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Name	Title	Contact	Location	Letter	Office Hours
Chris Abani	Board of Trustees Professor of English	847-491-5138 chris.abani@northwestern.edu	University Hall 319	A	TBA
Brian Bouldrey	Associate Professor of Instruction	847-491-5595 b-bouldrey@northwestern.edu	University Hall 023	B	By Appointment
Katharine Breen	Professor of English; Chair of the Department of English	847-491-7486 khbreen@northwestern.edu	University Hall 408	B	Tuesdays 2-4 in UH 215
John Bresland	Associate Professor of Instruction	847-467-1103 j-bresland@northwestern.edu	University Hall 028	B	Tuesdays 4-5 & Thursdays 2-3
Noah Chaskin	Assistant Professor of Instruction; WCAS Academic Advisor	847-491-8916 noah.chaskin@northwestern.edu	1908 Sheridan Road	C	Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:30-10:30
Jennifer Comerford	Visiting Assistant Professor	847-491-7294 JenniferComerford2023@u.northwestern.edu	University Hall 005	C	Tuesdays & Thursdays 5-6, and by appointment
Kalisha Cornett	Assistant Professor of Instruction; WCAS Academic Advisor	847-491-8916 krcornett@northwestern.edu	1908 Sheridan Road	C	By Appointment; email to schedule
Averill Curdy	Professor of Instruction	847-467-1976 a-curdy@northwestern.edu	University Hall 022	C	Mondays & Wednesdays 10:30-11:30
Matthew Davis	Visiting Assistant Professor	matthew.davis1@northwestern.edu	University Hall 013	D	Mondays & Wednesdays 11-12:30 and by appointment
Nick Davis	Associate Professor of English	847-491-3433 nicholas-davis@northwestern.edu	University Hall 307	D	Tuesdays 10am-12pm, and by appt
Tracy C. Davis	Ethel M. Barber Professor of Performing Arts; Professor of English and Theatre	847-491-3138 tcdavis@northwestern.edu	70 Arts Circle Dr, 5-173	D	By appointment; email to schedule
Sarah Dimick	Assistant Professor of English	sarah.dimick@northwestern.edu	University Hall 407	D	Wednesdays 11am-1pm
Sheila Donohue	Professor of Instruction	847-491-8916 spdonohue@northwestern.edu	1908 Sheridan Road	D	Mondays & Wednesdays 5–6, and by appointment; email to schedule.
Kasey Evans	Associate Professor of English	847-491-7135 ksevans@northwestern.edu	University Hall 303	E	TBA
Christine Froula	Professor of English, Comparative Literary Studies, and Gender & Sexuality Studies	847-491-3599 cfroula@northwestern.edu	University Hall 405	F	Mondays & Wednesdays 5-6, and by appointment
Johana Godfrey	Visiting Assistant Professor	johana.godfrey@northwestern.edu	University Hall 003	G	Tuesdays 2-3, and by appointment
Susannah Young-ah Gottlieb	Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies; Director of the Poetry & Poetics Colloquium & Cluster; Associate Chair of the Department of English	847-491-3091 s-gottlieb@northwestern.edu	University Hall 321	G	Thursdays 12-2, and by appointment
Jay Grossman	Associate Professor of English	847-491-7321 j-grossman@northwestern.edu	University Hall 305	G	Tuesdays 2-4
Daisy Hernández	Associate Professor of English; Director of the English Major in Writing	847-491-1783 daisy.hernandez@northwestern.edu	University Hall 225	H	By appointment; book at https://www.tinyurl.com/professordaisyhernandez
James J. Hodge	Associate Professor of English	847-491-5675 james.hodge@northwestern.edu	University Hall 413	H	On Leave Spring 2026
Michelle N. Huang	Assistant Professor of English	847-491-5837 michelle.n.huang@northwestern.edu	University Hall 226	H	Wednesdays 3:30-4:30 (UHall 226/Zoom) & Thursdays 2-3 (Zoom)
Lauren Jackson	Assistant Professor of English			J	Thursdays & Fridays 10-11, via Zoom
Rebecca Johnson	Associate Professor of English and the Alice Kaplan Institute of the Humanities	847-467-1365 rebeccacjohnson@northwestern.edu	University Hall 404	J	Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:30-12:30
Jules Law	Professor of English and Comparative Literature	847-491-5526 jlaw@northwestern.edu	University Hall 313	L	Mondays 2-3 & Thursdays 12-1, and by appointment
Justin L. Mann	Assistant Professor of English	847-491-4718 justin.mann@northwestern.edu	University Hall 326	M	Tuesdays 1:30-3 & Wednesdays 12-2
