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Department Head
Professor of Comparative Literature, Japanese, and Asian Studies
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Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Japanese
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Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, African Studies, and Comparative Literature
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Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Comparative Literature and German
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Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English and Comparative Literature
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Professor of Comparative Literature, English, and French and Francophone Studies
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Smeal Chair in Literary Theory and Comparative Criticism and Professor of Comparative Literature and English
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Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English and Comparative Literature
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Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
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Coordinator of the Public Humanities Fellows Program
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
Lecturer in Spanish and Comparative Literature
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Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies
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Caroline D. Eckhardt Early Career Professor of Comparative Literature and Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Arabic
Marian Trygve Freed Early Career Professor in the Department of French and Francophone Studies
Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies, and Comparative Literature
Fields: Francophone studies; Indian Ocean studies; cultural and ethnic studies; violence, identity and postcolonial studies
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Weiss Chair of the Humanities in Literature and Human Rights
Director of Graduate Studies, Comparative Literature
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Professor of English and Comparative Literature
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Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow of Comparative Literature
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Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature
Director, The Center for Global Studies
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Associate Teaching Professor of Comparative Literature and Spanish
Director of Undergraduate Recruitment
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Associate Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature
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Professor of English
Paterno Family Librarian for Literature (Interim Liaison Librarian for Comparative Literature)
Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature
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Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow of Comparative Literature
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Chinese
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Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature
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Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature
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Liberal Arts Research Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
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Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
Member of the Graduate Committee
Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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Edwin Erle Sparks Professor Emeritus of African, French, and Comparative Literature
Edwin Erle Sparks Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature
Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Japanese, and Asian Studies
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President of Graduates in International Languages and Literatures (2024)
Office Hours:
Wednesdays 11:00-12:30 pm and Fridays 10:30-11:30 am
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President of Graduates in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (GWGSS) at Penn State
Assistant Editor of Women, Gender, and Families of Color (WGFC)
Predoctoral Fellow Africana Research Center
Membership Secretary African Studies Association Women's Caucus
2020/21 Chair Graduate Caucus of the African Literature Association
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellow
Graduate School Dean's Distinguished Fellow
Volunteer with The Restorative Justice Initiative
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Graduate Representative of Graduates in International Languages and Literatures (2024)
Project Manager for the Global Asias Initiative (2023-2024)
Vice President of Graduates in International Languages and Literatures (2024)
Treasurer of Muslim Graduate Student Organization
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PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature and African Studies
Treasurer of Graduates in International Languages and Literatures (2024)