CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT: Professor Harper
DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES: Associate Professor Chaudhuri
DIRECTOR OF THE HONORS PROGRAM: Associate Professor Patell

The study of English and American literature fosters the kind of intellectual training that is central to a liberal arts education and useful in all professions. By learning to read critically and to write with analytical precision, students who major in English prepare themselves to participate intelligently in their culture while forging a lifelong, enriching relationship with literature.

The department’s offerings are bolstered by the strong literature collections available on campus at the Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, which also houses the Fales Library of English and American Literature. Students are also encouraged to make use of the research opportunities presented by the excellent collections of the New York Historical Society and the New York Public Library.

The department provides opportunities for specialized research through seminars, independent study courses, and an honors program that culminates in the writing of an honors thesis during the senior year under the supervision of a faculty member. The department also offers elective credit for internships in publishing, at literary agencies, and at other professional offices. The rich cultural life of New York City, and of Greenwich Village in particular, make NYU an ideal location for the study of English and American literature.

Faculty

Professors Emeriti:
Greene, Harrier, Lind, Raymo, Silverman

Erich Maria Remarque Professors of Literature:
Carruthers, Harper

Henry James Professor of English and American Letters:
Donoghue

Lewis and Loretta Glucksman Professor of American Letters:
Doctorow

Samuel Rudin University Professor in the Humanities; Professor of English:
Poovey

Silver Professor; Professor of English:
Guillory

University Professor:

Tiro A Segno Professor of Italian American Studies; Professor of English:
Hendin

Professors:
Archer, Chaudhuri, Collins, Dinshaw, Gilman, Griffin, Haverkamp, Hoover, Hoy, Komunyakaa, Lockridge, Magnuson, Marshall, Maynard, Meisel, Newman, Olds, Siskin, Young

Associate Professors:
Augst, Crain, Freedgood, Harries, McDowell, McHenry, Momma, Patell, Spear, Starr

Assistant Professors:
Deer, Garajawala, Parikh, Rust, Sandhu, Shaw, Waterman, Waters, Watson

Affiliated Faculty:
Apter, Y. Feldman, Ronell, Ruttenburg

Visiting Associate Professor:
Bauer