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Arianna Afsari
Graduate Student

aafsari@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Translation Studies; Middle East and North Africa; Global South; Philosophy and Theory; Poetry and Poetics; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Transnational and Global Cultures; International and Regional Studies; Eastern Europe; Central and South America; Caribbean

Razieh Araghi
Graduate Student

araghi@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Translation Studies; Middle East and North Africa; Global South; Gender and Women's Studies; Genre; Transnational and Global Cultures; South Asia

Maya Barzilai
Professor of Modern Hebrew and Jewish Culture and Comparative Literature

brmaya@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
4167 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763.4671

Comparative Literature; Middle East and North Africa; Mediterranean; Western Europe; Philosophy and Theory; Translation Studies; Genre; Film and Media; Race and Ethnicity; Migration and Diaspora; Transnational and Global Cultures

Catherine Brown
Director of Undergraduate Studies; Professor of Comparative Literature; Residential College

mcbrown@umich.edu 1502 East Quad 734-647-2680

Comparative Literature; Western Europe; Genre; History of the Book; Film and Media; Transnational and Global Cultures; Department Administration

Jon Cho-Polizzi
LSA Collegiate Fellow and Assistant Professor of German

jchopo@umich.edu MLB 3132

Comparative Literature; Translation Studies; Poetry and Poetics; Race and Ethnicity; Migration and Diaspora; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Transnational and Global Cultures; Travel Literature; Mediterranean; Central Europe; Western Europe; North America

Aaron Coleman
Anti-Racism Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow in Critical Translation Studies (2023-24) Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and English (2024-)

aaronrc@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Africa; Global South; Translation Studies; Poetry and Poetics; Race and Ethnicity; Migration and Diaspora; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Transnational and Global Cultures; North America; Central and South America; Caribbean

Luiza Duarte Caetano
Graduate Student

caetano@umich.edu Rackham Graduate School Building

Comparative Literature; Translation Studies; Philosophy and Theory; Gender and Women's Studies; Transnational and Global Cultures; International and Regional Studies; Eastern Europe; Central Europe; Western Europe

Frieda Ekotto
Director of Graduate Studies; Lorna Goodison Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, Comparative Literature, and Francophone Studies

ekotto@umich.edu 5511 Haven Hall 734-764-5513

Comparative Literature; Department Administration; Middle East and North Africa; Mediterranean; Africa; Americas; Global South; Film and Media; Gender and Women's Studies; Race and Ethnicity; Migration and Diaspora; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Transnational and Global Cultures

Natalie Francis
Graduate Student

natfran@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Philosophy and Theory; Translation Studies; Classical Reception Studies; Poetry and Poetics; Gender and Women's Studies; Transnational and Global Cultures; Mediterranean; Western Europe; North America

Srimati Ghosal
Graduate Student

sghosal@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Transnational and Global Cultures; International and Regional Studies; South Asia; Middle East and North Africa; Global South

Lena Grimm
Graduate Student

lkgrimm@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Translation Studies; Classical Reception Studies; Poetry and Poetics; Gender and Women's Studies; Transnational and Global Cultures; Central Europe; Western Europe; North America

Daniel Herwitz
Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor; Comparative Literature, History of Art, Philosophy, Art & Design

herwitz@umich.edu 435 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734.763.2351

Comparative Literature; Africa; Global South; Philosophy and Theory; Film and Media; Race and Ethnicity; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Transnational and Global Cultures

Christopher L. Hill
Chair, Department of Comparative Literature; Professor of Modern Japanese Studies and Comparative Literature

hillcl@umich.edu 2021D Tisch Hall

phone: 732-763-2351

Comparative Literature; Department Administration; East Asia; Translation Studies; Genre; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Transnational and Global Cultures; Global South

Shalmali Jadhav
Graduate Student

shalmali@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Translation Studies; Africa; Global South; Philosophy and Theory; Film and Media; Race and Ethnicity; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Gender and Women's Studies; Transnational and Global Cultures; Animal Studies; South Asia; Western Europe; Caribbean

Marina Mayorski
Graduate Student

mayorski@umich.edu Thayer 4167

Comparative Literature; Translation Studies; Middle East and North Africa; Mediterranean; History of the Book; Migration and Diaspora; Genre; Transnational and Global Cultures; International and Regional Studies; Eastern Europe; Southeastern Europe

Sam McCracken
PhD Candidate

sammcc@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Philosophy and Theory; Film and Media; Transnational and Global Cultures; Posthumanism; Environmental Studies; North America; Central and South America

Arakel Minassian
Graduate Student

minassag@umich.edu Tisch Hall 3023E

Comparative Literature; Translation Studies; Middle East and North Africa; Mediterranean; Migration and Diaspora; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Transnational and Global Cultures; Eastern Europe

Dylan Ogden
Graduate Student

deogden@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Philosophy and Theory; History of the Book; Genre; Transnational and Global Cultures; International and Regional Studies; Eastern Europe; Western Europe

David Porter
Professor of Comparative Literature; Professor of English; Director of Detroit River Story Lab

dporter@umich.edu 435 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003

Comparative Literature; East Asia; Western Europe; Transnational and Global Cultures

Renée Ragin Randall
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Middle East Studies

reneeran@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Middle East and North Africa; Mediterranean; Global South; Philosophy and Theory; Genre; Migration and Diaspora; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Transnational and Global Cultures; Central and South America; Caribbean

Giulia Riccò
Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

gricco@umich.edu MLB 4014

Comparative Literature; Central and South America; Mediterranean; Global South; Race and Ethnicity; Migration and Diaspora; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Transnational and Global Cultures

Adi Saleem
Assistant Professor

abharat@umich.edu MLB 4216

Comparative Literature; Race and Ethnicity; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Migration and Diaspora; Transnational and Global Cultures; Western Europe; North America; Global South; Southeast Asia

Niloofar Sarlati
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and English Language and Literature

nsarlati@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Middle East and North Africa; Global South; Philosophy and Theory; Translation Studies; Film and Media; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Transnational and Global Cultures

William Stroebel
Assistant Professor of Modern Greek and Comparative Literature

stroebel@umich.edu Tisch Hall 2029E

Comparative Literature; Middle East and North Africa; Mediterranean; Southeastern Europe; Translation Studies; Classical Reception Studies; History of the Book; Migration and Diaspora; Transnational and Global Cultures

Caroline Sullivan
Graduate Student

cesull@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Philosophy and Theory; Genre; Transnational and Global Cultures; International and Regional Studies; Posthumanism; Western Europe; North America

Katherine Tapia
Graduate Student

ktapia@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Translation Studies; Middle East and North Africa; Transnational and Global Cultures; Animal Studies; Western Europe

Antoine Traisnel
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature; Associate Professor of English Language and Literature

traisnel@umich.edu Angell 3132

Comparative Literature; Philosophy and Theory; Transnational and Global Cultures; Environmental Studies; Animal Studies; Posthumanism; North America

Berkay Uluç
Graduate Student

uluc@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Translation Studies; Middle East and North Africa; Mediterranean; Global South; Philosophy and Theory; History of the Book; Race and Ethnicity; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Transnational and Global Cultures

Qingyi Zeng
Graduate Student

zengqy@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Film and Media; Migration and Diaspora; Transnational and Global Cultures; Posthumanism; Environmental Studies; East Asia