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Cecilia Mancuso

PhD Candidate

Field: 20th-21st Science Fiction

Interests: 20th Century American; 21st Century/Contemporary; Gender Studies; Literature and Visual Arts...

Sophia Mao

PhD Candidate

Field: British Transnational

Interests: British Modernism; Transnational Anglophone/Postcolonial Literature; Asian American Literature...

John Marchinkoski

PhD Candidate

Field: 20th C. American & 21st C./Contemporary American

Interests: The Novel; Modernism and Postmodernism; Periodization; Criticism...

William Martin

PhD Candidate

Field: African American Literature

Interests: Neo-slave narrative; Diaspora and Migration; Law and Literature; Thing Theory

williammartin@g.harvard.edu

Karina Mathew

PhD Candidate

Field: Renaissance

Interests: 17th-century Space Travel Literature; History of Science;...

Andrew Maxwell

PhD Candidate

Field: Medieval

Interests: Old English Poetry; Mysticism; Criticism and Theory; Ecocriticism; Literature and Philosophy

andrewmaxwell@g.harvard.edu

Tess McNulty

PhD Candidate
Department Writing Fellow

Field: 20th-21st C. American

Interests: 20th Century British; 20th Century American; 21st Century/Contemporary; Criticism and Theory;...

Kathryn Mogk Wagner

PhD Candidate

Field: Medieval

Interests: Medieval

Office: 1 Bow Street, 331

kmogk@g.harvard.edu

William Porter

PhD Candidate

Field: Renaissance

Interests: Shakespeare; Travel Literature and Ethnography; Environmental Humanities; History of Science

Office: Barker 030

wporter@fas.harvard.edu

Martin Quinn

PhD Candidate

Field: 18th & 20th C. Drama, Literature

Interests: 18th century, Modern, and contemporary fiction; literature and philosophy; 20th...

Josephine Reece

PhD Candidate

Field: 18th C. Poetry

Interests: Poetry

Office: 1 Bow Street, 340

jreece@g.harvard.edu

Hannah Rosefield

PhD Candidate

Field: 19th C British, 20th C British and American

Interests: 19th C British, 20th C British and American

Office: 1 Bow Street, 341

rosefield@g.harvard.edu

Erin Saladin

PhD Candidate

Field: Early American

Interests: Early American (to 1900)

Office: Barker 029

esaladin@g.harvard.edu

Ericka Sanchez

PhD Candidate

Field: 20th, 21st C. American

Interests: Drama, Latinx-American, African American, Diaspora/Migration

esanchez@g.harvard.edu

Wyatt Sarafin

PhD Candidate

Field: 20th C. American

Interests: Modernism and modernity; post-1960s visual, media, and performance art; twentieth-century American...

Jocelyn Sears

PhD Candidate

Field: 20th/21st C. American

Interests: The Novel; Narratology; 20th-Century American; 20th-Century British; 21st-...

Ahmed Seif

PhD Candidate

Field: Medieval

Interests: Medieval

Office: Barker 421

seif@g.harvard.edu

Bailey Sincox

PhD Candidate

Field: Renaissance

Interests: Renaissance; Drama & Performance; History of the Book; Gender Studies

https://scholar.harvard.edu/baileysincox/home

Office: Barker 075

bsincox@g.harvard.edu

Emily Sun

PhD Candidate

Field: Medieval

Interests: Old English literature, Poetry, Manuscript studies

emilysun@g.harvard.edu

Michelle Taylor

PhD Candidate

Interests: 20th C. British, Modernism, Poetry

Office: 1 Bow Street, 337

michellealexistaylor@g.harvard.edu

Jason Thames

PhD Candidate

Field: Medieval

Interests: Old English literature; Representations of the Medieval in Modern Media; Queer Theory; Race Theory;...

Charles Tyson

PhD Candidate

Interests: 20th C. British, 19th C. British/ Victorian, 20th C. American, 21st C. Contemporary, Criticism & Theory, Cognitive Psychology & Literature,... Read more about Charles Tyson

Office: 1 Bow Street, 331

ctyson@g.harvard.edu

Sezen Unluonen

PhD Candidate

Interests: 19th C British

unluonen@g.harvard.edu

Nicholas Utzig

PhD Candidate

Field: Renaissance

Interests: Drama & Performance, History of the Book

Office: Barker 029

nicholas_utzig@g.harvard.edu

Adam Walker

PhD Candidate

Field: 19thC. British

Interests: Theology and Literature, Victorian Fantasy, German and...

Carly Yingst

PhD Candidate

Interests: 18th- & 19th-Century British Literature... Read more about Carly Yingst

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Office: Barker 075

ceyingst@g.harvard.edu

Andrew Zanelli

PhD Candidate

Field: Renaissance/Early Modern

Interests: Classical literature and reception (Ancient Greek...

