900 Drama Film and Media Studies Visual Culture and Arts Writing In The Disciplines
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 Associate 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 Science Literature, Medicine and Culture Modernism Narrative Theory Pedagogy Philosophy Of Language Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy The Novel
Patrick Paul O’Neill
James Gordon Hanes Distinguished Professor
Email | (919) 962-4025British Literature from 1485 to 1660 (including Milton) British Literature from its beginning to 1485 Comparative Literature History of the Book Irish Literature Literature and History Literature and Religion The English Language
Margaret Ellen O’Shaughnessey
Teaching Professor
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
Matt Randal O’Wain
Assistant Teaching Professor
Email | (731) 441-2959Creative Writing Science Fiction Science Writing Southern Literature The Novel Travel Writing Writing In The Disciplines
Ruby Pappoe
Teaching Assistant Professor in Technical Writing
Email |Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Digital Rhetorics Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy Social Justice
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
Geovani Ramírez
Postdoctoral Teaching Assistant Professor
American Literature to 1900 to the present Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Critical Race Studies Disability Studies Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Latina / Latino Literature Literature and History Literature of the Americas Post-Colonial Literature and Theory Women Writers
Thomas Jeffrey Reinert
Associate Professor
Aesthetics American Literature to 1900 to the present British Literature from 1660 to 1789 British Literature from 1789 to 1900 British Literature from 1900 to the Present Comparative Literature Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Literature and History Literature and Philosophy The Novel Women Writers
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
Courtney Rivard
Teaching Associate Professor / Director of Digital Literacy and Communications Lab
Guillermo Rodríguez-Romaguera
Teaching Assistant Professor
Aesthetics Comparative Literature Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Film and Media Studies Genre Theory Latina / Latino Literature Literature and Philosophy Media Studies Narrative Theory Queer Theory Visual Culture and Arts
Rebecka Rutledge Fisher
Associate Professor / W.E.B. Du Bois-Mellon Fellow / Johnson Fellow
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
Kimberly J. Stern
Associate Professor/Co-Director of Job Placement
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 / Director of Graduate Admissions
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
Todd Taylor
Norman and Dorothy Eliason Distinguished Professor
Digital Humanities Digital Rhetorics Film and Media Studies Media Studies Pedagogy Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy Visual Culture and Arts Writing In The Disciplines
Jane F. Thrailkill
Bank of America Honors Term Professor
American Literature from 1789 to 1900 Literature and Philosophy Literature and Science Literature, Medicine and Culture
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
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
Daniel Hayes Wallace
J. Ross MacDonald Distinguished Professor / Director of Creative Writing
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 English MA concentration in Literature, Medicine, and Culture
American Literature from 1789 to 1900 American Literature to 1900 to the present Disability Studies Literature and Science Literature, Medicine and Culture
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