Faculty

Sandeep Banerjee

Associate Professor

Office: Arts 320
Office Hours: Mondays, 12:00-1:00 and Wednesdays, 11:00-12:00, or by appointment. Please e-mail for appointment or Zoom link.
Contact:
sandeep.banerjee [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4647

 

 

Research Areas:

Postcolonial & World Literature
19th Century
20th Century
Contemporary
Theory


Kenneth Borris

Professor

Office: Arts 365
Office Hours: Email for appointment​​​​​​.
Contact:
kenneth.borris [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-5068

 

 

Research Areas:

Literature
Early Modern
16th & 17th Century


Catherine Bradley

Senior Academic Associate

Office: Costume Shop, Moyse Hall, Arts Basement Annex, Room B60B
Office Hours: Appointments by request. Drop by or email.
Contact:
catherine.bradley [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-6554

 

 

Research Areas:

Performance


Sean Carney

Associate Professor

Office: Arts 360
Office Hours: Mondays, 13:00-15:00.
Contact:
sean.carney [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 00982

 

 

Research Areas:

Drama and Theatre
20th Century
Theory


Nathalie Cooke

Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Office: Arts-W 30
Office Hours: Email for an appointment.
Contact:
nathalie.cooke [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-1751

 


 

Research Areas:

Canadian Literature
Cookery Literature
History of the Book


Wes Folkerth

Associate Professor

Office: Arts 140-A
Office Hours: Fridays, 10:30-12:30 and by appointment. 
Contact:
wes.folkerth [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-2460

 

 

Research Areas:

Early Modern
17th Century


Peter Gibian

Associate Professor 

Office: Arts 315
Office Hours: On Sabbatical
Contact:
peter.gibian [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 00956

 

 

Research Areas:

19th Century
American Studies
Theory


Yael Halevi-Wise

Associate Professor

Office: Leacock 831
Office Hours: On Sabbatical
Contact:
yael.haleviwise [at] mcgill.ca

 

 

Research Areas:

Comparative
Theory of the Novel
19th Century


David Hensley

Associate Professor
Literature Honours Advisor & Honours and Joint Honours Program Chair

Office: Arts 342
Office Hours: Email for appointment.
Contact:
david.hensley [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 00794

 




 

Research Areas:

18th Century
19th Century
Theory


Allan Hepburn

James McGill Professor of 20th Century Literature

Office: Arts 340
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 14:30-15:30
Contact:
allan.hepburn [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4864

 


 

Research Areas:

Modernism
20th Century
Contemporary


Miranda Brun Hickman

Associate Professor

Office: Arts 140-B
Office Hours: Fridays, 14:00-16:00.
Contact:
miranda.hickman [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-6918

 

 

Research Areas:

Modernism
20th Century
American Studies
Modern Poetry


Erin Hurley

Professor
Department Chair

Office: Arts 105 (Temporary)
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 12:00-14:00
Contact:
erin.hurley [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-5530

 


 

Research Areas:

Contemporary
Performance
Theory


Maggie Kilgour

Molson Professor of English Language and Literature

Office: Arts 312
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 12:30-14:00 and by appointment.
Contact:
maggie.kilgour [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 09291

 


 

Research Areas:

Early Modern
17th Century
Restoration
19th Century


Robert Lecker

Greenshields Professor of English

Office: Arts 335
Office Hours: Thursdays, 10:00-11:00
Contact:
robert.lecker [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 09337

 

 

Research Areas:

20th Century
Contemporary
Canadian Studies
Theory
Postmodernism


Eli MacLaren

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies

Office: Arts 345
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 10:00-12:00
Contact:
eli.maclaren [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 00803

 


 

Research Areas:

Literature
19th Century
Canadian Studies


Alexander Manshel

Assistant Professor

Office: Arts 390
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 14:00-16:00 and by appointment.
Contact:
alexander.manshel [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 00330

 

 

Research Areas:

Literature
American
Twentieth Century
Contemporary


Carmen Faye Mathes

Associate Professor

Office: Arts 135-A
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:30-12:30
Contact: carmen.mathes [at] mcgill.ca

 

 

Research Areas:

