Department of English
Faculty Directory
Standing Faculty
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Office Hours
fall 2026Tuesday afternoon and evening by appointment, please email to request appointment link
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Office Hours
On leave, 2026-27
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Office Hours
Fall 2026 office hours by appointment
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Herman Beavers
Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt President’s Distinguished Professor of English and Africana Studies
Office Hours
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2-3:45, Thursdays, by appointment, via Zoom
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Office Hours
fall 2026On leave Fall 2026
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Office Hours
fall 2026W 1:30-3:30
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Office Hours
fall 2026For Fall 2026, Weds 3pm-5pm (some weeks on Zoom, some weeks in person). Please book here: https://calendly.com/jccloutier/meeting-with-prof-cloutier
Or by appointment (email me at cloutier@english.upenn.edu)
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Margo Natalie Crawford
Professor of English, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor for Faculty Excellence
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David L. Eng
Richard L. Fisher Professor of English
Faculty Director of the Program in Asian American Studies
Office Hours
fall 2026by appointment
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Office Hours
fall 2026on leave
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Office Hours
fall 2026No regular office hours for the 2026 calendear year.
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Al Filreis
Kelly Family Professor of English; Director, Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing; Faculty Director, Kelly Writers House
Office Hours
By appointment only.
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Office Hours
During the Fall of 2026, you can find me in 340 FBH on Wednesdays 3:30-5 pm. I'm almost always available to chat after class meetings, as well as by appointment.
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Office Hours
fall 2026Office hours will be held in 720 Williams Hall. To book a time, see https://calendly.com/kazanjia/30min
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Office Hours
fall 2026By appointment
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Office Hours
spring 2026By appointment
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Rahul Mukherjee
Wolf Associate Professor of Television and New Media Studies; Associate Professor of English
Office Hours
Mondays 12-1pm and Wednesdays, 5-6pm
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Josephine Park
Associate Dean for Arts and Letters
School of Arts and Sciences President's Distinguished Professor of English
Office Hours
fall 2025By appointment
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Office Hours
fall 2026Mondays 12:30-1:30 pm and by appointment
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Office Hours
2026Fall 2026: OH Tuesday 3:30-4:30
Spring 2027: On leave
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Office Hours
In person: 8/31 ONLY: Monday 12:30–2:00 p.m. &
Wednesday 2:30–4:00 p.m.
Zoom by appt:
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Melissa E. Sanchez
Donald T. Regan Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Core Faculty, Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Office Hours
By appointment.
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Office Hours
fall 2026Tues. 10:15–12
Wed. by appointment (zoom)
Thurs. 3:15–5:15 -
Office Hours
fall 2026Wednesdays, 1:30am-3:30pm
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Office Hours
On leave 2026-2027
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Office Hours
spring 2026Tuesdays 3.00-4.30
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Office Hours
fall 2026by appointment only
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Office Hours
fall 2026Tuesdays, 1-3pm
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Affiliated Standing Faculty
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Bianka Ballina
Visiting Assistant Professor in Cinema & Media Studies
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Warren Breckman
Sheldon and Lucy Hackney Professor of History
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Ashley Brock
Assistant Professor of Romance Languages
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Kathleen M. Brown
David Boies Professor of History
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Roger Chartier
Annenberg Visiting Professor in History and Professor at the College de France
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Peter Decherney
Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Professor in the Humanities
Professor of Cinema & Media Studies
Director, Penn Global Documentary Institute
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Gwendolyn Dubois Shaw
Associate Professor of History of Art
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Huda Fakhreddine
Associate Professor of Arabic Literature
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Nili Gold
Professor of Modern Hebrew Language & Literature
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Andrea Goulet
Professor of Romance Languages
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Kathryn Hellerstein
Professor of Germanic Languages
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John L. Jackson, Jr.
Richard Perry University Professor
Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) Professor -
Kevin M.F. Platt
Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in the Humanities; Professor of Russian and East European Studies
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Karen Redrobe
Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Professor of Cinema and Modern Media
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Daniel Richter
Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History
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Deborah Thomas
R. Jean Brownlee Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for Experimental Ethnography
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Elly R. Truitt
Associate Professor, History & Sociology of Science
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Julia Verkholantsev
Associate Professor of Russian and East European Studies
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Lance Wahlert
Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics & Health Policy; Faculty Director of Master of Bioethics (MBE) program at the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM)
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Liliane Weissberg
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor in Arts and Sciences; Professor of German and Comparative Literature.
