Faculty List
Professors
Katherine Arens
Professor of Germanic Studies and Women's and Gender Studies
arens@austin.utexas.edu | 232-6363 | BUR 320
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
18th-21st century literature, Romanticism, cultural history, aesthetics, philosophy, theory, post-structuralism, critical discourse theory, psychology, feminist theoryAaron Bar-Adon
Professor of Middle Eastern Studies
bar-adon@austin.utexas.edu | 471-3594 | WMB 6.132
Education
Ph.D., Hebrew UniversityDaniela Bini
Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature
bini@mail.utexas.edu | 471-5995 | HRH 2.122
Education
Ph.D, University of Texas, AustinDouglas G. Biow
Professor of French and Italian, Director of the Center for European Studies
biow@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-7267 | HRH 2.110B
Sung-Sheng (Yvonne) Chang
Professor in Asian Studies
yvonne@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 475-6036 | WCH 4.124
Education
Ph.D., Stanford UniversityAnn Cvetkovich
Professor of English
cvet@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8374 | PAR 323
Education
Ph.D., 1988, Cornell UniversityAlan W Friedman
Professor of English
friedman@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8376 | CAL 214
Education
Ph.D., 1966, University of RochesterMohammad Ghanoonparvar
Professor of Persian and Comparative Literature
mghanoon@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 475-6605 | WMB 5.132
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas- AusttinBarbara Harlow
Professor of English
bharlow@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8716 | PAR 26
Education
Ph.D., 1977, SUNY- BuffaloErnest Kaulbach
Professor of English
ekaulbach@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8365 | CAL 17
Education
Ph.D., 1970, Cornell UniversityNaomi E. Lindstrom
Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
lindstrom@austin.utexas.edu | 512.471.4936 | BEN 4.144
Education
Ph. D., Arizona State UniversityCarol H MacKay
Professor of English
mackay@mail.utexas.edu | 471-8970 | PAR 221
Education
Ph.D., 1979, University of California Los AngelesWayne A Rebhorn
Professor of English
warebhorn@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8759 | PAR 328
Education
Ph.D., 1968, Yale UniversityMartha Selby
Professor and Chair, Department of Asian Studies
ms@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 475-6040 | WCH 4.134A
Education
Ph.D., University of ChicagoJanet K Swaffar
Professor of Germanic Languages
jswaffar@austin.utexas.edu | 232-6376 | BUR 318
Education
Ph.D., German, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Interests
German literature post 1945, German media, applications of literary theory to reading and writing in a foreign language, foreign language acquisition and advanced learnersJeffrey Walker
Professor & Chair, Department of Rhetoric & Writing
jswalker@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8744 | PAR 3
Education
Ph.D., 1985, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
rhetorical theory, history of rhetoric, ancient rhetoric, rhetoric and poetics, modern rhetoric and literatureAlexandra K Wettlaufer
Associate Professor of French
akw@austin.utexas.edu | 471-1442, 471-7289 | WCH 4.104, HRH 3.112AA
Education
Ph.D., Columbia University
Interests
19th-century literature, visual arts, culture, and gender studies in France and BritainHannah C Wojciehowski
Professor of English
gemelli@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8768 | PAR 230
Education
Ph.D., 1984, Yale University
Interests
the history of subjectivity; group identity formation; globalization and transculturation; sixteenth-century travel literature; women writers in early modern Europe; neurocriticismMarjorie Curry Woods
Blumberg Centennial Professor of English and University Distinguished Teaching Professor
marjoriewoods@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8383 | CAL 301
Education
Ph.D., U. of Toronto
Interests
medieval literature; medieval and renaissance rhetoric and pedagogy; composition exercises in the premodern classroom; modern use of premodern compostion exercisesAssociate Professors
Kamran Asdar Ali
Faculty
asdar@austin.utexas.edu | 471-7531, 471-3550 | EPS 1.116
Education
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins UniversitySamer Ali
Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies
saali@austin.utexas.edu | 475-6467 | WMB 6.112
Education
Ph.D, Indiana University
Interests
Islamic kingship, court literature and patronage, classical historiography, modern and medieval folklore and folklife, Arab women poets, oral performance of Homeric epic, literary criticismMarc Bizer
Associate Professor of French
mbizer@austin.utexas.edu | 471-7780 | HRH 3.112B
Education
PhD, Princeton University
Interests
early modern Europe & France, classical reception, national identity, genderPascale Bos
Associate Professor of Germanic Languages
pascalebos@austin.utexas.edu | 232-6373 | BUR 314
Education
Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)Matt Cohen
Associate Professor of English
matt.cohen@mail.utexas.edu | 919 656-6364 | PAR 20
Education
Ph.D., 2002, College of William and MaryTarek El-Ariss
Assistant Professor
tarek.elariss@austin.utexas.edu | 232-8291 | WMB 6.114
Education
Ph.D - 2004, Cornell
Interests
Contemporary Arabic Literature, Film, and Media; Arabic popular culture and new literary genres; 19th- and 20th-century Arabic travel writing; Translation studies and Post-structuralismAlison K. Frazier
Associate Professor of History
akfrazier@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6375 | GAR 2.148
Education
Ph.D., 1997, Columbia UniversityThomas Garza
University Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
