Faculty

Professors

Clayton Koelb
Guy B. Johnson Professor of German,
English and Comparative Literature
Chair, Department Germanic Languages and Literatures
Modern Literature (Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka), Literary Theory, Philosophy & Aesthetics
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Eric Downing
Joint Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Director of the Program in Comparative Literature
18th to 20th-Century Narrative Fiction, Literary Theory, Realism & Aestheticism
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Jonathan Hess
Moses M. and Hannah L. Malkin Term Professor of Jewish History and Culture
Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies, 18th Century Studies, German-Jewish Studies, Aesthetics & Literary Theory, Philosphy & Literature
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David Pike
20th Century Literature, East German & Soviet Culture & Politics
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Paul Roberge
Joint Professor of Linguistics
Germanic Linguistics, Pidgin and Creole Languages, Language and Society
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Associate Professors

Richard Langston
Director of Elementary Language Instruction
Postwar & Contemporary Literature, Avant-Garde Studies, Popular Culture & Literature, Literary & Cultural Theory
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Kathryn Starkey
Medieval Literature, Visuality & Textuality, Gender & Sexuality, Historical Linguistics, Older Germanic Dialects
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Assistant Professors

Ruth von Bernuth
Early modern German Literature and Culture, Old Yiddish Literature, Folly Literature, Disability Studies
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Lecturers

Christina Wegel
Director of Intermediate Language Program
Drama and Theater, Theater Productions and Music in the Foreign Language Classroom, Contemporary Literature
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