Susan Manning	Professor of English, Theatre, and Performance Studies; Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities	847-491-5120 s-manning@northwestern.edu	University Hall 406	M	Tuesdays 2-4
Juan Martinez	Associate Professor of English	847-467-4677 juan.martinez@northwestern.edu	University Hall 328	M	Tuesdays 8:30am-10:30am
Jeffrey Masten	Professor of English and Gender & Sexuality Studies; Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of English	847-491-3012 j-masten@northwestern.edu	University Hall 308	M	TBA
Evan Mwangi	Melville J. Herskovits Professor of African Studies; Professor of English	847-491-3529 evan-mwangi@northwestern.edu	University Hall 119	M	TBA
Kalyan Nadiminti	Assistant Professor of English	847-467-1149 kalyan.nadiminti@northwestern.edu	University Hall 403	N	TBA
Barbara Newman	John Evans Professor of Latin; Professor of English, Classics, and History	847-491-5679 bjnewman@northwestern.edu	University Hall 304	N	By appointment
Susan Phillips	Professor of English	847-491-3368 susie-phillips@northwestern.edu	University Hall 315	P	Tuesdays 2-4
Mariajosé Rodríguez Pliego	Assistant Professor of English	847-467-1065 mariajose.rodriguezpliego@northwestern.edu	University Hall 113	R	Mondays 3-4 via Zoom, Tuesdays 2-3 in person
Bill Savage	Professor of Instruction; WCAS Advisor	b-savage@northwestern.edu	1922 Sheridan Road	S	By Appointment
Sarah Schulman	Ralla Klepak Professor of English; Director of Creative Writing; Director of Graduate Studies, Litowitz Graduate Program in Creative Writing (MFA+MA)	847-491-3097 sarah.schulman@northwestern.edu	University Hall 419	S	By Appointment; email to schedule.
Regina Schwartz	Professor of English	847-491-3637 regina-s@northwestern.edu	University Hall 324	S	TBA
Shauna Seliy	Professor of Instruction	847-467-2675 s-seliy@northwestern.edu	University Hall 024	S	Mondays & Tuesdays 11-12, also by appointment
Charif Shanahan	Assistant Professor of English	847-467-3944 charif.shanahan@northwestern.edu	University Hall 222	S	Tuesdays 12-2 (virtual, by appointment)
Laurie Shannon	Franklyn Bliss Snyder Professor of English Literature	847-491-3643 l-shannon@northwestern.edu	University Hall 323	S	Tuesdays 2-4
Vivasvan Soni	Associate Professor of English	847-467-0699 v-soni@northwestern.edu	University Hall 325	S	TBA
Julia Stern	Henry Sanborn Noyes Professor of Literature, Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, Professor of English	847-491-3530 j-stern3@northwestern.edu	University Hall 208	S	Wednesdays 5-7 & by appointment, via Zoom
Mere Taito	Postdoctoral Fellow in Native American and Indigenous Studies	meretaito@northwestern.edu	University Hall 029	T	Mondays & Wednesdays 4-5
Helen Thompson	Professor of English	847-491-7187 hthompson@northwestern.edu	University Hall 415	T	On Leave
Natasha Trethewey	Board of Trustees Professor of English	847-491-4068 natasha.trethewey@northwestern.edu	University Hall 224	T	Mondays 2pm-3pm by appointment
Elizabeth Trubey	Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Affairs, Professor of Instruction	847-491-7560 eft@northwestern.edu	1922 Sheridan Road	T	By appointment at 1922 Sheridan; email to schedule
Wendy Wall	Avalon Professor of the Humanities; Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence; Professor of English	847-467-1064 w-wall@northwestern.edu	University Hall 204	W	Tuesdays 3:30-4:30 in UH 204 & Thursdays 10-11 at 1918 Sheridan Rd
Rachel Jamison Webster	Professor of Instruction	847-491-0894 r-webster@northwestern.edu	University Hall 027	W	Mondays & Wednesdays 1-2. and by appointment
William N. West	Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies; Director of Graduate Studies, Department of English	847-467-1345 w-west@northwestern.edu	University Hall 306/Kresge 4-305	W	TBA
Ivy Wilson	Associate Professor of English	847-491-3496 i-wilson@northwestern.edu	University Hall 206	W	TBA
Kelly Wisecup	Arthur E. Andersen Teaching and Research Professor; Professor of English	847-467-6088 kelly.wisecup@northwestern.edu	University Hall 228	W	On Sabbatical 2025-2026
Tristram Wolff	Associate Professor of English	847-467-7743 triswolff@northwestern.edu	University Hall 322	W	Tuesdays 2-4