Faculty Directory
Standing Faculty
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Office Hours
fall 2025Tuesday 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
On research leave for AY 2025-6
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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
Thursdays and Fridays 3-5pm and by appointment.
If you can meet during my office hours, please sign up for an appointment (at least 3 hours in advance) through this site: https://calendly.com/nbentley-english/30min
If you cannot meet during my regular office hours or want to meet in person, please email me at: nbentley@english.upenn.edu
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Office Hours
fall 2026By appointment (email me at cloutier@english.upenn.edu)
Regular weekly office hours TBD for Fall 26
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Margo Natalie Crawford
Professor of English, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor for Faculty Excellence
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Office Hours
On Sabbatical 2025-2026
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Office Hours
spring 2026Tuesdays 12:00 - 1:15
Thursdays 1:45 - 3:00
or email me for an appointment
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Office Hours
spring 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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David Kazanjian
Professor of English
Chair of Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, 2024-25, 2026-2028
Office Hours
fall 2025On Sabbatical 2025-26
Research Resident, Vartan Gregorian Center for Research in the Humanities, New York Public Library, 2025
Visiting Scholar, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 2026
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Office Hours
spring 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 2025Wednesdays 3:30 - 4:30
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Office Hours
On leave for the 2025-2026 academic year
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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
Thurs. 3:15–5:15
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Office Hours
fallWednesdays, 10:30am-12:30pm
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Office Hours
On leave 2026-2027
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Office Hours
spring 2026Mondays 2.30-4.00
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Office Hours
spring 2026by appointment only
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Office Hours
fall 2025Tuesdays, 1-3pm
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