Schools, Departments & Programs

Comparative Literature

Faculty

Chairperson

• David Hertz

Distinguished Professor

• Douglas R. Hofstadter (Cognitive Science, Computer Science)

Chancellor's Professor

• Anya Royce (Anthropology)

Professors

• David Hertz (American Studies)
• Bill Johnston
• Eileen Julien (French and Italian)
• Paul Losensky (Central Eurasian Studies, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures)
• Herb Marks
• Rosemarie McGerr (Medieval Studies)
• Eyal Peretz

Associate Professors

• Akinwumi Adesokan
• Sarah Van der Laan

Assistant Professors

• Jacob Emery (Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures)
• Sonia Velázquez (Spanish and Portuguese)

Adjunct Professors

• Fritz Breithaupt (Germanic Studies)
• J. Peter Burkholder (Distinguished Professor, Jacobs School of Music)
• Deborah N. Cohn (Spanish and Portuguese)
• Dov-Ber Kerler (Germanic Studies, Jewish Studies)
• Eleanor Winsor-Leach (Classical Studies)
• Eric MacPhail (French and Italian)
• William Rasch (Germanic Studies)
• Jack Rollins (Hutton Honors College)
• H. Wayne Storey (French and Italian, Medieval Studies)
• Russell Scott Valentino (Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures)
• Marc Weiner (Germanic Studies)

Adjunct Associate Professors

• Purnima Bose (English)
• Michel Chaouli (Germanic Studies)
• Patrick E. Dove (Spanish and Portuguese)
• Vivian Nun Halloran (American Studies, English) 
• Joan Hawkins (The Media School)
• Rebecca Manring (India Studies, Religious Studies)
• Edith Sarra (East Asian Languages and Cultures)
• Johannes Türk (Germanic Studies)
• Estela Vieira (Spanish and Portuguese)

Professors Emeriti

• Salih Altoma (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures)
• Willis Barnstone (Distinguished Professor, Spanish and Portuguese)
• Luis Beltrán (Spanish and Portuguese)
• Ernest Bernhardt-Kabisch (English)
• Maryellen Bieder (Spanish and Portuguese)
• Peter Bondanella (Distinguished Professor, French and Italian)
• Gilbert Chaitin (French and Italian)
• Claus Clüver
• Bruce Cole (Distinguished Professor, Fine Arts)
• Henry R. Cooper, Jr. (Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures)
• Eugene Eoyang (East Asian Languages and Cultures)
• Kenneth R. R. Gros Louis (English)
• Karen Hanson (Philosophy)
• Roger W. Herzel (Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance)
• Ingeborg Hoesterey (Germanic Studies)
• Yoshio Iwamoto (East Asian Languages and Cultures)
• Sumie Jones (East Asian Languages and Cultures)
• Oscar Kenshur (English, Philosophy)
• Barbara Klinger (The Media School)
• Gerald J. Larson (Religious Studies)
• Rosemary Lloyd (Rudy Professor, French and Italian)
• Giancarlo Maiorino (Rudy Professor)
• Fedwa Malti-Douglas (Martha C. Kraft Professor of Humanities, Gender Studies)
• Breon Mitchell
• James O. Naremore (Chancellor's Professor, Communication and Culture)
• Angela Pao (Asian American Studies)
• Darlene Sadlier (Spanish and Portuguese)
• Rakesh H. Solomon (Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance)
• Suzanne Stetkevych (Ruth N. Halls Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures) 
• Mihály Szegedy-Maszák (Central Eurasian Studies)
• Bronislava Volkova (Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures)
• Carl Ziegler (Germanic Studies)

Director of Undergraduate Studies

• Associate Professor Sarah Van der Laan

Undergraduate Advisor

• hlelkins [at] indiana [dot] edu (Heather Elkins), Ballantine 749, (812) 855-4233. Students should refer to the List of Advisors for updates.