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Ama Bemma 
Adwetewa-Badu

Assistant Professor of English
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​Margaret Guinn 
Batten​

​Associate Professor of English
Director of Honors in English
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​J. Dillon 
Brown

Associate Professor of English
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​Gerald 
Early

​Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters, Professor of African & African American Studies & English
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Chris A. 
Eng

Assistant Professor of English
Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)
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Julius B. 
Fleming Jr.

Associate Professor of English
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​Robert  
Henke

​Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature
Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. in Performance Studies
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Gabi 
Kirilloff

Assistant Professor of English
pronouns: she/her/hers
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Joe 
Loewenstein

Professor of English​
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Comparative Literature Director of the Humanities Digital Workshop and the Interdisciplinary Project in the Humanities Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)
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William J. 
Maxwell

Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature, Professor of English and African and African American Studies
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Thembelani (Themba) 
Mbatha

Assistant Professor of African & African American Studies
Assistant Professor (Courtesy Affiliation), English
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Dwight A.  
McBride

Gerald Early Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies,
Executive Director of CRE2, Senior Advisor to the Chancellor
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​William 
McKelvy

​Associate Professor of English
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​Melanie 
Micir

​Associate Professor of English
Director of English Graduate Studies
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Bernadette 
Myers

Assistant Professor of English
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Anca​ 
Parvulescu

Liselotte Dieckmann Professor in Comparative Literature, ​Professor of English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
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Jessica 
Rosenfeld

Associate Professor of English
Associate Chair, Department of English
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​Wolfram 
Schmidgen​

Professor of English​
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​Vincent 
Sherry

Howard Nemerov Professor in the Humanities, Professor of English​
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​Abram 
Van Engen

Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities, Chair of the Department of English
Professor of Religion and Politics (by courtesy)
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​Julia A. 
Walker​

Chair of the Performing Arts Department
Professor of English and Performing Arts
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Rebecca 
Wanzo

Chair and Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
African and African-American Studies, Courtesy Affiliation American Culture Studies, Courtesy Affiliation English, Courtesy Affiliation Film and Media Studies, Courtesy Affiliation
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Sarah 
Weston

Assistant Professor of English
Art History & Archaeology Department (Affiliate)