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
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
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
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
Vivian Nun Halloran
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
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
- Wells Scholars Program, Harlos House
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
Provost Professor, English
Affiliate Professor, Gender Studies
- klochrie@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 456
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; post-Holocaust antisemitism; American Jewish literature; practical criticism; exile literature
Ranu Samantrai
Associate Professor, English
- rsamantr@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-6550
- Ballantine Hall 442
Research Interests
Affiliate Associate Professor, Gender Studies
Rebekah Sheldon
Assistant Professor, English
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Gender Studies
- rsheldon@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 442
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
Freya Thimsen
Assistant Professor, English
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Gender Studies
- athimsen@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 442
Research Interests
rhetoric of social movements; democratic theory; anti-corporate politics; communication and public advocacy
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
- shvogel@indiana.edu
- Ballantine Hall 411
Stephen Watt
Provost Professor, English
Adjunct Professor, Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance
- watt@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-3140
- Ballantine Hall 442
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