Department of English

Faculty & Staff

Tulane's English Department faculty members and administrative staff, highlighting their academic backgrounds, research interests, and teaching specialties.

Departmental Officers

Dr. Thomas Albrecht, Chair and Professor of English
Chair, Professor of English
Thomas Beller Associate Professor Department of English Tulane University
Director of Creative Writing & Professor of English
Nghana Lewis, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts
Associate Chair & Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor of English & Africana Studies
Isa Murdock-Hinrichs Professor of Practice Department of English Tulane University
Director of First-Year Writing & Senior Professor of Practice
Karen Zumhagen-Yekplé, Tulane University
Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Literary & Cultural Studies Faculty

Kate Adams, Tulane University Department of English
Associate Professor of English
Melissa Bailes, Tulane University
Professor of English
Kate Baldwin, Professor of English and Communication, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts
Professor of English and Communication Studies
Joel Dinerstein Professor Department of English Tulane University
Professor of English & Sizeler Family Professor of Judaic Studies IV
Brian Edwards, Dean School of Liberal Arts, Tulane University, Photo: Paula Burch-Celentano
Dean of the School of Liberal Arts
Professor of English and Middle East & North African Studies
Herb Weil, PhD Professorship in the Humanities
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Michael S. Field Assistant Professor of English and Africana Studies
T.R. Johnson Professor Department of English Tulane University
Professor of English
Michelle Kohler Associate Professor Department of English Tulane University
Associate Professor of English
Michael Kuczynski Professor Department of English Tulane University
Pierce Butler Chair and Professor of English
Adam McKeown Associate Professor Department of English Tulane University
Professor of English
Cheryl Naruse, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts
Associate Professor of English
Scott Oldenburg Department of English at Tulane University
Professor of English
Zorimar Rivera Montes, Tulane University
Assistant Professor of English and Spanish & Portuguese,
Mellon Assistant Professor in the Humanities
Elad Wexler, Tulane University
Visiting Assistant Professor of English & Jewish Studies
Ed White Professor Department of English Tulane University
Professor of English

Creative Writing Faculty

Ladee Hubbard, Tulane University
Assistant Professor of English
Zachary Lazar Professor Department of English Tulane University
Professor of English
Bernice McFadden Professor of Practice Department of English Tulane University
Associate Professor of English
Karisma Price, Tulane University
Assistant Professor of English
Jesmyn Ward Professor Department of English Tulane University
Professor of English & Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities

First-Year Writing Program Faculty

Emily Alford, Tulane University
Visiting Assistant Professor
Charles Brown, Tulane University
Writing Faculty
Emily Capdeville, Tulane University
Visiting Assistant Professor
Philip Gilreath, Tulane University
Visiting Assistant Professor
Matthew Griffin, Tulane University
Writing Faculty
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Writing Faculty
David Kumler, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts
Writing Faculty
Joe Letter, Tulane University
Writing Faculty
Laura Helen Marks, Tulane University
Associate Director of First-Year Writing & Senior Professor of Practice
Ryan McBride, Professor of English, Tulane University
Andrew A. N. Pritzker Director of the Tulane Debate Society & Senior Professor of Practice
Berlisha Morton, Tulane University
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ebony Perro, Tulane University
Senior Professor of Practice
Matthew P. Smith Visiting Faculty Department of English Tulane University
Writing Faculty
Matthew Sumpter Department of English at Tulane University
Professor of Practice
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Writing Faculty

Emeriti Faculty

Barry Ahearn, Department of English, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts
Professor of English Emeritus
Peter Cooley, Professor of English, Tulane University
Professor of English Emeritus
Dale Edmonds, Tulane University
Associate Professor of English Emeritus
Molly Anne Rothenberg Professor Department of English Tulane University
Professor of English Emerita
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Professor of English Emerita
Molly Travis, English, Tulane University
Associate Professor of English Emerita

Staff

Barb Ryan, English, Tulane University
Operations Manager