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Daniel Anderson
Professor / Director of Writing Program
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Digital Humanities
Digital Rhetorics
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Writing In The Disciplines
David John Baker
Peter G. Phialas Distinguished Professor
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British Literature from 1485 to 1660 (including Milton)
Digital Humanities
Early Modern Literature And Culture
Nicole Berland
Teaching Assistant Professor
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Contemporary American Literature
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Digital Humanities
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Genre Theory
Literature, Medicine and Culture
Media Studies
Narrative Theory
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Ben Bolling
Teaching Assistant Professor
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Aesthetics
African American Literature
Contemporary American Literature
Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature
Creative Writing
Critical Race Studies
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Digital Humanities
Digital Rhetorics
Drama
Environmental Studies
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Film and Media Studies
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Queer Theory
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Science Fiction
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Visual Culture and Arts
Sarah Boyd
Teaching Assistant Professor
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Aesthetics
American Literature from 1789 to 1900
History of the Book
Visual Culture and Arts
Writing In The Disciplines
Inger S B Brodey
Professor of English and Comparative Literature / Adjunct Professor, Asian and Global Studies / Inaugural Faculty School of Civic Life and Leadership
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British Literature from 1660 to 1789
British Literature from 1789 to 1900
Comparative Literature
Digital Humanities
Film and Media Studies
French Literature and Culture
German Literature and Culture
Italian Literature And Culture
Japanese Literature and Culture
Literature and Philosophy
Narrative Theory
Philosophy Of Language
The Novel
Visual Culture and Arts
Women Writers
Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Associate Professor / Walker Percy Fellow
Email | (510) 915-5157
African American Literature
American Literature from 1900 to the present
Comparative Literature
Contemporary American Literature
Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature
Creative Writing
Critical Race Studies
Digital Rhetorics
Disability Studies
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Literature and History
Literature, Medicine and Culture
Performance Studies
Poetry and Poetics
Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
Queer Theory
Science Fiction
Visual Culture and Arts
Women Writers
Shinjini Chattopadhyay
Assistant Professor / Director of Placement
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British Literature from 1900 to the Present
Comparative Literature
Environmental Studies
Irish Literature
Modernism
Transnationalism
Danielle Christmas
Associate Professor / Delta Delta Delta Fellow in the Humanities
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African American Literature
American Literature from 1789 to 1900
American Literature from 1900 to the present
Comparative Literature
Contemporary American Literature
Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature
Critical Race Studies
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Film and Media Studies
Literature and History
Literature and Religion
Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
Social Justice
Southern Literature
Marsha S. Collins
Department Chair / Professor of Comparative Literature
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Comparative Literature
Early Modern Literature And Culture
Genre Theory
Literature and History
Poetry and Poetics
The Novel
Visual Culture and Arts
Taylor Cowdery
Associate Professor of English / Lumiansky Scholar / Director of the Program in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
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British Literature from 1485 to 1660 (including Milton)
British Literature from its beginning to 1485
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
History of the Book
Poetry and Poetics
Queer Theory
Elyse Crystall
Teaching Professor
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Comparative Literature
Contemporary American Literature
Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature
Critical Race Studies
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Latina / Latino Literature
Literature of the Americas
Social Justice
Visual Culture and Arts
Women Writers
Graham Culbertson
Teaching Assistant Professor
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American Literature from 1789 to 1900
American Literature from 1900 to the present
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Digital Humanities
Digital Rhetorics
Film and Media Studies
Literature and Philosophy
Literature, Medicine and Culture
Modernism
Philosophy Of Language
Posthumanism
Queer Theory
Science Fiction
Science Writing
Writing In The Disciplines
Cynthia Current
Associate Teaching Professor
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African American Literature
American Literature from 1789 to 1900
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Genre Theory
Literature, Medicine and Culture
Narrative Theory
Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy
Science Writing
Writing In The Disciplines
Tyree Daye
Assistant Professor
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African American Literature
American Literature from 1789 to 1900
Arabic Literature
Contemporary American Literature
Creative Writing
Critical Race Studies
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Depictions Of The Child
Digital Humanities
Disability Studies
Drama
Feminist Historiography
Film and Media Studies
Genre Theory
History of the Book
Latina / Latino Literature
Literature and History
Literature and Philosophy
Literature and Religion
Literature and Science
