English Department Faculty
See also our Emeriti
Adams, Anthony,
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 304
Phone: (401) 863-2111
Armstrong, Paul,
Professor of English
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 420
Phone: (401) 863-3734
Bewes, Timothy,
Associate Professor of English; Director of Graduate Studies
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 404
Phone: (401) 863-3733
Blasing, Mutlu,
Professor of English; Advisor, Literatures Honors Program
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 416
Phone: (401) 863-3744
Breton, Tracy, Visiting Professor of English, Nonfiction Writing Program
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 216
Phone: (401) 863-3749
Brown, Douglas, Adjunct Lecturer in English
Office: 169 Brown Street, Rm 213A
Phone: (401) 863-3524
Bryan, Elizabeth,
Associate Professor of English
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 302
Phone: (401) 863-3745
Burrows, Stuart,
Associate Professor of English
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 202
Phone: (401) 863-3621
Chow, Rey,
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities and Professor of Modern Culture & Media Studies, Comparative Literature, and English
Phone: (401) 863-3621
DeBoer-Langworthy,
Carol, Visiting Lecturer in English, Nonfiction Writing Program
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 311
Phone: (401) 863-9454
Denniston, Dorothy,
Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 336
Phone: (401) 863-3739
Doane, Mary Ann,
George Hazard Crooker University Professor of Modern Culture & Media and English
Office: Modern Culture & Media (155 George Street), Rm. 206
Phone: (401) 863-2807
Eder, Richard, Adjunct Professor of English, Nonfiction Writing Program
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 216
Phone: (401) 863-3749
Egan, James,
Associate Professor of English
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 201
Phone: (401) 863-3737
Egan, Lisa, Visiting Lecturer in English, Nonfiction Writing Program
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 316
Phone: (401) 863-9455
Feerick, Jean,
Assistant Professor of English
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 322
Phone: (401) 863-3735
Foley, Stephen,
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 303
Phone: (401) 863-3746
George, Olakunle,
Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 222
Phone: (401) 863-2879
Gould, Philip,
Professor of English
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 328
Phone: (401) 863-3736
Hardy, Ed, Visiting Lecturer in English, Nonfiction Writing Program
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 211
Phone: (401) 863-9175
Imbriglio, Catherine, Senior Lecturer in English, Nonfiction Writing Program
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 426
Phone: (401) 863-3740
Kahn, Coppélia,
Professor of English and Gender Studies
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 308
Phone: (401) 863-3738
Katz, Tamar,
Associate Professor of English and Associate Professor of Urban Studies; Director of Undergraduate Studies
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 301
Phone: (401) 863-1959
Keach, William,
Professor of English
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 208
Phone: (401) 863-3742
Khalip, Jacques,
Assistant Professor of English and Assistant Professor of Modern Culture and Media
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 401
Phone: (401) 863-3725
Kim, Daniel,
Associate Professor of English
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 203
Phone: (401) 863-3748
Landow, George,
Professor of English and the History of Art
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 338
Phone: (401) 863-9268
McLaughlin, Kevin,
Chair, Department of English, Nicholas Brown Professor of Oratory and Belles Lettres,
Professor of English and Comparative Literature and German Studies
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 211
Phone: (401) 863-3728
Mooney, Thomas, Visiting Lecturer in English, Nonfiction Writing Program
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 216
Phone: (401) 863-3749
Murray, Rolland,
Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 418
Phone: (401) 863-9174
Nabers, Deak,
Assistant Professor of English
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 422
Phone: (401) 863-3266
Rabb, Melinda,
Professor of English
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 332
Phone: (401) 863-3750
Readey, Jonathan,
Visiting Lecturer in English, Nonfiction Writing Program
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 334
Phone: (401) 863-9266
Reichman, Ravit,
Associate Professor of English
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 310
Phone: (401) 863-3562
Rodriguez, Ralph,
Associate Professor of American Civilization and Ethnic Studies and Associate Professor of English
Phone: (401) 863-7995
Rooney, Ellen,
Professor of English, Modern Culture & Media, and Gender Studies
Office: Modern Culture & Media (155 George Street) Rm. 105
Phone: (401) 863-2152
Rosen, Phil, Professor of Modern Culture
& Media and English
Office: Modern Culture & Media (155 George Street) Rm. 205
Phone: (401) 863-2380
Ryan, Vanessa,
Assistant Professor of English
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 428
Phone: (401) 863-3434
Sarat, Lauren, Visiting Lecturer in English, Nonfiction Writing Program
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 206
Phone: (401) 863-3727
Schapira, Kate, Visiting Lecturer in English, Nonfiction Writing Program
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 316
Phone: (401) 863-9455
Smith, Barbara Herrnstein,
Distinguished Professor of English
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 204
Phone: (401) 863-3622
Stanley, Lawrence, Senior Lecturer in English, Director of the Nonfiction Writing Program
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 330
Phone: (401) 863-3623
Stewart, Michael, Visiting Lecturer in English, Nonfiction Writing Program
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 401A
Phone: (401) 863-9298
Stuhlbarg, Laurie, Visiting Lecturer in English, Nonfiction Writing Program
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 224
Phone: (401) 863-3751
Taylor, Elizabeth, Senior Lecturer in English
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 402
Phone: (401) 863-3743
Faculty Emeriti
Emigh, John, Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts & Performance Studies, and English
Kirk, Elizabeth, Professor Emerita of English and Israel J. Kapstein Professor Emerita of English
Krause, David, Professor Emeritus of English
Monteiro, George, Professor Emeritus of English
Russom, Geoffrey, Professor Emeritus of English
Scholes, Robert, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Modern Culture & Media, English and Comparative Literature
Shroeder, John, Professor Emeritus of English
Wilmeth, Don, Professor Emeritus of Theater, Speech & Dance and English

