Faculty
Our faculty are deeply committed to the creation and transmission of knowledge about literature and its related fields. We teach our students to read and analyze; to write in scholarly, creative, and public ways; and to put their knowledge and skills to work for the benefit of many communities. Visiting scholars and lecturers bring expertise in diverse areas of study, and our graduate students come from all over the globe as both students and graduate assistants/instructors, bringing their unique research interests to their teaching.
Regular Faculty
| Name | Contact | Specialties | Office Hours |
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| Elaine Auyoung Assistant Professor |
50B Lind Hall 612-624-7803 eauyoung@umn.edu |
19th-century British literature, the novel, psychology of reading, aesthetics |
M 12:30 - 1:30pm
or by appt.
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| Charles Baxter Edelstein-Keller Professor in Creative Writing |
255 Lind Hall 612-625-3744 baxte087@umn.edu |
Creative writing: fiction, modernism, contemporary fiction, American literature | W 2:00 - 3:30pm |
| Timothy Brennan Professor |
204 Nicholson Hall 612-626-1638 brenn032@umn.edu |
Continental literary and cultural theory, 19th-20th century comparative literature | T 1:00 - 3:00pm |
| Peter Campion Associate Professor |
14 Lind Hall 612-625-3503 pcampion@umn.edu |
Creative writing: poetry; poetry and the visual arts; prosody |
Th 10:00am - 12:00pm
or by appt.
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| Siobhan Craig Associate Professor |
50H Lind Hall 612-625-6087 craig026@umn.edu |
Italian and German cinema; literary, cultural, film, feminist, and queer theory | T 3:15 - 5:15pm |
| Lois Cucullu Associate Professor |
18 Lind Hall 612-625-7508 lcucullu@umn.edu |
20th century literature, Victorian culture, novel studies, modernism, gender theory, pop culture | M 2:30 - 3:00pm |
| Andrew Elfenbein Professor |
207C Lind Hall 612-624-1373 elfen001@umn.edu |
British literature and history, 1700-1900; reading and cognition; queer theory; linguistics | M 11:30am - 12:30pm |
| Lianna Farber Associate Professor |
210K Lind Hall 612-626-7126 farbe004@umn.edu |
Medieval literature and thought |
M W 9:00 - 10:00am
in 1220 Heller Hall
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| M. J. Fitzgerald Associate Professor |
13 Lind Hall 612-625-0183 fitzg007@umn.edu |
Creative writing: fiction, Dante Alighieri, British literature, world literatures | |
| V.V. Ganeshananthan Assistant Professor |
12 Lind Hall 612-626-7123 vganesha@umn.edu |
Creative writing, fiction, journalism |
W 10:00am - 12:00pm
or by appt.
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| Brian Goldberg Associate Professor |
210L Lind Hall 612-626-7125 goldb016@umn.edu |
British romantic literature, restoration and 18th century literature, poetry | |
| Ray Gonzalez Professor |
330A Lind Hall 612-625-0332 gonza049@umn.edu |
Creative writing: poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction; US Latino literature | |
| David Haley Professor |
310C Lind Hall 612-625–6615 dbhaley@umn.edu |
History, literature and politics from 16th to 19th century, drama, Bible as literature | |
| Patricia Hampl Regents Professor |
210M Lind Hall 612-625-3546 hampl@umn.edu |
Creative writing: nonfiction, short fiction, and poetry; personal essay and memoir | |
| Michael Hancher Professor |
310B Lind Hall 612-625-5075 mh@umn.edu |
Victorian studies, book history, lexicography, digital humanities | |
| Qadri Ismail Professor |
19 Lind Hall 612-625-6374 ismai004@umn.edu |
Cultural studies, postcolonial literature, literary theory, gender/sexuality | T Th 11:15am - 12:15pm |
| Rebecca Krug Associate Professor |
210E Lind Hall 612-626-7127 krugx001@umn.edu |
Late Medieval literature, religion, culture, literacy, nature, women's studies | By Appointment |
| Josephine Lee Professor |
310D Lind Hall 612-625-9510 jolee@umn.edu |
Dramatic literature, theater history, performance studies; Asian American studies | By Appointment |
| Nabil Matar Professor |
330C Lind Hall 612-626-8320 matar010@umn.edu |
Early modern Euro-Islamic contacts, 17th century British religious literature |
M 12:00 - 2:00pm
or by appt.
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| Ellen Messer-Davidow Professor |
22 Lind Hall 612-625-2071 emd@umn.edu |
Cultural and social theory; 20th century American social movements, policy, and law | |
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Assistant Professor
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50C Lind Hall
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20th-century U.S. and African American literature; Ralph Ellison; literature and culture of the Great Depression;
The Literary Left and Communism in the US; critical theory
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Assistant Professor
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50D Lind Hall
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Native American and indigenous literatures (especially Dakota); Native American and indigenous studies; settler colonial studies; U.S. federal Indian law; critical indigenous theory; C19 American literature
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| Dan Philippon Associate Professor |
21 Lind Hall 612-624-4209 danp@umn.edu |
Environmental literature, history, and ethics; ideas of nature, culture, and place | By Appointment |
| Jani Scandura Associate Professor |
210D Lind Hall 612-625-9017 jani@umn.edu |
Cultural studies and critical theory; 20th century North American literatures, film, mass culture |
Th 4:00 - 5:00pm
or by appt.
