Faculty
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 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 / Diversity Program Liaison
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 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 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 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
Professor / Director of Latina/o Studies
Aesthetics 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 Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Film and Media Studies Latina / Latino Literature Literature and History Literature of the Americas Performance Studies Queer Theory Southern Literature Visual Culture and Arts
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
Tiber F.M. Falzett
UNC Visiting Lecturer in Scottish Gaelic Studies
Aesthetics British Literature from 1485 to 1660 (including Milton) British Literature from 1660 to 1789 British Literature from 1789 to 1900 British Literature from 1900 to the Present British Literature from its beginning to 1485 Comparative Literature Digital Humanities Irish Literature Literature of the Americas Narrative Theory Performance Studies Transatlantic Studies
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
Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term 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
Susan H. Irons
Teaching Professor
American Literature from 1789 to 1900 American Literature to 1900 to the present Literature and History Southern Literature Writing In The Disciplines
Jordynn Jack
Chi Omega Distinguished Term Professor/Director of the Writing Program/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
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
Joseph L. Lewis
Teaching Assistant Professor
Aesthetics African American Literature American Literature to 1900 to the present Comparative Literature Contemporary American Literature Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Film and Media Studies Narrative Theory Pedagogy Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy Writing In The Disciplines
Hilary Edwards 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
John McGowan
John W. and Anna H. Hanes Distinguished Professor
Aesthetics British Literature from 1789 to 1900 British Literature from 1900 to the Present Comparative Literature Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Irish Literature Literature and Philosophy Modernism Philosophy Of Language 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
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
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
Associate Professor / Internship Coordinator
Aesthetics African American Literature American Literature from 1789 to 1900 Genre Theory Literature and History Literature of the Americas Media 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 Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Digital Rhetorics 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
Kimberly J. Stern
Assistant Professor / Co-Director of Graduate 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 Associate Professor
African American Literature American Literature from 1789 to 1900 American Literature to 1900 to the present Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Disability Studies Literature and Philosophy Literature and Science Literature, Medicine and Culture Narrative Theory The Novel
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 and Kenan Fellow
Aesthetics Comparative Literature Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Film and Media Studies 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