Literature of the Americas
Literature, Medicine and Culture
Media Studies
Modernism
Narrative Theory
Pedagogy
Performance Studies
Philosophy Of Language
Poetry and Poetics
Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
Queer Theory
Southern Literature
The English Language
The Novel
Transatlantic Studies
Travel Writing
Visual Culture and Arts
Women Writers
Writing In The Disciplines
Stephanie DeGooyer
Associate Professor / Frank Borden and Barbara Lasater Hanes Fellow of English and Comparative Literature and Curriculum on Global Studies
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American Literature from 1789 to 1900
British Literature from 1660 to 1789
British Literature from 1789 to 1900
British Literature from 1900 to the Present
Literature and History
The Novel
Transatlantic Studies
Transnationalism
María DeGuzmán
Eugene H. Falk Distinguished Professor of English & Comparative Literature and Founding Director of The UNC Latina/o Studies Program
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Aesthetics
African American Literature
American Literature from 1789 to 1900
American Literature from 1900 to the present
Comparative Literature
Contemporary American Literature
Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature
Creative Writing
Critical Race Studies
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Ecocriticism
Environmental Justice Studies
Environmental Studies
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Film and Media Studies
Genre Theory
Italian Literature And Culture
Latina / Latino Literature
Literature and History
Literature and Philosophy
Literature and Religion
Literature and Science
Literature of the Americas
Literature, Medicine and Culture
Media Studies
Modernism
Narrative Theory
Performance Studies
Poetry and Poetics
Popular Music and Literature
Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
Posthumanism
Psychoanalytic Theory
Queer Theory
Science Fiction
Social Justice
Southern Literature
The Novel
Transatlantic Studies
Transnationalism
Travel Writing
Visual Culture and Arts
Women Writers
Eric Downing
Gerhard L. Weinberg Distinguished Professor of German, English and Comparative Literature
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Aesthetics
Comparative Literature
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Depictions Of The Child
Literature and Philosophy
Modernism
Narrative Theory
Poetry and Poetics
The Novel
Stephanie Elizondo Griest
Professor of Creative Nonfiction
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Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature
Creative Writing
Environmental Justice Studies
Feminist Historiography
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Latina / Latino Literature
Literature of the Americas
Social Justice
Travel Writing
Women Writers
Candace Epps-Robertson
Associate Professor
Email | (919) 962-8765
Digital Rhetorics
Media Studies
Pedagogy
Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy
Social Justice
Visual Culture and Arts
Writing In The Disciplines
Melissa Faliveno
Assistant Professor / Margaret R. Shuping Fellow
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American Literature from 1900 to the present
British Literature from 1900 to the Present
Contemporary American Literature
Creative Writing
Digital Humanities
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Queer Theory
The Novel
Women Writers
Sarah Ficke
Teaching Assistant Professor
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African American Literature
British Literature from 1789 to 1900
Digital Humanities
Digital Rhetorics
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Genre Theory
Literature and History
Narrative Theory
Pedagogy
Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy
Science Fiction
The Novel
Writing In The Disciplines
Gregory Flaxman
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Email | (919) 962-4043
Aesthetics
American Literature from 1900 to the present
Comparative Literature
Contemporary American Literature
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Film and Media Studies
Literature and Philosophy
Media Studies
Philosophy Of Language
Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
Posthumanism
Visual Culture and Arts
Joseph Fletcher
Teaching Associate Professor / Director of Undergraduate Studies
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British Literature from 1660 to 1789
British Literature from 1789 to 1900
Creative Writing
Digital Humanities
Literature and Philosophy
Literature and Science
Poetry and Poetics
Posthumanism
Science Writing
Michael Gadaleto
Teaching Assistant Professor
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British Literature from 1485 to 1660 (including Milton)
Comparative Literature
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Drama
Early Modern Literature And Culture
Literature and History
Literature and Philosophy
Literature and Religion
Poetry and Poetics
Science Fiction
Transnationalism
Steven Gotzler
Teaching Assistant Professor / Associate Director of Digital Literacy and Communications Lab
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British Literature from 1900 to the Present
Critical Game Studies
Critical Race Studies
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Digital Humanities
Ecocriticism
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Film and Media Studies
Media Studies
A. Kendra Greene
Visiting Writer
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Aesthetics
Contemporary American Literature
Creative Writing
Environmental Studies
German Literature and Culture
History of the Book
Literature and Philosophy
Literature and Religion
Literature and Science
Literature of the Americas
Literature, Medicine and Culture
Media Studies
Performance Studies
Philosophy Of Language
Science Writing
Social Justice
Travel Writing
Visual Culture and Arts
Women Writers
Liz Gualtieri-Reed
Teaching Associate Professor / Director of Special Programs
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British Literature from 1789 to 1900
British Literature from 1900 to the Present
Irish Literature
Modernism
The Novel
Writing In The Disciplines
Philip F. Gura
William S. Newman Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture
Email | (919) 962-4033
American Literature from 1789 to 1900
