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Professor

John Bender

Professor
Office: 460-341
Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 3:30-5:00pm
Phone: (650) 723-3817
British Literature Restoration/18th-century Comparative Literature Literary Criticism/Theory Literature and Art Literature and Science The Novel Cultural studies

Eavan Boland

Professor
Office: 460-223C
Office Hours: Tues. & Wed. 3:30-5:00pm
Phone: (650) 725-1207
British Literature Irish British Literature - Poetry Creative Writing Creative Writing - Poetry

Terry Castle

Professor
Office: 460-313
Office Hours: T. & Th. 12:15-1:15, 3:30-4:30 & by appt.
Phone: (650) 725-1217
British Literature Restoration/18th-century British Literature - Modernism British Literature - 20th Century Comparative Literature Modern and Postmodern literature Literary Criticism/Theory Literature and Art The Novel Women's Studies/Gender and Sexuality Cultural studies Gay/lesbian Studies/ LGBT

Margaret Cohen

Professor
Office: 260-211
Office Hours: Wed. 2:30-4pm & by appointment
Phone: (650) 724-0106
British Literature British Literature - 19th-century Comparative Literature Literary Criticism/Theory Narrative Theory The Novel

Michele Elam

Professor
Office: Bldg 460, Rm 319
Office Hours: Tues. 1:00-2:45pm
American Literature American Renaissance/antebellum American Literature - 19th Century American Literature - 20th Century American Literature - Contemporary American Studies African American Postcolonial/Third World Modern and Postmodern literature Literary Criticism/Theory Literature and Art Women's Studies/Gender and Sexuality Comparative Race Studies Cultural studies

Ken Fields

Professor
Office: 460-217
Office Hours: Mon. 10:00-11:30am & Tues. 10:00-11:00am, 12:30-1:45pm
Phone: (650) 723-1201
American Literature American Literature - 20th Century American Literature - Contemporary Native American American Literature - Poetry Comparative Literature Creative Writing Creative Writing - Poetry

Shelley Fisher Fishkin

Professor
Office: 460-420
Office Hours: Thurs. 10:00-11:30am & by appointment (please email)
Phone: (650) 723-1804
American Literature American Renaissance/antebellum American Literature - 19th Century American Literature - 20th Century American Studies African American Asian American Latina/o and Chicana/o Literatures Native American American Literature - Poetry American Literature - Prose American Literature - Drama/Theater Transnational Studies Nonfiction Literature and History Women's Studies/Gender and Sexuality Cultural studies

Denise Gigante

Professor
Office: 460-327
Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 3:00-4:30pm
Phone: (650) 725-7080
American Renaissance/antebellum British Literature British Literature - 17th-century Restoration/18th-century Romanticism British Literature - 19th-century British Literature - Poetry British Literature - Prose Literary Criticism/Theory Literature and Philosophy History of the Book Cultural studies

Roland Greene

Professor
Office: 460-302
Office Hours: Tuesday 10-12 & by appt.
Phone: (650) 725-1214
Renaissance/Shakespeare/Milton British Literature - 17th-century British Literature - Poetry Comparative Literature Literature of the Americas Modern and Postmodern literature Literary Criticism/Theory Digital Humanities

Adam Johnson

Professor
Office: 460-324
Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 3:30-5:00pm & by appointment
Phone: (650) 723-4657
Creative Writing Fiction Narrative Theory The Novel

Gavin Jones

Professor
Office: 460-421
Office Hours: on sabbatical
Phone: (650) 724-5626
American Literature

Mark McGurl

Professor
Office: 460-419
Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 11:30am-12:30pm
Phone: (650) 723-4722
American Literature American Literature - Contemporary Modern and Postmodern literature Literary Criticism/Theory Literature and Science The Novel Cultural studies

Franco Moretti

Professor
Office: 460-416
Office Hours: On leave autumn '15
Phone: (650) 723-4590
British Literature British Literature - 19th-century Comparative Literature Literary Criticism/Theory History of the Book The Novel Digital Humanities

Paula Moya

Professor
Office: 460-331
Office Hours: Tues. 4:30-5:30pm; Wed. 2:00-3:00 p.m. and by appt. Please email ahead to ensure availability
Phone: (650) 723-0034
American Literature American Literature - 20th Century American Literature - Contemporary American Studies African American Asian American Latina/o and Chicana/o Literatures Native American Literature of the Americas Literary Criticism/Theory Narrative Theory Literature and Psychology/Cognitive Science Women's Studies/Gender and Sexuality Comparative Race Studies Cultural studies Gay/lesbian Studies/ LGBT

