Berkeley English Faculty

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	Name		Interests All Old English Middle English Renaissance and Early Modern 18th-Century British 19th-Century British 20th- and 21st-Century British Irish Scottish Early American 19th-Century American 20th- and 21st-Century American African American Asian American Chicana/o and/or Latina/o Native American African Atlantic Caribbean South Asian Pacific Creative Writing
	Elizabeth Abel Professor	424 Wheeler Wednesday 4-5, Thursday 3:30-5:30 eabel@berkeley.edu	Gender & Sexuality Studies 20th- and 21st-Century American 20th- and 21st-Century British African American Cultural Studies
	Charles F. Altieri Professor Rachael Anderson Stageberg Endowed Chair	332 Wheeler altieri@berkeley.edu 510 848 2686	20th- and 21st-Century American 20th- and 21st-Century British Poetry
	Oliver Arnold Associate Professor; Placement Committee Chair	410 Wheeler Hall oarnold@berkeley.edu	Drama Renaissance and Early Modern
	Dominika Bednarska Holloway Fellow	Wheeler 478 DOMINIKABERKELEY@GMAIL.COM	Creative Writing Critical Theory Gender & Sexuality Studies Poetry 20th- and 21st-Century American 20th- and 21st-Century British African American Cultural Studies
	Jasper Q. Bernes	bernes@berkeley.edu
	Stephen M. Best Associate Professor	404 Wheeler sbest@berkeley.edu	19th-Century American African American Critical Theory
	C. D. Blanton Associate Professor	437 Wheeler Hall cdblanton@berkeley.edu	Critical Theory 19th-Century British Poetry 20th- and 21st-Century American 20th- and 21st-Century British
	Christoph Bode Visiting Professor	456 Wheeler christoph.bode@arcor.de	Critical Theory Narrative & the Novel 19th-Century British
	Sheila Boniface Davies Lecturer	s.bonifacedavies@berkeley.edu	African
	Mitchell Breitwieser Professor, Daniel E. Koshland, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Writing	420 Wheeler abstemiast.tumblr.com mitchb@berkeley.edu	20th- and 21st-Century American Early American 19th-Century American
	John Campion Lecturer	478 Wheeler jmcampion@berkeley.edu 510-332-9070	Creative Writing Critical Theory Cultural Studies Poetry
	Todd Carmody ACLS New Faculty Fellow & Visiting Assistant Professor	475 Wheeler carmodyt@berkeley.edu	Poetry 20th- and 21st-Century American African American 19th-Century American
	Melanie Abrams Chandra Lecturer	451 Wheeler TTh 1-2 melanieabrams@berkeley.edu	Creative Writing
	Vikram Chandra Sr. Lecturer SOE	451 Wheeler vikramchandra@berkeley.edu	Creative Writing
	Mark Danner Professor of Journalism and English	121 Northgate Hall mark@markdanner.com
	Kathleen Donegan Assistant Professor	440 Wheeler Wed. 10:00-1:00, and by appointment kdonegan@berkeley.edu	Atlantic Early American Native American
	Ian Duncan Professor Florence Green Bixby Chair in English	456 Wheeler Spring 2013: Wednesdays 2:30-5:00pm iduncan@berkeley.edu	Critical Theory Narrative & the Novel 19th-Century British Scottish 18th-Century British
	Justin Eichenlaub Lecturer	443 Wheeler Hall W, 12:30-2:30 and by appt. jeichenlaub@berkeley.edu	Critical Theory Narrative & the Novel 19th-Century British Poetry
	Nadia Ellis Assistant Professor	452 Wheeler nellis@berkeley.edu	Atlantic Caribbean Gender & Sexuality Studies African American Cultural Studies
	Eric Falci Associate Professor	308 Wheeler summer office hours by appointment efalci@berkeley.edu	Poetry Irish 20th- and 21st-Century British
	Thomas Farber Senior Lecturer	476 Wheeler tfar@berkeley.edu 510-644-4193	Creative Writing
	Catherine Flynn Assistant Professor	454 Wheeler Monday/Wednesday 4:30-5:30 pm and by appointment cflynn@berkeley.edu	Critical Theory Narrative & the Novel Irish 20th- and 21st-Century British
