People
John Lemly, Chair
Alumnae Foundation Chair in English
Phone: 413-538-2448
Office: 112 Shattuck Hall
Office hours: M, 10:00-12:00 and Th, 4:00-5:30 & by appointment on ella (Lemly appts)
Specialty: 18th century English literature; African literature; Renaissance and Modern Drama; Non-fiction writing; Early American literature; African American literature; Jane Austen
Alumnae Foundation Chair in English
Phone: 413-538-2448
Office: 112 Shattuck Hall
Office hours: M, 10:00-12:00 and Th, 4:00-5:30 & by appointment on ella (Lemly appts)
Specialty: 18th century English literature; African literature; Renaissance and Modern Drama; Non-fiction writing; Early American literature; African American literature; Jane Austen
Dean Albarelli
Visiting Associate Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3330
Office: 15, 8 Park Street
Specialty: Creative writing
Visiting Associate Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3330
Office: 15, 8 Park Street
Specialty: Creative writing
Nigel Alderman
Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3224
Office: 212 Shattuck Hall
Office hours: W, 2:45-4:00
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
Office hours: W, 2:45-4:00
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: T, 10:30-12:00 and W, 9:00-11:00
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: T, 10:30-12:00 and W, 9:00-11:00
Specialty: Multimedia journalism; Health and science journalism; Non-fiction writing; Investigative journalism
Christopher Benfey (Acting Dean of Faculty 2011-13)
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2372
Office: Mary Lyon Hall
Specialty: Emily Dickinson; 20th century American poetry; Turn-of-the-century American writing; Southern literature; New Orleans literature and culture
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2372
Office: Mary Lyon Hall
Specialty: Emily Dickinson; 20th century American poetry; Turn-of-the-century American writing; Southern literature; New Orleans literature and culture
Wendy Bergoffen
Visiting Assistant Professor
Office: 32, 8 Park Street
Office hours: W, 10:00-11:00 & by appointment
Visiting Assistant Professor
Office: 32, 8 Park Street
Office hours: W, 10:00-11:00 & by appointment
Lois Brown
Elizabeth Small Chair in English
Phone: 413-538-2232
Office: 317 Shattuck Hall
Specialty: American literature; African American literature and culture; New England literary culture and history; Poetry; Memoir and biography; Women's writing
Elizabeth Small Chair in English
Phone: 413-538-2232
Office: 317 Shattuck Hall
Specialty: American literature; African American literature and culture; New England literary culture and history; Poetry; Memoir and biography; Women's writing
Frank Brownlow
Gwen and Allen Smith Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2126
Office: 215 Shattuck Hall
Office hours: MTW 10:15-11:45
Specialty: Shakespeare; English Renaissance literature
Gwen and Allen Smith Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2126
Office: 215 Shattuck Hall
Office hours: MTW 10:15-11:45
Specialty: Shakespeare; English Renaissance literature
Carolyn Collette
Professor Emeritus of English
Phone: 413-538-2452
Office: 513 Williston Library
Office hours: F, 10:00-12:00
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 Emeritus of English
Phone: 413-538-2452
Office: 513 Williston Library
Office hours: F, 10:00-12:00
Specialty: Late Medieval Anglo-French culture; Chaucer; Multilingualism in later medieval England; Cilician Armenia; Semiotic theory; Christine de Pizan; Women writers of the Renaissance
Iyko Day (leave 2011-12)
Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3222
Office: 314 Shattuck Hall
Specialty: Asian American Literature; Visual Culture
Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3222
Office: 314 Shattuck Hall
Specialty: Asian American Literature; Visual Culture
Jane Hwang Degenhardt
Five College Associate Professor of Engllish
Office: 204 Shattuck Hall
Office hours: W, 10:00-12:00 & by appointment
Specialty: Renaissance literature; gender and race studies; Asian American literature; African American literature
Five College Associate Professor of Engllish
Office: 204 Shattuck Hall
Office hours: W, 10:00-12:00 & by appointment
Specialty: Renaissance literature; gender and race studies; Asian American literature; African American literature
Corinne Demas
Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2801
Office: 23, 8 Park Street
Office hours: Th, 4:15 & by appointment
Specialty: Fiction writing; Short story; Children's literature
Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2801
Office: 23, 8 Park Street
Office hours: Th, 4:15 & by appointment
Specialty: Fiction writing; Short story; Children's literature
Leah Glasser
Dean of First-Year Studies & Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-2855
Office: D9 Torrey Hall
Office hours: by appointment
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: 413-538-2855
Office: D9 Torrey Hall
Office hours: by appointment
Specialty: American literature; Late 19th century through Early 20th century; Women writers; Nature writing; Women's autobiography and biography
Eugene Hill
Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2358
Office: D4 Torrey Hall
Office hours: W, 2:00-4:30
Specialty: 16th and 17th century English literature; John Donne; John Milton
Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2358
Office: D4 Torrey Hall
Office hours: W, 2:00-4:30
Specialty: 16th and 17th century English literature; John Donne; John Milton
Heidi Holder
Visiting Associate Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3037
Office: 24, 8 Park Street
Office hours: T, 4:15-5:45 & by appointment
Visiting Associate Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3037
Office: 24, 8 Park Street
Office hours: T, 4:15-5:45 & by appointment
Sara London
Visiting Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-2103
Office: 11, 8 Park Street
Office hours: T, 3:00-4:30 & by appointment
Visiting Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-2103
