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Ama Bemma Adwetewa-Badu

Ama Bemma
Adwetewa-Badu

Assistant Professor of English
​Margaret Guinn Batten​

​Margaret Guinn
Batten​

​Associate Professor of English Director of Honors in English
​J. Dillon Brown

​J. Dillon
Brown

Director of Undergraduate Studies Associate Professor of English
​Gerald Early

​Gerald
Early

​Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters , Professor of African & African American Studies & English
Julius B. Fleming Jr.

Julius B.
Fleming Jr.

Associate Professor of English

​Robert
Henke

​Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature Professor of Classics (Affiliate)
Joe Loewenstein

Joe
Loewenstein

Professor of English​ Director of Undergraduate Studies, Comparative Literature
Director of the Humanities Digital Workshop and the Interdisciplinary Project in the Humanities
Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)
William J. Maxwell

William J.
Maxwell

Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature , Professor of English and African and African American Studies Associate Chair of African and African American Studies
Thembelani (Themba) Mbatha

Thembelani (Themba)
Mbatha

Assistant Professor of African & African American Studies Assistant Professor of English (Courtesy Affiliate)
Dwight A. McBride

Dwight A.
McBride

Gerald Early Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies, Professor of English and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies,
Executive Director of CRE2,
Senior Advisor to the Chancellor
​William McKelvy

​William
McKelvy

​Associate Professor of English
​Melanie Micir

​Melanie
Micir

​Associate Professor of English Associate Chair
Bernadette Myers

Bernadette
Myers

Assistant Professor of English Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies (Courtesy Affiliation)
Anca​ Parvulescu

Anca​
Parvulescu

Liselotte Dieckmann Professor in Comparative Literature , ​Professor of English
Jessica Rosenfeld

Jessica
Rosenfeld

Chair, Department of English Professor of English
​Wolfram Schmidgen​

​Wolfram
Schmidgen​

Professor of English​ Director of English Graduate Studies
​Vincent Sherry

​Vincent
Sherry

Howard Nemerov Professor in the Humanities , Professor of English​
​Abram Van Engen

​Abram
Van Engen

Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities , Professor of English Director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
​Julia A. Walker​

​Julia A.
Walker​

Chair of the Performing Arts Department Professor of English and Performing Arts
Rebecca Wanzo

Rebecca
Wanzo

Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Director, Program in American Culture Studies
African and African-American Studies, Courtesy Affiliation
American Culture Studies, Courtesy Affiliation
English, Courtesy Affiliation
Film and Media Studies, Courtesy Affiliation
Sarah Weston

Sarah
Weston

Assistant Professor of English Art History & Archaeology Department (Affiliate)

​Robert  Henke

  • ​Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature
  • Professor of Classics (Affiliate)

Mallinckrodt Center 304C

Joe  Loewenstein

  • Professor of English​
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies, Comparative Literature
    Director of the Humanities Digital Workshop and the Interdisciplinary Project in the Humanities
    Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

Duncker 204 and Umrath 235

William J.  Maxwell

  • Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature
  • Professor of English and African and African American Studies
  • Associate Chair of African and African American Studies

Duncker 216

Dwight A.  McBride

  • Gerald Early Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies,
  • Professor of English and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies,
    Executive Director of CRE2,
    Senior Advisor to the Chancellor

McMillan Hall 240

​Abram  Van Engen

  • Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities
  • Professor of English
  • Director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics

​Duncker 120

Rebecca  Wanzo

  • Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Director, Program in American Culture Studies
    African and African-American Studies, Courtesy Affiliation
    American Culture Studies, Courtesy Affiliation
    English, Courtesy Affiliation
    Film and Media Studies, Courtesy Affiliation

McMillan Hall 215