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Department Head
Professor of Comparative Literature, Japanese, and Asian Studies
(814) 863-4933

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Japanese
(814) 865-2263


Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow of Comparative Literature
(814) 863-1125

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature


Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, African Studies, and Comparative Literature
(814) 865-2372


Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Comparative Literature and German
(814) 863-4935

Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature

Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English and Comparative Literature
(814) 865-9283


Professor of Comparative Literature, English, and French and Francophone Studies
(814) 863-0968

Smeal Chair in Literary Theory and Comparative Criticism and Professor of Comparative Literature and English
(814) 863-4931


Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English and Comparative Literature
(814) 863-9642


Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
(814) 865-0067

Coordinator of the Public Humanities Fellows Program

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Lecturer in Spanish and Comparative Literature
(814) 865-7671

Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies
(814) 867-5710

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Arabic Literature

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
(814) 865-0138

Weiss Chair of the Humanities in Literature and Human Rights
Director of Graduate Studies, Comparative Literature
(814) 865-1188

Professor of English and Comparative Literature
(814) 865-6261

Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature
Director, The Center for Global Studies
(814) 865-2333

Associate Teaching Professor of Comparative Literature and Spanish
Director of Undergraduate Recruitment
(814) 863-4927

Associate Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature
(814) 865-8786

Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature
(814) 867-5284

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies
(814) 865-4847

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Chinese
(814) 865-4408

Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature
(814) 865-6855

Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature
(814) 867-3422

Liberal Arts Research Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
(814) 865-1097


Caroline D. Eckhardt Early Career Professor of Comparative Literature
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
Member of the Graduate Committee
(814) 863-6437

Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
(814) 865-6409

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
(814) 863-4932

Office Hours:
Wednesdays 11:00-12:30 pm and Fridays 10:30-11:30 am
(814) 863-1125

Historian of Graduates in International Languages and Literatures (2023)

Sparks Fellow
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
(814) 863-9544

Treasurer of Graduates in International Languages and Literatures (2023)



Humanities Institute Digital Content & Social Media Manager
(814) 863-1125



PH.D. Candidate in Comparative Literature and German
(814) 863-1125


Treasurer of Muslim Graduate Student Organization
(814) 863-1125


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)

Graduate Representative of Graduates in International Languages and Literatures (2023)


Secretary of Graduates in International Languages and Literatures (2023)