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  • David Aers
    David Aers
    James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of English
    aers@duke.edu
  • Elizabeth Apple
    Elizabeth Apple
    elizabeth.apple@duke.edu
  • Hunter Augeri
    Hunter Augeri
    hunter.augeri@duke.edu
    hunteraugeri.com
  • Dominika M Baran
    Dominika M Baran
    Associate Professor of English
    dominika.baran@duke.edu
  • Ethan Barrett
    Ethan Barrett
    ethan.barrett@duke.edu
  • Catherine Beaver
    Catherine Beaver
    Business Manager
    Departmental Business Mgr II
    cabeaver@duke.edu
  • Sarah Beckwith
    Sarah Beckwith
    Katherine Everett Gilbert Distinguished Professor of English
    ott@duke.edu
  • Damilare Bello
    Damilare Bello
    damilare.bello@duke.edu
  • Taylor Black, Ph.D.
    Taylor Black, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor of English
    t.black@duke.edu
  • Tessa Bolsover
    Tessa Bolsover
    tessa.bolsover@duke.edu
  • Will Brewbaker
    Will Brewbaker
    william.brewbaker@duke.edu
    Personal Site
  • Anvita Budhraja
    Anvita Budhraja
    anvita.budhraja@duke.edu
  • Jay Butler
    Jay Butler
    jay.butler@duke.edu
  • Cyprene Caines
    Cyprene Caines
    cyprene.caines@duke.edu
  • Katherine Carithers
    Katherine Carithers
    katherine.carithers@duke.edu
  • Sabrina Carr
    Sabrina Carr
    Analyst, IT
    sabrina2@duke.edu
  • Michael Cavuto
    Michael Cavuto
    michael.cavuto@duke.edu
  • Michael F D'Alessandro
    Michael F D'Alessandro
    Director of Undergraduate Studies
    Associate Professor of English
    michael.dalessandro@duke.edu
    CV
  • Dray Denson
    Dray Denson
    drayona.denson@duke.edu
  • Olivia Depue
    Olivia Depue
    olivia.depue@duke.edu
    CV 2025
  • Joseph Donahue
    Joseph Donahue
    Professor of the Practice of English
    joseph.donahue@duke.edu
  • Michelle Dove
    Michelle Dove
    Assistant to the Director of Undergraduate Studies
    Undergraduate Studies Assistant
    michelle.dove@duke.edu
  • Britt Edelen
    Britt Edelen
    britton.edelen@duke.edu
  • Thomas J. Ferraro
    Thomas J. Ferraro
    Professor of English
    ferraro@duke.edu
  • Maryn Gardner
    Maryn Gardner
    maryn.gardner@duke.edu
  • Spencer George
    Spencer George
    s.george@duke.edu
  • R. Darren Gobert
    R. Darren Gobert
    Professor of Theater Studies
    rdg37@duke.edu
  • Julia Gordon
    Julia Gordon
    julia.gordon@duke.edu
  • JP Gritton
    JP Gritton
    Assistant Professor of the Practice of English
    jp.gritton@duke.edu
  • Effie Harrington
    Effie Harrington
    effie.gianitsos@duke.edu
    https://duke.academia.edu/EffieGianitsos
  • Kevin Hart
    Kevin Hart
    Jo Rae Wright University Distinguished Professor
    khart@div.duke.edu
  • Jane Harwell
    Jane Harwell
    jane.harwell@duke.edu
  • Chadd Heller
    Chadd Heller
    chadd.heller@duke.edu
  • Lauren Hoaglund
    Lauren Hoaglund
    lauren.hoaglund@duke.edu
  • Quantá Holden
    Quantá Holden
    Web and Communications Specialist
    quanta.holden@duke.edu
  • Tsitsi Ella Jaji
    Tsitsi Ella Jaji
    Helen L. Bevington Associate Professor of Modern Poetry
    tsitsi.jaji@duke.edu
    Meet The Professors -- Tsitsi Jaji
  • Victor Jeong
    Victor Jeong
    victor.jeong@duke.edu
  • Douglas A Jones
    Douglas A Jones
    Associate Professor of Theater Studies
    douglas.a.jones@duke.edu
  • Ejuerleigh Jones
    Ejuerleigh Jones
    ejuerleigh.jones@duke.edu
  • Ranjana Khanna
    Ranjana Khanna
    Professor of English
    rkhanna@duke.edu
  • Eun-hae Kim
    Eun-hae Kim
    eunhae.kim@duke.edu
  • Courtney Klashman
    Courtney Klashman
    courtney.klashman@duke.edu
  • Mike Kleynman
    Mike Kleynman
    mikhail.kleynman@duke.edu
  • Kekka Klingerman
    Kekka Klingerman
    Staff Asst
    kekka.klingerman@duke.edu
  • Yeonwoo Koo
    Yeonwoo Koo
    yeonwoo.koo@duke.edu
  • Kara Kozma
    Kara Kozma
    kara.kozma@duke.edu
  • Tye Landels
    Tye Landels
    tye.landels@duke.edu
    Curriculum Vitae
  • Anya Lewis-Meeks
    Anya Lewis-Meeks
    anya.lewismeeks@duke.edu
  • Cassandra Luca
    Cassandra Luca
    cassandra.luca@duke.edu
  • Nitin Luthra
    Nitin Luthra
    nitin.luthra@duke.edu
  • Nathaniel Mackey
    Nathaniel Mackey
    Reynolds Price Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing
    nathaniel.mackey@duke.edu
  • Amber Manning
    Amber Manning
    amber.manning@duke.edu
  • Savannah Marciezyk
    Savannah Marciezyk
    savannah.marciezyk@duke.edu
  • Mesha M Maren
    Mesha M Maren
    Associate Professor of the Practice of English
    mmm150@duke.edu
  • Sandy Marks Valdes
    Sandy Marks Valdes
    Assistant to the Director of Graduate Studies
    Staff Asst
    sandy.marksvaldes@duke.edu
  • Prof Jarvis McInnis, Ph.D.
