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Jorge Aladro Font

Title
- Professor
Phone
- 831-459-3832 (Office)
Campus Email
- jaladro@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 527

Dorian F Bell

Title
- Associate Professor
Campus Email
- dbell1@ucsc.edu
Website
- Academia.edu page
- Curriculum vitae
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, Room 227

Hunter Bivens

Title
- Associate Professor
Phone
- 831-459-4037 (Office)
Campus Email
- abivens@ucsc.edu
Website
- Epic and Exile: Novels of the German Popular Front, 1933-1945
- Publications
Office Location
- Cowell College Academic Building, 110

Christopher S Chen

Title
- Associate Professor
Phone
- 831-459-2051
Campus Email
- cche75@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 628

Hannah Cole

Title
- Assistant Professor
Campus Email
- harcole@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, Room 329

Vilashini Cooppan

Title
- Professor
Phone
- 831-459-5632 (Office)
Campus Email
- vcooppan@ucsc.edu
Website
- UCSC Graduate Division Video Profile
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 633

Martin J Devecka

Title
- Associate Professor
Phone
- 831-459-2381
Campus Email
- mdevecka@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Cowell College Academic Building, 226

Renee A Fox

Title
- Associate Professor, Jordan-Stern Presidential Chair for Dickens and Nineteenth-Century Studies
Campus Email
- rafox@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, n/a

Carla A Freccero

Title
- Distinguished Professor
Phone
- 8314295364
Campus Email
- freccero@ucsc.edu
Website
- Academia.edu
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, Humanities I 637

Jody Greene

Title
- Professor of Literature
Phone
- (831) 459-4230
Campus Email
- jgreene@ucsc.edu
Website
- UCSC Academic Success
- Teaching and Learning Center
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 635

Kirsten Silva Gruesz

Title
- Professor
Phone
- 831-459-2225
Campus Email
- ksgruesz@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 636

Camilo Gómez-Rivas

Title
- Professor of Mediterranean Studies
Phone
- 831-459-5223
Campus Email
- cgomezri@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, Room 642

Christine J Hong

Title
- Professor
Campus Email
- cjhong@ucsc.edu
Website
Office Location
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Sean P Keilen

Title
- Professor of Literature
Phone
- 831-459-2322
Campus Email
- keilen@ucsc.edu
Website
- Shakespeare Workshop
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 629

Kimberly J Lau

Title
- Professor, Literature
Campus Email
- lau@ucsc.edu
Website
- kimberlyjlau.com
Office Location
- Social Sciences 1, 214

Rodrigo Lazo

Title
- Professor
Phone
- (949) 468-8648
Campus Email
- rolazo@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 639

Micah E Perks

Title
- Professor
Phone
- 831-459-4586: no messages
Campus Email
- meperks@ucsc.edu
Website
- Author Site
- UCSC Creative Writing
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 233

Juan E Poblete

Title
- Professor
Phone
- 831-459-5734 (Office)
Campus Email
- jpoblete@ucsc.edu
Website
- Juan Poblete’s web page
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, Humanities 1 530

G.S. Sahota

Title
- Associate Professor
Phone
- 831-459-2487 (office)
Campus Email
- sahota@ucsc.edu
Website
- G.S. Sahota Website
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 630

Amanda M Smith

Title
- Associate Professor
Phone
- 831-459-2704 (Office)
Campus Email
- asmith25@ucsc.edu
Website
- Twitter
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 333

Jennifer Tseng

Title
- Associate Professor
Phone
- 831-459-2030
Campus Email
- jetseng@ucsc.edu
Website
- author website
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, Hum I – rm 234

Ronaldo V Wilson

Title
- Professor, Director Creative Writing Program
Phone
- 831-459-5247 (Office)
Campus Email
- rvwilson@ucsc.edu
Website
- Ronaldo V. Wilson
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, HUM 1 238

Zac Zimmer

Title
- Associate Professor of Literature
Phone
- 831-459-2701 (office)
Campus Email
- zaazimme@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 528 Humanities 1

Affiliated Faculty

Kristina Chew

Title
- Lecturer
Phone
- 831-459-4778
Campus Email
- kjchew@ucsc.edu
Website
Office Location
- Cowell College Academic Building, 240

Abigail H Heald

Title
- Lecturer
Phone
- 831 459 8831
Campus Email
- aheald@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 335

Laura E Martin

Title
- Lecturer
Campus Email
- lemartin@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, The Humanities Institute, 515

Amanda Reiterman

Title
- Lecturer
Campus Email
- areiterm@ucsc.edu
Website
Office Location
- Cowell College Faculty Wing, 240

Melissa Sanders-Self

Title
- Continuing Lecturer
Phone
- 831-459-3098 (Office)
Campus Email
- msanders@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Cowell College Academic Building, Cowell 111, Cowell Faculty Annex

Tara Nicole Thomas

Title
- Lecturer
Campus Email
- tanthoma@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Cowell College Classroom Building, 228

Bruce A Thompson

Title
- Jewish Studies Academic Advising Coordinator
Phone
- 831-459-3467 (office)
Campus Email
- brucet@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, 276 Stevenson College

Gary E Young

Title
- Continuing Lecturer
Phone
- 831-426-4355
Campus Email
- geyoung@ucsc.edu
Website
- gary-young.net
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, Humanities Building 1, Room 229

Staff

Undergraduate Program: litdept@ucsc.edu

Graduate Program: litgrdcd@ucsc.edu

Amy Lynn Tessier

Title
- Department Manager
Campus Email
- atessier@ucsc.edu

Heidi Elise Anderson Flores

Title
- Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Assistant Manager
Campus Email
- heflores@ucsc.edu

