The Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies (CLCS) is an interdisciplinary program
that includes affiliated faculty from different departments and programs across campus.
CLCS students take courses and work with faculty across campus, including those listed
below.
Thomas Adam
(PLSC)-Political Science
Professor
Erika Mariana Almenara
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Associate Professor of Spanish
Alex W. Barker
(ARAS)-Arkansas Archeological Survey
Director
Steven M. Bell
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Associate Professor
KIMP
Nadja Berkovich
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Teaching Assistant Professor
John R. Blakinger
(ART)-School of Art
Endowed Associate Professor of Contemporary Art
Director of Art History
Keith Booker
(ENGL)-English
Professor
Lucy M. Brown
(JOUR)-School of Journalism and Strategic Media
Assistant Professor
Sidney Burris
(ENGL)-English
Professor
Professor
Hope L. Christiansen
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Associate Professor
Jee Young Chung
(JOUR)-School of Journalism and Strategic Media
Assistant Professor
Robert Brady Cochran II
(ENGL)-English
Professor
Kathy Comfort
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Professor and Vice Chair
Lisa Corrigan
(COMM)-Communication
Professor
Daniela D'Eugenio
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Assistant Professor
Sean A. Dempsey
(ENGL)-English
Assistant Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Annie Theresa Doucet
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Assistant Professor
Tatsuya Fukushima
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Associate Professor
Joel Gordon
(HIST)-History
Professor
Jennifer A. Greenhill
(ART)-School of Art
Endowed Professor of American Art
Inaugural Director of Graduate Studies and Museum Partnerships with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Paula Marie Haydar
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Assistant Professor
KIMP
Lisa Ann Hinrichsen
(ENGL)-English
Associate Professor
Linda Carol Jones
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Department Chair
Daniel Levine
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
University Professor
Mary Beth Long
(ENGL)-English
Assistant Professor
Violeta Lorenzo-Feliciano
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Associate Professor
Rania Mahmoud
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Assistant Professor
Curtis Maughan
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Director, World Languages and Digital Humanities Studio
Edward H. Minar
(PHIL)-Philosophy
Professor
Editor, Philosophical Topics
Meredith D. Neville-Shepard
(COMM)-Communication
Assistant Professor
Director of Development
Ryan Michael Neville-Shepard
(COMM)-Communication
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Manuel Olmedo Gobante
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Assistant Professor
Yajaira M. Padilla
(ENGL)-English
Professor
Ana Pulido Rull
(ART)-School of Art
Endowed .Associate Professor
William A. Quinn
(ENGL)-English
Distinguished Professor
Fernando Riva
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Assistant Professor
Steven Rosales
(HIST)-History
Assoc Professor
Ryan Calabretta Sajder
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Associate Professor of Italian
Stephanie Ricker Schulte
(ARSC)-Arts & Sciences
Interim Associate Dean
Professor of Communication
KIMP
Joshua Byron Smith
(ENGL)-English
Associate Professor
Dorothy Stephens
(ENGL)-English
Professor
Brett E. Sterling
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Associate Professor
Danjie Su
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Associate Professor of Chinese and Applied Linguistics
Lissette Lopez Szwydky
(ENGL)-English
Associate Professor
Associate Director, Arkansas Humanities Center
Rachel TenHaaf
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Assistant Professor
Sean T. Teuton
(ENGL)-English
Professor of English
Director of Indigenous Studies
Rhodora G. Vennarucci
(WLLC)-World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Assistant Professor of Classics
Affiliated with Art History and Anthropology
Padma Viswanathan
(ENGL)-English
Professor
Lora J. Walsh
(ENGL)-English
Assistant Professor
Calvin White Jr.
(ARSC)-Arts & Sciences
Associate Dean of the J. William Fulbright College & Associate Professor of History
Associate Professor of History