Robert Brustein

Professor of English, Emeritus

Education: B.A. 1948 Amherst College; M.A. 1950, Ph. D. 1957 Columbia University.

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Lawrence Buell

Powell M. Cabot Research Professor of American Literature, Emeritus

Interests: American Literature

Selected Works: Literary...

Leo Damrosch

Ernest Bernbaum Research Professor of Literature, Emeritus

Education: A.B. 1963 Yale; A.B./A.M. 1966 Cambridge; Ph.D. 1968 Princeton.

Interests:...

Joseph C Harris

Francis Lee Higginson Research Professor of English and Research Professor of Folklore

Education: B.A. 1961 University of Georgia; B.A. 1967 Cambridge; M.A. 1963, Ph.D. 1969 Harvard.
Interests: Old English;... Read more about Joseph C Harris

Office: Barker 016

harris@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-9767

Robert Kiely

Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English, Emeritus

Education: B.A. 1953 Amherst College; Ph.D 1962 Harvard University.

Selected Works: ...

Derek Pearsall

Gurney Professor of English Literature, Emeritus

Education: B.A. 1951, MA 1952 University of Birmingham (UK).

Interests: ...

David Perkins

James P. Marquand Professor of English and American Literature, Emeritus

Education: B.A. 1951 Harvard University; A.M. 1953, Ph.D. 1957 Harvard University.

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Werner Sollors

Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Research Professor of English Literature, Emeritus

Education: D. Phil. 1975 Freie Universität Berlin
Interests: American Literature; American Studies; Ethnicity;... Read more about Werner Sollors

sollors@fas.harvard.edu

Helen Vendler

Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor, Emerita

Education: A.B., Emmanuel College (1954)
Ph.D., Harvard University (1960)

Interests: English and American Lyric Poetry.

Selected...

Kailey Bennett

Faculty Assistant

Barker 161

kaileybennett@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-4110

Lauren Bimmler

Undergraduate Program Administrator

she/her/hers
Office: Barker 159

lbimmler@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-4252

James Engell

Gurney Professor of English Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature
Interim Chair of the Department of English

Education: B.A., Harvard University (1973)
Ph.D., Harvard University (1978)

Interests: Eighteenth Century and Restoration; Romanticism;...

Aubrey Everett

Assistant to Stephen Greenblatt

Office: Barker 160

aeverett@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-0491

Odile Harter

Research Librarian
Harvard College Library

Office: Widener Library 220

oharter@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-8028

Daniel Hegarty

Graduate Program Assistant

Office: Barker 161

dhegarty@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-6022

Case Q. Kerns

Staff Assistant: Front Desk

he/him/his
Office: Barker Center, Department of English

cqkerns@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-2533

Sol Kim-Bentley

Financial Associate

Office: Barker 163

svkim@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-0253

Anna McDonald

Department Administrator

Office: Barker 164

acmcdon@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-7861

Matthew Ocheltree

Lecturer on English
Director of Junior Tutorial Program

Website

He/him/his
Office: Barker 065

ocheltr@fas.harvard.edu

TBA, by appointment

Gwen Urdang-Brown

Graduate Program Administrator

Office: Barker 157

urdangbr@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-8693

Henry Vega Ortiz

Undergraduate Program Assistant

Office: Barker 158

henryvegaortiz@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-8443

Jill Abramson

Senior Lecturer

Education: A.B., Harvard University (1976)

Jill Abramson is a journalist who spent the last 17 years in the most senior editorial positions at...

Josh Bell

Senior Lecturer

Education: B.A., Indiana State University (1994)
M.A., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (1997)
M.F.A., University of Iowa Writers’...

Homi Bhabha

Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities

Education: B.A., University of Bombay (1970)
MPhil., M.A., D.Phil, Christ Church, Oxford (1990)

Interests: Cosmopolitanism; human rights in...

Beth Blum

Assistant Professor of English
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies

Education: B.A., Concordia University, Montreal QC (2005)
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (2014)

Interests: Modern and contemporary...

Geraldine Brooks

Visiting Lecturer of English

Education: B.A., University of Sydney
M.S., Columbia University School of Journalism

As a journalist, Geraldine Brooks covered...

Stephanie Burt

Professor of English
Director of Undergraduate Studies

... Read more about Stephanie Burt

Office: Barker 270

burt@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-0285

Office Hours: Wednesdays, 5-6pm and Fridays, 10:30am-noon EDT and by appointment. Schedule via email.

Glenda Carpio

Harvard College Professor
Professor of English and of African and African American Studies

Education: B.A., Vassar (1991)
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley (2002)

Interests: The Literature, History and Culture of...