    Prof Jarvis McInnis, Ph.D.
    Cordelia and William Laverack Family Assistant Professor of English
    jarvis.mcinnis@duke.edu
  • Samara Michaelson
    Samara Michaelson
    samara.michaelson@duke.edu
  • Robert Edward Mitchell
    Robert Edward Mitchell
    Professor of English
    rmitch@duke.edu
  • Ananya Mohan
    Ananya Mohan
    ananya.mohan@duke.edu
  • Toril Moi
    Toril Moi
    James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Literature
    toril@duke.edu
    Personal Website
  • Mark Anthony Neal
    Mark Anthony Neal
    James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African and African American Studies
    man9@duke.edu
    Instagram: BookerBBBrown
  • Lisa M. Olds
    Lisa M. Olds
    Staff Asst
    lisa.olds@duke.edu
  • Christopher Ernest Ouma
    Christopher Ernest Ouma
    Associate Professor of English
    christopher.ouma@duke.edu
  • David Palko
    David Palko
    david.palko@duke.edu
  • Thomas Pfau
    Thomas Pfau
    Alice Mary Baldwin Distinguished Professor of English
    pfau@duke.edu
    Books by Thomas Pfau
  • Kathy A. Psomiades
    Kathy A. Psomiades
    Associate Professor of English
    kathy.psomiades@duke.edu
    Curriculum Vitae
  • Abigail Rogers
    Abigail Rogers
    abigail.rogers@duke.edu
  • Akhil Sharma
    Akhil Sharma
    Adele Schiff Professor of the Practice of English
    akhil.sharma292@duke.edu
  • Corina M Stan
    Corina M Stan
    Bacca Foundation Associate Professor of English
    corina.stan@duke.edu
    Personal Website
  • Victor H. Strandberg
    Victor H. Strandberg
    Professor of English
    vhs@duke.edu
    Online course: T.S. Eliot
  • Charlotte S. Sussman
    Charlotte S. Sussman
    Chair
    Professor of English
    charlotte.sussman@duke.edu
  • Matthew Thomas
    Matthew Thomas
    matt.b.thomas@duke.edu
  • Marianna Torgovnick
    Marianna Torgovnick
    Professor of English
    tor@duke.edu
  • Joelle Troiano
    Joelle Troiano
    joelle.troiano@duke.edu
  • Kate Turner
    Kate Turner
    kate.turner@duke.edu
  • Aarthi Vadde
    Aarthi Vadde
    E. Blake Byrne Associate Professor
    aarthi.vadde@duke.edu
  • Ellie Vilakazi
    Ellie Vilakazi
    ellie.vilakazi@duke.edu
    BooksnBlush
  • Priscilla Wald
    Priscilla Wald
    R. Florence Brinkley Distinguished Professor of English
    pwald@duke.edu
  • Julianne Werlin
    Julianne Werlin
    Director of Graduate Studies
    Associate Professor of English
    jw476@duke.edu
    Life and Letters: Literature in Demographic History
  • Joseph Richard Winters
    Joseph Richard Winters
    Associate Professor of Religious Studies
    joseph.winters@duke.edu
    Meet The Professors -- Joseph Winters
  • Derek Witten
    Derek Witten
    derek.witten@duke.edu
  • Luoshu Zhang
    Luoshu Zhang
    luoshu.zhang@duke.edu
Chair
Charlotte S. Sussman
Professor of English
charlotte.sussman@duke.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Michael F D'Alessandro
Associate Professor of English
michael.dalessandro@duke.edu
Assistant to the Director of Undergraduate Studies
Michelle Dove
Undergraduate Studies Assistant
(919) 684-6820
michelle.dove@duke.edu
Director of Graduate Studies
Julianne Werlin
Associate Professor of English
jw476@duke.edu
Assistant to the Director of Graduate Studies
Sandy Marks Valdes
Staff Asst
(919) 684-5538
sandy.marksvaldes@duke.edu
Business Manager
Catherine Beaver
Departmental Business Mgr II
(919) 684-2772
cabeaver@duke.edu
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