People - Faculty

For Teaching Assistants, please see the Graduate Student directory.

Name

Field of Interest

Jessica Burstein

Associate Professor

jb2@uw.edu / 206-616-4181

Office Hours: W 11-1

PDL A-502

19th Century, 20th Century, 21st Century, British, Fashion, Gender, Literature, Modernism, Nonfiction Prose, Novel/Prose Fiction, Visual Culture

Megan Butler

Full-Time Lecturer

mbb67@uw.edu

Office Hours: Spring 2025 Student Drop-in hours: Tuesday, 2-4:00pm and with much virtual flexibility

PDL A302

21st Century, Cognitive Science, Ecocriticism, Environment, Global Health, Literature as Therapy, Political Science, Refugee Issues, Writing Pedagogy

Erin Gilbert

Full-time Lecturer

eringil@uw.edu

Office Hours: Mondays 10:30-12:30 and by appointment

Padelford (LL) B 28

19th Century, 20th Century, 21st Century, Comparative Literature, Ecocriticism, Latin American, Novel/Prose Fiction, Russian Studies, Translation and Interpretation, Visual Culture

Gillian Harkins

Professor

gharkins@uw.edu

Office Hours: M/W 10:30 - 11:30 AM or message for an appointment

PDL A-504

20th Century, 21st Century, American, Culture, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Law, Literature, Novel/Prose Fiction, Popular Culture, Queer Studies

Habiba Ibrahim

Professor
Chair

hibrahim@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

PDL A-101

20th Century, 21st Century, Aesthetics, African American, Culture, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Literary Criticism, Literature

Professor Ishii, photographed against that Seattle grey

Douglas Ishii

Assistant Professor

dsishii@uw.edu

Office Hours: M 5:30-6:30; Th 3:00-4:00 (zoom); by appointment

PDL B-419

20th Century, 21st Century, Asian American, Gender, Media Studies, Music, Queer Studies, Race and Ethnicity

Monika Kaup

Professor

mkaup@uw.edu / 206-543-7989

Office Hours: spring 2025: by appointment

PDL B-433

20th Century, 21st Century, American, Apocalyptic Literature, Baroque and Neobaroque, Chicana/o, Critical Theory, Latino/a Studies, Literature, Modernism, Narrative Analysis, Novel/Prose Fiction, Transamerican

Amanda M. McCourt

Part-time Lecturer

amccourt@uw.edu

20th Century, 21st Century, American, Cognitive Science, Critical Theory, Postmodern, Science Fiction

Nicole Peters

Part-time Lecturer

petersnc@uw.edu

18th Century, 19th Century, 21st Century, Digital Humanities, Intellectual History, Textual Studies

Brian Reed

Professor
Divisional Dean of Humanities
Milliman Endowed Chair in the Humanities

bmreed@uw.edu / (206) 685-9969

Office Hours: By appointment

CMU 50

20th Century, 21st Century, Art History, Australasia, Comparative Literature, Experimental, Modernism, Poetry and Poetics, Postmodern, Textual Studies, Translation and Interpretation

D.E. Roberts

Part-time Lecturer

derob@uw.edu

20th Century, 21st Century, American, Criminalization, Critical Race Theory, Disability, Film/Cinema, Gender, Medicalization, Monstrosity, Popular Culture, Psychology, Queer Studies, Transgender Studies

Maya Sonenberg

Professor

mayas@uw.edu / 206-543-4264. As I rarely check messages on this number, it's much better to email me.

Office Hours: Wednesdays 2:30-4:30 pm

Padelford B-431

20th Century, 21st Century, Creative Writing, Literature, Nonfiction Prose, Novel/Prose Fiction, Women Writers

Anu Taranath

Teaching Professor
Joint Appointment with Comparative History of Ideas (CHID)

anu@uw.edu

Office Hours: by appointment

virtual office hours

21st Century, Diaspora Studies, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Global Studies, Literature, Pedagogy, Postcolonial, Queer Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Transnational

Deane Wilson

Part-time Lecturer

dgwilson@uw.edu

Office Hours: Th 12-2pm

PDL 402B

20th Century, 21st Century, American, Creative Writing, Ecocriticism, Literature, Poetry and Poetics, Queer Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Space/Place

James Benson Wirth

Technologist
Acting Assistant Professor

jbwirth@uw.edu

Office Hours: T/Th 1-2 PM

PDL A-303

20th Century, 21st Century, Creative Writing, Critical Theory, Expository Writing, Gender, Literary Criticism, Online Learning, Popular Culture, Writing Pedagogy

Emeriti Faculty

Linda Bierds

Professor Emerita

lbierds@uw.edu / 206-543-9623

PDL B-406

20th Century, 21st Century, American, Contemporary World Poetry, Poetry and Poetics

Katherine Cummings

Associate Professor
Emerita

ckate@uw.edu

20th Century, 21st Century, Critical Race Theory, Critical Theory, Gender, Ideology, Nationalism, Queer Studies, Science and Technology, Sexuality

Sydney Kaplan

Professor Emerita

sydneyk@uw.edu / 206-685-1538

Office Hours: on line by appointment

PDL A-302

20th Century, 21st Century, Autobiography, Biography, and Life Writing, British, D.H. Lawrence, English, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Gender, Katherine Mansfield, Literature, Modernism, Virginia Woolf, Women Writers

Mark Patterson

Associate Professor Emeritus

mpat@uw.edu

20th Century, 21st Century, American, Critical Theory, Literary History, Literature, Pedagogy, Politics

Nikolai Popov

Senior Lecturer, Retired

popov@uw.edu

20th Century, 21st Century, Literature, Novel/Prose Fiction, Poetry and Poetics

In Memoriam

People - In Memoriam
Name	Title
Allen, Carolyn	Professor Emerita