Faculty Directory

Jorge Aladro Font

TitleProfessor
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-3832 (Office)
Email
OfficeHumanities 1 527
Office HoursMonday and Wednesday 2 to 3:30
Jorge Aladro Font

George T Amis

TitleProfessor Emeritus
DepartmentLiterature Department
Email

Erik M. Bachman

TitleLecturer
DepartmentLiterature Department,
Porter College
Phone831-459-1234 (Office)
Email
Office HoursWinter 2021: Fridays, 1:30-2:30 PM

Karen Bassi

TitleProfessor
DepartmentLiterature Department
Email
Web Site Mortailty: Facing Death in Ancient Greece
Karen Bassi

Murray Baumgarten

TitleDistinguished Emeritus Professor of English & Comparative Literature,
Founding Director of the Dickens Project,
Projects Coordinator Jewish Studies
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-2566 (Office)
Email
Web Site Murray Baumgarten
Office HoursTuesdays 2:30 - 4pm
Murray Baumgarten

Dorian Bell

TitleAssociate Professor
DepartmentLiterature Department,
Jewish Studies,
Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Email
Web Site Academia.edu page
Office HoursSpring 2024: Mon. 2-3:30pm and by appt
Dorian Bell

Hunter Bivens

TitleAssociate Professor
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-4037 (Office)
Email
Office Hoursby appointment
Hunter Bivens

Margaret Brose

TitleProfessor Emerita
DepartmentLiterature Department
Email

Julianne Burton-Carvajal

TitleProfessor Emerita
DepartmentLiterature Department
Email

Chris Chen

TitleAssociate Professor
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-2051
Email
Chris Chen

Kristina Chew

TitleLecturer
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-4778
Email
Web Sitehttp://kristinachew.com
Office HoursMonday, 9.30-11.30 (on campus) & by appointment
Kristina Chew

Christopher Connery

TitleProfessor, Literature,
Professor, History of Consciousness
DepartmentLiterature Department,
History of Consciousness Department
Phone831-459-2761 (Office)
Email
OfficeHumanities 1 641
Office HoursBy appointment
Christopher Connery

Vilashini Cooppan

TitleProfessor
DepartmentLiterature Department,
Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Phone831-459-5632 (Office)
Email
Web Site UCSC Graduate Division Video Profile
Office HoursWednesday 4-5 (remote)
Vilashini Cooppan

Martin J Devecka

TitleAssociate Professor,
Classical Studies Director
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-2381
Email
Office HoursWF, 12:30-2:30

John M. Ellis

TitleProfessor Emeritus
DepartmentLiterature Department
Email

Renee A. Fox

TitleAssociate Professor, Jordan-Stern Presidential Chair for Dickens and Nineteenth-Century Studies,
Co-Director, The Dickens Project,
Co-Director, The Center for Monster Studies
DepartmentLiterature Department
Email
Renee A. Fox

Carla Freccero

TitleDistinguished Professor
DepartmentLiterature Department,
History of Consciousness Department
Phone8314295364
Email
Web Site Academia.edu
Office HoursBy appointment;
Carla Freccero

Pascale Gaitet

TitleProfessor Emerita
DepartmentLiterature Department
Email

Mary-Kay Gamel

TitleProfessor,
Classics, Comparative Literature, Theater Arts
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone707-343-1827 (Home)
Email
OfficeCowell 226
Mary-Kay Gamel

Susan Gillman

TitleDistinguished Professor
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-4199 (Office)
Email
Web Site Academia.edu
Susan Gillman

Jody Greene

TitleAssociate Campus Provost for Academic Success,
Professor of Literature
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone(831) 459-4230
Email
Web Site Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning
Office1 HUM 635
Office Hoursby appointment
Jody Greene

Kirsten Silva Gruesz

TitleProfessor
DepartmentLiterature Department,
Oakes College
Phone831-459-2225
Email
Office HoursWinter 2024: in person Thursdays 3-4; remote by Zoom Mondays 11-12. Please email me for the Zoom link (current students may access through Canvas)
Kirsten Silva Gruesz

