Faculty

Faculty by fields of Interest

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James Berger Senior Lecturer in English and American Studies james.berger@yale.edu		American, Contemporary Literature, Theory
Murray Biggs Adjunct Associate Professor of Theater Studies - Retired murray.biggs@yale.edu		Drama
Harold Bloom Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Professor of English 203-432-0029 harold.bloom@yale.edu		Non-fiction Prose, Poetry, Victorian
Marie Borroff Sterling Professor Emeritus of English marie.borroff@yale.edu		Middle English language and literature, Old English language and literature, Poetry, Poetry Writing
Jessica Brantley Professor of English +1 (203) 432-7663 jessica.brantley@yale.edu		Drama, Gender & Sexuality, History of the Book, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Middle English language and literature, Old English language and literature
Leslie Brisman Karl Young Professor of English 203-432-0488 leslie.brisman@yale.edu		Early Modern, Poetry, Romantic, Victorian
Richard Brodhead A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor Emeritus of English +1 203-432-2902 richard.brodhead@yale.edu		American, Nineteenth Century
David Bromwich Sterling Professor of English 203-432-7538 david.bromwich@yale.edu		Eighteenth-Century, History of Literary Criticism, Non-fiction Prose, Poetry, Romantic, Theory
Ardis Butterfield Marie Borroff Professor of English, Professor of French, Professor of Music 203-432-5764 ardis.butterfield@yale.edu	On Leave 2018-2019	History of the Book, Literature & Music, Middle English language and literature, Poetry, Theory, Translation
Jill Campbell Professor of English 203-432-6896 jill.campbell@yale.edu		Children's Literature, Drama, Eighteenth-Century, Novel, Romantic
Janice Carlisle Professor Emeritus of English janice.carlisle@yale.edu		Non-fiction Prose, Novel, Victorian
Joseph Cleary Professor of English 203-432-2236 joseph.n.cleary@yale.edu		Colonial & Postcolonial
Michael Cunningham Senior Lecturer in English, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing michael.cunningham@yale.edu		Creative Writing
Richard Deming Senior Lecturer in English +1 (203) 432-9641 richard.deming@yale.edu		Creative Writing
Michael Denning Professor of American Studies, Professor of English 203-432-2267 michael.denning@yale.edu		American
Wai Chee Dimock William Lampson Professor of American Studies, Professor of English 203-432-2228 wai.chee.dimock@yale.edu		African-American, American, Contemporary Literature, History of Literary Criticism, Media Studies, Novel, Poetry, Theory, World Anglophone
Anastasia Eccles Assistant Professor of English +1 (203) 432-2248 anastasia.eccles@yale.edu
Anne Fadiman Francis Writer in Residence; Professor (Adjunct) of English +1 (203) 432-5325 anne.fadiman@yale.edu		Creative Writing, Journalism, Non-fiction Prose
Marta Figlerowicz Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, Assistant Professor of English 203-432-2763 marta.figlerowicz@yale.edu		American, Contemporary Literature, Gender & Sexuality, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Modern British, Non-fiction Prose, Novel, Theory, World Anglophone
Roberta Frank Marie Borroff Professor Emeritus of English roberta.frank@yale.edu		Old English language and literature, Poetry
Paul Fry William Lampson Professor Emeritus of English paul.fry@yale.edu		Children's Literature, Eighteenth-Century, History of Literary Criticism, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Visual Arts, Poetry, Romantic, Theory
Ben Glaser Assistant Professor of English 203-432-2234 ben.glaser@yale.edu		African-American, American, History of Literary Criticism, Modern British, Poetry, Theory, Victorian
Louise Glück Professor (Adjunct) of English, Rosenkranz Writer-in-Residence 203-432-6895		Creative Writing, Poetry
Jacqueline Goldsby Professor of English, Professor of African American Studies, Professor of American Studies 203-432-3744 jacqueline.goldsby@yale.edu	On Leave 2018-2019	African-American, American, History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Theory
Sara Suleri Goodyear Professor Emeritus of English sara.goodyear@yale.edu		World Anglophone
Langdon Hammer Niel Gray, Jr. Professor of English, Department Chair 203-432-2236 langdon.hammer@yale.edu		American, Contemporary Literature, Modern British, Poetry, Poetry Writing
Alanna Hickey Assistant Professor of English alanna.hickey@yale.edu
Margaret Homans Professor of English, Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 203-432-4650 margaret.homans@yale.edu		African-American, Modern British, Romantic, Victorian
Amy Hungerford Dean of the Humanities Division, Bird White Housum Professor of English, Professor of American Studies 203-432-9665 amy.hungerford@yale.edu		American, Contemporary Literature, History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Novel, Poetry, Poetry Writing, Theory
David Kastan George M. Bodman Professor of English 203-432-2242 david.kastan@yale.edu		Drama, Early Modern, History of the Book, Media Studies
Heather Klemann Director of Expository Writing, Lecturer in English heather.klemann@yale.edu		Children's Literature, Eighteenth-Century, Gender & Sexuality, Novel, Romantic
Jonathan Kramnick Maynard Mack Professor of English 203-432-2231 jonathan.kramnick@yale.edu		Eighteenth-Century, Literature & Ecology, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Science
Traugott Lawler Professor Emeritus of English 203-432-6366 traugott.lawler@yale.edu		Middle English language and literature, Old English language and literature
Naomi Levine Assistant Professor of English naomi.levine@yale.edu	On Leave 2018-2019	History of Literary Criticism, Poetry, Victorian
