Faculty
Dana Anderson
Associate Professor, English
Director, Composition
Director, Professional Writing Program
- danaande@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-2133
- Ballantine Hall 477
Research Interests
rhetorical theory, composition, and pedagogy; identity, agency, and rhetorics of human personhood; professional writing and visual rhetoric
Penelope Anderson
Associate Professor, English
Affiliate, European Studies
Affiliate, Gender Studies
Affiliate, Renaissance Studies
- pea@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-4529
- Ballantine Hall 442
Bob Bledsoe
Lecturer, English
- robledso@indiana.edu
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Purnima Bose
Associate Professor, English
Associate Professor, International Studies
Adjunct Professor, American Studies
Adjunct Professor, Comparative Literature
Adjunct Professor, Cultural Studies
Adjunct Professor, History
Affiliated Associate Professor, Gender Studies
Affiliate, Study of Global Change
- pbose@indiana.edu
- 812-855-5334
- Ballantine Hall 431
Judith C. Brown
Associate Professor, English
Director of Undergraduate Studies, English
- jcb@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 455
Linda Charnes
Professor, English
- lcharnes@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-6643
- Ballantine Hall 534
Research Interests
Shakespeare and renaissance studies; Shakespeare and postmodernism, critical and cultural theories; feminist cultural studies; early modern transatlantic and restoration literatures; political philosophy and theories of democracy
Edward Comentale
Professor, English
Associate Vice Provost, Arts and Humanities
Director, IUB Arts and Humanities Council
- ecomenta@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 461
Joe Connolly
Lecturer, English
- joconnol@indiana.edu
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L. Anne Delgado
Lecturer, English
- lpdelgad@indiana.edu
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Romayne Rubinas Dorsey
Lecturer, English
- rrubinas@indiana.edu
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Jonathan Elmer
Professor, English
Director, College Arts and Humanities Institute
- elmerj@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 428
Christine R. Farris
Professor, English
- crfarris@indiana.edu
- (812) 856-2181
- Ballantine Hall 442
Research Interests
composition studies; contemporary rhetorical theory and practice; feminist rhetoric; writing and literature pedagogy
Jennifer Fleissner
Associate Professor, English
Affiliate Associate Professor, Gender Studies
- jfleissn@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 436
Marion Frank-Wilson
Adjunct, English
Associate Dean for Collection Development and Archival Collections, Librarian
- mfrankwi@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-1481
- Herman B Wells Library E363
Shannon Gayk
Associate Professor, English
Director, Medieval Studies Institute
- sgayk@indiana.edu
- Ballantine 468
Rae Greiner
Associate Professor, English
Director of Graduate Studies, English
Editor, Victorian Studies
- drgreine@indiana.edu
- Ballantine 442
Paul Gutjahr
Ruth Halls Professor, English
Associate Dean for Arts & Humanities and Undergraduate Education
- pgutjahr@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-2147
- Ballantine Hall 421
Mark Harrison
Lecturer, English
- marharri@indiana.edu
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Vivian Nun Halloran
Associate Professor, English
Associate Professor, American Studies
Director, Graduate Studies, American Studies
- vhallora@indiana.edu
- (812) 856-5653
- Ballantine Hall 521
Raymond Hedin
Professor, English
- hedin@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 129
Research Interests
Black American literature, especially slave narratives; American fiction especially Faulkner; early American literature; autobiography
Scott Herring
James H. Rudy Professor, English
Associate Chair, English
Affiliate Professor, Gender Studies
- tsherrin@indiana.edu
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Mary Beth Hines
Adjunct, English
Associate Professor, School of Education
- mhines@indiana.edu
- (812) 856-8290
- W.W. Wright Education Building 3038
Patricia Clare Ingham
Professor, English
Chair, English
Affiliate Professor, Gender Studies
- pingham@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-0521
- Ballantine Hall 451
Christoph Irmscher
Provost Professor, English
George F. Getz Jr. Professor, Wells Scholars Program
Director, Wells Scholars Program
- cirmsche@indiana.edu
- 443-622-3277
- Ballantine Hall 417
De Witt Douglas Kilgore
Associate Professor, English
- dkilgore@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-4148
- Ballantine Hall 434
Lara Kriegel
Associate Professor, English
Director, Victorian Studies Program
Co-Editor, Victorian Studies
Associate Professor, History
- lkriegel@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-6290
- Ballantine Hall 709
Stephanie Li
Professor, English
Susan D. Gubar Chair, Literature
Affiliate Professor, Gender Studies
- stephli@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 442
Karma Lochrie
Ruth Halls Professor, English
Affiliate Professor, Gender Studies
- klochrie@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 456
Herb Marks
Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature
Adjunct Professor, English
Adjunct Professor, Jewish Studies
Adjunct Professor, Religious Studies
Adjunct Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
- marks@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-7935
- Ballantine Hall 922
Rosemarie McGerr
Professor, Comparative Literature
Director, Graduate Studies, Comparative Literature
Adjunct Professor, Medieval Studies
Adjunct Professor, English
- rmcgerr@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-7627
- Ballantine Hall 902
Walton Muyumba
Associate Professor, English
Assistant Director, Creative Writing
- wmuyumba@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 442
Richard Nash
Professor, English
- nash@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 427
Research Interests
18c British literature and culture; literature and science; animality and animal studies; early 18c satire and fiction
Alvin H. Rosenfeld
Professor, English
Director, Center for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism
Professor, Jewish Studies
M. Glazer Chair, Jewish Studies
