The English department offers a strong and diverse tradition of engaging various practices of literary and cultural theory, including narrative theory, feminism and queer theory, psychoanalysis, marxism and various modes of historicism and cultural engagement, deconstruction, postcolonial, transnational, and globalization theory, and legal theory. Individual faculty profiles describe specific interests in these regards.
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Jonathan Auerbach Professor Director, Graduate Placement |
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Ralph Bauer Associate Professor |
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Tita Chico Associate Professor Associate Dean for Fellowships and Awards, The Graduate School |
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William A. Cohen Professor Associate Chair |
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Michael Israel Associate Professor |
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Linda Kauffman Professor Distinguished Scholar-Teacher |
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Matthew Kirschenbaum Associate Professor Associate Director, MITH |
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Marilee Lindemann Associate Professor Director, LGBT Studies |
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Carla Peterson Professor |
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Sangeeta Ray Professor Director, Graduate Studies |
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Brian Richardson Professor |
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Martha Nell Smith Professor Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, ADVANCE Professor |
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Jesse Oak Taylor Visiting Assistant Professor American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellow |
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Christina Walter Assistant Professor |
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Orrin Wang Professor |
Alongside the many occasional events and lectures concerning "theory" featured in the English Department, and highlighted on the home page of its website and its calendar, advanced students are also especially recommended to consider the special theory colloquia, often featuring distinguished guests, offered each semester by rotating faculty members