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Bethany Wiggin
Associate Professor of German
Founding Director, Penn Program in Environmental Humanities; Graduate Groups in Comparative Literature and English -
Emily Wilson
Professor and Chair of Classical Studies
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Chenshu Zhou
Assistant Professor of Cinema & Media Studies and History of Art
Non-Standing Faculty
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Office Hours
209 Kelly Writers House
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Office Hours
fall 2026By appointment
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Suzana Berger
Instructor: August Wilson & Beyond; Teaching Performing Arts for Cross-Cultural EducationDirector: UACS Arts, Culture, & Humanities Partnerships at Penn's Netter Center for Community PartnershipsOffice Hours
Use my calendly link to find an available time on my calendar that works for your schedule: https://calendly.com/suzanab_upenn/30-minute-meeting
Book a meeting to talk about courses, or anything related to arts and community partnership work in West Philadelphia.
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Office Hours
Office hours: By appointment via Zoom.
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Office Hours
Fridays, 10:30am-12pm
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Office Hours
fall 2026Graduate: Wednesdays, 10-12 pm
Undergraduate: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1-2 pm
For meetings outside of these times (including Zoom), please email me at least 24 hours in advance to set up an appointment.
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Office Hours
Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing
3808 Walnut Street
215 573-CPCWBy appointment only.
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Office Hours
Tuesdays: 10 am - 3 pm, and by appointment
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Office Hours
fall 2026MW 4:00-5:00, or by appointment
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Becky S. Friedman
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies
Office Hours
fall 2026Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 1:30-4:30pm. Please schedule an appointment using my Calendly link: https://calendly.com/beckysf/advisingmeeting!
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Office Hours
Office hours by appointment.
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Office Hours
On sabbatical, Fall 2026
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Office Hours
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Office Hours
2026Fall 2026 office hours tbd
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Jamie-Lee Josselyn
Associate Director for Recruitment & Instructor, Creative Writing Program; Director, Summer Workshop for Young Writers, Kelly Writers HouseOffice Hours
fall 2025Mondays, 4:45-5:45, and by appointment
CPCW Room 206 or Zoom
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Office Hours
fall 2026FBH 239, by appointment.
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Office Hours
fall 2026Mondays 10am-12pm and by appointment
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Rosemary Malague
Senior Lecturer, Theatre Arts and EnglishAffiliated Faculty, Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies -
Office Hours
Tuesday & Thursday 12:00-2:00 pm
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Office Hours
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Office Hours
Mondays, 12-1pm
Tuesdays, 5-6pm
On Zoom, in-person by appointment
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Office Hours
fallMonday 12-1, Wed 3:30-4:30 & by appointment
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Office Hours
fall 2026TR 2:15-3:15
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Office Hours
fall 2026on leave
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Office Hours
fall 2026BENN 220 TR 1-2 pm
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Office Hours
fall 2026Office hours via Zoom on Tuesdays or Thursdays. Individual 20-minute meetings by appointment for current or former students.
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Office Hours
fall 2026Fisher-Bennett Hall 302 (GSWS Suite)
By Appointment
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Office Hours
Wednesdays 11-12:30 pm, and by appointment.
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Office Hours
580 O'Neill Hall
By Appointment - call or email for appointment
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Office Hours
fall 2026Tuesdays 3-5pm @FBH 236
Please sign up via this link: https://calendly.com/xjiawen-sas/30min
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Emily Zimmerman
Director of Exhibitions and Curatorial Affairs at the Arthur Ross Gallery; Lecturer, History of Art and English -
Syd Zolf
Artist in Residence, CPCW; Affiliated Faculty, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies; Affiliated Faculty, Fine Arts
Emeritus
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Rita Barnard
Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature
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Charles Bernstein
Donald T. Regan Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature
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Toni Bowers
Professor of English
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Rebecca Bushnell
School of Arts and Sciences Board of Advisors, Professor Emerita of English
Office Hours
Email for an appointment
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Max Cavitch
Associate Professor Emeritus of English
Office Hours
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Peter Conn
Vartan Gregorian Professor Emeritus of English
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Rita Copeland
Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Professor Emerita in Classical Studies and English
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Timothy Corrigan
Professor Emeritus of English, Cinema and Media Studies, and History of Art
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Thadious Davis
Geraldine R. Segal Professor Emerita of American Social Thought and Professor Emerita of English
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Margreta de Grazia
Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Professor Emerita of the Humanities
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Suvir Kaul
A. M. Rosenthal Professor Emeritus of English
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Ania Loomba
Catherine Bryson Professor Emerita of English
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Heather K. Love
Professor Emerita of English
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Vicki Mahaffey
Professor Emerita of English
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Cary Mazer
Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts and English
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Bob Perelman
Professor Emeritus of English
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Phyllis Rackin
Professor Emerita of English
Office Hours
For an appointment, email prackin@upenn.edu
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John Richetti
A.M. Rosenthal Professor Emeritus of English
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Peter Stallybrass
Director Emeritus of Seminar in the History of Material Texts
Annenberg Professor Emeritus in the Humanities and Professor Emeritus of English
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Wendy Steiner
Richard L. Fisher Professor Emerita of English
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Humphrey Tonkin
Professor Emeritus of English