Department of English

Jonathan Baldo

Associate Professor of Humanities, 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, 509 Morey Hall

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

Morris Eaves

Professor
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

gjg5@mail.rochester.edu
(585) 275-9265, 420 Morey Hall

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

Kenneth Gross

Professor
PhD Yale University

kenneth.gross@rochester.edu
(585) 275-4098, 519 Morey Hall

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

Jennifer Grotz

Assistant Professor
MFA Indiana University, PhD University of Houston

(585) 275-4092, 513 Morey Hall

Poetry; creative writing; translation

Genevieve Guenther

Assistant Professor
PhD University of California at Berkeley

vive@mail.rochester.edu
(585) 275-5050, 412 Morey Hall

Renaissance literature; contemporary theory

Thomas Hahn

Professor
PhD University of California at Los Angeles

thomas.hahn@rochester.edu
(585) 275-5664, 503A Morey Hall

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

Sarah Higley

Professor
PhD University of California at Berkeley

slhi@mail.rochester.edu
(585) 275-9261, 411 Morey Hall

Medieval insular literature; science fiction studies; film

Ken Johnson

Director of Forensics, Lecturer
BA Seattle University

kjohns15@mail.rochester.edu
(585) 273-5223, 521 Morey Hall and 100 Morey Hall

Rosemary Kegl

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
PhD Cornell University

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

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

Stephanie Li

Assistant Professor
PhD Cornell University, MFA Cornell University

stephanie.li@rochester.edu
(585) 275-4092, 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

jlgb@mail.rochester.edu
(585) 275-4587, 512 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

njmr@mail.rochester.edu
(585) 273-5159, 107B Todd Union

Directing; music and performance; design

Katherine Mannheimer

Assistant Professor
PhD Yale University

katherine.mannheimer@rochester.edu
(585) 275-4092, 319 Morey Hall

18th-century British literature

James Memmott

Adjunct Assistant Professor
PhD University of Minnesota

ajmt@mail.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) 275-4974, 417 Morey Hall

American literature; cultural studies; critical theory

Jason Middleton

Assistant Professor
PhD Duke University

jmiddle2@mailrochester.edu
(585) 275-4092, 515 Morey Hall

Film and media studies

Greta Niu

Assistant Professor
PhD Duke University

gniu@mail.rochester.edu
(585) 275-4094, 416 Morey Hall

Cinema and media studies; 20th-century American literature; gender studies; Asian American studies

Russell Peck

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

rpec@troi.cc.rochester.edu
(585) 275-7157, 307 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

srajan@mail.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

grice2@mail.rochester.edu
(585) 275-9006, 102 Todd Union

Stephen Schottenfeld

Assistant Professor
M.F.A. University of Iowa

sschotte@mail.rochester.edu
(585) 275-6477, 511 Morey Hall

Modern and contemporary literature; fiction writing; playwriting; screenwriting

Joanna Scott

Roswell S. Burrows Professor of English
MA Brown University

jsct@mail.rochester.edu
(585) 275-2784, 516 Morey Hall

Modern and contemporary fiction; the art of imaginative writing

Frank Shuffelton

Professor Emeritus
PhD Stanford University

frank.shuffelton@rochester.edu
(585) 275-4104, 413 Morey Hall

American literature; early American literature; ethnicity and American literature

Curt Smith

Senior Lecturer
BA SUNY Geneseo

curtsmith@netacc.net
(585) 275-4260 / 275-4092, 520 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

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

Susan Uselmann

Visiting Scholar
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin at Madison

suselman@mail.rochester.edu
(585) 275-9260, 508 Morey Hall

Medieval literature

Emeritus

Thomas Gavin, Professor Emeritus

Richard Gollin, Professor Emeritus

Cyrus Hoy, John B. Trevor Professor Emeritus

Bruce Johnson, Professor Emeritus and Senior Faculty Associate

J. W. Johnson, Professor Emeritus

Jarold Ramsey, Professor Emeritus