Sianne Ngai

Professor
Office: 460-417
Office Hours: Mon. 1:00-2:00pm, Fri. 2:30-3:30 & by appointment
Phone: (650) 723-4622
American Literature American Literature - 19th Century American Literature - 20th Century American Literature - Contemporary Modern and Postmodern literature Literary Criticism/Theory Literature and Art Literature and Philosophy Women's Studies/Gender and Sexuality Cultural studies Gay/lesbian Studies/ LGBT

Stephen Orgel

Professor
Office: 460-304
Office Hours: Wed. 10:00am-12:00pm, Thurs. 1:00-2:00pm
Phone: (650) 723-4597
British Literature Renaissance/Shakespeare/Milton British Literature - 17th-century Literature and Art History of the Book

Patricia Parker

Professor
Office: 460-338
Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 5:00-6:00pm & by appointment
Phone: (650) 723-1818
British Literature Renaissance/Shakespeare/Milton Comparative Literature Literary Criticism/Theory Women's Studies/Gender and Sexuality

Peggy Phelan

Professor
Office: 460-339
Office Hours: Wed. 1:45-3:00pm & by appointment in 145 Mem. Aud.
Phone: (650) 723-2723
American Literature American Literature - Poetry American Literature - Drama/Theater British Literature - Drama/Theater Literature and Performance Performance Studies

Nancy Ruttenburg

Professor
Office: 460-418
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: (650) 725-1644
American Literature American Literature - Early (before 1830) American Renaissance/antebellum American Literature - 19th Century American Literature - 20th Century African American Comparative Literature Literary Criticism/Theory Literature and History Literature and Religion The Novel

Ramón Saldívar

Professor
Office: 460-322
Office Hours: Wed. 2:00-3:30 & by appointment (please email ahead)
Phone: (650) 725-1213
American Literature Latina/o and Chicana/o Literatures Comparative Race Studies

Elizabeth Tallent

Professor
Office: 460-214
Office Hours: Wed. 1:00-3:00pm & by appointment
Phone: (650) 723-0031
American Literature American Literature - 20th Century American Literature - Contemporary British Literature British Literature - 20th Century British Literature - Contemporary Creative Writing The Short Story Fiction Modern and Postmodern literature Literary Criticism/Theory The Novel Women's Studies/Gender and Sexuality Gay/lesbian Studies/ LGBT

Elaine Treharne

Professor
Office: 460-340
Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 12:45-1:45pm, preferably & by appointment Mon. to Thurs.
Phone: (650) 723-4609
British Literature Old and Middle English British Literature - Poetry British Literature - Prose Comparative Literature Literature and Art Literature and History Literature and Religion History of the Book Cultural studies Digital Humanities

Blakey Vermeule

Professor
Office: 460-413
Office Hours: Mon. 1:30-4:30pm & by appointment
Phone: (650) 723-2905
American Literature American Literature - Early (before 1830) British Literature Restoration/18th-century Romanticism Postcolonial/Third World Literary Criticism/Theory Literature and Philosophy Literature and Psychology/Cognitive Science Literature and Religion The Novel

Alex Woloch

Professor
Office: 460-201C
Office Hours: Mon. 10-12 & Wed. 12-1
Phone: (650) 723-1560
British Literature British Literature - 19th-century British Literature - 20th Century Literary Criticism/Theory Narrative Theory The Novel

Associate Professor

Blair Hoxby

Associate Professor
Office: 460-414
Office Hours: Tues. 3-4 & Thurs. 11-12
Phone: (650) 723-9493
British Literature Renaissance/Shakespeare/Milton British Literature - 17th-century Restoration/18th-century British Literature - Poetry British Literature - Prose British Literature - Drama/Theater Comparative Literature Literature and Art Literature and History Literature and Performance Literature and Philosophy Performance Studies

Nicholas Jenkins

Associate Professor
Office: 460-423
Office Hours: Thurs. 1:30-3:00pm, Fri. 3:30-5:00pm
Phone: (650) 723-2725
American Literature American Literature - 20th Century American Literature - Contemporary American Literature - Poetry British Literature British Literature - 20th Century British Literature - Poetry British Literature - Contemporary Literature and Art Digital Humanities

Michelle Karnes

Associate Professor
Office: 460-318
Office Hours: Thurs. 3:00-5:00pm & by appointment
Phone: (650) 725-6485
British Literature Old and Middle English Literature and Philosophy Literature and Psychology/Cognitive Science Literature and Religion

Visiting Faculty

Jane Hirshfield

Visiting Faculty
Creative Writing Creative Writing - Poetry

Louise Gluck

Visiting Faculty
Office: 460-223E
Phone: (650) 723-0011
Creative Writing Creative Writing - Poetry

