English Department Faculty
Full-Time Faculty
Faculty members teach, research, and publish in virtually every field of English, American, and postcolonial literatures as well as literary criticism, theory, cultural studies, and creative writing. Our particular strengths include medieval, early modern, 18th-century, and American literatures and cultures.
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Andrew Albin
Associate Professor; Director, Graduate Studies (DGS)
Ph.D., Brandeis University
Areas of Interest: Medieval; Literary and Cultural TheoryMary Bly
Professor; Chair
Ph.D., Yale University
Areas of Interest: Renaissance; Literary and Cultural Theory; Creative WritingFrank Boyle
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Trinity College (Dublin)
Areas of Interest: 18th Century British; Literary and Cultural TheoryJohn Bugg
Professor; Interim Director of Placement and Professional Development, Graduate Studies (DPPD)
Ph.D., Princeton University
Areas of Interest: 18th Century British; 19th Century BritishEdward Cahill
Professor
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Areas of Interest: American literature, culture, and intellectual history; Queer Literature; Modern and Contemporary Fiction.
Leonard Cassuto On Leave Fall 2023
Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University
Areas of Interest: Early and Modern American; Creative WritingCatherine Chaput
Professor and Thomas J. Kavanagh Chair in Rhetoric
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Areas of Interest: Rhetorical Theory; Affect Studies; Political Economy; Social Movements; Publics TheoryCrystal Colombini
Associate Professor of English, Director of the Writing and
Composition Program, Director of the Writing Center
Ph.D., University of Nevada Reno
Areas of Interest: Rhetoric and WritingDaniel Contreras
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Stanford University
Areas of Interest: Modern American; Comparative and PostcolonialStacey D'Erasmo
Professor
B.A. Barnard College; M.A. New York University
Areas of Interest: Creative WritingDiane Detournay
Advanced Lecturer
PhD, Feminist Studies, University of Minnesota
Areas of Interest: Postcolonial/transnational Feminism; Critical Race Feminisms; Queer and Trans Studies; Critical University StudiesHeather Dubrow
Professor; Rev. John Boyd, SJ Chair
Ph.D., Harvard University
Areas of Interest: Renaissance; Literary and Cultural Theory; Creative WritingShonni Enelow
Professor
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Interest: Modern American; Literary and Cultural Theory; Contemporary -
Maria Farland On Leave Fall 2023 and Spring 2024
Associate Professor; Director of Placement and Professional Development, Graduate Studies (DPPD);
Editor, Studies in American Fiction
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Areas of Interest: Early American; Modern American; Literary and Cultural TheoryAnne Fernald On Leave Fall 2023 and Spring 2024
Professor; Special Advisor to the Provost for Faculty Development
Ph.D., Yale University
Areas of Interest: Modern British; Literary and Cultural TheoryElisabeth Frost
Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Co-Director, Poets Out Loud (POL) and Editor, Book Prize Series
Areas of Interest: Modern American; Literary and Cultural Theory; Contemporary; Creative WritingSarah Gambito
Professor; Director of Creative Writing; Editor, Cura
MFA, Brown University
Areas of Interest: Comparative and Postcolonial; Contemporary; Creative WritingChristopher GoGwilt
Professor
Ph.D., Princeton University
Areas of Interest: 19th Century and Modern British; Contemporary; Literary and Cultural Theory; Comparative and PostcolonialMoshe Gold
Associate Professor; Co-Editor of Joyce Studies Annual; Editor, Rhetorikós
Ph.D., Columbia University
Areas of Interest: Modern British; Literary and Cultural Theory; Film.Susan Greenfield
Professor
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Interest: 18th Century BritishGlenn Hendler
Interim Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Professor of English and American Studies
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Areas of Interest: Early and 19th Century American; Literary and Cultural Theory, Rhetoric and WritingRobb Hernández On Leave Fall 2023 and Spring 2024
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park
Areas of Interest: Latinx Literature; Visual Culture; Performance Studies, and Queer TheoryEve Keller On Leave Fall 2023 and Spring 2024
Professor;
Director, Fordham College Honors (RH);
President, University Faculty Senate
Ph.D., Columbia University
Areas of Interest: RenaissanceJames Kim On Leave Fall 2023 and Spring 2024
