Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory

Julia Alekseyeava

Assistant Professor of English and Cinema & Media Studies jaleksey@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: C21/ Contemporary, C20, including Modernism, East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe / Russia, US, Diaspora, Film, Life Writing, Auto/biography, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Formalism/ Structuralism, Film theory, Marxism, Media Studies, Art/ Media

S. Pearl Brilmyer

Assistant Professor of English brilmyer@upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Novel, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Scientific Texts and Ideas, Africa & the Caribbean, Britain, Western Europe, C19, C20, including Modernism, Deconstruction, Ecocriticism/ Ecology, Formalism/ Structuralism, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Psychoanalysis, Race and Empire, Rhetoric, Hermeneutics

Max Cavitch

Associate Professor of English cavitch@english.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Film, Historiography and Historical Writing, Life Writing, Auto/biography, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Poetry/ Poetics, Britain, Global Anglophone, US, Western Europe, World Literature, Deconstruction, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Narratology, Psychoanalysis, Sociology of Literature, Translation, Trauma

David Eng

Richard L. Fisher Professor of English Faculty Director of the Program in Asian American Studiesdeng@english.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Film, Novel, Diaspora, East Asia, US, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Deconstruction, Film theory, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Post-colonial, Psychoanalysis, Race and Empire, Trauma

Estep

Assistant Professor Modern Chinese and Sinophone Literatures cestep@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Poetry/ Poetics, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, East Asia, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Media Studies, Translation

Scott Francis

Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies Undergraduate Chair, FIGSfranciss@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Drama, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Poetry/ Poetics, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Religious Texts & Hagiography, Short Story, Western Europe, Early Modern (C14-C17), Medieval (C6-C14 C.E), Digital Humanities, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Material Texts, Manuscript Studies and Archival Studies, Religion, Rhetoric, Hermeneutics

Kathryn Hellerstein

Professor of Germanic Languages Ruth Meltzer Director of Jewish Studies Programkhellers@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Film, Life Writing, Auto/biography, Novel, Poetry/ Poetics, Short Story, Central Europe, Diaspora, East Asia, Jewish Studies, Near East, US, Western Europe, World Literature, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Religion, Translation

Nudrat Kamal

Ph.D. Candidate nkamal@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Global Anglophone, South Asia, World Literature, Ecocriticism/ Ecology, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Post-colonial, Race and Empire

Ayako Kano

Professor of Japanese Literature, Performance, and Gender Studies akano@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Art/ Media, Drama, Film, Novel, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Short Story, East Asia, Western Europe, World Literature, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Film theory, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Post-colonial, Race and Empire, Translation

David Kazanjian

Professor of English and Comparative Literature kazanjia@english.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Historiography and Historical Writing, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Africa & the Caribbean, Diaspora, Latin America, Middle East/North Africa, US, C19, Long Eighteenth Century, Deconstruction, Formalism/ Structuralism, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Marxism, Post-colonial, Psychoanalysis, Race and Empire, Rhetoric, Hermeneutics, Trauma

Sonal Khullar

W. Norman Brown Associate Professor of South Asian Studies in History of Art skhullar@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Art/ Media, Historiography and Historical Writing, Life Writing, Auto/biography, South Asia, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Museum/Object Studies, Post-colonial, Race and Empire, Spatial Theory

Hilah Kohen

Ph.D. Student Website

Fields of Study: Folk Tale & Oral Literature, Historiography and Historical Writing, Diaspora, Eastern Europe / Russia, Jewish Studies, Middle East/North Africa, World Literature, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Digital Humanities, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Linguistic Theories and Culture, Marxism, Post-colonial, Race and Empire, Sociology of Literature, Translation

Hilah Kohen

Ph.D. Candidate Website

Fields of Study: Folk Tale & Oral Literature, Historiography and Historical Writing, Diaspora, Eastern Europe / Russia, Jewish Studies, Middle East/North Africa, World Literature, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Digital Humanities, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Linguistic Theories and Culture, Marxism, Post-colonial, Race and Empire, Sociology of Literature, Translation

Loomba Loomba

Catherine Bryson Professor of English loomba@english.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Drama, Life Writing, Auto/biography, Novel, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Britain, Global Anglophone, South Asia, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Post-colonial, Race and Empire

Sheila Murnaghan

Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Professor of Greek smurnagh@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Drama, Historiography and Historical Writing, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Western Europe, Ancient (pre-C6 C.E), Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Translation

Zita Nunes

Associate Professor of English znunes@upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Global Anglophone, Digital Humanities, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Post-colonial, Psychoanalysis, Race and Empire

Rose Poku

Ph.D. Candidate

Fields of Study: Novel, Poetry/ Poetics, Africa & the Caribbean, Diaspora, Latin America, US, Deconstruction, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Linguistic Theories and Culture, Post-colonial, Race and Empire

Apurva Prasad

Ph.D. Candidate apurvap@sas.upenn.edu

Fields of Study: Novel, Short Story, South Asia, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Law, Media Studies, Post-colonial, Sociology of Literature

Apurva Prasad

apurvap@sas.upenn.edu

Fields of Study: Novel, Short Story, South Asia, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Law, Media Studies, Post-colonial, Sociology of Literature

Apurva Prasad

apurvap@sas.upenn.edu

Fields of Study: Novel, Short Story, South Asia, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Law, Media Studies, Post-colonial

Apurva Prasad

apurvap@sas.upenn.edu

Fields of Study: Novel, Short Story, South Asia, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Law, Media Studies, Post-colonial

Megan Robb

Julie and Martin Franklin Assistant Professor of South Asian Religions robbme@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Historiography and Historical Writing, Life Writing, Auto/biography, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, South Asia, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Material Texts, Manuscript Studies and Archival Studies, Post-colonial

Liz Rose

Ph.D. Candidate lizrose@sas.upenn.edu

Fields of Study: Africa & the Caribbean, Diaspora, Latin America, US, C21/ Contemporary, Digital Humanities, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Race and Empire, Translation

Donovan Schaefer

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies doschaef@upenn.edu

Fields of Study: Film, Historiography and Historical Writing, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Religious Texts & Hagiography, Scientific Texts and Ideas, Britain, US, Western Europe, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Deconstruction, Film theory, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Media Studies, Race and Empire

Fatemeh Shams

Associate Professor of Persian Literature fshams@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Art/ Media, Film, Historiography and Historical Writing, Life Writing, Auto/biography, Novel, Poetry/ Poetics, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Short Story, Diaspora, Middle East/North Africa, Near East, World Literature, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Medieval (C6-C14 C.E), Deconstruction, Formalism/ Structuralism, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Marxism, Narratology, Sociology of Literature, Spatial Theory, Translation, Trauma

Emily Steinlight

Associate Professor of English emily.steinlight@english.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Novel, Scientific Texts and Ideas, Britain, Western Europe, C19, C20, including Modernism, Formalism/ Structuralism, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Marxism

Javier Vendrell

Assistant Professor German Affiliated Faculty in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studiessamperja@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Film, Historiography and Historical Writing, Novel, Western Europe, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Race and Empire

Adelheid Voskuhl

Associate Professor avoskuhl@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Historiography and Historical Writing, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Scientific Texts and Ideas, Central Europe, US, Western Europe, C19, C20, including Modernism, Long Eighteenth Century, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Psychoanalysis, Sociology of Literature