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Acting Department Head of Comparative Literature
Edwin Erle Sparks Chair of Literature and Human Rights
Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, English, WGSS
(814) 865-1188
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Professor of Comparative Literature, English, and French and Francophone Studies
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Comparative Literature
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Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Director of Graduate Studies, Comparative Literature
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Acting Department Head of Comparative Literature
Edwin Erle Sparks Chair of Literature and Human Rights
Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, English, WGSS
(814) 865-1188
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Professor of Comparative Literature and Japanese
(814) 865-2263
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Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
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Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, African Studies, and Comparative Literature
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Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Global Asias
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Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English and Comparative Literature
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Smeal Chair in Literary Theory and Comparative Criticism and Professor of Comparative Literature and English
(814) 863-4931
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Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English and Comparative Literature
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Professor of Comparative Literature, Japanese, and Asian Studies
(814) 863-4933
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Coordinator of the Public Humanities Fellows Program
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Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
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Lecturer in Spanish and Comparative Literature
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Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies
(814) 867-5710
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Caroline D. Eckhardt Early Career Professor of Comparative Literature and Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Arabic
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Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow of Comparative Literature
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Assoicate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, and Comparative Literature
Fields: Francophone studies; Indian Ocean studies; cultural and ethnic studies; violence, identity and postcolonial studies
(814) 865-0138
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Professor of English and Comparative Literature
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Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature
Director, The Center for Global Studies
(814) 865-2333
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Associate Teaching Professor of Comparative Literature and Spanish
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Associate Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature
(814) 865-8786
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Professor of English
Paterno Family Librarian for Literature (Interim Liaison Librarian for Comparative Literature)
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Comparative Literature and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature
(814) 867-5284
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Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Chinese
(814) 865-4408
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Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature
(814) 865-6855
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Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature
(814) 867-3422
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Liberal Arts Research Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
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Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Comparative Literature and German
(814) 863-4935
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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
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Edwin Erle Sparks Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature
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Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature
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Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Japanese, and Asian Studies
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Office Hours:
Wednesdays 11:00-12:30 pm and Fridays 10:30-11:30 am
(814) 863-1125
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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)
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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)
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Vice President of Graduates in International Languages and Literatures (2024)
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Treasurer of Muslim Graduate Student Organization
(814) 863-1125
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PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature and African Studies
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President of Graduates in International Languages and Literatures (2024)
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Treasurer of Graduates in International Languages and Literatures (2024)
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