	Anne-Lise Francois Associate Professor	453 Wheeler afrancoi@socrates.berkeley.edu	18th-Century British 19th-Century British Critical Theory Narrative & the Novel Poetry
	Cecil S. Giscombe Professor	417 Wheeler On sabbatical leave fall 2012; hours by appointment. csgiscombe@berkeley.edu 510-642-2736	Creative Writing
	Mark Goble Associate Professor	413 Wheeler By appointment mgoble@berkeley.edu	Critical Theory Narrative & the Novel Poetry Film 20th- and 21st-Century American 20th- and 21st-Century British 19th-Century American
	Steven Goldsmith Professor	431 Wheeler Spring 2013 Th 3:30-5:30 sgsmith@berkeley.edu	Critical Theory 19th-Century British Poetry
	Marcial Gonzalez Associate Professor	435 Wheeler marcial@berkeley.edu Office Hrs: F 12-2pm	20th- and 21st-Century American Chicana/o and/or Latina/o Critical Theory Cultural Studies Narrative & the Novel
	Kevis Goodman Associate Professor	477 Wheeler On research leave, 2012-2013 kgoodman@berkeley.edu	Critical Theory 19th-Century British Poetry 18th-Century British
	Zachary Gordon Berkeley Lecturer	411 Wheeler zgordon@berkeley.edu	Critical Theory Linguistics Narrative & the Novel 20th- and 21st-Century American
	Philip Kan Gotanda Associate Adjunct Professor	Dwinelle Annex Rm 211 TTH 12:00-2:00/3:30-5:30 and by appointment joeozu@aol.com	Asian American Drama Creative Writing
	Dorothy J. Hale Professor	335 Wheeler Hall 2012-13: office hours by appointment dhale@berkeley.edu	Critical Theory Narrative & the Novel 20th- and 21st-Century American 20th- and 21st-Century British 19th-Century American
	Kristin Hanson Associate Professor	426 Wheeler MWF 2:10-3:00 pm khanson@berkeley.edu	Linguistics Poetry
	Robert L. Hass Professor Distinguished Professor in Poetry and Poetics	405 Wheeler bobhass@berkeley.edu	20th- and 21st-Century American Creative Writing Poetry
	Lyn Hejinian Professor	406 Wheeler lynhejinian@gmail.com	20th- and 21st-Century American African American Creative Writing Poetry
	Robert H. Hirst General Editor, Mark Twain Project and Curator, Mark Twain Papers	The Bancroft Library, Suite 475 TTh, 1:00-2:00 rhirst@library.berkeley.edu 643-3560
	Abdul R. JanMohamed Professor	236 Wheeler abduljm@berkeley.edu	African American World Literature Critical Theory
	Donna V. Jones Associate Professor	455 Wheeler Office Hours: Tue. 10:30-1 dvjones@berkeley.edu	African Caribbean Critical Theory Narrative & the Novel 20th- and 21st-Century British
	Joseph P Jordan Lecturer	421 Wheeler jpj@berkeley.edu	Renaissance and Early Modern Narrative & the Novel 19th-Century British Poetry
	Steven Justice Professor	409 Wheeler Hall sjustice@berkeley.edu	Middle English
	Victoria Kahn Professor Katharine Bixby Hotchkis Chair in English	4120 Dwinelle vkahn@berkeley.edu	Renaissance and Early Modern Critical Theory
	Georgina Kleege Lecturer SOE	463 Wheeler Fridays 11-2 and by appointment gkleege@berkeley.edu	Creative Writing
	Jeffrey Knapp Professor Chancellor's Professor of English	401 Wheeler Tu 2-4 and by appt jknapp@berkeley.edu	Drama Renaissance and Early Modern Critical Theory Poetry Film Cultural Studies
	David Landreth Associate Professor	402 Wheeler Wednesdays 12:00 - 2:00 dlandreth@berkeley.edu	Renaissance and Early Modern
	Celeste Langan Associate Professor	425 Wheeler Hall clangan@berkeley.edu	19th-Century British Poetry
	Joseph Lavery		19th-Century British
	Steven Lee Assistant Professor	415 Wheeler Office Hours, Spring 2013: M 10:10-12:10; W 10:30-11:30 stevenlee@berkeley.edu	Asian American Atlantic Pacific 20th- and 21st-Century American African American Cultural Studies
