People
Faculty
Frank Brownlow, Chair of English
Gwen and Allen Smith Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2062
Office: 215 Shattuck Hall
Office hours: 112 Shattuck 10 am - 11:45 am; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
Specialty: Shakespeare; English Renaissance literature.
Gwen and Allen Smith Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2062
Office: 215 Shattuck Hall
Office hours: 112 Shattuck 10 am - 11:45 am; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
Specialty: Shakespeare; English Renaissance literature.
Siraj Dean Ahmed (leave/year)
Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3238
Office: 15, 8 Park Street
Specialty: Literature, imperialism, and the Enlightenment; Postcolonial literature and film, particularly Anglophone and Francophone; Critical theory and continental philosophy from the Enlightenment forward; Post-fascist Italian literature and film.
Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3238
Office: 15, 8 Park Street
Specialty: Literature, imperialism, and the Enlightenment; Postcolonial literature and film, particularly Anglophone and Francophone; Critical theory and continental philosophy from the Enlightenment forward; Post-fascist Italian literature and film.
Nigel Alderman (leave/year)
Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3224
Office: 212 Shattuck Hall
Specialty: Post-1945 British literature and culture; Modernism; Romanticism; Literary theory, especially Marxist aesthetics.
Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3224
Office: 212 Shattuck Hall
Specialty: Post-1945 British literature and culture; Modernism; Romanticism; Literary theory, especially Marxist aesthetics.
Alison Bass
Visiting Senior Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-3038
Office: 21, 8 Park Street
Office hours: Monday 11:00-1:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Multimedia journalism; Health and science journalism; Non-fiction writing; Investigative journalism.
Visiting Senior Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-3038
Office: 21, 8 Park Street
Office hours: Monday 11:00-1:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Multimedia journalism; Health and science journalism; Non-fiction writing; Investigative journalism.
Christopher Benfey
Mellon Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2532
Office: 210 Shattuck Hall
Office hours: Monday 10:00-12:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Emily Dickinson; 20th century American poetry; Turn-of-the-century American writing; Southern literature; New Orleans literature and culture.
Mellon Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2532
Office: 210 Shattuck Hall
Office hours: Monday 10:00-12:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Emily Dickinson; 20th century American poetry; Turn-of-the-century American writing; Southern literature; New Orleans literature and culture.
Peter Berek
Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2311
Office: 638 Williston Library
Office hours: Fall 2008: not offering classes; available for advising and independent work by appointment.
Specialty: Shakespeare; English Renaissance literature.
Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2311
Office: 638 Williston Library
Office hours: Fall 2008: not offering classes; available for advising and independent work by appointment.
Specialty: Shakespeare; English Renaissance literature.
Lois Brown
Associate Professor of English & Director of the Harriet L. and Paul M. Weissman Center for Leadership and the Liberal Arts
Phone: 413-538-3071
Office: 125 Porter Hall
Specialty: American literature; African American literature and culture; New England literary culture and history; Poetry; Memoir and biography; Women's writing.
Associate Professor of English & Director of the Harriet L. and Paul M. Weissman Center for Leadership and the Liberal Arts
Phone: 413-538-3071
Office: 125 Porter Hall
Specialty: American literature; African American literature and culture; New England literary culture and history; Poetry; Memoir and biography; Women's writing.
Carolyn Collette
Professor of English Language and Literature on the Alumnae Foundation
Phone: 413-538-2452
Office: 631Williston Library
Office hours: Monday 1:30-3:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Late Medieval Anglo-French culture; Chaucer; Multilingualism in later medieval England; Cilician Armenia; Semiotic theory; Christine de Pizan; Women writers of the Renaissance.
Professor of English Language and Literature on the Alumnae Foundation
Phone: 413-538-2452
Office: 631Williston Library
Office hours: Monday 1:30-3:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Late Medieval Anglo-French culture; Chaucer; Multilingualism in later medieval England; Cilician Armenia; Semiotic theory; Christine de Pizan; Women writers of the Renaissance.