Office: 11, 8 Park Street
Office hours: T, 3:00-4:30 & by appointment
Catherine Manegold
Visiting Senior Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-2450
Office: 22, 8 Park Street
Office hours: MW, 9:30-11:00 and 12:30-2:00
Specialty: Journalism
Visiting Senior Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-2450
Office: 22, 8 Park Street
Office hours: MW, 9:30-11:00 and 12:30-2:00
Specialty: Journalism
Amy Martin
Associate Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2644
Office: 12, 8 Park Street
Office hours: W, 9:00-11:00
Specialty: Victorian literature and culture; 19th century British literature; 19th century Irish literature; Postcolonial Studies; Gender Studies; Theories of Nationalism; Literary and cultural theory
Associate Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2644
Office: 12, 8 Park Street
Office hours: W, 9:00-11:00
Specialty: Victorian literature and culture; 19th century British literature; 19th century Irish literature; Postcolonial Studies; Gender Studies; Theories of Nationalism; Literary and cultural theory
Valerie Martin (leave Spring 2012)
Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2808
Office: 32, 8 Park Street
Specialty: Creative writing; contemporary women's writing; the short story; Nineteenth Century American and British Literature
Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2808
Office: 32, 8 Park Street
Specialty: Creative writing; contemporary women's writing; the short story; Nineteenth Century American and British Literature
Elizabeth Meadows
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3058
Office: 25, 8 Park Street
Office hours: TTh, 10:00-12:00
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3058
Office: 25, 8 Park Street
Office hours: TTh, 10:00-12:00
Karen Osborn
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3136
Office: 34, 8 Park Street
Office hours: M, 9:00-11:00 and T, 4:10-5:30 & by appointment
Specialty: Creative writing
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3136
Office: 34, 8 Park Street
Office hours: M, 9:00-11:00 and T, 4:10-5:30 & by appointment
Specialty: Creative writing
Gayle Pemberton
Visiting Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2457
Office: 31, 8 Park Street
Office hours: T, 2:00-4:00 and W, 12:30-1:30 & by appointment
Visiting Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2457
Office: 31, 8 Park Street
Office hours: T, 2:00-4:00 and W, 12:30-1:30 & by appointment
Jenny Pyke
Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-3116
Office: 33, 8 Park Street
Specialty: Autobiography and memoir; Victorian Novel; Modern Scottish literature and culture
Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-3116
Office: 33, 8 Park Street
Specialty: Autobiography and memoir; Victorian Novel; Modern Scottish literature and culture
William Quillian (leave Spring 2012)
Professor of English on the Emma B. Kennedy Foundation
Phone: 413-538-2142
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: 413-538-2142
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
Emily Dickinson Chair
Phone: 413-538-2444
Office: 13, 8 Park Street
Office hours: M, 4:15-5:15 and T, 11:00-12:00 & by appointment
Specialty: Poetry writing; Modern British and American poetry; 17th century literature; 20th century American Southern literature
Emily Dickinson Chair
Phone: 413-538-2444
Office: 13, 8 Park Street
Office hours: M, 4:15-5:15 and T, 11:00-12:00 & by appointment
Specialty: Poetry writing; Modern British and American poetry; 17th century literature; 20th century American Southern literature
Mark C. Shea
Visiting Lecturer in English; Coordinator of ESOL
Phone: 413-538-3541
Office: 215 Dwight Hall
Office hours: T, 10:00-11:00 and Th, 1:30-2:30
Visiting Lecturer in English; Coordinator of ESOL
Phone: 413-538-3541
Office: 215 Dwight Hall
Office hours: T, 10:00-11:00 and Th, 1:30-2:30
Kate Singer
Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3229
Office: 213 Shattuck Hall
Office hours: M, 1:00-4:00 and T, by appointment
Specialty: British Romanticism; 18th and 19th century women's writing; Poetics
Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-3229
Office: 213 Shattuck Hall
Office hours: M, 1:00-4:00 and T, by appointment
Specialty: British Romanticism; 18th and 19th century women's writing; Poetics
Sally Sutherland
Senior Advisor to the President & Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-3438
Office: 204 Mary Lyon Hall
Specialty: Shakespeare in production (on stage and on film); 16th and 17th century drama and poetry; Non-fiction writing
Senior Advisor to the President & Lecturer in English
Phone: 413-538-3438
Office: 204 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
Office hours: for transfer credit approval, information on study abroad & independent study: T, 2:30-5:00 (walk-ins)
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
Office hours: for transfer credit approval, information on study abroad & independent study: T, 2:30-5:00 (walk-ins)
Specialty: American literature and culture; Ethnic Studies; Film; Politics and literature
Elizabeth Young
Carl M. and Elsie A. Small Chair in English
Phone: 413-538-2326
Office: 202 Shattuck Hall
Office hours: TTh, 1:00-3:00 & by appointment
Specialty: Women writers; Feminist theory; American literature; American Studies; Film; Visual Culture
Carl M. and Elsie A. Small Chair in English
Phone: 413-538-2326
Office: 202 Shattuck Hall
Office hours: TTh, 1:00-3:00 & by appointment
Specialty: Women writers; Feminist theory; American literature; American Studies; Film; Visual Culture
Wesley Yu (leave 2011-12)
Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2825
Office: 14, 8 Park Street
Specialty: Medieval Studies
Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 413-538-2825
Office: 14, 8 Park Street
Specialty: Medieval Studies
Staff
Cindy Meehan
Senior Administrative Assistant for English & Medieval Studies
Phone: 413-538-2146
Senior Administrative Assistant for English & Medieval Studies
Phone: 413-538-2146