	Charles Legere Holloway Postdoctoral Fellow	478 Wheeler Hall clegere@berkeley.edu	Critical Theory Poetry
	Colleen Lye Associate Professor	433 Wheeler clye@berkeley.edu	20th- and 21st-Century American Asian American World Literature Critical Theory Cultural Studies
	David Marno Assistant Professor	419 Wheeler marno@berkeley.edu	Renaissance and Early Modern
	Donald McQuade Professor	235 Wheeler Mondays 3:00 - 4:00 pm / Tuesdays 2:30 - 4:30 pm, and by appointment (510) 642-2750 dmcquade@berkeley.edu 510-642-2750	Cultural Studies 19th-Century American
	D.A. Miller Professor John F. Hotchkis Chair in English	407 Wheeler Th 3:30-5:30 and by appointment damiller@berkeley.edu	Gender & Sexuality Studies Narrative & the Novel 19th-Century British Film Cultural Studies
	Jennifer Miller Associate Professor	414 Wheeler j_miller@berkeley.edu	Middle English
	Bharati Mukherjee Professor	334 Wheeler mukhster@aol.com	World Literature Creative Writing Narrative & the Novel
	Maura Nolan Associate Professor	230 Wheeler mnolan@berkeley.edu	Middle English Renaissance and Early Modern Drama
	Geoffrey G. O'Brien Associate Professor	436 Wheeler Thursdays, 5-7pm gobrien@berkeley.edu	Creative Writing Poetry 20th- and 21st-Century American 20th- and 21st-Century British 19th-Century American
	Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe Professor, Department Chair	427 Wheeler Students: T 10-12; Chair's hours TTh 9-10 and by appointment kobok@berkeley.edu	Textual Criticism Old English Cultural Studies
	Samuel Otter Professor	232 Wheeler On leave during academic year 2012-13 sotter@berkeley.edu	African American 19th-Century American
	Genaro M. Padilla Professor	422 Wheeler gpadilla@berkeley.edu	20th- and 21st-Century American Chicana/o and/or Latina/o Cultural Studies
	Joanna M Picciotto Associate Professor	233 Wheeler by appointment jpicciotto@berkeley.edu	Renaissance and Early Modern 18th-Century British
	Kent Puckett Associate Professor	403 Wheeler Tuesday, 12:30-1:30 kpuckett@berkeley.edu	Critical Theory Narrative & the Novel 19th-Century British Poetry Film
	Megan Pugh Berkeley Lecturer	421 Wheeler mpugh@berkeley.edu	Creative Writing Poetry 20th- and 21st-Century American African American Cultural Studies 19th-Century American
	Joseph Ring Berkeley Lecturer	443 Wheeler Tuesdays 2-4 and by appointment jring@berkeley.edu	Renaissance and Early Modern Critical Theory
	Scott Saul Associate Professor	441 Wheeler ssaul@berkeley.edu	20th- and 21st-Century American African American Cultural Studies Drama
	Susan Schweik Professor Associate Dean in the Division of Arts and Humanities	309 Wheeler By appointment sschweik@berkeley.edu	Critical Theory Gender & Sexuality Studies Poetry 20th- and 21st-Century American Cultural Studies 19th-Century American
	Namwali Serpell Assistant Professor	464 Wheeler Fall 2012: W 10am-1pm serpell@berkeley.edu	Critical Theory Narrative & the Novel 20th- and 21st-Century American 20th- and 21st-Century British
	John Shoptaw Continuing Lecturer	476 Wheeler Mondays 11-1pm jshoptaw@berkeley.edu	Creative Writing Poetry 20th- and 21st-Century American 19th-Century American
	Katherine Snyder Associate Professor	412 Wheeler ksnyder@berkeley.edu	20th- and 21st-Century American 20th- and 21st-Century British 19th-Century British 19th-Century American Gender & Sexuality Studies Narrative & the Novel Cultural Studies
	Janet Sorensen Associate Professor	432 Wheeler Tuesdays 3:30-5 jsorensen@berkeley.edu	18th-Century British
	Kenneth Speirs Lecturer	478 Wheeler TH 2-3:30 and by appointment kspeirs@berkeley.edu	Narrative & the Novel 19th-Century American
