Critical Theory

Affiliated Faculty

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Full-time Faculty

Joseph Albernaz

Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Research Interests

British Romantic Poetry

Comparative Literature

Francophone and German

The Enlightenment

Literature and Philosophy

Critical Theory

Political Theory

Restoration and 18th Century

Poetry and Poetics

Philosophy, Aesthetics, History of Ideas, and Sociology of Knowledge

Science and Environmental Studies

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Full-time Faculty

Patricia Dailey

Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Research Interests

Medieval Literature

Medieval Women's Poetry and Prose

Early Medieval English Poetry

Critical Theory

Psychoanalytic Theory

Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Studies

Gender, Sexuality, Queer Theory, Feminism

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C Riley Snorton

Professor of English and Comparative Literature and ISSG

Research Interests

African American and African Diaspora Literature

Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Studies

Critical Theory

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Transgender Studies

Film and Media Studies

Theater and Performance

Affiliated Graduate Students

Amy S. Barenboim

PhD Student

Research Interests

African American and African Diaspora

Indigenous Studies

20th/21st Century American

Contemporary Literature and Culture

Critical Theory

Theories of the Novel

Social Movement

Andy Chan Lisheng

PhD Student

Research Interests

Indigenous Studies

Contemporary Literature and Culture

Poetry and Poetics

Cultural Studies

Critical Theory

Digital Humanities

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Wesley Cornwell

PhD Student

Research Interests

Performance Studies

Critical Theory

Cultural Studies

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Winona H. Guo

PhD Student

Research Interests

Asian American and Asian Diaspora

20th/21st Century American

Critical Theory

Chinese Buddhism

Deeva Gupta

PhD Student

Research Interests

Postcolonial and Global South

Critical Theory

Justin Huwe

PhD Student

Research Interests

20th-Century British literature and culture

Contemporary Literature and Culture

Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies

Critical Theory

Disability Studies

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Mitch Jurasek

PhD Student

Research Interests

Indigenous Studies

American and the Americas,

19th Century American

20th/21st Century American

Critical Theory

Science and Environmental Studies

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Elena Rotzokou

PhD Student

Research Interests

American and the Americas

18th Century British

19th Century British

Poetry and Poetics

Critical Theory

Channelle Russell

PhD Student

Research Interests

African American and African Diaspora

Caribbean Studies

20th and 21st Century American Literature

Contemporary Literature and Culture

Creative Writing and Creative-Critical

Critical Theory

Cultural and Intellectual History

Feminist Theory

Feminist Theory

Connor Spencer

PhD Student

Research Interests

20th/21st Century American,

Contemporary Literature and Culture

Critical Theory

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Emma Styles-Swaim

PhD Student

Research Interests

Early Medieval Literature

Medieval Literature

Critical Theory

Early Medieval Grammar

Srija Umapathy

PhD Student

Research Interests

Global Anglophone

Postcolonial and the Global South

Postcolonial Studies

Asia/South Asia

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Critical Theory

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Postcolonial Studies