English 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.
Andrew Albin
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Brandeis University
Areas of Interest: Medieval; Literary and Cultural Theory
Eva Badowska
Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Cornell University
Areas of Interest: 19th Century British; Literary and Cultural Theory; Film
Mary Bly
Professor; Associate Dean, Fordham College Lincoln Center
Ph.D., Yale University
Areas of Interest: Renaissance; Literary and Cultural Theory; Creative Writing
Frank Boyle
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Trinity College (Dublin)
Areas of Interest: 18th Century British; Literary and Cultural Theory
On Leave Spring 2019
John Bugg
Professor;
Director, Graduate Studies (DGS)
Ph.D., Princeton University
Areas of Interest: 18th Century British; 19th Century British
Edward Cahill
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Areas of Interest: Early American; Literary and Cultural Theory
Mark Caldwell
Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University
Areas of Interest: Renaissance; Modern American
Leonard Cassuto
Professor; Director of Placement and Professional Development, Graduate Studies (DPPD)
Ph.D., Harvard University
Areas of Interest: Early and Modern American; Creative Writing
Martin Chase
Professor; Editorial Board, Traditio
Ph.D., University of Toronto
Areas of Interest: Medieval
On Leave Spring 2019
Daniel Contreras
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Stanford University
Areas of Interest: Modern American; Comparative and Postcolonial
Stacey D'Erasmo
Associate Professor
B.A. Barnard College; M.A. New York University
Areas of Interest: Creative Writing
Heather Dubrow
Professor; Rev. John Boyd, SJ Chair
Director, Reading Series, Poets Out Loud (POL)
Ph.D., Harvard University
Areas of Interest: Renaissance; Literary and Cultural Theory; Creative Writing
Shonni Enelow
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Interest: Modern American; Literary and Cultural Theory; Contemporary
Mary C. Erler
Professor; Editorial Board, Traditio
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Areas of Interest: Medieval; Renaissance
Maria Farland
Special Advisor to the Provost for Faculty Development; Editor, Studies in American Fiction
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Areas of Interest: Early American; Modern American; Literary and Cultural Theory
Anne Fernald
Professor; Acting Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Yale University
Areas of Interest: Modern British; Literary and Cultural Theory
Elisabeth 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 Writing
Sarah Gambito
Associate Professor; Director of Creative Writing; Editor, Cura
MFA, Brown University
Areas of Interest: Comparative and Postcolonial; Contemporary; Creative Writing
Christopher GoGwilt
Professor
Ph.D., Princeton University
Areas of Interest: 19th Century and Modern British; Contemporary; Literary and Cultural Theory; Comparative and Postcolonial
Moshe Gold
Associate Professor; Director, Writing Program, Rose Hill; 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: 18thCentury British
John P. Harrington
Academic Dean, London Centre
Professor
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Areas of Interest: Modern British
Constance W. Hassett
Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University
Areas of Interest: 19th Century British; Contemporary
Glenn Hendler
Chair
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Areas of Interest: Early American; Literary and Cultural Theory
Anne Golomb Hoffman
Professor
Ph.D., Columbia University
Areas of Interest: Literary and Cultural Theory; Comparative and Postcolonial Theory; Contemporary
Eve Keller
Professor;
Director, Fordham College Honors (RH);
President, University Faculty Senate
Ph.D., Columbia University
Areas of Interest: Renaissance
James Kim
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Areas of Interest: Modern American; Comparative and Postcolonial; 18th Century British
On Leave Spring 2019
Julie 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 Postcolonial
Lawrence Kramer
Distinguished Professor; Editor, 19th-Century Music
Ph.D., Yale University
Areas of Interest: Literary and Cultural Theory
Alexander Mindt
Lecturer
Corey McEleney
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Brown University
Areas of Interest: Renaissance; Literary abnd Cultural Theory
Fawzia Mustafa
Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University
Areas of Interest: Literary and Cultural Theory; Comparative and Postcolonial;Early and Modern American; Contemporary
Thomas O'Donnell
Associate Professor of English and Medieval Studies; Co-Chair, Comparative Literature
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Areas of Interest: Medieval; Comparative and Postcolonial
Scott Poulson-Bryant
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University
Areas of Interest: 20th Century American; Contemporary; Creative Writing; Film
Lea Puljcan Juric
Lecturer
Ph.D., New York University
Areas of Interest: Renaissance
Kirk Quinsland
Lecturer, Writing Center Director LC
Ph.D., Fordham University
Areas of Interest: Renaissance; Medieval; queer theory; digital humanities
Rebecca Sanchez
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University at Buffalo
Areas of Interest: Modern American and British; Literary and Cultural Theory
Stuart Sherman
Professor
Ph.D., Columbia University
Areas of Interest: 18th Century British
Philip Sicker
Professor; Co-Editor of Joyce Studies Annual
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Areas of Interest: Modern British; Modern American; Literary and Cultural Theory
Jordan Alexander Stein
Chair
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Areas of Interest: Early and Modern American; Literary and Cultural Theory
On Leave Spring 2019
Elizabeth Stone
Professor
Ph.D., New York University
Areas of Interest: Creative Writing; Modern American
Dennis Tyler
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Areas of Interest: Modern American; Contemporary
Vlasta Vranjes
Assistant Professor; Associate Chair
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Areas of Interest: 19th Century British
Keri Walsh
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Princeton University
Areas of Interest: Modern British; Contemporary; Literary and Cultural Theory; Film
Robert Wasserman
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University
Areas of Interest: Literary and Cultural Theory
Jocelyn Wogan-Browne
Professor; Mullarkey Chair
Ph.D., University of Liverpool
Areas of Interest: Medieval
Suzanne Yeager
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Toronto
Areas of Interest: Medieval
Sarah Zimmerman
Professor; Lincoln Center
Ph.D., Princeton University
Areas of Interest: 19th Century British