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Department Head
Professor of Comparative Literature, Japanese, and Asian Studies
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Jonathan E. Abel
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Japanese
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Reham Aly
Associate Teaching Professor of Arabic
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Magalí Armillas-Tiseyra
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Gabeba Baderoon
Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, African Studies, and Comparative Literature
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Renée Bailey
Lecturer of Comparative Literature
Thomas O. Beebee
Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Comparative Literature and German
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Patrick Cheney
Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English and Comparative Literature
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Neşe Devenot
Lecturer in Comparative Literature
Jonathan P. Eburne
Professor of Comparative Literature, English, and French and Francophone Studies
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Caroline D. Eckhardt
Smeal Chair in Literary Theory and Comparative Criticism and Professor of Comparative Literature and English
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Ruth Edelstein
Lecturer in Hebrew
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Robert Edwards
Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English and Comparative Literature
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Nergis Ertürk
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
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Coordinator of the Public Humanities Fellows Program
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
Justin Halverson
Lecturer in Spanish and Comparative Literature
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Eric Hayot
Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies
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Linda Istanbulli
Caroline D. Eckhardt Early Career Professor of Comparative Literature and Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Arabic
Emmanuel Bruno Jean-François
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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Rosemary Jolly
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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Eunice Ying Ci Lim
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow of Comparative Literature
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Sophia A. McClennen
Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature
Director, The Center for Global Studies
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Henry James Morello
Associate Teaching Professor of Comparative Literature and Spanish
Director of Undergraduate Recruitment
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John Ochoa
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)
Jooyeon Rhee
Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature
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Liz Schoppelrei
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow of Comparative Literature
Shuang Shen
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Chinese
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Scott Thompson Smith
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature
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Nicolai Volland
Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature
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Adrian Wanner
Liberal Arts Research Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
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Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
Member of the Graduate Committee
Robert Lawrence Caserio
Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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Thomas A. Hale
Edwin Erle Sparks Professor Emeritus of African, French, and Comparative Literature
Djelal Kadir
Edwin Erle Sparks Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature
Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature
Reiko Tachibana
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Japanese, and Asian Studies
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Hanan Al-Alawi
Office Hours:
Wednesdays 11:00-12:30 pm and Fridays 10:30-11:30 am
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Historian of Graduates in International Languages and Literatures (2023)
President of Graduates in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (GWGSS) at Penn State
Assistant Editor of Women, Gender, and Families of Color (WGFC)
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellow
Graduate School Dean's Distinguished Fellow
Volunteer with The Restorative Justice Initiative
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Treasurer of Graduates in International Languages and Literatures (2023)
Project Manager for the Global Asias Initiative (2023-2024)
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Humanities Institute Digital Content & Social Media Manager
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Vasilije Ivanovic
Graduate Representative
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Duncan Lien
PH.D. Candidate in Comparative Literature and German
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Treasurer of Muslim Graduate Student Organization
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Mjema
PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature and African Studies
President of Graduates in International Languages and Literatures (2023)
Vice President of Graduates in International Languages and Literatures (2023)
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Graduate Representative of Graduates in International Languages and Literatures (2023)
Secretary of Graduates in International Languages and Literatures (2023)
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