Faculty List
Women, Gender, & Literature
Janine Barchas
Associate Professor
barchas@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8379 | CAL 209
Education
Ph.D., 1995, University of Chicago
Interests
Eighteenth-century literature and culture; the British novel; book history; textual studies; Jane Austen; early fiction by women.Phillip J Barrish
Associate Professor
pbarrish@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-7840 | PAR 130
Education
Ph.D., 1991, Cornell University
Interests
American literature 1870-1930; medicine and literature; gender studies; "masculinity" as a cultural construction; whiteness studies; relationship between literature and liberalism.Chad Bennett
ACLS New Faculty Fellow
chad.bennett@utexas.edu | PAR 25
Education
Ph.D., 2010, Cornell UniversityMia Carter
Associate Professor, University Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor
miaC@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8733 | PAR 123
Education
Ph.D., English and Modern Studies, 1992, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeElizabeth Cullingford
Chair, Department of English, University Distinguished Teaching Professor
cullingford@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-4991 | PAR 108
Education
Ph.D., Oxford University
Interests
Irish literature, politics, and culture; modern poetry; women's studies; drama and film; Shakespeare; the relation between high and popular culture.Ann Cvetkovich
Professor
cvet@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8374 | PAR 323
Education
Ph.D., 1988, Cornell University
Interests
Gay and lesbian studies; public feelings; trauma studies.Patricia M. García
Lecturer
pmgarcia@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-4991 | CAL 305
Education
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Interests
Renaissance literature; women, gender, and literature; cultural studies.Elizabeth A Hedrick
Associate Professor
eahedrick@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-8705 | PAR 226
Education
Ph.D., 1986, Columbia University
Interests
Feminist theory since 1970; gender and science; eighteenth-century novel and drama; Samuel Johnson; eighteenth-century lexicography; history of charity and philanthropy.Susan S Heinzelman
Associate Professor, Director of the Center for Women's & Gender Studies
sheinz@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8736; 512-471-5149 | PAR 126; GEB 4.208
Education
Ph.D., 1977, University of Western Ontario
Interests
Eighteenth century women's novels; feminism, law, and literature.Geraldine Heng
Associate Professor
heng@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-7480 | PAR 213
Education
Ph.D., Cornell UniversityJacqueline M Henkel
Associate Professor
henkelj@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 512-471-4942 | PAR 14
Education
Ph.D., 1985, University of Minnesota
Interests
The relation of linguistics to literary criticism; ordinary language philosophy; narrative theory; language and gender.Neville Hoad
Associate Professor
nhoad@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8749 | PAR 215
Education
Ph.D., 1998, Columbia University
Interests
Victorian feminism; psychoanalysis (particularly Freud and Klein); contemporary feminist theory in French and English; lesbian and gay studies; queer theory; international human rights law pertaining to sexual orientations; sexuality and gender issues in Southern Africa.Carol H MacKay
University Distinguished Teaching Professor
mackay@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-8970 | PAR 221
Education
Ph.D., 1979, University of California Los Angeles
Interests
Victorian novel; women's studies; autobiography; authors: William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Dickens, Julia Margaret Cameron, Anne Thackeray Ritchie, Annie Besant, Elizabeth Robins, Virginia Woolf.Lisa L Moore
Professor
llmoore@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-1837 | PAR 217
Education
Ph.D., 1991, Cornell University
Interests
Eighteenth-century English and American literature; women's literature; LGBT literature and culture; poetry and poetics; visual studies and garden history; feminist and queer theory; history of sexuality.Gretchen Murphy
Professor
gretchen@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8532 | CAL 311
Education
Ph.D., 1999, University of Washington
Interests
U.S. Literature and culture to 1914; nationalism and imperialism; sentimental and domestic writing.Domino R. Perez
Associate Professor, Co-Director of the Center for Mexican American Studies
drperez@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-7853 | PAR 117
Education
Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Interests
Chican@ literature; American literature; popular culture; cultural studies; film.Eric Darnell Pritchard
Affiliate Faculty; Asst. Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies
Education
Ph.D., English, 2008, University of Wisconsin-MadisonMatt Richardson
Assistant Professor
mattrichardson@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-8700 | PAR 327
Education
Ph.D., 2005, African Diaspora Studies and Emphasis in Women's and Gender Studies, University of California, BerkeleyElizabeth Scala
Associate Professor
scala@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-8375 | CAL 213
Education
Ph.D., 1994, Harvard University
Interests
Chaucer; the history of Chaucer studies; the textual environments of medieval literature.Jo A Shea
Specialist, Associate Dean
jshea@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-7076 | LAC 1.204E
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Early modern literature and culture.Jennifer M. Wilks
Associate Professor
jmwilks@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8702 | PAR 329
Education
Ph.D., 2003, Cornell University
Interests
The figure of the traveling heroine in contemporary African diasporic fiction, portrayals of the Southern U.S. in Caribbean literature, and Paris as a site of diasporic intellectual exchange and transformationHelena Woodard
Associate Professor
hwood@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8703 | PAR 331
Education
Ph.D., 1991, University of North Carolina
Interests
18th century British literature; ethnic and Third World literature; american literature, critical race theory; women, gender, and literatureMarjorie Curry Woods
Blumberg Centennial Professor of English and University Distinguished Teaching Professor
marjoriewoods@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8383 | CAL 301
Education
Ph.D., U. of Toronto
