Department of English at UIC

Professors

	Sunil Agnani Assistant Professor European Enlightenment, The Long Eighteenth Century, Literature of Empire & Decolonization Office: 1919 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2234 Email: sagnani1@uic.edu
	Michael Anania Professor Emeritus Poetry and prose Email: anania@uic.edu
	Jennifer Ashton Associate Professor American literature Office: 2015 University Hall Phone: 312.413.9568 Email: jashton@uic.edu
	Natasha Barnes Associate Professor African American literature, Caribbean literature, cultural studies Office: 1228 University Hall Email: nbbarnes@uic.edu
	Thomas H. Bestul Professor Emeritus Medieval literature Office: 1913 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2226 Email: tbestul@uic.edu
	Nicholas Brown Associate Professor Literature of Africa, modernism, critical theory Office: 2000 University Hall Phone: 312.996.2981 Email: cola@uic.edu
	Mark Canuel Professor Romantic literature Office: 2033 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2203 Email: mcanuel@uic.edu
	Mark Chiang Associate Professor Asian American literature Office: 803 University Hall Phone: 312.996.2580 Email: mchiang@uic.edu
	Ralph Cintrón Associate Professor Rhetoric and ethnography Office: 2012 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2736 Email: rcintron@uic.edu
	Nancy Cirillo Professor Emerita Comparative literature Office: 1923 University Hall Phone: 312-413-9798 Email: nancyc@uic.edu
	Ainsworth A. Clarke Assistant Professor Office: 1205 University Hall Phone: 312.996.4789 Email: ac57@uic.edu
	Lennard Davis LAS Distinguished Professor The novel, critical theory, deaf and disability studies, biocultures Office: 2020 University Hall Phone: 312.413.8910 Email: lendavis@uic.edu
	Todd DeStigter Associate Professor English education, ethnography, literacy Office: 1902 University Hall Phone: 312.413.1043 Email: tdestig@uic.edu
	Madhu Dubey Professor, Director of Graduate Studies African American literature, cultural studies, postmodernism Office: 1911 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2248 Email: madhud@uic.edu
	Ann Merle Feldman Professor Emerita Teaching of writing Office: 2001 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2249 Email: feldman@uic.edu
	Lisa Freeman Associate Professor, Associate Head 18th-century British literature, drama, Romanticism Office: 2013 University Hall Phone: 312-355-2530 Email: lfreeman@uic.edu
	Judith Kegan Gardiner Professor Emerita Writing by women, 17th-century British literature, Feminism Office: 1905 University Hall Phone: 312.413.9138 Email: gardiner@uic.edu
	Gerald Graff Professor American literature, critical theory Office: 2006 University Hall Phone: 312.413.9364 Email: ggraff@uic.edu
	Robin Grey Associate Professor Colonial and 19th C. American lit., 17th C. British literature Office: 1925 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2902 Email: rgrey@uic.edu
	Christopher Grimes Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies Fiction Office: 1926 University Hall Phone: 312.413.0060 Email: cgrimes@uic.edu
	Rachel Havrelock Associate Professor Biblical studies, folklore Office: 1909 University Hall Phone: 312-413-4689 Email: raheleh@uic.edu
	Brian Higgins Professor Emeritus Melville, American literature Email: bhiggins@uic.edu
	Clark Hulse Professor Emeritus Renaissance literature and cultural studies Email: chulse@uic.edu
	John Huntington Professor Emeritus, Interim Department Head Cultural studies, science fiction, Renaissance literature Office: 2010 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2247 Email: huntingj@uic.edu
	Kyoko Inoue Professor Emerita Language and ethnicity in American history Office: 1925 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2902 Email: kinoue@uic.edu
	Helen Jun Associate Professor Asian American literature Office: 1924 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2223 Email: junhelen@uic.edu
	Anna Kornbluh Assistant Professor Victorian literature and critical theory Office: 2015 University Hall Phone: 312.413.8142 Email: kornbluh@uic.edu
	Michael Lieb Professor Emeritus Milton, Renaissance literature, the Bible Email: mlieb@uic.edu
	Ned Lukacher Professor Emeritus Literary theory, philosophy, psychoanalysis Office: 2014 University Hall Phone: 312.355.2453 Email: lukacher@uic.edu
	Adam Makkai Professor Emeritus Syntax, poetics, general linguistics Email: admakkai@uic.edu
	Sylvia Manning Professor Emerita 19th-century British literature, Dickens Email: manning@uic.edu
	Cris Mazza Professor, Director of the Program for Writers Fiction Office: 1932 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2795 Email: cmazza@uic.edu
	Deirdre McCloskey Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences Rhetoric of economics, bourgeois values, gender studies Office: 2027 University Hall Phone: 312.355.4380 Email: deirdre2@uic.edu
	Christian Messenger Professor Emeritus American literature, cultural studies Office: 1920 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2227 Email: chrism1@uic.edu
	Walter Benn Michaels Professor American literature, literary theory Office: 1901 University Hall Email: wbm@uic.edu
	Mary Anne Mohanraj Clinical Assistant Professor Office: 1915 University Hall Phone: 312-413-7593 Email: mohanraj@uic.edu
	Nasser Mufti Assistant Professor Victorian Literature, Postcolonial Literature, Critical Theory Office: 2022 University Hall Phone: 312-413-1559 Email: nmufti@uic.edu
	Lawrence Poston Professor Emeritus Victorian literature Email: lsposton@uic.edu
	Christina Pugh Associate Professor Poetry Office: 1914 University Hall Phone: 312.413.7400 Email: capugh@uic.edu
	Robin Reames Assistant Professor Rhetoric Office: 2024 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2244 Email: rreames@uic.edu
	Roger Reeves Assistant Professor Office: 1928 University Hall Email: rwr472@uic.edu
	John Rohsenow Professor Emeritus Syntax, Chinese Email: rohsenow@uic.edu
	Mary Beth Rose Professor, Director of the Institute for the Humanities Renaissance literature, drama, gender studies Office: Stevenson Hall, B2 Phone: 312.996.7815 Email: mbrose@uic.edu
	David Schaafsma Associate Professor, Director of English Education Community-based literacy, narrative inquiry Office: 1904 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2222 Email: schaaf1@uic.edu
	Joseph Tabbi Professor, Associate Head Contemporary literature, technology and literature Office: 1912 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2233 Email: jtabbi@uic.edu
	Alfred Thomas Professor Medieval and Early-Modern English and European Literature Office: 2009 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2246 Email: alfredt@uic.edu
	Luis Urrea LAS Distinguished Professor Fiction, non-fiction, poetry Office: 1908 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2221 Email: lurrea@uic.edu
	Virginia Wright Wexman Professor Emerita Film, film theory Office: 1923 University Hall Phone: 312.413.9798 Email: vwexman@uic.edu
	Terence Whalen Associate Professor 19th-century American literature Office: 1922 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2225 Email: twhalen@uic.edu
	Eugene Wildman Associate Professor Emeritus Fiction Office: 1918 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2229 Email: gwild@uic.edu
	Anne Winters Professor Emerita Poetry Office: 1909 University Hall Phone: 312.413.2232 Email: awinters@uic.edu