Faculty

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Sam Marks

Senior Lecturer on Playwriting
(On leave Spring 2024)

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

Sam Marks, playwright: World Premieres include THE...

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Office: Lamont Library 410
p: 617-495-8959
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:30-12 and appointment
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Louis Menand

Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of English
(On leave Spring 2024)

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

Interests: 19th and 20th Century...

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Office: Barker 155
p: 617-495-8780
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-3pm
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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...

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Office: Lamont Library 408
p: 617-384-9395
Office Hours: By appointment
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Michael Pollan

Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer and Professor of the Practice Non-Fiction
(On leave Fall 2023)

Education: B.A., Bennington College (1977)
M.A., Columbia University (1981)

Interests: Nature; the food system; altered states of...

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Office: Lamont Library 411 (fall semester only)
Office Hours: Tuesdays 3-5 by appointment
(On leave Fall 2023)