Department of English

Jonathan Baldo

Professor, Eastman School of Music
PhD SUNY Buffalo

jbaldo@esm.rochester.edu
(585) 274-1610, 606 Eastman Theatre

Shakespeare; early modern cultural studies; literary theory

David Bleich

Professor
PhD New York University

david.bleich@rochester.edu
(585) 275-8568, 409 Morey Hall

Theory, criticism, and pedagogy of language and literature; gender studies; Jewish studies

Joel Burges

Assistant Professor
PhD Stanford University

joel.burges@rochester.edu
(585) 275-2694, 413 Morey Hall

Post-1945 cultural studies; media studies; critical theory; American and contemporary literature

Morris Eaves

Professor of English and Richard L. Turner Professor of Humanities
PhD Tulane University

morris.eaves@rochester.edu
(585) 275-9025, 304 Morey Hall

British romanticism; media history and theory; editorial theory

George Grella

Associate Professor
PhD University of Kansas

ggrella@z.rochester.edu
(585) 275-9265, 420 Morey Hall

American literature (especially 20th-century); 20th-century British literature; film; popular culture

Kenneth Gross

Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
PhD Yale University

kenneth.gross@rochester.edu
(585) 275-4098, 422 Morey Hall

Renaissance literature; Shakespeare; theater; English poetry; literature and the visual arts

Jennifer Grotz

Associate Professor
MFA Indiana University, PhD University of Houston

jennifer.grotz@rochester.edu
(585) 275-4092, 416 Morey Hall

Poetry; creative writing; translation

Thomas Hahn

Professor
PhD University of California at Los Angeles

thomas.hahn@rochester.edu
(585) 275-5664, 402A Morey Hall

Medieval literature and culture; gender studies; popular culture and media

Sarah Higley

Professor
PhD University of California at Berkeley

sarah.higley@rochester.edu
(585) 275-9261, 411 Morey Hall

Medieval insular literature; science fiction studies; film

Ken Johnson

Director of Forensics, Lecturer
MA College at Brockport, SUNY

ken.johnson@rochester.edu
(585) 273-5223, 408 Morey Hall

Rosemary Kegl

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
PhD Cornell University

rosemary.kegl@rochester.edu
(585) 275-9246, 423A Morey Hall

Shakespeare and English Renaissance drama; early modern literature and culture; literary theory; gender studies

Stephanie Li

Associate Professor
PhD Cornell University, MFA Cornell University

stephanie.li@rochester.edu
(585) 275-5760, 319 Morey Hall

20th-century American literature

Bette London

Professor
PhD University of California at Berkeley

bette.london@rochester.edu
(585) 275-3510, 306 Morey Hall

20th-century British literature; Victorian literature and culture; feminist theory; women's writing; authorship studies

James Longenbach

Joseph H. Gilmore Professor of English
PhD Princeton University

james.longenbach@rochester.edu
(585) 275-4587, 401A Morey Hall

Modern literature; postmodern literature; creative writing; poetry

Alan Lupack

Adjunct Professor and Curator of the Rossell Hope Robbins Library
PhD University of Pennsylvania

alupack@library.rochester.edu
(585) 275-0110, 416 Rush Rhees Library

Arthurian studies; Middle English literature; medievalism

Nigel Maister

Artistic Director of the International Theatre Program, Senior Lecturer
MFA Carnegie Mellon University

nigel.maister@rochester.edu
(585) 273-5159, 107B Todd Union

Directing; music and performance; design

Katherine Mannheimer

Associate Professor
PhD Yale University

katherine.mannheimer@rochester.edu
(585) 275-4092, 417 Morey Hall

18th-century British literature

James Memmott

Adjunct Assistant Professor
PhD University of Minnesota

jim.memmott@rochester.edu
(585) 275-2160, 419 Morey Hall

Journalism

John Michael

Professor and Chair of the Department
PhD Johns Hopkins University

john.michael@rochester.edu
(585) 275-9257, 424A Morey Hall

American literature; cultural studies; critical theory

Jason Middleton

Assistant Professor
PhD Duke University

jmiddle2@z.rochester.edu
(585) 273-5014, 407 Morey Hall

Film and media studies; critical theory; cultural studies

Russell Peck

John H. Deane Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature
PhD Indiana University

russell.peck@rochester.edu
(585) 275-7157, 305 Morey Hall

Middle English literature; drama/theater; popular culture (folktale, fairytale, African American cinema, Arthurian literature/medievalism); editing

Supritha Rajan

Assistant Professor
PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

supritharajan@rochester.edu
(585) 275-9263, 415 Morey Hall

19th-century British literature; critical theory

Gordon Rice

Production Manager of the International Theatre Program, Senior Lecturer
MFA California Institute of the Arts

g.rice@rochester.edu
(585) 275-9006, 102 Todd Union

Stephen Schottenfeld

Assistant Professor
MFA University of Iowa

s.schottenfeld@rochester.edu
(585) 275-6477, 414 Morey Hall

Modern and contemporary literature; fiction writing; playwriting; screenwriting

Joanna Scott

Roswell S. Burrows Professor of English
MA Brown University

joanna.scott@rochester.edu
(585) 275-2784, 404A Morey Hall

Modern and contemporary fiction; the art of imaginative writing

Curt Smith

Senior Lecturer
BA SUNY Geneseo

curtsmith@netacc.net
(585) 275-4260 / 275-4092, 320 Morey Hall

Presidential rhetoric; American presidents of the radio/television age; sports broadcasting, especially but not limited to baseball, football, basketball, and hockey; public speaking

Ezra Tawil

Associate Professor
PhD Brown University

ezra.tawil@rochester.edu
(585) 275-5050, 412 Morey Hall

American literature to 1900; rise of the novel; the literary history of race; American sentimentalism; transatlantic theories of the aesthetic

Jeffrey Tucker

Associate Professor
PhD Princeton University

jeffrey.tucker@rochester.edu
(585) 275-2064, 418 Morey Hall

African American literature; 20th-century American literature; science fiction

Adjunct Instructors

Melissa Balmain, mbalmain@z.rochester.edu

Philip Carli, pc002e@mail.rochester.edu

Jill Kress Karn, jill.karn@rochester.edu

Emeritus

Thomas Gavin, Professor Emeritus

Richard Gollin, Professor Emeritus

Bruce Johnson, Professor Emeritus and Senior Faculty Associate

J. W. Johnson, Professor Emeritus

Jarold Ramsey, Professor Emeritus