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Tenure Line Faculty

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Anesko, Michael
Associate Professor of English

Becker, Robin
Professor of English and Women's Studies

Bell, Bernard
Professor of English

Berube, Michael
Paterno Family Professor in Literature

Blum, Hester
Assistant Professor of English

Burkholder, Robert
Associate Professor of English

Canagarajah., Suresh
Kirby Professor in Language Learning

Caserio, Robert
Professor of English

Castiglia, Christopher
Professor of English

Cheney, Patrick
Professor of English

Clarke, Deborah
Professor of English and Women's Studies

Cobb, William
Associate Professor of English

Doyle, Richard
Professor of English

Eberly, Rosa
Associate Professor of CAS & English

Eburne, Jonathan
Josephine Berry Weiss Early Career Professor in the Humanities
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and English

Eckhardt, Caroline
Professor of English and Comaparative Literature

Edwards, Robert
Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Gilyard, Keith
Distinguished Professor of English

Glenn, Cheryl
Liberal Arts Research Professor of English and Women's Studies

Grosholz, Emily
Professor of Philosophy, African American Studies, and English
Harrington, Emily
Assistant Professor of English

Hawes, Clement
Associate Professor of English

Holmes, Charlotte
Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies

Hume, Kathryn
Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English

Hume, Robert
Evan Pugh Professor of English

Joukovsky, Nicholas
Professor of English

Juffer, Jane
Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies

Kasdorf, Julia
Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies

Kiernan, Michael
Associate Professor of English

King, Lovalerie
Assistant Professor of English

Knoppers, Laura
Professor of English

Lennon, Brian
Assistant Professor of English

Lougy, Robert
Professor of English

Lyon, Janet
Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies

Moody, Shirley
Assistant Professor of English

Moore, John
Associate Professor of English

Morrisson, Mark
Associate Professor of English

Mulford, Carla
Associate Professor of English

Myers, Kimberly R.
Associate Professor of Humanities and English

Nealon, Jeffrey
Professor of English

Nielsen, Aldon
George and Barbara Kelly Professor in American Literature

North, Marcy
Associate Professor of English

Novakovich, Josip
Professor of English

Olson, Jon
Assistant Professor of Writing

Osagie, Iyunolu
Associate Professor of English

Reed, Christopher
Associate Professor of English

Richardson, Elaine
Associate Professor of English and Applied Linquistics

Schulze, Robin
Department Head and Professor of English

Schwartz, Sanford
Associate Professor

Selber, Stuart
Associate Professor of English

Selzer, John
Associate Dean of Graduate & UG Studies

Selzer, Linda
Assistant Professor of English and American Studies

Smith, Scott
Assistant Professor of English

Spanier, Sandra
Professor of English and Women's Studies

Squier, Susan
Brill Professor of Women's Studies and English

Stark, Ryan
Assistant Professor of English

Sternlieb, Lisa
Associate Professor of English

Sullivan, Garrett
Professor of English

Teukolsky, Rachel
Assistant Professor of English

Thompson, Toby
Associate Professor of English

West, James
Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English

Woodbridge, Linda
Distinguished Professor of English

You, Xiaoye
Assistant Professor of English

Youngquist, Paul
Professor of English