Laura J Mcshane

Title
- Undergraduate Advisor
Campus Email
- lmcshane@ucsc.edu

Paulette L Carney

Title
- Department Administrator
Campus Email
- plcarney@ucsc.edu

Literature Department Graduate Students

Joseph Alicea

Title
- PhD Candidate, Graduate Student Instructor, Teaching Assistant
Campus Email
- joalicea@ucsc.edu

Daniel Arias

Title
- PhD Student, Teaching Assistant
Campus Email
- darias5@ucsc.edu

Spencer Gregory Armada

Title
- PhD Candidate
Campus Email
- sarmada@ucsc.edu

Annika Kate Berry

Title
- PhD Candidate
Campus Email
- ankberry@ucsc.edu

Mia Tempestt Boykin

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- mboykin@ucsc.edu
Website
- Mia Tempestt Boykin

Ariane Christie Farris

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- acfarris@ucsc.edu

Caitlin-Anne Dakota Flaws

Title
- Ph.D. Student
Campus Email
- cflaws@ucsc.edu

Morgan Elizabeth Gates

Title
- PhD Student / Teaching Assistant
Campus Email
- megates@ucsc.edu
Website

Lily Grimes

Title
- PhD Student, Teaching Assistant
Campus Email
- lgrimes1@ucsc.edu

Rebecca Lynn Gross

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- relgross@ucsc.edu
Website
- Personal website

Rico Waya Hoffmann Rushworth

Campus Email
- rwhoffma@ucsc.edu

Katherine Johnson-Rogers

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- krogers1@ucsc.edu

Melissa Deann Mack

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- mdmack@ucsc.edu

Skyler Rose Marshall

Title
- PhD Student & Teaching Assistant
Campus Email
- skrmarsh@ucsc.edu

Madison Jarret McCartha

Title
- PhD Candidate
Phone
- 6192532683
Campus Email
- majamcca@ucsc.edu
Website
- artist website

Kiley McLaughlin

Title
- Graduate Student, TA
Campus Email
- kimclaug@ucsc.edu

Kristen Nelson

Title
- PhD Candidate & Graduate Student Instructor
Campus Email
- krenelso@ucsc.edu
Website
- Personal Website

Hannah Newburn

Title
- PhD candidate
Campus Email
- hnewburn@ucsc.edu

Matthew Polzin

Title
- Graduate Student Instructor
Phone
- 555-555-5555
Campus Email
- mpolzin@ucsc.edu

J. Ramos

Title
- PhD Student, Teaching Assistant
Campus Email
- jramos58@ucsc.edu

Brian Rivera

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- briverah@ucsc.edu

Rosa Kay Scupine

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- rscupine@ucsc.edu

Keith Aaron Spencer

Title
- Teaching Assistant
Campus Email
- kaspence@ucsc.edu

Zoe Erin Sprott

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- zsprott@ucsc.edu

Samantha Marie Stringer

Title
- Ph.D Student & Teaching Assistant
Campus Email
- smstring@ucsc.edu

Lena Minh Thai

Title
- PhD Student, Teaching Assistant
Campus Email
- lmthai@ucsc.edu

Wesley Johanna Viebahn

Title
- PhD Student, Teaching Assistant
Campus Email
- wviebahn@ucsc.edu

Literature Department Emeriti

George T Amis

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Campus Email
- amis@ucsc.edu

Karen L Bassi

Title
- Professor
Campus Email
- bassi@ucsc.edu
Website
- Museums: Humanities in the Public Sphere
- The History of Mortality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Murray Baumgarten

Title
- Distinguished Emeritus Professor of English & Comparative Literature
Phone
- 831-459-2566 (Office)
Campus Email
- dickens@ucsc.edu
Website

Margaret R Brose

Title
- Professor Emerita
Campus Email
- mbrose@ucsc.edu

Julianne Burton-Carvajal

Title
- Professor Emerita
Campus Email
- julianne@ucsc.edu

Christopher L Connery

Title
- Professor, Literature
Phone
- 831-459-2761 (Office)
Campus Email
- cconnery@ucsc.edu

John Ellis

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Campus Email
- jellis2@ucsc.edu

Susan Gillman

Title
- Distinguished Professor
Phone
- 831-459-4199 (Office)
Campus Email
- sgillman@ucsc.edu
Website
- Academia.edu

John O Jordan

Title
- Research Professor
Phone
- 415-535-3150 (Home)
Campus Email
- picasso@ucsc.edu
Website
- The Dickens Project

Sharon A Kinoshita

Title
- Distinguished Professor of Literature
Campus Email
- sakinosh@ucsc.edu
Website
- Academia.edu

Norma Klahn

Title
- Professor Emerita
Phone
- 831-459-3452 (Office)
Campus Email
- nklahn@ucsc.edu

H M Leicester

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Campus Email
- hml@ucsc.edu

Nathaniel E Mackey

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Campus Email
- mackey@ucsc.edu

Pascale Mackey

Title
- Professor Emerita
Campus Email
- pascale@ucsc.edu

Loisa C Nygaard

Title
- Professor Emerita
Campus Email
- nygaard@ucsc.edu

Daniel Selden

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Phone
- 831-459-2175 (Office)
Campus Email
- dselden@ucsc.edu
Website
- Academia.edu

Paul N Skenazy

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Phone
- 831-459-4778 (Message)
Campus Email
- pskenazy@ucsc.edu

Thomas A Vogler

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Campus Email
- tavogler@ucsc.edu

Michael J Warren

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Campus Email
- mwarren@ucsc.edu

Robert J Wilson

Title
- Distinguished Professor of Literature
Phone
- 831-459-2401 (Office)
Campus Email
- rwilson@ucsc.edu
Website

Karen T Yamashita

Title
- Professor Emerita
Phone
- 831 459-8994
Campus Email
- ktyamash@ucsc.edu

Last modified: Oct 15, 2025