tjgarza@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-3607 | CAL 406
Education
Ed.D., Harvard University, 1987John Morán González
Associate Professor
jmgonzal@utexas.edu | (512) 471-8117 | PAR 321
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
Latino/a Literature; Chicano/a Literature; Late Nineteenth-Century American Literature; Narrative Theory; Postcolonial StudiesKaren Grumberg
Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies
keren@austin.utexas.edu | 471-5134 | WMB 6.116
Education
Ph.D.- 2004, University of California- Los AngelesMichael P Harney
Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
harney@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-4936 | BEN 3.148
Education
Ph.D.-Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Comparative literature, literary theory, cultural theory. Medieval & Early Modern literature. Film and media.Geraldine Heng
Associate Professor of English
heng@mail.utexas.edu | 471-7480 | PAR 213
Education
Ph.D., Cornell UniversityNeville Hoad
Associate Professor of English
nhoad@austin.utexas.edu | PAR 215
Education
Ph.D., 1998, Columbia UniversityS. Akbar Hyder
Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Islamic Studies
shyder@austin.utexas.edu | 475-6031 | WCH 4.134
Education
Ph.D., Harvard UniversityWayne Lesser
Associate Professor of English
lesser@mail.utexas.edu | 471-8754 | PAR 108
Education
Ph.D., 1975, University of ChicagoKeith Livers
Associate Professor of Russian
kalivers@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-9128 | CAL 5
Education
Ph.D., University of MichiganLisa L Moore
Associate Professor of English and Women's and Gender Studies
llmoore@mail.utexas.edu | 471-4991 | PAR 108
Education
Ph.D., 1991, Cornell UniversityGuy P Raffa
Associate Professor
guyr@utexas.edu | 512-232-5492 | HRH 3.104A
Education
Ph.D., Indiana University
Interests
Dante Studies, medieval Italian literature and culture, digital humanities, history and philosophy of science, Italo Calvino and Umberto EcoCory A Reed
Associate Professor of Spanish
creed@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-4936 | BEN 4.140
Education
Ph.D., Princeton UniversityElizabeth Richmond-Garza
Associate Professor; Director, Program in Comparative Literature
emrg@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 232-5708 | PAR 119
Education
Ph.D., 1992, Columbia University
Interests
Nineteenth and twentieth century European drama, Renaissance drama, Oscar Wilde, the Gothic and Orientalism, Decadence, Aesthetic and literary theory, literature and the fine artsSonia Roncador
Assistant Professor of Brazilian Literature and Culture
roncador@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.4525 | BEN 3.132
Education
Ph. D., New York UniversityCesar A. Salgado
Associate Professor of Latin American and Comparative Literature
cslgd@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.4517 | BEN 3.140
Education
PhD in Comparative Literature 1993, Yale UniversityHélène Tissières
Associate Professor of French
htissieres@austin.utexas.edu | 475-6861 | HRH 3.114C
Education
Ph.D., New York University
Interests
African and Caribbean Francophone literatures, African and French film, African contemporary art, African music, Biennale of Dakar.Lynn R Wilkinson
Associate Professor of Germanic Languages
lrw@austin.utexas.edu | 232-6370 | BUR 360
Education
Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of California, BerkeleyJennifer M. Wilks
Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies
jmwilks@austin.utexas.edu | 512.471.8702 | PAR 329
Education
Ph.D., 2003, Cornell UniversityHelena Woodard
Associate Professor of English
hwood@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8703 | PAR 331
Education
Ph.D., 1991, University of North CarolinaAssistant Professors
Omoniyi Afolabi
Associate Professor
afolabi@austin.utexas.edu | 232-4510 | BEN 3.110
Education
Ph.D., Luso-Brazilian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests
Lusophone Atlantic Triangle; Yoruba Diaspora Studies; Afro-Brazilian Cultural Studies; Lusophone African Literature; Comparative African Diaspora Studies; Latin American Cultural StudiesPhilip M Broadbent
Assistant Professor of German
broadbent@austin.utexas.edu | 232-6371 | BUR 364
Education
Ph.D., German Literature, University College LondonMichael Johnson
Assistant Professor of French
mjohnson@utexas.edu | 471-7470 | HRH 3.110A
Education
PhD, Emory University
Interests
Classical and medieval rhetoric, Medieval European literature and culture, Sexuality and Gender Studies, Critical Theory, Psychoanalysis, European comicsDavid Kornhaber
Assistant Professor of English
david.kornhaber@austin.utexas.edu | 471-9715 | PAR 22
Education
Ph.D., 2009, Columbia UniversityTatiana Kuzmic
Assistant Professor of Slavic and Balkan Studies
tkuzmic@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-9125 | CAL 416
Education
Ph.D., University of IllinoisFehintola (Tola) Mosadomi
Assistant Professor, Department of Middle Eastern Studies
mosadom@austin.utexas.edu | 471-7871 | WMB 5.120B
Education
Ph.D., 1998, Interdisciplinary Linguistics and Yoruba Phonology, Tulane UniversityKaren A Pagani
Assistant Professor of French Literature
kpagani@austin.utexas.edu | 471-5737 | HRH 3.112B
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests
Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century moral theory (British, French, German); Seventeenth and eighteenth-century French novel; Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie; Historical semantics; Secularization.Michael Pesenson
Assistant Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies
mpesenson@utexas.edu | 232-9132 | CAL 404
Education
Ph.D, Yale UniversityChien-hsin Tsai
Assistant Professor of Chinese
tsai@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-1302 | WCH 5.104A