Camilo Gómez-Rivas

TitleAssociate Professor of Mediterranean Studies
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-5223
Email
Office HoursFall 2023 Thursdays 1:15-2:15 pm or by appointment
Camilo Gómez-Rivas

Abigail H Heald

TitleLecturer
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831 459 8831
Email
Office HoursFALL 2021: Monday, 12:30-2:30 or by appointment
Abigail H Heald

Christine Hong

TitleProfessor
DepartmentCritical Race and Ethnic Studies,
Literature Department
Phone831-459-2920 (Office)
Email
Web Site Korea Policy Institute
Office HoursBy Zoom appt.

John O. Jordan

TitleResearch Professor,
Dickens Project Director
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone415-535-3150 (Home)
Email
Web Site The Dickens Project
John O. Jordan

Sean Keilen

TitleProfessor of Literature,
Chair, Council of Provosts (2022- ),
Interim Provost, Porter College (2022-24)
DepartmentLiterature Department,
Cowell College,
Porter College
Phone831-459-2322
Email
Web Site Shakespeare Workshop
Office HoursBy appointment. Please contact Leah Browne (9-2564, lbrowne@ucsc.edu)
Sean Keilen

Sharon Kinoshita

TitleProfessor of Literature,
Co-director, UCSC Center for Mediterranean Studies,
Co-director, The Mediterranean Seminar
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-2395 (Office)
Email
Web Site Academia.edu
Office HoursM 2-3:30 and by appointment via Zoom ( https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/95269658732?pwd=dmFKejZWcXF6Sml0Q3dZL01wMFVMdz09)
Sharon Kinoshita

Norma Klahn

TitleProfessor Emerita
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-3452 (Office)
Email
Office HoursW 1:30-3:00PM & by appt
Norma Klahn

Kimberly J Lau

TitleProfessor, Literature
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-5145
Email
Office Hoursby appointment
Kimberly J Lau

Rodrigo Lazo

TitleProfessor
DepartmentLiterature Department,
Latin American & Latino Studies
Phone(949) 468-8648
Email
Office HoursTuesday 1-2, Thursday 5-6 and by Appointment
Rodrigo Lazo

H. Marshall Leicester, Jr.

TitleProfessor Emeritus
DepartmentLiterature Department
Email

Nathaniel Mackey

TitleProfessor Emeritus
DepartmentLiterature Department,
Creative Writing Program
Email
Nathaniel Mackey

Laura Elizabeth Martin

TitleLecturer
DepartmentPorter College,
Literature Department,
Humanities Institute
Email
Office HoursW, 1-2pm, and by appointment (Fall 2022)

Loisa Nygaard

TitleProfessor Emerita
DepartmentLiterature Department
Email

Micah Perks

TitleProfessor,
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, Humanities
DepartmentLiterature Department,
Creative Writing Program
Phone831-459-4586: no messages
Email
Web Site Author Site
OfficeHumanities 1 233
Office HoursWinter '24, W 12-2 on zoom, email me for link
Micah Perks

Juan Poblete

TitleProfessor and Chair
DepartmentLiterature Department,
Spanish Studies,
Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Phone831-459-5734 (Office)
Email
Web Site Juan Poblete's web page
Office HoursMonday: 11:30-12:30 or Wednesday 2-3pm. All via zoom and by appointment only. Please email me.
Juan Poblete

Amanda Reiterman

TitleLecturer
DepartmentHistory Department,
Classical Studies,
Literature Department
Email,
Web Sitehttps://ucsc.academia.edu/AmandaReiterman
Office HoursTuesdays 9:00-11:00 and by appointment
Amanda Reiterman

G.S. Sahota

TitleAssociate Professor, Aurora Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-2487 (office)
Email,
Web Site G.S. Sahota Website
Office HoursW 10am-noon, and by appointment
G.S. Sahota

