Comparative Literature

Faculty

The Department's special culture stems from a number of factors, including the high research profile of its faculty members and the fact that most of these faculty have full appointments in Comparative Literature. The Department's integrity as an academic program has allowed it to maintain an atmosphere where the highest levels of engagement and achievement are encouraged and supported. From the time of its founding, the Department has endeavored to give a progressive edge to its inquiry concerning the meaning of 'comparative literature' and has offered its students both careful guidance and maximum freedom for their own efforts to answer this ongoing question.

Rosemary Arrojo, Professor of Comparative Literature

Gisela Brinker-Gabler, Professor of Comparative Literature, Chair

Frederick Garber, Distinguished Professor

Nergis Ertürk, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Bill Haver, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature

Brett Levinson, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

Maria Lugones, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature

Luiza Franco Moreira, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature

Neil Christian Pages, Assistant Professor of German and Comparative Literature

Zoja Pavlovskis-Petit, Professor of Comparative Literature

Marilyn Gaddis-Rose, Distinguished Service Professor

Associated Faculty

Abou-El-Haj, Rifa’at A., Professor of History, PhD, 1963, Princeton University: Modern Near East, Europe. (1993)

Allen, Jeffner, Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies, PhD, 1973, Duquesne University: Cross-cultural and feminist theory, post-colonial studies, lesbian studies, experimental writing. (1987)

Bartine, David, Associate Professor of English , PhD, 1976, University of California at Berkeley: Rhetoric. (1984)

Appelbaum, Nancy, Associate Professor of History , PhD, 1997, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Modern Latin America, Colombia. (1998)

Bidney, Martin P., Professor of English, PhD, 1971, Indiana University: 19th-century English literature, Russian literature, Blake. (1969)

Coates, Carrol F., Professor of French and Comparative Literature, PhD, 1964, Yale University: 19th-century French poetry and novel; Francophone literature (Canadian, Caribbean, African), comparative literature. (1963)

Grenier, Vincent, Associate Professor of Cinema, MFA, 1972, The San Francisco Art Institute: Film production and analysis, digital video. (1986)

Hames-Garcia, Michael, Associate Professor of English, PhD, 1998, Cornell University: American literature, literary theory, U.S. Latino literature. (1998)

Kaldis, Nicholas, Assistant Professor of Chinese, PhD, l998, Ohio State University: Chinese Literature and Cinema, Chinese language. (2001)

LaValva, Rosamaria, Professor of Italian, PhD, 1986, Rutgers University: 19th- and 20th-century Italian literature, Italian theater, film. (1987)

Majer-O’Sickey, Ingeborg, Associate Professor of German, PhD, 1988, University of Texas: Comparative Literature and German; cinema and women’s studies. (1996)

McDonough, Thomas, Assistant Professor of Art History, PhD, 1998, Institute of Fine Arts: History and Theory of 19^th and 20^th- century urbanism and architecture. (1998)

Okpewho, Isidore, Distinguished Professor, PhD, 1976, University of Denver: Classics, African literature, African-American literature, folklore and mythology, and creative writing. (1991)

Pensky, Max, Professor of Philosophy, PhD, 1989, Boston College: Contemporary continental philosophy, social and political philosophy, critical theory, philosophy of history. (1990)

Ross, Stephen D., Professor of Philosophy and of Comparative Literature and Director of Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture Program, PhD, 1961, Columbia University: Metaphysics, philosophy of art, ethics and political philosophy, contemporary continental philosophy, history of philosophy, American philosophy, environmental philosophy, feminist philosophy and cultural critique. (1967)

Spanos, William V., Distinguished Professor, PhD, 1964, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Literary theory, literature and philosophy, modern and post-modern Anglo-American and European poetry and fiction. (1966)

Stark, James, Associate Professor of Art, BS, 1968, Western Michigan University and Interlochen Arts Academy: Sculpture, assemblage, environmental works, foundry processes. (1970)

Sticca, Sandro, Professor of Italian, PhD, 1966, Columbia University: French literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance; Latin, Italian and French drama and lyric, philology, comparative literature. (1964)

Tagg, John, Professor and Chair of the Art History Department, MA (RCA), 1973, Royal College of Art, London: History and theory of photography, modern European and American cultural history, contemporary critical theory (Marxism, semiotics, post-structuralism). (1986)

Tomich, Dale, Professor of Sociology and History, PhD, 1976, University of Wisconsin: Latin America and the Caribbean, world-systems, political economy, social movements. (1976)

Um, Nancy, Assistant Professor of Art History, PhD, 2001, University of California, Los Angeles: Art, architecture and urbanism in the Islamic world, cultural exchange in the Indian Ocean, visual culture of migration and diaspora. (2001)

Zinkin, Melissa, Associate Professor of Philosophy, PhD, 1999, Northwestern University: Kant, modern philosophy, German idealism, feminist philosophy, political philosophy. (1998)