Lawrence Manley William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English 203-432-2249 lawrence.manley@yale.edu		Drama, Early Modern, History of Literary Criticism, World Anglophone
Donald Margulies Professor (Adjunct) of English, Professor (Adjunct) of Theater Studies 203-432-2235 donald.margulies@yale.edu		Creative Writing
Stefanie Markovits Professor of English 203-432-9078 stefanie.markovits@yale.edu		Eighteenth-Century, Non-fiction Prose, Novel, Romantic, Victorian
Alastair Minnis Douglas Tracy Smith Professor Emeritus of English alastair.minnis@yale.edu		History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Theology, Middle English language and literature, Poetry
Priyasha Mukhopadhyay Assistant Professor of English priyasha.mukhopadhyay@yale.edu		Colonial & Postcolonial, Contemporary Literature, History of the Book, Media Studies, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Victorian, World Anglophone
Stephanie Newell Professor of English 203-432-2246 stephanie.newell@yale.edu		Colonial & Postcolonial, Gender & Sexuality, History of the Book, Media Studies
Catherine Nicholson Associate Professor of English 203-432-2243 catherine.nicholson@yale.edu		Children's Literature, Digital Humanities, Drama, Early Modern, Gender & Sexuality, History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Poetry, Rhetorical Theory
Joseph North Assistant Professor of English joseph.north@yale.edu	On Leave 2018-2019	History of Literary Criticism, Theory
Annabel Patterson Sterling Professor Emeritus of English 203-432-7596 annabel.patterson@yale.edu		Early Modern
John Durham Peters María Rosa Menocal Professor of English, Professor of Film and Media Studies 203-432-6894 john.peters@yale.edu		Film, Media Theory, Media & Religion, Medical History, Philosophy of Technology
Caryl Phillips Professor of English 203-432-6893 caryl.phillips@yale.edu		Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Modern British, Non-fiction Prose, Novel, World Anglophone
David Quint Sterling Professor of English, Professor of Comparative Literature 203-432-2229 david.quint@yale.edu		Drama, Early Modern, World Anglophone
Claudia Rankine Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry c.rankine@yale.edu		African-American, Creative Writing, Literature & Visual Arts, Non-fiction Prose, Poetry, Poetry Writing
Claude Rawson Maynard Mack Professor Emeritus of English claude.rawson@yale.edu		Eighteenth-Century, Modern British, Non-fiction Prose, Novel, Poetry
Anthony Reed Associate Professor of English, Asociate Professor of African American Studies 203-432-1033 anthony.reed@yale.edu		African-American, American, Media Studies, Poetry, Theory, World Anglophone
Jill Richards Assistant Professor of English jill.richards@yale.edu		Gender & Sexuality, Novel
Joseph Roach Sterling Professor Emeritus of Theate, Professor Emeritus of English joseph.roach@yale.edu		Drama, Eighteenth-Century
Marc Robinson Professor of English, Professor of Theater Studies, Professor of American Studies, Professor in the Practice of Drama 203-432-0748 marc.robinson@yale.edu		American, Contemporary Literature, Drama
John Rogers Professor of English 203-432-2264 john.rogers@yale.edu		Early Modern
Shifra Sharlin Senior Lecturer in English 203-432-7933 shifra.sharlin@yale.edu		Expository Writing
Caleb Smith Professor of English, Director of Graduate Studies 203-432-0574 caleb.smith@yale.edu		African-American, American, History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Theory
Peter Stallybrass Visiting Professor of English
Robert Stepto John M. Schiff Professor of English, Professor of African American Studies, Professor of American Studies 203-432-2268, 203-432-1170 robert.stepto@yale.edu		African-American, American, Non-fiction Prose
Fred Strebeigh Senior Lecturer Emeritus in English, Senior Lecturer Emeritus in Forestry and Environmental Studies fred.strebeigh@yale.edu		Creative Writing, Environmental Writing, Non-fiction Prose
Emily Thornbury Associate Professor of English emily.thornbury@yale.edu		Historical Aesthetics, Latin literature, Old English language and literature, Poetics, Poetry
Katie Trumpener Emily Sanford Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor of English 203-432-7674 katie.trumpener@yale.edu		Children's Literature, Colonial & Postcolonial, Drama, Eighteenth-Century, History of the Book, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Modern British, Novel, Romantic, Translation, Victorian, World Anglophone
Michael Warner Seymour H. Knox Professor of English, Professor of American Studies 203-436-2590 michael.warner@yale.edu		African-American, American, Eighteenth-Century, History of the Book, Media Studies, Theory
R. John Williams Associate Professor of English 203-432-2237 robert.j.williams@yale.edu		American, Colonial & Postcolonial, Contemporary Literature, Digital Humanities, History of Literary Criticism, History of the Book, Literature & Ecology, Literature & Philosophy, Literature & Science, Literature & Visual Arts, Media Studies, Non-fiction Prose, Novel, Poetry, Theory, Translation, World Anglophone
Sunny Xiang Assistant Professor of English, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies 203-432-7590 sunny.xiang@yale.edu		Asian-American, Contemporary Literature, Twentieth Century, World Anglophone
Ruth Yeazell Sterling Professor of English 203-432-2239 ruth.yeazell@yale.edu		American, Eighteenth-Century, Gender & Sexuality, Literature & Visual Arts, Modern British, Novel, Victorian
Cynthia Zarin Senior Lecturer in English, Writing Concentration Coordinator cynthia.zarin@yale.edu		Children's Literature, Creative Writing, Drama, Journalism, Literature & Science, Literature & Visual Arts, Non-fiction Prose, Poetry