History of the Book
Literature and History
Literature and Religion
The Novel
Michael Keenan Gutierrez
Teaching Associate Professor/ Associate Director of the Writing Program
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American Literature from 1900 to the present
Contemporary American Literature
Creative Writing
The Novel
Writing In The Disciplines
Kelli M. Holt
Teaching Assistant Professor
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British Literature from 1789 to 1900
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Ecocriticism
Pedagogy
Posthumanism
Ylce Irizarry
Associate Professor / Norman and Dorothy Eliason Scholar
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Aesthetics
American Literature from 1900 to the present
Contemporary American Literature
Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature
Critical Race Studies
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Ecocriticism
Environmental Studies
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Film and Media Studies
Genre Theory
Latina / Latino Literature
Literature of the Americas
Narrative Theory
Science Fiction
Social Justice
The Novel
Visual Culture and Arts
Women Writers
Jordynn Jack
Professor
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Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Digital Rhetorics
Disability Studies
Feminist Historiography
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Genre Theory
Literature and Science
Literature, Medicine and Culture
Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy
Science Writing
Women Writers
Writing In The Disciplines
Martin Louis Johnson
Associate Professor
Email | (919) 962-4050
Aesthetics
American Literature from 1900 to the present
Critical Race Studies
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Digital Humanities
Feminist Historiography
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Film and Media Studies
Genre Theory
History of the Book
Media Studies
Performance Studies
Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
Posthumanism
Queer Theory
Visual Culture and Arts
Meta DuEwa Jones
Associate Professor
Email | (540) 446-4685
Aesthetics
African American Literature
American Literature from 1900 to the present
Contemporary American Literature
Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature
Creative Writing
Critical Race Studies
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Depictions Of The Child
Digital Humanities
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Genre Theory
Literature and Religion
Pedagogy
Performance Studies
Poetry and Poetics
Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
Queer Theory
Science Fiction
Southern Literature
Transatlantic Studies
Travel Writing
Visual Culture and Arts
Women Writers
Heidi Kim
Professor / Director of the Asian American Center
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American Literature from 1900 to the present
Asian American Literature
Contemporary American Literature
Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature
Critical Race Studies
Literature and History
Literature and Science
The Novel
Shayne Aaron Legassie
Associate Professor
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Aesthetics
British Literature from 1485 to 1660 (including Milton)
British Literature from its beginning to 1485
Comparative Literature
Early Modern Literature And Culture
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Film and Media Studies
Italian Literature And Culture
Literature and History
Literature and Philosophy
Literature and Religion
Literature, Medicine and Culture
Media Studies
Narrative Theory
Poetry and Poetics
Travel Writing
Visual Culture and Arts
Hilary E. Lithgow
Teaching Professor / Undergraduate Advisor for ECL
Email | (919) 962-0769
Aesthetics
British Literature from 1789 to 1900
British Literature from 1900 to the Present
Literature and History
Literature and Philosophy
Literature and Religion
Literature and Science
Literature, Medicine and Culture
Modernism
Narrative Theory
Pedagogy
Philosophy Of Language
Matt Randal O’Wain
Teaching Assistant Professor / Divisional Faculty Development Facilitator
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Aesthetics
African American Literature
Asian American Literature
Contemporary American Literature
Creative Writing
Disability Studies
Ecocriticism
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Genre Theory
History of the Book
Latina / Latino Literature
Literature and History
Literature and Philosophy
Literature and Religion
Literature and Science
Pedagogy
Philosophy Of Language
Poetry and Poetics
Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
Queer Theory
Science Fiction
Science Writing
Social Justice
Southern Literature
The Novel
Travel Writing
Visual Culture and Arts
Women Writers
Ruby Pappoe
Teaching Assistant Professor in Technical Writing
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Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Digital Rhetorics
Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy
Social Justice
Sarah Leilani Parijs
Postdoctoral Research Associate
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American Literature from 1789 to 1900
American Literature from 1900 to the present
Comparative Literature
Contemporary American Literature
Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature
Critical Race Studies
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Ecocriticism
Environmental Justice Studies
Environmental Studies
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Genre Theory
Literature and Science
Literature, Medicine and Culture
Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
Posthumanism
Science Fiction
Science Writing
Travel Writing
Inga Pollmann
Associate Professor, Germanic Languages and Literatures / English and Comparative Literature
Email | (919) 966-1642
Aesthetics
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Environmental Studies
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Film and Media Studies
German Literature and Culture
Media Studies
Modernism
Posthumanism
Visual Culture and Arts
Eliza Richards
Professor / Director of Graduate Studies / Director of Graduate Admissions
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Aesthetics
African American Literature
