Faculty Research and Teaching Interests

The Department of English at Rutgers University–Newark includes more than two dozen nationally and internationally recognized scholars, novelists, and poets publishing on a wide range of literature and topics.

African American Literature

Sterling L. BlandBelinda Edmondson, John Keene, Melanie R. Hill, Naomi Jackson, Simeon Marsalis

 

African and African Diaspora Literature

Belinda Edmondson, Melanie R. Hill, John Keene, Simeon Marsalis, Naomi Jackson

 

American Literature

Sterling L. BlandBelinda Edmondson, Rigoberto GonzalezRachel Hadas, Melanie R. Hill, Naomi JacksonJohn Keene, Malcolm Kiniry, Akil KumarasamyJohn Keene, Simeon Marsalis

 

Arabic Literature

Amir Moosavi

 

Asian American Literature

Cathy Park Hong, Akil Kumarasamy, Eun Jin Kim

 

Biography, Autobiography, Memoir

Sterling L. BlandRigoberto GonzalezMelanie R. HillJack Lynch

 

British Literature

Manu Chandler, Belinda EdmondsonJohn Keene

 

Caribbean Literature

Belinda EdmondsonJohn Keene, Laura Lomas

 

Creative Writing

 Rigoberto Gonzalez, James Goodman, Brenda Schaughnessy, Alice Elliot Dark, Naomi Jackson, Akil Kumarasamy, Simeon Marsalis

 

Creative Non-Fiction

Gaiutra, Naomi Jackson, Akil Kumarasamy, Salamishah Tillet

 

Drama

Patricia Akhimie

 

Early Modern Literature

Sadia AbbasPatricia Akhimie, David Baker

 

Eighteenth-Century Literature

 Jack Lynch

 

Feminist Theory

Frances Bartkowski

 

Fiction

Sadia Abbas, Melanie R. HillJohn Keene

 

Film

Frank Garcia

 

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Catherine Fitzpatrick, Eun Jin Kim, Melanie R. Hill, Carol F. Heffernan, Belinda Edmondson, Frank Garcia, Laura Lomas

 

Historiography

David Baker, Jack Lynch

 

Immigration Literature

Eun Jin Kim, Laura Lomas

 

Islamic Literature

Sadia Abbas, Amir Moosavi

 

Latinx Literature

Frank Garcia, Rigoberto Gonzalez, John KeeneLaura Lomas

 

LGBTQ Literature

Catherine Fitzpatrick, Eun Jin Kim

 

Medieval Literature

Carol F. Heffernan

 

Music and Literature/Sound Studies

Sterling L. Bland, Naomi Extra, Melanie R. Hill, Simeon Marsalis

 

Nineteenth-Century Literature

Sterling L. BlandManu Samriti Chander, Belinda Edmondson,  Laura Lomas

 

Persian Literature

Amir Moosavi

 

Poetry

 Rigoberto GonzalezBrenda Shaughnessy, Simeon Marsalis, Naomi Extra

 

Prison Literature

Frank Garcia

 

Religion and Literature

Sadia AbbasMelanie R. Hill

 

Rhetoric

Stuart HirschbergMalcolm Kiniry

 

Romanticism

Jack Lynch

 

Science Fiction

Akil Kumarasamy

 

Shakespeare

Patricia Akhimie, David Baker

 

Social Protest Literature

Frank Garcia, Melanie R. Hill, Naomi Extra

 

Translation

John Keene, Amir Moosavi, Laura Lomas

 

Travel Literature

Patricia Akhimie, Jack Lynch

 

Twentieth-Century Literature

Sadia Abbas, Frances BartkowskiSterling L. Bland, Cat FitzpatrickBelinda Edmondson, Barbara C. Foley, Rachel Hadas, Melanie R. HillStuart HirschbergLaura Lomas, Gabriel Miller, Amir MoosaviBrenda Shaughnessy

 

Women's Literature

Sadia AbbasPatricia AkhimieBelinda EdmondsonCarol F. HeffernanMelanie R. Hill