Simone Davis
Visiting Associate Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3229
Office: 27, 8 Park Street
Office hours: Tuesday 1:00-3:00 and by appointment
Specialty: American literature; Gender theory; Cultural studies.
Visiting Associate Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3229
Office: 27, 8 Park Street
Office hours: Tuesday 1:00-3:00 and by appointment
Specialty: American literature; Gender theory; Cultural studies.
Iyko Day
Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3222
Office: 314 Shattuck
Office hours: Tuesday 1:00-3:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Asian American Literature; Visual Culture.
Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3222
Office: 314 Shattuck
Office hours: Tuesday 1:00-3:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Asian American Literature; Visual Culture.
Corinne Demas
Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2801
Office: 23, 8 Park Street
Office hours: Monday 4:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Fiction writing; Short story; Children's literature.
Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2801
Office: 23, 8 Park Street
Office hours: Monday 4:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Fiction writing; Short story; Children's literature.
Virginia Ellis
Professor Emeritus of English
Phone: 413-538-2147
Office: 8 Park Street, Room 33
Specialty: 19th century poetry; British literature; Victorian Novel, especially Dickens and Eliot; Beckett; Greek tragedy; Joseph Conrad.
Professor Emeritus of English
Phone: 413-538-2147
Office: 8 Park Street, Room 33
Specialty: 19th century poetry; British literature; Victorian Novel, especially Dickens and Eliot; Beckett; Greek tragedy; Joseph Conrad.
Amity Gaige
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3037
Office: 32, 8 Park Street
Office hours: Wednesday 2:30-5:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Creative writing.
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3037
Office: 32, 8 Park Street
Office hours: Wednesday 2:30-5:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Creative writing.
Leah Glasser
Dean of First-Year Studies & Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-2177
Office: D9 Torrey Hall
Specialty: American literature; Late 19th century through Early 20th century; Women writers; Nature writing; Women's autobiography and biography.
Dean of First-Year Studies & Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-2177
Office: D9 Torrey Hall
Specialty: American literature; Late 19th century through Early 20th century; Women writers; Nature writing; Women's autobiography and biography.
Laura Greenfield
Coordinator of the Speaking, Arguing and Writing Program and the Associate Director of the Weissman Center for Leadership
Phone: 413-538-3428
Office: 122 Porter Hall
Coordinator of the Speaking, Arguing and Writing Program and the Associate Director of the Weissman Center for Leadership
Phone: 413-538-3428
Office: 122 Porter Hall
Eugene Hill (leave/fall)
Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2358
Office: D4 Torrey
Specialty: 16th and 17th century English literature; John Donne; John Milton.
Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2358
Office: D4 Torrey
Specialty: 16th and 17th century English literature; John Donne; John Milton.
Susan Johnson
Visiting Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-2808
Office: 24, 8 Park Street
Specialty: Reading and writing across cultures; ESOL.
Visiting Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-2808
Office: 24, 8 Park Street
Specialty: Reading and writing across cultures; ESOL.
John Lemly
Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2448
Office: 633 Williston Memorial Library
Office hours: Monday and Thursday 4:00-5:30 and by appointment
Specialty: 18th century English literature; African literature; Renaissance and Modern Drama; Non-fiction writing; Early American literature; African American literature; Jane Austen.
Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2448
Office: 633 Williston Memorial Library
Office hours: Monday and Thursday 4:00-5:30 and by appointment
Specialty: 18th century English literature; African literature; Renaissance and Modern Drama; Non-fiction writing; Early American literature; African American literature; Jane Austen.
Catherine Manegold
Visiting Senior Lecturer in English
Office: 22, 8 Park Street
Specialty: Journalism.
Visiting Senior Lecturer in English
Office: 22, 8 Park Street
Specialty: Journalism.