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| Andrew Scheil Professor |
310E Lind Hall 612-625-9518 ascheil@umn.edu |
Anglo-Saxon language and literature, literatures of late antiquity/early Middle Ages | By Appointment |
| Katherine Scheil Professor |
210H Lind Hall 612-625-6592 kscheil@umn.edu |
Shakespeare, early modern lit, theatre, women writers, history of reading, 18th c lit | T Th 11:00am - 12:00pm |
| Julie Schumacher Professor |
15 Lind Hall 612-625-3459 schum003@umn.edu |
Creative writing: fiction, contemporary fiction, children's literature |
T 1:00 - 2:00pm
W 2:00 - 3:00pm
or by appt.
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| Geoffrey Sirc Professor |
210J Lind Hall 612-625-0134 sirc@umn.edu |
Composition theory and pedagogy, technology and writing, hip hop | |
| Kim Todd Associate Professor |
20 Lind Hall 612-625-6095 kftodd@umn.edu |
Creative writing (literary nonfiction), science and environmental writing |
T W 12:30 - 1:30pm
or by appt.
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| John Watkins Professor |
204 Lind Hall 612-624-8879 watki005@umn.edu |
Historiography, sovereignty and queenship, medieval and early modern diplomacy |
By Appointment
Call 612-625-3882 to schedule.
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| John Wright Professor |
883 Social Sciences Building 612-624-0845 wrigh003@umn.edu |
American and Afro-American literature, intellectual history and popular culture | |
| Amit Yahav Assistant Professor |
50A Lind Hall 612-626-7124 ayahav@umn.edu |
18th century, the novel, aesthetics, theory | T 1:00 - 2:00pm |
Affiliate Faculty
| Name | Contact | Specialties |
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Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature
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206 Nicholson Hall 612-624-8878 brown004@umn.edu |
Cultural studies of science and technology, rhetoric, literacy and critical pedagogy |
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Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature
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235C Nicholson Hall 612-626-6123 tcbrown@umn.edu |
Philosophy, literary, aesthetic and political theory, Enlightenment philosophy and anthropology, statelessness, the new world, the South Pacific, colonial and postcolonial literature and theory |
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Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature
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222 Nicholson Hall 612-625-5871 gangu003@umn.edu |
Critical theory, film, postcolonialism, politics and practice of ethnography, sociology of culture |
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Writing Studies
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233 Nolte 612-624-1784 gurakl@umn.edu |
Rhetorical theory; Internet studies; technical writing and communication; digital research methods |
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Writing Studies
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10 Nicholson 612-625-5355 kjamsen@umn.edu |
Writing across the curriculum, composition pedagogy, technology in writing centers and classrooms |
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German, Scandinavian & Dutch
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327A Folwell Hall 612-624-4047 morri074@umn.edu |
20th century German and Austrian literature, poetry, Jewish studies |
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Writing Studies
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223 Nolte 612-625-5585 rossj001@umn.edu |
Travel writing; rhetoric of argument; computers in writing instruction; writing in academic disciplines |
Emeriti Faculty
Adjunct Professors
| Name | Contact | Office Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Tortorello Adjunct Assistant Professor |
17 Lind Hall 612-625-1325 torto005@umn.edu |
Senior Lecturers
| Name | Contact | Office Hours |
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| James Cihlar Senior Lecturer |
210G Lind Hall 612-624-6642 cihla002@umn.edu |
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| Eric Daigre Senior Lecturer |
257 Lind Hall 612-626-9555 daig0004@umn.edu |
M 1:15am - 12:30pm
or by appt.
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| Ann Tandy-Treiber Senior Lecturer |
252 Lind Hall 612-626-7115 tandy004@umn.edu |
W 10:00am - 12:00pm
or by appt.
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Lecturers
| Name | Contact | Office Hours |
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Anitra Budd
Teaching Specialist
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Gordon Grice
Lecturer
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210F Lind Hall
612-625-9025
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M W 2:30 - 3:00pm
or by appt.
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Matthew Harrison
Lecturer
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210F Lind Hall
612-625-9025
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Heather Holcombe
Lecturer
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259 Lind Hall
612-626-7614
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| Chris Kamerbeek Lecturer |
256 Lind Hall 612-626-7119 kame0026@umn.edu |
T 11:30am - 12:30pm
W 12:30 - 2:30pm
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| Annemarie Lawless Lecturer |
258 Lind Hall 612-625-4881 lawle053@umn.edu |
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| Melissa Licht Lecturer |
253 Lind Hall 612-626-7122 licht003@umn.edu |
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Lecturer
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M W 4:30 - 5:30pm | |
| Miriam Queensen Teaching Specialist |
16 Lind Hall 612-625-3503 mqueense@umn.edu |
M Th 4:00 - 6:00pm |
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Anne Roth-Reinhardt
Lecturer
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16 Lind Hall
612-625-3503
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T 11:00am - 12:00pm |
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Beth Weixel
Lecturer
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259 Lind Hall
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T Th 10:15 - 11:00am, Hanson Hall
T Th 2:30 - 3:00pm, Lind Hall
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Visiting Faculty
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