Our People

Ama Bemma Adwetewa-Badu

Assistant Professor of English

Duncker 220

E-mail: amabemma@wustl.edu

Margaret Guinn Batten

Associate Professor of English
Director of Honors in English

Duncker 214

E-mail: mgbatten@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-7218

J. Dillon Brown

Associate Professor of English

Duncker 111

E-mail: jdbrown@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-9241

Gerald Early

Professor of African & African American Studies & English

E-mail: glearly@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-4008

Chris A. Eng

Assistant Professor of English
Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

E-mail: ceng@wustl.edu

Julius B. Fleming Jr.

Associate Professor of English

E-mail: fjulius@wustl.edu

Robert Henke

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

Mallinckrodt Center 304C

E-mail: rhenke@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-9336

Gabi Kirilloff

Assistant Professor of English
pronouns: she/her/hers

Duncker Hall 125

E-mail: kirilloff@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-4406

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)

Duncker 204 and Umrath 235

E-mail: jfloewen@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-4404

William J. Maxwell

Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature
Professor of English and African and African American Studies

Duncker 216

E-mail: wmaxwell@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-5579

Thembelani (Themba) Mbatha

Assistant Professor of African & African American Studies
Assistant Professor (Courtesy Affiliation), English

Office: McMillan Hall

E-mail: mbatha@wustl.edu

Dwight A. McBride

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

McMillan Hall 240

E-mail: mcbrided@wustl.edu
Phone: 3149355631

William McKelvy

Associate Professor of English

Duncker 212

E-mail: wmckelvy@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-7131

Melanie Micir

Associate Professor of English
Director of English Graduate Studies

Duncker 204

E-mail: mmicir@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-3165

Bernadette Myers

Assistant Professor of English

Duncker 214

E-mail: myers.b@wustl.edu

Anca Parvulescu

Liselotte Dieckmann Professor in Comparative Literature
Professor of English
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Duncker 213

E-mail: ancaparvulescu@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-4409

Jessica Rosenfeld

Associate Professor of English
Associate Chair, Department of English

Duncker 114

E-mail: jrosenfe@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-5187

Wolfram Schmidgen

Professor of English

Duncker 207

E-mail: wschmidg@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-4401

Vincent Sherry

Howard Nemerov Professor in the Humanities
Professor of English

Duncker 113

E-mail: vsherry@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-5115

Abram Van Engen

Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities
Chair of the Department of English
Professor of Religion and Politics (by courtesy)

Duncker 120

E-mail: vanengen@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-5132

Julia A. Walker

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

Mallinckrodt Center 304A

E-mail: jwalker28@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-7134

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

McMillan Hall 215

E-mail: rwanzo@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-5172

Sarah Weston

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

Duncker 204a

E-mail: westons@wustl.edu