Amy Martin
Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2644
Office: 12, 8 Park Street
Office hours: Thursday 2:30-4:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Victorian literature and culture; 19th century British literature; 19th century Irish literature; Postcolonial Studies; Gender Studies; Theories of Nationalism; Literary and cultural theory.
Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2644
Office: 12, 8 Park Street
Office hours: Thursday 2:30-4:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Victorian literature and culture; 19th century British literature; 19th century Irish literature; Postcolonial Studies; Gender Studies; Theories of Nationalism; Literary and cultural theory.
Karen Osborn
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3136
Office: 34, 8 Park Street
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday 2:30-4:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Creative writing.
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3136
Office: 34, 8 Park Street
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday 2:30-4:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Creative writing.
Jenny Pyke
Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-3116
Office: D8 Torrey Hall
Office hours: Thursdays 4:00-5:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Autobiography and memoir; Victorian Novel; Modern Scottish literature and culture.
Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-3116
Office: D8 Torrey Hall
Office hours: Thursdays 4:00-5:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Autobiography and memoir; Victorian Novel; Modern Scottish literature and culture.
William Quillian
Professor of English on the Emma B. Kennedy Foundation
Phone: 413-538-2124
Office: 206 Shattuck Hall
Specialty: 19th and 20th century British literature; History of criticism and critical theory; 20th century British, American and world fiction (in translation); Science Fiction; Computers and literature.
Professor of English on the Emma B. Kennedy Foundation
Phone: 413-538-2124
Office: 206 Shattuck Hall
Specialty: 19th and 20th century British literature; History of criticism and critical theory; 20th century British, American and world fiction (in translation); Science Fiction; Computers and literature.
Robert B. Shaw (leave/spring)
Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2444
Office: 13, 8 Park Street
Office hours: Monday 1:00-2:00, Tuesday 11:00-12:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Poetry writing; Modern British and American poetry; 17th century literature; 20th century American Southern literature.
Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2444
Office: 13, 8 Park Street
Office hours: Monday 1:00-2:00, Tuesday 11:00-12:00 and by appointment
Specialty: Poetry writing; Modern British and American poetry; 17th century literature; 20th century American Southern literature.
Sally Sutherland
Associate Dean of Faculty & Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-2874
Office: 102 Mary Lyon Hall
Specialty: Shakespeare in production (on stage and on film); 16th and 17th century drama and poetry; Non-fiction writing.
Associate Dean of Faculty & Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-2874
Office: 102 Mary Lyon Hall
Specialty: Shakespeare in production (on stage and on film); 16th and 17th century drama and poetry; Non-fiction writing.
Donald Weber
Lucia, Ruth and Elizabeth MacGregor Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2279
Office: 312 Shattuck Hall
Specialty: American literature and culture; Ethnic Studies; Film; Politics and literature.
Lucia, Ruth and Elizabeth MacGregor Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2279
Office: 312 Shattuck Hall
Specialty: American literature and culture; Ethnic Studies; Film; Politics and literature.
Ronaldo Wilson
Visiting Instructor in English
Phone: 413-538-3228
Office: 213 Shattuck Hall
Office hours: Tuesday 2:45-4:15 and by appointment
Specialty: Creative writing; 20th century African American poetry and poetics; African American literature.
Visiting Instructor in English
Phone: 413-538-3228
Office: 213 Shattuck Hall
Office hours: Tuesday 2:45-4:15 and by appointment
Specialty: Creative writing; 20th century African American poetry and poetics; African American literature.
Elizabeth Young
Professor of English and Gender Studies
Phone: 413-538-2326
Office: 202 Shattuck Hall
Specialty: Women writers; Feminist theory; American literature; American Studies; Film; Visual Culture.
Professor of English and Gender Studies
Phone: 413-538-2326
Office: 202 Shattuck Hall
Specialty: Women writers; Feminist theory; American literature; American Studies; Film; Visual Culture.