Affiliate, ISCA
- rosenfel@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-2325
- Global and International Studies Building 4006
Research Interests
Holocaust literature; American Jewish literature; practical criticism
Ranu Samantrai
Associate Professor, English
Affiliate Associate Professor, Gender Studies
- rsamantr@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-6550
- Ballantine Hall 442
Rebekah Sheldon
Assistant Professor, English
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Gender Studies
- rsheldon@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 442
Joel Silver
Adjunct, English
Director, Librarian, Lilly Library
- silverj@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-2452
- 1200 East Seventh Street -
Cynthia Duquette Smith
Lecturer, English
- cds@indiana.edu
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Kathy O. Smith
Associate Professor, English
Coordinator, Composition
Director, Basic Writing & Special Programs
Director, Administrative & Instructional Affairs
- kosmith@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-3283
- Ballantine Hall 442
Research Interests
Rhetorical criticism; history of rhetoric; logic and argumentation; early modern poetry and critical theory; basic writing
Robert E. Terrill
Professor, English
Director, Writing & Rhetoric Studies
- rterrill@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 442
Samrat Upadhyay
Professor, English
Martha C. Kraft Professor, Humanities
- supadhya@indiana.edu
- (812) 856-5882
- Ballantine Hall 528
Alberto Varon
Assistant Professor, English
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Gender Studies
- avaron@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 442
Shane Vogel
Ruth N. Halls Associate Professor, English
Director, Cultural Studies Program
Affiliate Associate Professor, Gender Studies
- shvogel@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 411
John A. Walsh
Adjunct Associate Professor, English
Associate Professor, Information and Library Science
- jawalsh@indiana.edu
- (812) 856-0707
- Wells Library 005B
Stephen Watt
Provost Professor, English
Adjunct Professor, Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance
- watt@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-3140
- Ballantine Hall 442
Brenda R. Weber
Department Chair, Gender Studies
Professor, Gender Studies
Affiliate, American Studies
Affiliate, Cultural Studies
Affiliate, English
Affiliate, Kinsey Institute
- breweber@indiana.edu
- (812) 856-6033
- Ballantine Hall 642
Research Interests
popular culture, film, television, and reality television; feminist theory and the body; celebrity and gender; the politics of representation; masculinity; nineteenth-century transatlantic literature; theories of identity; cultural citizenship; american religious culture
Kurt Zemlicka
Lecturer, English
- kzemlick@indiana.edu
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Emeritus Faculty
Judith H. Anderson
Chancellor's Professor Emeritus, English
- anders@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-3821
- Ballantine Hall 457
Anthony V. Ardizzone
Professor Emeritus, English
- ardizzon@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-7120
- Ballantine Hall 529
Frederick L. Beaty
Associate Professor Emeritus, English
- fbeaty@indiana.edu
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Patrick Brantlinger
James Rudy Professor Emeritus, English
- brantli@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 442
Research Interests
Victorian studies; cultural studies; history of literacy and reading; aesthetics; postcolonial studies
William Burgan
Associate Professor Emeritus, English
- burganw@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 442
Paul John Eakin
Ruth N. Halls Professor Emeritus, English
- eakin@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 442
Research Interests
autobiography; biography; life writing; concepts of self, subject, and person; relation between narrative and identity; auto-ethnography and narrative practices; ethics of life writing
Robert D. Fulk
Class of 1964 Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus, English
Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Germanic Studies
- fulk@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-1943
- Ballantine Hall 415
Donald J. Gray
Professor Emeritus, English
Culbertson Chair Emeritus, English
- gray@indiana.edu
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Jeffrey Huntsman
Associate Professor Emeritus, English
- huntsman@indiana.edu
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Kenneth Richard Johnston
Ruth N. Halls Professor Emeritus, English
- johnstok@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 442
James H. Justus
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, English
- justusj@indiana.edu
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Eugene R. Kintgen
Professor Emeritus, English
Associate Dean Emeritus, University Graduate School
- kintgene@indiana.edu
- Kirkwood Hall 111
Research Interests
literacy; cognitive approaches to reading
Sheila Lindenbaum
Associate Professor Emeritus, English
- lindenb@indiana.edu
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Lewis H. Miller Jr.
Professor Emeritus, English
- millerl@indiana.edu
- Jordan Hall -
Research Interests
advertising and American culture; James Joyce; Robert Frost; American renaissance
Roger Mitchell
Professor Emeritus, English
- username@indiana.edu
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David J. Nordloh
Professor Emeritus, English
- nordloh@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 421
Research Interests
American literature; late-19th-century; American studies; textual criticism; textual theory and bibliography; publishing and authorship
Murray Sperber
Professor Emeritus, English
Professor Emeritus, American Studies
- sperber@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 442
Lee Sterrenburg
Associate Professor Emeritus, English
- sterren@indiana.edu
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Paul Strohm
Professor Emeritus, English
- strohm@indiana.edu
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John Woodcock
Associate Professor Emeritus
- woodcock@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 442
Research Interests
autobiography; literature and medicine; literature and science
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