Philip Gourevitch

Visiting Faculty
Creative Writing Nonfiction

Larissa MacFarquhar

Visiting Faculty
Office: 460-223A
Office Hours: Wed. 12:00-2:00pm
Creative Writing Nonfiction

Assistant Professor

Mark Algee-Hewitt

Assistant Professor
Office: 460-311
Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 12:00-1:30pm & by appointment
Phone: (650) 796-4196
British Literature Restoration/18th-century British Literature - 19th-century Comparative Literature Digital Humanities

Claire Jarvis

Assistant Professor
Office: 460-309
Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 3:30-4:30 & by appointment
Phone: (650) 723-0050
British Literature British Literature - 19th-century British Literature - 20th Century British Literature - Poetry British Literature - Prose Literary Criticism/Theory The Novel Women's Studies/Gender and Sexuality Gay/lesbian Studies/ LGBT

Ivan Lupić

Assistant Professor
Office: 460-305
Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 10:00-11:30
Phone: (650) 723-4616
British Literature Renaissance/Shakespeare/Milton Comparative Literature Transnational Studies Literary Criticism/Theory Literature and Philosophy Performance Studies History of the Book Gay/lesbian Studies/ LGBT

Saikat Majumdar

Assistant Professor
Office: 460-415
Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 11:30-1:00
British Literature British Literature - Modernism Comparative Literature Postcolonial/Third World Modern and Postmodern literature Literary Criticism/Theory Literature and Philosophy The Novel Cultural studies

Vaughn Rasberry

Assistant Professor
Office: 460-326
Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 11:00-12:30
Phone: (650) 723-4226
American Literature - 20th Century American Studies African American Postcolonial/Third World Comparative Race Studies

Senior Lecturer

Judith Richardson

Senior Lecturer
Office: 460-323
Office Hours: Wed. 2:30-4:00pm, Thurs. 11:00am-12:30pm
Phone: (650) 723-2724
American Literature American Literature - 19th Century American Literature - 20th Century American Studies

Lecturer

Molly Antopol

Lecturer
Office: 460-431
Office Hours: On leave
Creative Writing Nonfiction Fiction

Tain Barzso

Lecturer

Jasper Bernes

Lecturer
Office: 460-329
Office Hours: on leave

NoViolet Bulawayo

Lecturer
Creative Writing Fiction

Kai Carlson-Wee

Lecturer
Office: 460-209
Creative Writing Nonfiction Creative Writing - Poetry

Harriet Clark

Lecturer
Office: 460-209
Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 1:15-2:45pm & by appointment
Phone: (650) 723-0499
Creative Writing Nonfiction Fiction

Keith Ekiss

Lecturer
Office: 460-210
Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 12:30-1:30pm
Phone: (650) 723-2638
Creative Writing Nonfiction Creative Writing - Poetry

John W. Evans

Lecturer
Office: 460-211
Office Hours: Mon. 1:00-3:00pm
Phone: (650) 723-2638
Creative Writing Nonfiction Creative Writing - Poetry

Sarah Frisch

Lecturer
Office: 460-320
Creative Writing Nonfiction Fiction

Kimberly Grey

Lecturer
Office Hours: on leave
Creative Writing Creative Writing - Poetry

Maria Hummel

Lecturer
Office: 460-220
Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 12:00-1:20pm
Phone: (650) 723-4968
Creative Writing Nonfiction Creative Writing - Poetry Fiction

Scott Hutchins

Lecturer
Office: 460-213
Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 5:30-6:30pm & by appointment
Phone: (650) 725-1209
Creative Writing Nonfiction Fiction

Tom Kealey

Lecturer
Office: 460-221
Office Hours: Wed. 1:30-3:30pm

Dana Kletter

Lecturer
Office: Bldg. 460, rm 222
Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 11:00am-1:00pm

Anthony Marra

Lecturer

Brittany Perham

Lecturer
Office: 460-222
Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 12:15-1:15pm
Phone: (650) 725-1209
Creative Writing Nonfiction Creative Writing - Poetry
Photo Credit

Kate Petersen

Lecturer
Creative Writing Fiction

Shannon Pufahl

Lecturer
Office: 460-330
Office Hours: Tues. 1:45-2:45pm, Thurs. 5:30-6:30pm
American Literature - Early (before 1830) American Literature - 19th Century American Literature - Poetry Creative Writing Nonfiction Fiction Literary Criticism/Theory Women's Studies/Gender and Sexuality Gay/lesbian Studies/ LGBT