British Romanticism
Poetry and Poetics
Aesthetics
18th Century
19th Century
Theory


Derek Nystrom

Associate Professor

Office: Arts 250
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 10:00-12:00 and by appointment.
Contact:
derek.nystrom [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 09313

 

 

Research Areas:

Cultural Studies
Cinema
Theory


Ara Osterweil

Associate Professor

Office: Arts 205
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 14:30-15:30. Email at least 24 hours in advance to secure an appointment.
Contact:
ara.osterweil [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 00901

 

 

Research Areas:

Cultural Studies
20th Century
Cinema


Camille Owens

Assistant Professor

Office: Arts 370
Office Hours: Thursdays, 11:30-13:30, in-person or Zoom. Email for appointment.
Contact:
camille.owens [at] mcgill.ca

 

 

Research Areas:

Black Literatures
Performance
19th Century 
American Studies


Trevor Ponech

Associate Professor

Office: Arts 245
Office Hours: Tuesdays 09:00-11:30 and by appointment.

Contact: 
trevor.ponech [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 09846

 

 

Research Areas:

Literature
Cinema


Monica Popescu

Professor
William Dawson Scholar of African Literature

Office: Arts 310
Office Hours: On Leave
Contact:
monica.popescu [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 00274

 



 

Research Areas:

African Literatures
Contemporary
Cold War
Theory


Fiona Ritchie

Associate Professor

Office: Arts 325
Office Hours: On Sabbatical
Contact:
fiona.ritchie [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4401

 

 

Research Areas:

Drama and Theatre
Restoration
18th Century


Peter Sabor

Professor
Canada Research Chair in 18th-Century Studies
Director of the Burney Centre

Office: McLennan Library, M5-53B, Burney Centre, Director's Office
Office Hours: Email for appointment.
Contact:
peter.sabor [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 09305

 




 

Research Areas:

Literature
Restoration
18th Century


Ned Schantz

Associate Professor

Office: Arts 130
Office Hours: On Sabbatical
Contact:
ned.schantz [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 09334

 

 

Research Areas:

Cultural Studies
Cinema
Theory


Myrna Wyatt Selkirk

Associate Professor
Drama and Theatre Honours Advisor

Office: Arts 240
Office Hours: By appointment.
Contact:
myrna.wyatt.selkirk [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 09368

 


 

Research Areas:

Drama & Theatre
Performance


Richard Jean So

Associate Professor

Office: Arts 375
Office Hours: TBA
Contact:
richard.so [at] mcgill.ca

 

 

Research Areas:

Digital Humanities & Cultural Analytics
American Culture & Literature
Race & Transnationalism
Media & Digital Studies
Computational Methods


Tabitha Sparks

Associate Professor
Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Arts

Office: James 405
Office Hours: Email for appointment.
Contact:
tabitha.sparks [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 09348

 



 

Research Areas:

Literature
19th Century


Marianne Stenbaek

Professor

Office: Arts-W 105
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 11:00-13:00 (Zoom Link) and also by appointment.
Contact:
marianne.stenbaek [at] mcgill.ca
514-398-4400 Ext. 09329

 

 

Research Areas:

Cultural Studies
Contemporary
Canadian Studies


Alanna Thain

Associate Professor

Office: Arts 125
Office Hours: TBA
Contact: 
alanna.thain [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 8327

 

 

Research Areas:

Cultural Studies
Cinema
Theory


Michael Van Dussen

Professor

Office: Arts 380
Office Hours: On Sabbatical
Contact:
michael.vandussen [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 09371

 

 

Research Areas:

Medieval Studies
Manuscript Studies
Book History


Paul Yachnin

Tomlinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies

Office: Arts-W 35
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 12:00-13:00 and by appointment.
Contact:
paul.yachnin [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 09349

 


 

Research Areas:

Early Modern
17th Century


Katherine Zien

Associate Professor

Office: Arts 355
Office Hours: Drop-in via Zoom, Thursdays, 10:00-11:00 (Zoom Link) or by appointment.
Contact:
katherine.zien [at] mcgill.ca
(514)-398-4400, Ext. 09343

 

 

Research Areas:

Drama & Theatre
American Studies
Performance

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