Faculty and Staff
Linda-Susan Beard,Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Contemplative Intelligence
Post-Colonial Literatures
South African Literatures
African-American Literature
lbeard@brynmawr.edu
English House 208, x5318
Carol Bernstein. Ph.D.
Mary E. Garret Alumnae Professor Emerita
Research Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Romantic and Victorian Literature, Literary Theory
Cultural Memory, Urban Novel
cbernste@brynmawr.edu
Peter M. Briggs, Ph.D., Chair
Professor
Eighteenth Century British Literature
History of English Poetry
Landscape Studies
pbriggs@brynmawr.edu
English House 210, x5311
Anne F. Dalke, Ph.D.
Term Professor of English and Gender Studies
Feminist Theories and narrative traditions
Revisionary work in the canon of American Literatures
The Intersections between science and literature
adalke@brynmawr.edu
English House 205, x5308
Jennifer Harford Vargas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Latina/o Literary and Cultural Productions
Contemporary U.S. Literatures
Trans-National American Studies
jharfordva@brynmawr.edu
English House 211, x5309
Jane Hedley, Ph.D.
K. Laurence Stapleton Professor of English
Literature of English Renaissance
Poetry of all periods
Literature and the visual arts
ehedley@brynmawr.edu
English House 200, x5307
Gail Hemmeter, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in English
Director of Writing Support Services
Writing
Writing Pedagogy
Twentieth Century American Drama
ghemmete@brynmawr.edu
English House 204 x5301
Karl Kirchwey, M. A.
Professor and Director of Creative Writing
On Leave
Modernist and Contemporary Poetry
Memoir
kkirchwe@brynmawr.edu
English House 212, x5310
Hoang Tan Nguyen , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Queer Experimental Film and Video
Asian American Visual Culture
New Media Studies
Video Production
hoangnguyen@brynmawr.edu
English House 202, x5403
Katherine Rowe, Ph.D.
Professor
Renaissance drama and culture
Media History
Adaptation
krowe@brynmawr.edu
English House 102, x5312
Bethany Schneider, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Nineteenth-Century American Literatures & Cultures
American Indian Literatures & Cultures
bschneid@brynmawr.edu
English House 214, x5319
On leave 2012-2013
Jamie Taylor, Ph.D.
Helen Taft Manning Assistant Professor of British History
Literature and Culture of Fourteenth-Century England
Ancient, Medieval, and Contemporary
Early Modern Travel Literature
Medieval Legal Procedure
jktaylor@brynmawr.edu
English House 213, x5314
Kate Thomas, Ph.D.Associate Professor
Nineteenth-Century British Literature and Culture
Queer Studies
Nineteenth-Century Communication Technologies
History of Sexuality
Critical and Cultural Theory
Food Studies
kthomas @brynmawr.edu
English House 203, x5305
On leave 2012-13
Bryn Thompson
Administrative Assistant
bthompson@brynmawr.edu
English House 100, x5306
Karen M.Tidmarsh, Ph.D.
Director of Academic Advancement Initiatives
Associate Professor
Michael Tratner, Ph.D.
Mary E. Garrett Alumnae Professor of English
Twentieth-Century Literature, Economics, and Sexuality
Modernism and Mass Politics
Film Studies
mtratner@brynmawr.edu
English House 206, x5315
On leave Fall 2012