Amanda Claybaugh

Samuel Zemurray Jr. and Doris Zemurray Stone Professor of English
Dean of Undergraduate Education

Education: B.A., Yale (1993)
Ph.D., Harvard (2001)

Interests: Nineteenth-century American literature; Victorian literature; trans-...

Teju Cole

Gore Vidal Professor of the Practice of Creative Writing

Education: B.A. 1996 Kalamazoo College
M.A. 2000 SOAS, University of London
M. Phil. 2006 Columbia University

Interests: Fiction writing...

Katie Daily

Lecturer on English
Allston Burr Resident Dean of Harvard College, Leverett House

Education: B.A., Columbia University (2003)
M.A., Columbia University Teachers College (2005)
Ph.D., Boston College (2015)

Interests...

Sarah Dimick

Assistant Professor of English

Education: BA: Carleton College (2006)
MFA: New York University (2010)
PhD: University of Wisconsin-Madison (2017)

Interests:...

Daniel Donoghue

John P. Marquand Professor of English

Education: B.A., University of Dallas (1978)
M.Phil., University College Dublin (1981)
Ph.D., Yale (1986)

Interests: Old English; Middle...

James Engell

Gurney Professor of English Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature
Interim Chair of the Department of English

Education: B.A., Harvard University (1973)
Ph.D., Harvard University (1978)

Interests: Eighteenth Century and Restoration; Romanticism;...

Susan Faludi

Visiting Lecturer on English

Education: B.A.,...

Philip Fisher

Felice Crowl Reid Professor of English

Education: A.B., University Pittsburgh (1963)
M.A., Harvard University (1966)
Ph.D., Harvard University (1971)

Interests: American Novel...

Darcy Frey

Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser Director of Creative Writing

Education: B.A., Oberlin College (1984)

Interests: Narrative journalism; essay; memoir; travel writing; literary science writing.

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Marjorie Garber

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Visual and Environmental Studies

Education: B.A., Swarthmore College (1966)
Ph.D., Yale University (1969)

Interests: Shakespeare; Modern Drama, Dramatic Theory, and...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Alphonse Fletcher University Professor

Education: B.A., Yale University (1973)
M.A., University of Cambridge (1974)
Ph.D., University of Cambridge (1979)

Interests: African and...

Jorie Graham

Boylston Professor of Oratory and Rhetoric
(on leave Fall 2020)

Education: B.A., New York University (1973)
M.F.A., University of Iowa (1978)

Interests:
English Poetry; American Poetry; Contemporary...

Stephen Greenblatt

John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities

Education: B.A., Yale (1964)
M.Phil., Cambridge (1966)
Ph.D., Yale (1969)

Interests: Shakespeare; Early Modern Literature and Culture;...

Joan Naviyuk Kane

Visiting Lecturer on English

Education: B.A., Harvard College (2000)
M.F.A., Columbia University (2006)

Interests: creative nonfiction; poetry; creative...

Ju Yon Kim

Professor of English
(on leave 2020-2021)

Education: B.A., Yale University (2002)
Ph.D., Stanford University (2011)

Interests: Asian American literature; modern and contemporary...

Jamaica Kincaid

Professor of African and African American Studies in Residence

Selected Works:
See Now Then (2013); Best American Travel Essays (2005, Editor); Among Flowers, A Walk In The... Read more about Jamaica Kincaid

Office: Barker 233

jkincaid@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-8543

Office Hours: TBA

David Levine

Professor of the Practice

Education: B.A., Cornell University (1992)
M.A., Harvard University (1996)

David Levine's work encompasses theater,...

Deidre Shauna Lynch

Harvard College Professor
Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature

Education: B.A. Hons., University of British Columbia (1983)
A.M., Ph.D., Stanford University (1992)

Interests: Eighteenth-century and Romantic-...

Sam Marks

Senior Lecturer on Playwriting

Education: B.F.A., NYU Tisch School of the Arts
M.F.A., Brown University

Sam Marks, playwright: World...

Jesse McCarthy

Assistant Professor of English and of African and African American Studies
(on leave 2020-2021)

Education: B.A., Amherst College (2006)
Ph.D., Princeton University (2018)

Interests: African American Literature; Modernism; Feminist,...

Louis Menand

Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of English

Education: B.A., Pomona College (1973)
M.A., Columbia University (1975)
Ph.D., Columbia University (1980)

Interests: 19th and 20th Century...

Claire Messud

Joseph Y. Bae and Janice Lee Senior Lecturer on Fiction

Education: B.A., Yale University (1987)
M.A., University of Cambridge (1989)

Interests: Fiction writing

Selected Works:
Kant's...

Derek Miller

John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities

Education: B.A., Yale University (2004)
Ph.D., Stanford University (2013)

Interests: Theater History; Copyright; Law and Performance; Economics...