	George A. Starr Professor	gastarr@berkeley.edu	18th-Century British
	Elisa Tamarkin Associate Professor	310 Wheeler Wednesdays, 2-5, and by appointment tamarkin@berkeley.edu	Atlantic Early American 19th-Century American
	Emily V. Thornbury Assistant Professor	434 Wheeler thornbury@berkeley.edu	Linguistics Textual Criticism Poetry Old English Cultural Studies
	James Grantham Turner Professor James D. Hart Chair in English	333 Wheeler grantham@berkeley.edu 510-642-2749	Renaissance and Early Modern 18th-Century British Gender & Sexuality Studies Drama Narrative & the Novel Poetry
	Bryan Wagner Associate Professor	416 Wheeler Mon 4:00-6:00 bwagner@berkeley.edu	Critical Theory African American
	Catherine Walsh Visiting Assistant Professor	472 Wheeler F 3.30 - 5.30 café c.walsh@berkeley.edu	Creative Writing Poetry
	Hertha D. Sweet Wong Associate Professor, Department of English and Chair, Department of Art Practice	423 Wheeler M 12-2 (339 Kroeber) and by appointment hertha@berkeley.edu	20th- and 21st-Century American Native American Cultural Studies 19th-Century American



	Name		Interests All Old English Middle English Renaissance and Early Modern 18th-Century British 19th-Century British 20th- and 21st-Century British Irish Scottish Early American 19th-Century American 20th- and 21st-Century American African American Asian American Chicana/o and/or Latina/o Native American African Atlantic Caribbean South Asian Pacific Creative Writing
	Joel B. Altman Emeritus	237 Wheeler jbaltman@berkeley.edu	Drama Renaissance and Early Modern
	Julia Bader Emerita	234 Wheeler baderj@berkeley.edu	20th- and 21st-Century American Gender & Sexuality Studies Narrative & the Novel
	Ann Banfield Emerita	411 Wheeler banfield@berkeley.edu 510-642-1150	Critical Theory Linguistics Narrative & the Novel
	John Bishop Emeritus	233 Wheeler jbishop@berkeley.edu	20th- and 21st-Century British 20th- and 21st-Century American Narrative & the Novel
	Robert Bloom Emeritus	337 Wheeler robertbloom@berkeley.edu	20th- and 21st-Century American 20th- and 21st-Century British
	Stephen Booth Emeritus	409 Wheeler sbooth@berkeley.edu	Renaissance and Early Modern Poetry
	John S. Coolidge Emeritus	337 Wheeler jscool@berkeley.edu
	Catherine Gallagher Emerita Former Ida May and William J Eggers, Jr., Chair in English	229 Wheeler Tu, 2:30-4:00 cgall@berkeley.edu (510) 642-4580	19th-Century British Gender & Sexuality Studies Narrative & the Novel
	Richard Hutson Emeritus	478 Wheeler rhutson@berkeley.edu	19th-Century American 20th- and 21st-Century American African American Critical Theory Narrative & the Novel
	Ron Loewinsohn Emeritus	430 Wheeler Hall ronloewi@socrates.berkeley.edu	20th- and 21st-Century American 20th- and 21st-Century British Narrative & the Novel Poetry
	Anne Middleton Emerita	430 Wheeler middletona@berkeley.edu	Middle English
	Alan H. Nelson Emeritus	430 Wheeler ahnelson@berkeley.edu	Middle English Renaissance and Early Modern
	John Niles Emeritus	jdniles@wisc.edu (303) 955-2158	Poetry Scottish Old English
	Morton D. Paley Emeritus	337 Wheeler Hall mpaley@berkeley.edu
	Carolyn Porter Emerita	cporter@berkeley.edu	19th-Century American 20th- and 21st-Century American Critical Theory Gender & Sexuality Studies Narrative & the Novel
	Ishmael S. Reed Emeritus	uncleish@aol.com
	Hugh M. Richmond Emeritus	237 Wheeler hmr@berkeley.edu 510 843-7528	Drama Renaissance and Early Modern Poetry
	Robert Tracy Emeritus	337 Wheeler rtracy@berkeley.edu	Drama Narrative & the Novel 19th-Century British Irish
	Alex Zwerdling Emeritus	237 Wheeler alexzw@berkeley.edu	Narrative & the Novel Poetry 20th- and 21st-Century American 20th- and 21st-Century British