Melissa Sanders-Self

TitleContinuing Lecturer
DepartmentLiterature Department,
Creative Writing Program
Phone831-459-3098 (Office)
Email,
OfficeHumanities 1 234
Office HoursWinter 2022, Wed. 1-3 and by appt.
Melissa Sanders-Self

Brenda Sanfilippo

TitleContinuing Lecturer
DepartmentWriting Program,
Literature Department,
Stevenson College
Phone831-459-2253
Email
Office HoursMondays 9-10 am and Wednesdays 7-8 pm on Zoom
Brenda Sanfilippo

Daniel L Selden

TitleProfessor Emeritus
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-2175 (Office)
Email,
Web Site Academia.edu
OfficeHumanities 1 639
Office HoursMonday 3:30-4:45 PM
Daniel L Selden

Paul N. Skenazy

TitleProfessor Emeritus
DepartmentLiterature Department,
Humanities Division
Phone831-459-4778 (Message)
Email
OfficeN/A

Amanda M. Smith

TitleAssociate Professor
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-2704 (Office)
Email,
Web Site Twitter
Office HoursOn leave AY 2023-2024
Amanda M. Smith

S. Page Stegner

TitleProfessor Emeritus
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-4778 (Message)
Email
OfficeN/A

Tara Thomas

TitleLecturer
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-3452
Email
Office HoursFall 2023: Mondays 11:30-12:30

Bruce A Thompson

TitleJewish Studies Academic Advising Coordinator,
Continuing Lecturer
DepartmentHistory Department,
Literature Department
Phone831-459-3467 (office)
Email
Office HoursWinter 2024: Monday and Wednesday @ 2:45-4:45
Bruce A Thompson

Jennifer Tseng

TitleAssistant Professor
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-2030
Email
Web Site author website
Office HoursIRL Mondays 2:30-3:30pm & Tuesdays 3:15pm-4:15pm. Drop-in & by appt. PLEASE NOTE: on 10/16 & for the month of November, my Monday office hours will be on Zoom. Email for link.
Jennifer Tseng

Thomas A. Vogler

TitleProfessor Emeritus
DepartmentLiterature Department
Email
OfficeN/A

Michael J. Warren

TitleProfessor Emeritus
DepartmentLiterature Department
Email

Rob Sean Wilson

TitleProfessor of Literature, Creative Writing, and Cultural Studies
DepartmentLiterature Department,
Creative Writing Program
Phone831-459-2401 (Office)
Email,
Web Site Academia.edu page for Rob Wilson
OfficeHumanities 1 631
Office HoursFall 2023 on sabbatical so no office hours: winter & spring 2024 office hours to be arranged later.
Rob Sean Wilson

Ronaldo V. Wilson

TitleProfessor, Director Creative Writing Program
DepartmentLiterature Department,
Creative Writing Program
Phone831-459-5247 (Office)
Email
Web Site Ronaldo V. Wilson
OfficeHUM 1 238
Office HoursWednesdays 2-4 Zoom, By APPT.
Ronaldo V. Wilson

Karen Tei Yamashita

TitleProfessor Emerita
DepartmentLiterature Department,
Creative Writing Program,
Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Phone831 459-8994
Email
Karen Tei Yamashita

Gary Young

TitleContinuing Lecturer,
Director, Cowell Press,
Gary D. Licker Memorial Chair at Cowell College
DepartmentLiterature Department,
Creative Writing Program,
Cowell College
Phone8314595261
Email,
Web Sitegary-young.net
OfficeCowell Press
Office HoursFall 2021, Tuesday & Thursday, 10:30-11:30 a.m. by appointment, in person in my office, or on Zoom.
Gary Young

Zac Zimmer

TitleAssociate Professor of Literature
DepartmentLiterature Department
Phone831-459-2701 (office)
Email,
Office HoursSpring 2024: Mondays 2-3pm; or by appointment (email to schedule).
Zac Zimmer