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Faculty Administrators

Name Ext. or Full #
Joseph Litvak, Department Chair 72455
Judith Haber, Director of Graduate Studies 75492
Linda Bamber, Director of First-Year Writing Program
(On Leave Spring 2012)		 72381
Katie Peterson, Interim Director of Creative Writing 76393
Sonia Hofkosh, Transfer of Credit Representative 72461
Ichiro Takayoshi, Replacement Advisor 72378

Full-Time Faculty

Name Ext. or Full #
Elizabeth Ammons, Harriet H. Fay Professor of Literature; American literature, women writers 72047
Linda Bamber, Associate Professor; Women and literature, Shakespeare
(On Leave Spring 2012)		 72381
Jay Cantor, Professor; History of consciousness, modernism, creative writing
(On Leave Fall 2011/Spring 2012)		 72460
Radiclani Clytus, Assistant Professor; Nineteenth-century (African) American literature and culture 72379
Kevin Dunn, Associate Professor; Renaissance literature 72816
Lee Edelman, Fletcher Professor of English Literature; Literary theory, film studies, modern poetry 72046
John M. Fyler, Professor; Chaucer, medieval literature 72048
Judith Haber, Professor; Early Modern Literature and Culture 75492
Sonia Hofkosh, Associate Professor; British romantic literature 72461
Joseph Litvak, Chair; Professor; Nineteenth-century British literature, Literary Theory, Jewish Cultural Studies 72455
John Lurz, Assistant Professor; Twentieth-Century British Literature 75171
Katie Peterson, Professor of the Practice; Poetry and Creative Writing 76393
Modhumita Roy, Associate Professor; World literature in English
(On Leave Fall 2011/Spring 2012)		 72840
Christina Sharpe, Associate Professor; Twentieth-century American Literature, Multiethnic literature, Black Literary, Visual, and Cultural Studies 72377
Ichiro Takayoshi, Assistant Professor; American Literature, American Culture 72378
Michael Ullman, Lecturer; Non-Fiction Writing, British and Irish Literature 72457
Jonathan Wilson, Fletcher Professor of Rhetoric and Debate; American literature, creative writing; Director, Center for the Humanities 73364

Emeritus Faculty

Name Ext. or Full #
Sylvan Barnet, Fletcher Professor of English Emeritus; English Literature 73459
David Cavitch, Professor of English Emeritus; 19th Century American and 20th Century British Literature 73459
Sheila Emerson, Associate Professor; Victorian literature 72076
Carol Flynn, Professor; Eighteenth-century British literature 73459
Alan Lebowitz, Professor Emeritus; 19th and 20th Century American Literature, Creative Writing 73459
John Perry, Professor of English Emeritus; Poetry and Literary Criticism 73459
Jesper Rosenmeier, Fletcher Professor of English Emeritus; Puritanism, Early American Literature 73459

Part-Time Faculty

Name Ext. or Full #
Carl Beckman, Lecturer/Graduate Student Lecturer Mentor; First year writing 75956
Daniel Bosch, Lecturer; First year writing 72459
Susan Carlisle, Lecturer; First year writing 75956
Michael Downing, Lecturer; Creative writing 72457
Janis Freedman-Bellow, Lecturer 72457
Geoffrey Gardner, Lecturer; First year writing
(On Leave Spring 2012)		 72049
Julia Genster, Lecturer; Eighteenth-century British literature, Shakespeare 72048
Rebecca Gibson (Kaiser), Lecturer; Creative writing 72049
Mark Gosztyla, Lecturer; Creative writing 72049
Marcie Hershman, Lecturer; Creative writing 72457
Joseph Hurka, Lecturer; Creative writing 75956
Ronna Johnson, Lecturer 72459
Sibyl Johnston, Lecturer 72457
Mark Karlins, Lecturer; First year writing 72049
Elizabeth Leavell, Lecturer; First year writing 72457
Stephanie Levine, Lecturer; First year writing 617-576-0409
Nan Levinson, Lecturer; Creative writing 72380
Wanda MacDonald, Lecturer; First year writing 73026
Neil Miller, Lecturer; Creative writing 75956
Dale Peterson, Lecturer; First year writing
(On Leave Spring 2012)		 72459
Priscilla Sneff, Lecturer; Creative writing, first year writing 72459
Lynn Stevens, Lecturer/Director, English 3 & 4; First year writing 75956
Randall Stiffler, Lecturer; First year writing 72459
Jonathan Strong, Lecturer; Creative writing 72380
Jan Swafford, Lecturer; First year writing
(On Leave Spring 2012)		 75956
Grace Talusan, Lecturer; Creative writing, First year writing
(On Leave Spring 2012)		 72457
David Valdes Greenwood, Lecturer; First year writing 73459
Allison Van Deventer, Lecturer; First year writing 73026
Ted Weesner, Lecturer; Creative writing 72459
Carol Wilkinson, Lecturer/Graduate Student Lecturer Mentor; First year writing 72049

Former Faculty

Name Ext. or Full #
Virginia Jackson n/a

Staff

Name Ext. or Full #
Wendy E. Medeiros, Department Administrator 73559
Douglas Riggs, Administrative Assistant 72403
Chantal Hardy, Administrative Assistant 73448