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Michael Awkward
Gayl A. Jones Collegiate Professor of Afro-American Literature and Culture

michawk@umich.edu 3062 Tisch Hall

Graduate Faculty; Autobiography Studies; English; Twentieth Century American; American; Gender and Sexuality; African American

Gaurav Desai
Professor and Chair of the Department

desaig@umich.edu 3219C Angell Hall

Womens Literature; Postcolonial Studies; Graduate Faculty; Novel and Narrative; Ecocriticism; Law and Literature; Global and Transnational; Travel; Autobiography Studies; Comparative Literature; English; Theory; Professor

Xiomara Santamarina
Associate Professor

xiomara@umich.edu 4177 Haven Hall

Womens Literature; Graduate Faculty; Novel and Narrative; Twentieth Century American; American; Global and Transnational; Caribbean; Autobiography Studies; English; Nineteenth Century America; Theory; Gender and Sexuality; African American

Sidonie Smith
Professor Emeritus

sidsmith@umich.edu 3187 Angell Hall

Womens Literature; Postcolonial Studies; Emeriti; Twentieth Century American; American; Visual Culture; Law and Literature; Global and Transnational; Travel; Autobiography Studies; English; Theory; Gender and Sexuality; African American