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Areas of Interest: Modern American; Comparative and Postcolonial; 18th Century BritishJulie Chun Kim
Associate Professor; Associate Chair, Rose Hill
Ph.D., Duke University
Areas of Interest: 18th Century British; Early American; Literary and Cultural Theory; Comparative and PostcolonialLawrence Kramer
Distinguished Professor; Editor, 19th-Century Music
Ph.D., Yale University
Areas of Interest: Literary and Cultural Theory -
Alexander Mindt
Advanced Lecturer
MFA, Columbia University
Areas of Interest: Creative Writing, Composition, Contemporary LiteratureCorey McEleney
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Brown University
Areas of Interest: Renaissance; Literary and Cultural TheoryThomas O'Donnell On Leave Fall 2023
Associate Professor of English and Medieval Studies
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Areas of Interest: Medieval; Comparative and PostcolonialSasha Ann Panaram
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Duke University
Areas of Interest: African American Literature; Caribbean Literature; Performance Studies; Slavery Studies; Black FeminismsLea Puljcan Juric On Leave Fall 2023 and Spring 2024
Senior Lecturer
Ph.D., New York University
Areas of Interest: RenaissanceKirk Quinsland
Advanced Lecturer
Ph.D., Fordham University
Areas of Interest: Renaissance; Medieval; queer theory; digital humanitiesRebecca Sanchez
Professor
Ph.D., University at Buffalo
Areas of Interest: Modern American and British; Literary and Cultural TheoryStuart Sherman
Professor
Ph.D., Columbia University
Areas of Interest: 18th Century BritishStephen Hong Sohn
Professor; Thomas F.X. and Theresa Mullarkey Chair in Literature
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Areas on Interest: 20th Century AmericanCristiana Sogno
Professor
Ph.D., Yale University
Areas on Interest: Letter-writing, biography, reception and adaptation of Greek and Latin textsJordan Alexander Stein
Professor
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Areas of Interest: Early and Modern American; Literary and Cultural TheoryElizabeth Stone
Professor
Ph.D., New York University
Areas of Interest: Creative Writing; Modern AmericanDennis Tyler
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Areas of Interest: Modern American; ContemporaryVlasta Vranjes
Assistant Professor; Associate Chair
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Areas of Interest: 19th Century BritishKeri Walsh
Professor
Ph.D., Princeton University
Areas of Interest: Modern British; Contemporary; Literary and Cultural Theory; FilmSuzanne Yeager
Professor
Ph.D., University of Toronto
Areas of Interest: Medieval; Global and PostcolonialSarah Zimmerman
Professor; Lincoln Center
Ph.D., Princeton University
Areas of Interest: 19th Century British -
Mark Caldwell
Professor Emeritus of English
Ph.D., Harvard UniversityMartin Chase
Professor Emeritus of English
[email protected]Mary C. Erler
Professor Emerita of English
[email protected]Richard Giannone
Professor Emeritus of English
[email protected]Charles Hallett
Professor Emeritus of English
[email protected]John P. Harrington
Professor Emeritus of English
[email protected]Constance W. Hassett
Professor Emerita of English
[email protected]Anne Golomb Hoffman
Professor Emerita of English
Ph.D., Columbia UniversityFawzia Mustafa
Professor Emerita of English
[email protected]Philip Sicker
Professor Emeritus of English
[email protected]Robert Wasserman
Associate Professor Emeritus
[email protected]
Jocelyn Wogan-Browne
Professor Emerita of English
[email protected]
Professor Stein Wins National Endowment of Humanities Grant
Congratulations are in order for Professor Stein, as he was recently awarded an NEH grant for his project Pequod on the Seine: Translating Melville in War and Peace.
He’ll use the grant to travel to Paris; Tallahassee, Florida; and New Haven, Connecticut to research the subject. Originally scheduled to take place this summer, his trip has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As he stated in Fordham News: “Translating Melville isn’t the most obvious thing for people to be doing when the Nazis are occupying France. I’m just trying to figure out what people were up to and why this seemed like it was worthwhile.
“Part of why Melville was a commercial failure in his life and a critical success in our time has to do with the fact that he was somebody who told hard truths. That’s not usually the best recipe for commercial success, but in retrospect, he’s somebody who understood something about the culture of the United States that now are seen as really keen insights.”
To read the entire Fordham News article, click here: Stein NEH Grant.
Congratulations to Professor Stein on this momentous achievement!