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SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS » Department of English

Faculty & Staff

Over the past decade our faculty have published books—often award-winning—with major national and international presses such as the University of Chicago Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, Harvard University Press, Duke University Press, University of Massachusetts Press, Southern Illinois University Press and Rutgers University Press, to name only a few. Our creative writers have received national and international recognition for their work and are regularly invited to do readings in a number of prestigious venues. The excellence of our faculty has been recognized through a number of awards including multiple awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Fulbright Lecturerships, awards from the American Philosophical Society, the Newberry Library, the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the American Psychoanalytic Association, the Louisiana Board of Regents, the Mississippi Humanities Center and the Rockefeller Institute in Bellagio, Italy.

Faculty

Scott Oldenburg Associate Professor Department of English Tulane University

Scott Oldenburg

Chair, Associate Professor of English

Kate Adams Associate Professor Department of English

Kate Adams

Associate Professor of English

Barry Ahearn

Professor of English Emeritus

Thomas Albrecht Associate Professor Department of English

Thomas Albrecht

Associate Professor of English

Melissa Bailes Associate Professor Department of English Tulane University

Melissa Bailes

Associate Professor of English

Kate Baldwin, Professor of English and Communication, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts

Kate Baldwin

Professor of English and Communication Studies

Thomas Beller Associate Professor Department of English Tulane University

Thomas Beller

Associate Professor, English

Peter Cooley

Professor of English Emeritus

Joel Dinerstein Professor Department of English Tulane University

Joel Dinerstein

Director of Grauate Studies

Brian T. Edwards, English Professor & Dean for the School of Liberal Arts

Brian T. Edwards

Dean & Professor of English

Z'étoile Imma Assistant Professor Department of English Tulane University

Z'étoile Imma

Michael S. Field Assistant Professor of English and Africana Studies

T.R. Johnson Professor Department of English Tulane University

T.R. Johnson

Professor of English

Erin J. Kappeler Assistant Professor Department of English Tulane University

Erin J. Kappeler

Assistant Professor

Michelle Kohler Associate Professor Department of English Tulane University

Michelle Kohler

Associate Professor of English

Michael Kuczynski Professor Department of English Tulane University

Michael Kuczynski

Professor of English

Zachary Lazar Professor Department of English Tulane University

Zachary Lazar

Professor of English

Nghana Lewis Associate Professor Department of English Tulane University

Nghana Lewis

Associate Professor of English

Adam McKeown Associate Professor Department of English Tulane University

Adam McKeown

Associate Professor

Cheryl Naruse Assistant Professor Department of English Tulane University

Cheryl Naruse

Assistant Professor of English

Donald Pizer

Pierce Butler Professor of English Emeritus

Molly Anne Rothenberg Professor Department of English Tulane University

Molly Anne Rothenberg

Professor of English

Selamawit D. Terrefe Assistant Professor Department of English Tulane University

Selamawit D. Terrefe

Assistant Professor

Molly Travis Associate Professor Department of English Tulane University

Molly Travis

Associate Professor of English

Jesmyn Ward Professor Department of English Tulane University

Jesmyn Ward

Professor

Ed White Professor Department of English Tulane University

Ed White

Pierce Butler Chair in English

Karen Zumhagen-Yekplé Associate Professor Department of English Tulane University

Karen Zumhagen-Yekplé

Associate Professor

Professors of Practice

Patricia Burns Professor of Practice Department of English Tulane University

Patricia Burns

Professor of Practice

Steven Gin Professor of Practice Department of English Tulane University

Steven Gin

Professor of Practice

Nathan Halverson

Professor of Practice

Elizabeth Kalos-Kaplan Professor of Practice Department of English Tulane University

Elizabeth Kalos-Kaplan

Professor of Practice

Laura Helen Marks Professor of Practice Department of English Tulane University

Laura Helen Marks

Professor of Practice

Bernice McFadden Professor of Practice Department of English Tulane University

Bernice McFadden

Professor of Practice

Isa Murdock-Hinrichs Professor of Practice Department of English Tulane University

Isa Murdock-Hinrichs

Professor of Practice

Ebony Perro Professor of Practice Department of English Tulane University

Ebony Perro

Professor of Practice

Travis Tanner Professor of Practice Department of English Tulane University

Travis Tanner

Professor of Practice

Anne-Marie Womack Professor of Practice Department of English Tulane University

Anne-Marie Womack

Professor of Practice

Post-Docs

Megan Holt Postdoctoral Fellow Department of English Tulane University

Megan Holt

Post Doc

Adjuncts

Christina Albers

Adjunct

Michael Luke

Adjunct Faculty

Tom O'Connor

Adjunct Faculty

Administrative Professors

Ryan McBride

Administrative Associate Professor

Visiting Professors

Mary Glavan Visiting Faculty Department of English Tulane University

Mary Glavan

Visiting Assistant Professor

Karisma Price Visiting Faculty Department of English Tulane University

Karisma Price

Visiting Assistant Professor

Matthew P. Smith Visiting Faculty Department of English Tulane University

Matthew P. Smith

Visiting Assistant Professor

Matthew Sumpter Visiting Faculty Department of English Tulane University

Matthew Sumpter

Visiting Assistant Professor

Staff

Chanell Francis

Project Assistant

Barb Ryan

Administrative Operations Manager