Department of Comparative Literature
Faculty Profiles
The following list includes the Comparative Literature Department's Core Faculty, joint appointments from other IU departments, CMLT Adjunct Faculty, and CMLT Emeritus Faculty. Information concerning professors' publications and specializations is available from the pages linked to their names.
Core Faculty
Joint Faculty
Adjunct Faculty
Emeritus Faculty
CHAIRPERSON:
Eileen Julien
Professor of Comparative Literature, African American and African Diaspora Studies, and French and Italian
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Ballantine Hall 914
812-855-5083
CORE FACULTY:
Akin Adesokan, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
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Vivian Nun Halloran
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
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David Hertz
Professor of Comparative Literature
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Jeff Johnson
Visiting Lecturer, Supervisor of CMLT C145 and 146
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Bill Johnston
Associate Professor of of Comparative Literature and TESOL and Applied Linguistics
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Paul Losensky
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Central Eurasian Studies
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Herbert Marks, Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature; Adjunct Associate Professor of English, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and Religious Studies; Director, Institute for Biblical and Literary Studies.
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Rosemarie McGerr
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
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Breon Mitchell
Professor of Comparative Literature and Germanic Studies, and Director of the Lilly Library
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Angela Pao
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
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Eyal Peretz
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
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Miryam Segal
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies
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Kevin Tsai
Acting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
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JOINT FACULTY
Roger Herzel
Professor of Theater and Drama and Comparative Literature
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Fedwa Malti-Douglas
Martha C. Kraft Professor of Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Gender Studies and Comparative Literature
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Anya Peterson Royce
Chancellor's Professor of Anthropology, Music (Ballet-Part-time), and Comparative Literature
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Mihaly Szegedy-Maszak
Professor of Central Eurasian Studies and Comparative Literature
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ADJUNCT FACULTY:
Maryellen Bieder
Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature
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Purnima Bose
Associate Professor of English and Adjunct Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
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Fritz Breithaupt
Associate Professor of Germanic Studies and Adjunct Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
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J. Peter Burkholder
Professor of Music and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature
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Michel Chaouli
Associate Professor of Germanic Studies and Adjunct Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
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Deborah N. Cohn
Associate Professor of Spanish & Portuguese and Adjunct Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
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Juan Carlos Conde
Professor of Literatures in Spanish and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature
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Henry R. Cooper, Jr.
Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature
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Patrick E. Dove
Assistant Professor of Spanish & Portuguese and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
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Karen Hanson
Provost and Executive Vice President of IU Bloomington campus, Rudy Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature
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Joan Hawkins
Associate Professor of Communications and Cultures (Film Studies) and Adjunct Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
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Douglas Hofstadter
Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science, Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature, Director, Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition Philosophy of Science, Philosophy, and Psychology
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Dov-Ber Kerler
Professor Germanic Studies and Jewish Studies and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature
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Barbara Klinger
Professor of Communications and Cultures and Adjunct Professor of English and Comparative Literature, and Director of Film Studies
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Eleanor W. Leach
Ruth N. Halls Professor of Classical Studies and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature
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Rosemary Lloyd
Rudy Professor of French and Italian and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature
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Eric MacPhail
Professor of French & Italian and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature
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Rebecca J. Manring
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, India Studies, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
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William Rasch
Professor of Germanic Studies and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature
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Jack Rollins
Professor in the Hutton Honors College & Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature, English & African Studies
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Darlene Sadlier
Professor of Spanish and Portugues and Director of the Portuguese Program and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature
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Edith Sarra
Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Adjunct Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
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Rakesh H. Solomon
Associate Professor of Theatre and Drama and Adjunct Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
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Suzanne Stetkevych
Ruth N. Halls Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature
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H. Wayne Storey
Professor of French and Italian and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature
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Johannes Turk
Assistant Professor of Germanic Studies and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature
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Bronislava Volkova
Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature
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Marc Weiner
Professor of Germanic Studies and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature
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Steven Weitzman
Director of the Jewish Studies Program; Irving M. Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies; Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Hebrew Bible and Early Biblical Interpretation; and Adjunct Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
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Lin Zou
Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
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EMERITUS FACULTY:
Salih Altoma
Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature
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Willis Barnstone
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Spanish and Portuguese
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Luis Beltran
Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese and Comparative Literature
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Ernest Bernhardt-Kabisch
Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature
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Peter Boerner
Professor Emeritus of Germanic Studies, West European Studies, and Comparative Literature
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Peter Bondanella
Distinguished Professor of French and Italian, West European, and Comparative Literature,
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Matei Calinescu
Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, English and West European Studies
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Gilbert Chaitin
Professor Emeritus Comparative Literature and French and Italian
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Claus Clüver
Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature
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Bruce Cole
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts and Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature
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Eugene Eoyang
Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and East Asian Languages and Cultures
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Harry M. Geduld
Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, West European Studies, and Film Studies
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Kenneth Gros Louis
Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature
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Ingeborg Hoesterey
Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature and Germanic Studies
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Yoshio Iwamoto
Professor Emeritus of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature
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Sumie Jones
Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature and East Asian Languages and Cultures
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Oscar Kenshur
Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Adjunct Professor Emeritus of English and Philosophy
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Irving Lo
Professor Emeritus of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature
Merritt E. Lawlis
Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature
Giancarlo Maiorino
Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature
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James Naremore
Professor Emeritus of English, Film Studies, and Comparative Literature
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Henry H. H. Remak
Professor Emeritus of Germanic Studies, West European Studies and Comparative Literature
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Mary Ellen Solt
Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature
Carl Ziegler
Associate Professor Emeritus of Germanic Studies and Comparative Literature
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