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Comparative Literature welcomes two new faculty, beginning Fall 2009.

Andrew Parker, Professor of English at Amherst College will be Visiting Professor of French and Comparative Literature, 2008-2009.

Emily Van Buskirk (Ph.D. Harvard) will be a new Assistant Professor in the Department of Germanic, Russian and East European Languages and Literatures, but will do her graduate teaching in Comparative Literature.

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Student Job Placements

In 2008-2009, FIVE Comparative Literature graduate students secured jobs.

Ignacio Infante, Chad Loewen-Schmidt, Christopher Rivera, Josh Beall, Barbara Hamilton

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Job Placement in Comparative Literature, 2008-2009

Job Placement in Comparative Literature, 2008-2009


In 2008-2009, FIVE Comparative Literature graduate students secured jobs.


Ignacio Infante:
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Romance Languages at Washington, University, St. Louis, MO; TENURE TRACK

Chad Loewen-Schmidt: Assistant Professor of English at Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, W.Virginia; TENURE TRACK

Christopher Rivera: Visiting Assistant Professor in race/ethnicity studies in the Comparative American Studies Program at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio; 1 year, renewable up to 3 years.

Josh Beall: Visiting Assistant Professor in Composition, Department of English, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA; 1 year, renewable up to 3 years.

Barbara Hamilton:
Visiting Assistant Professor in Composition, Dept. of English, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ; 1 year, renewable up to 3 years.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 06 September 2009 )
 
Comparative Literature welcomes two new faculty

Comparative Literature welcomes two new faculty, beginning Fall 2009.

Andrew Parker, Professor of English at Amherst College will be Visiting Professor of French and Comparative Literature, 2008-2009. With a doctorate in Comparative Studies from University of Chicago, Professor Parker specializes in literary, psychoanalytic and Marxist theory, sexuality and gender studies, and 19th and 20th century English, European and American fiction. He will teach the graduate course “The Linguistic Turn: Theories of Language for Literary Studies” in Comparative Literature in Fall 09.

Emily Van Buskirk (Ph.D. Harvard) will be a new Assistant Professor in the Department of Germanic, Russian and East European Languages and Literatures, but will do her graduate teaching in Comparative Literature. A specialist in 20th century Russian prose and Czech literature and culture, Prof. Van Buskirk will have an office upstairs from Comparative Literature at 195 College Avenue.

Last Updated ( Monday, 25 May 2009 )