American Literature from 1789 to 1900
American Literature from 1900 to the present
British Literature from 1789 to 1900
Critical Race Studies
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Disability Studies
Genre Theory
History of the Book
Literature and History
Literature and Philosophy
Literature and Science
Literature of the Americas
Media Studies
Performance Studies
Poetry and Poetics
Women Writers
Courtney Rivard
Assistant Professor / Director of Digital Literacy and Communications Lab
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Critical Game Studies
Digital Humanities
Digital Rhetorics
Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy
Writing In The Disciplines
Rebecka Rutledge Fisher
Professor of African American Literature and Comparative Literature
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African American Literature
Comparative Literature
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Literature and Philosophy
Philosophy Of Language
Poetry and Poetics
Bland Simpson
Kenan Distinguished Professor of English & Creative Writing
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American Literature from 1789 to 1900
American Literature from 1900 to the present
Creative Writing
Drama
Literature of the Americas
Southern Literature
The Novel
Travel Writing
Julia Ridley Smith
Teaching Assistant Professor
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Aesthetics
African American Literature
American Literature from 1789 to 1900
American Literature from 1900 to the present
British Literature from 1789 to 1900
Comparative Literature
Contemporary American Literature
Creative Writing
Feminist Historiography
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Irish Literature
Literature and History
Southern Literature
The Novel
Visual Culture and Arts
Women Writers
Matthew Taylor
Associate Professor
Email | (919) 962-3395
Aesthetics
American Literature from 1789 to 1900
American Literature from 1900 to the present
Critical Race Studies
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Literature and Philosophy
Literature and Science
Literature, Medicine and Culture
Posthumanism
Science Fiction
Science Writing
The Novel
Transatlantic Studies
Hill Taylor
Teaching Assistant Professor
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Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Ecocriticism
Environmental Justice Studies
Environmental Studies
Genre Theory
Literature and Science
Literature, Medicine and Culture
Narrative Theory
Pedagogy
Science Writing
Travel Writing
Writing In The Disciplines
Joseph Telegen
Teaching Assistant Professor
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Aesthetics
Creative Writing
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Digital Rhetorics
Film and Media Studies
Genre Theory
Irish Literature
Media Studies
Pedagogy
Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy
Social Justice
The English Language
Writing In The Disciplines
Jane F. Thrailkill
Bank of America Honors Term Professor
Email | (919) 962-5481
American Literature from 1789 to 1900
Literature and Philosophy
Literature and Science
Literature, Medicine and Culture
Daelena Tinnin-Gadson
Assistant Professor
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Aesthetics
African American Literature
Critical Race Studies
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Feminist Historiography
Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies
Film and Media Studies
Media Studies
Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
Queer Theory
Social Justice
Visual Culture and Arts
Women Writers
Henry Veggian
Teaching Professor
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American Literature from 1900 to the present
Contemporary American Literature
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Film and Media Studies
History of the Book
Italian Literature And Culture
Literature and History
Literature and Philosophy
Science Writing
Writing In The Disciplines
Angela Velez
Teaching Assistant Professor
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Contemporary American Literature
Creative Writing
Depictions Of The Child
Latina / Latino Literature
The Novel
Women Writers
Joseph Viscomi
James G. Kenan Distinguished Professor
Email | (919) 962-8764
Aesthetics
British Literature from 1789 to 1900
Digital Humanities
History of the Book
Poetry and Poetics
Visual Culture and Arts
Rick Warner
Associate Professor / Director of Film Studies / Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor
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Aesthetics
Comparative Literature
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Environmental Studies
Film and Media Studies
French Literature and Culture
Genre Theory
Media Studies
Modernism
Performance Studies
Visual Culture and Arts
Wendy Weber
Teaching Associate Professor
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African American Literature
American Literature from 1900 to the present
British Literature from 1900 to the Present
Comparative Literature
Contemporary American Literature
Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
Irish Literature
Modernism
Pedagogy
Queer Theory
Women Writers
Writing In The Disciplines
Kym Weed
Teaching Assistant Professor / Co-Director of HHIVE Lab / Associate Director of Graduate Programs in LMC
Email | (919) 962-4044
American Literature from 1789 to 1900
American Literature from 1900 to the present
Disability Studies
Literature and Science
Literature, Medicine and Culture
Ross White
Teaching Associate Professor / Director of Creative Writing
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Contemporary American Literature
Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature
Creative Writing
Digital Humanities
History of the Book
Pedagogy
Performance Studies
Poetry and Poetics
The English Language
Jessica Lynn Wolfe
Marcel Bataillon Professor of English and Comparative Literature
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British Literature from 1485 to 1660 (including Milton)
Comparative Literature
Drama
Early Modern Literature And Culture
History of the Book
Italian Literature And Culture
Literature and History
Literature and Philosophy
Literature and Religion
Literature and Science
Poetry and Poetics
Transatlantic Studies
Travel Writing
Visual Culture and Arts