Faculty
Daniel Anderson
Professor / Director of Writing Program
Email |Digital Humanities Digital Rhetorics Film and Media Studies Genre Theory History of the Book Media Studies Narrative Theory Pedagogy Performance Studies Philosophy Of Language Poetry and Poetics Popular Music and Literature Posthumanism Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy Science Writing The English Language Visual Culture and Arts Writing In The Disciplines
David John Baker
Peter G. Phialas Distinguished Professor
Email |British Literature from 1485 to 1660 (including Milton) Digital Humanities Early Modern Literature And Culture
Nicole Berland
Teaching Assistant Professor
Email |Contemporary American Literature Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Digital Humanities Digital Rhetorics Film and Media Studies Genre Theory Literature, Medicine and Culture Media Studies Narrative Theory Pedagogy Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy Science Fiction Visual Culture and Arts Writing In The Disciplines
Ben Bolling
Teaching Assistant Professor
Email |Aesthetics African American Literature American Literature 1900 to the present Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Creative Writing Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Digital Humanities Digital Rhetorics Drama Environmental Studies Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Film and Media Studies Genre Theory Literature and History Media Studies Narrative Theory Performance Studies Popular Music and Literature Queer Theory Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy Science Fiction Social Justice Southern Literature Visual Culture and Arts
Sarah Boyd
Teaching Assistant Professor
Email |Aesthetics American Literature from 1789 to 1900 History of the Book Visual Culture and Arts Writing In The Disciplines
Inger S B Brodey
Professor of English and Comparative Literature / Adjunct Professor, Asian and Global Studies / Inaugural Faculty School of Civic Life and Leadership
Email |British Literature from 1660 to 1789 British Literature from 1789 to 1900 Comparative Literature Digital Humanities Film and Media Studies French Literature and Culture German Literature and Culture Italian Literature And Culture Japanese Literature and Culture Literature and Philosophy Narrative Theory Philosophy Of Language The Novel Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers
Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Associate Professor / Walker Percy Fellow
Email | (510) 915-5157African 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
Shinjini Chattopadhyay
Assistant Professor / Director of Placement
Email |British Literature from 1900 to the Present Comparative Literature Environmental Studies Irish Literature Modernism Transnationalism
Danielle Christmas
Associate Professor / Delta Delta Delta Fellow in the Humanities
Email |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
Email |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
Email |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
Email |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
Email |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
Tyree Daye
Assistant Professor
Email |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
Associate Professor / Frank Borden and Barbara Lasater Hanes Fellow of English and Comparative Literature and Curriculum on Global Studies
Email |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 and Founding Director of The UNC Latina/o Studies Program
Email |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 Ecocriticism Environmental Justice Studies Environmental Studies Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Film and Media Studies Genre Theory Italian Literature And Culture 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 Popular Music and Literature Post-Colonial Literature and Theory Posthumanism Psychoanalytic Theory Queer Theory Science Fiction Social Justice Southern Literature The Novel Transatlantic Studies Transnationalism Travel Writing Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers
Eric Downing
Gerhard L. Weinberg Distinguished Professor of German, English and Comparative Literature
Email |Aesthetics Comparative Literature Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Depictions Of The Child Literature and Philosophy Modernism Narrative Theory Poetry and Poetics The Novel
Carlina Duan
Assistant Professor / Walker Percy Fellow
Email |Aesthetics American Literature 1900 to the present Asian American Literature Contemporary American Literature Creative Writing Literature and History Pedagogy Poetry and Poetics Post-Colonial Literature and Theory Social Justice Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers
Stephanie Elizondo Griest
Professor of Creative Nonfiction
Email |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
Email | (919) 962-8765Digital 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
Email |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
Email | (919) 962-4043Aesthetics 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
Joseph Fletcher
Teaching Associate Professor / Director of Undergraduate Studies
Email |British Literature from 1660 to 1789 British Literature from 1789 to 1900 Creative Writing Digital Humanities Literature and Philosophy Literature and Science Poetry and Poetics Posthumanism Science Writing
Michael Gadaleto
Teaching Assistant Professor
Email |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
Email |British Literature from 1900 to the Present Critical Game Studies Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Digital Humanities Ecocriticism Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Film and Media Studies Media Studies
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
Email |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
Email | (919) 962-4033American Literature from 1789 to 1900 History of the Book Literature and History Literature and Religion The Novel
Michael Keenan Gutierrez
Teaching Associate Professor/ Associate Director of the Writing Program
Email |American Literature to 1900 to the present Contemporary American Literature Creative Writing The Novel Writing In The Disciplines
Kelli M. Holt
Teaching Assistant Professor
Email |British Literature from 1789 to 1900 Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Ecocriticism Pedagogy Posthumanism
Ylce Irizarry
Associate Professor / Norman and Dorothy Eliason Scholar
Email |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
Email |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
Email | (919) 962-4050Aesthetics 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
Email | (540) 446-4685Aesthetics 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
Email |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
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
Email | (919) 962-0769Aesthetics 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
Matt Randal O’Wain
Teaching Assistant Professor / Divisional Faculty Development Facilitator
Email |Aesthetics African American Literature American Literature 1900 to the present Asian American Literature Contemporary American Literature Creative Writing Disability Studies Ecocriticism Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Genre Theory History of the Book Latina / Latino Literature Literature and History Literature and Philosophy Literature and Religion Literature and Science Pedagogy Philosophy Of Language Poetry and Poetics Post-Colonial Literature and Theory Queer Theory Science Fiction Science Writing Social Justice Southern Literature The Novel Travel Writing Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers
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, Germanic Languages and Literatures / English and Comparative Literature
Email | (919) 966-1642Aesthetics Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Environmental Studies Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Film and Media Studies German Literature and Culture Media Studies Modernism Posthumanism Visual Culture and Arts
Eliza Richards
Professor / Director of Graduate Studies / Director of Graduate Admissions
Email |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
Assistant Professor / Director of Digital Literacy and Communications Lab
Email |Critical Game Studies Digital Humanities Digital Rhetorics Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy Writing In The Disciplines
Rebecka Rutledge Fisher
Professor of African American Literature and Comparative Literature
Email |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
Bland Simpson
Kenan Distinguished Professor of English & Creative Writing
Email |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
Julia Ridley Smith
Teaching Assistant Professor
Email |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
Matthew Taylor
Associate Professor
Email | (919) 962-3395Aesthetics 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
Email |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
Email |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
Email | (919) 962-5481American 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
Henry Veggian
Teaching Professor
Email |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
Email |Contemporary American Literature Creative Writing Depictions Of The Child Latina / Latino Literature The Novel Women Writers
Joseph Viscomi
James G. Kenan Distinguished Professor
Email | (919) 962-8764Aesthetics 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 / Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor
Email |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
Wendy Weber
Teaching Associate Professor
Email |African American Literature American Literature to 1900 to the present British Literature from 1900 to the Present Comparative Literature Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Irish Literature Modernism Pedagogy Queer Theory Women Writers Writing In The Disciplines
Kym Weed
Teaching Assistant Professor / Co-Director of HHIVE Lab / Associate Director of Graduate Programs in LMC
Email | (919) 962-4044American Literature from 1789 to 1900 American Literature to 1900 to the present Disability Studies Literature and Science Literature, Medicine and Culture
Ross White
Teaching Associate Professor / Director of Creative Writing
Email |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
Email |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