Nina Schloesser

Lecturer
Office: 460-330
Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 4:00-5:30pm
Creative Writing Nonfiction The Short Story Fiction The Novel Gay/lesbian Studies/ LGBT

Solmaz Sharif

Lecturer
Creative Writing Creative Writing - Poetry
Michael Shewmaker

Michael Shewmaker

Lecturer
Office: 460-211
Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 1:30-2:30pm
Creative Writing Creative Writing - Poetry

Austin Smith

Lecturer
Office Hours: Mon. 11:00am-1:00pm, Wed. 12:00-1:00pm
Creative Writing Fiction

Rachel Smith

Lecturer
Office: 460-306
Office Hours: on leave
Creative Writing Fiction

Adena Spingarn

Lecturer
Office: 460-303
Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 10:00-11:30am
Phone: (650) 723-9776

Alice Staveley

Lecturer
Office: 460-328
Office Hours: Thurs. 1:00-4:00pm & by appointment
Phone: (650) 723-0131
British Literature British Literature - Modernism British Literature - 20th Century British Literature - Prose British Literature - Contemporary Canadian Literature Modern and Postmodern literature Women's Studies/Gender and Sexuality Cultural studies

Shimon Tanaka

Lecturer
Office: 460-431
brenden willey

Brenden Willey

Lecturer
Office Hours: Tues. 5:00-6:00pm, Thurs. 2:00-3:00pm
Creative Writing Fiction

Greg Wrenn

Lecturer
Office: 460-320
Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 5:00-6:30pm
American Literature British Literature Creative Writing Nonfiction Creative Writing - Poetry Literature and Art Literature and Religion Gay/lesbian Studies/ LGBT

By Courtesy

Joshua Landy

By Courtesy
Office: 104 Pigott Hall
Phone: (650) 723-4914
Literature and Philosophy

David Palumbo-Liu

By Courtesy
Office: 229 Pigott Hall
Phone: (650) 725-4915
Asian American Comparative Literature Literary Criticism/Theory Comparative Race Studies Cultural studies

Kathryn Starkey

By Courtesy
Office: Pigott Hall 107
Phone: 650-724-3622
British Literature Old and Middle English Literature and History

Bryan Wolf

By Courtesy
Office: 113 Cummings Art Bldg
Phone: (650) 723-4964
American Literature American Studies Literature and Art Comparative Race Studies

Emeriti Faculty

Helen B. Brooks

Emeriti Faculty
Office: 460-409
Office Hours: TTh 3-4:30 & by appt.
American Literature - Poetry American Literature - Drama/Theater British Literature Renaissance/Shakespeare/Milton British Literature - Modernism British Literature - Poetry British Literature - Drama/Theater Modern and Postmodern literature Literary Criticism/Theory Literature and Art Literature and History Literature and Performance Literature and Psychology/Cognitive Science Literature and Religion Literature and Science Women's Studies/Gender and Sexuality Cultural studies

George Brown

Emeriti Faculty

Bliss Carnochan

Emeriti Faculty

Simone Di Piero

Emeriti Faculty

Sandra Drake

Emeriti Faculty

John Felstiner

Emeriti Faculty

Larry Friedlander

Emeriti Faculty

Albert Gelpi

Emeriti Faculty

Barbara Gelpi

Emeriti Faculty

Shirley Heath

Emeriti Faculty

John L'Heureux

Emeriti Faculty

Herbert Lindenberger

Emeriti Faculty

Andrea Lunsford

Emeriti Faculty

David MacDonald

Emeriti Faculty
Office Hours: by appointment

Thomas Moser

Emeriti Faculty

Nancy Huddleston Packer

Emeriti Faculty

Marjorie Perloff

Emeriti Faculty

Robert Polhemus

Emeriti Faculty

Arnold Rampersad

Emeriti Faculty

David Riggs

Emeriti Faculty

Lawrence Ryan

Emeriti Faculty

Elizabeth Traugott

Emeriti Faculty
Office: 460-127
Phone: (650) 723-4284

Tobias Wolff

Emeriti Faculty
Office: 460-218
Phone: (650) 723-0504
American Literature American Literature - 20th Century American Literature - Contemporary British Literature British Literature - 20th Century British Literature - Contemporary Creative Writing The Short Story Fiction The Novel

Consulting Professor

Valerie Miner

Consulting Professor

Department Bookshelf

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Writing America: Literary Landmarks from Walden Pond to Wounded Knee (A Reader's Companion)
What Was Tragedy? Theory and the Early Modern Canon
Fortune Smiles: Stories
The Reader in the Book, A Study of Spaces and Traces

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