Core Faculty

Name	Title/Interest	Email
Elizabeth Allen	Ph.D. University of Michigan Professor of English Interests: Middle English Literature and Reception, Medieval Literature, Exemplary and Didactic Literature, Law and Narrative Published Books	eallen@uci.edu
Luis Avil�s	Ph.D. Brown University Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Interests: Renaissance and Baroque Spanish Literature, Literary Theory Published Books	laviles@uci.edu
Alice Berghof	Ph.D. UCI Lecturer, Humanities Core Course Interests: Milton, Shakespeare, Augustine, Women Lyric Poets, Women and Science, History of Grammar, Art History	aberghof@uci.edu
Sharon Block	Ph.D. Princeton University Professor of History Interests: Early American Social and Economic History, Digital Humanities, Race & Sexuality Published Books	sblock@uci.edu
James T. Chiampi	Ph.D. Yale University; Professor of Italian Interests: Dante, Renaissance Epic and Pastoral, Modern Italian Novel, Italian Language Published Books	jtchiamp@uci.edu
Touraj Daryaee	Howard C. Baskerville Professor of History in Iran and the Persionate World; Associate Director, Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture. Ph.D. UCLA Interests: Ancient History, Late Antiquity, Persianate World, Zoroast Published Books	tdaryaee@uci.edu
Rebecca Davis	Ph.D., University of Notre Dame Assistant Professor, Department of English Old and Middle English literature; Piers Plowman; medieval religious culture; women's writing; medieval philosophy; nature and animals in literature. Interests: Nationalism and National Identities, Nationalism and National Identities Published Books	radavis@uci.edu
Peter Frei	Assistant Professor of French Interests: Early Modern and Modern French Literature, Renaissance Culture, The Body and its Representations, The Politics of Literature Faculty Website Published Books
Michael Fuller	Ph.D. Yale University; Associate Professor of Chinese Interests: Classical Chinese Poetry and Poetics, The Cultural and Intellectual Contexts for Poetry, Aesthetic Theory, Linguistic issues in Classical Chinese Published Books	mafuller@uci.edu
Zina Giannopoulou	PH.D. University of Illinois Assistant Professor of Classics Interests: Ancient Greek Philosophy, esp. Plato, Reception of Classical Antiquity in Modern and Contemp. Prose Literature, Ancient Greek Epic and Tragedy Published Books	zgiannop@uci.edu
James B. Given	Professor Emeritus Published Books	jbgiven@uci.edu
Sean Greenberg	Associate Professor of Philosophy	greenbes@uci.edu
Daniel M. Gross	Associate Professor of English Interests: History and Theory of Rhetoric, Early Modern Literature and Culture, Heidegger and Rhetoric Published Books	dgross@uci.edu
Rebeca Helfer	Ph.D. Columbia University Associate Professor of English Interests: Renaissance Literature, especially Spenser, History of Memory Published Books	rhelfer@uci.edu
Ivette N. Hernández-Torres	Ph.D Brown University Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Interests: Colonial Latin America and Hispanic Caribbean Literature and Culture Published Books	ivetteh@uci.edu
Lamar M. Hill	Ph.D. University of London Professor of History Interests: Tudor-Stuart England, Early Modern Europe	lmhill@uci.edu
Susan Jarratt	Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature Interests: Ancient Greek Rhetoric, Women and Gender in the History of Rhetoric Published Books	sjarratt@uci.edu
Joseph Jenkins	Ph.D. UCLA; JD Boalt School of Law, UC Berkeley Adjunct Assistant Professor of Education Interests: English Legal History, Focusing on Inheritance Law and Royal Prerogative Jurisdictions Faculty Website	j.jenkins@uci.edu
Andromache Karanika	Ph.D. Princeton University Assistant Professor of Classics Interests: Greek Epic and Lyric Poetry, Women in Antiquity, Oral Tradition and Folklore, Ancient Greek Religion Published Books	karanika@uci.edu
Susan B. Klein	Ph.D. Cornell University Director of Religious Studies and Associate Professor of Japanese Interests: Premodern and Modern Theater and Dance, Medieval Commentaries, Japanses Religions, New Historicism and Feminist Critical Theory Published Books	sbklein@uci.edu
Jayne Lewis	Ph.D. Princeton University, Professor of English Interests: Restoration/Eighteenth Century British Literature, Natural Philosophy and the Supernatural, Early Modern Meteorology, Historical Fiction Published Books	jelewis@uci.edu
Christophe Litwin	Assistant Professor of French. Christophe Litwin joins us from Princeton University where he was a Fellow at the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. Interests: Early Modern French Literature and Culture Faculty Website
Julia R. Lupton	Ph.D. Yale University, Professor of English and Comparative Literature Interests: Shakespeare, Renaissance Literature, Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, Humanities and the Public Sphere Published Books	jrlupton@uci.edu
Lyle Massey	Director, Center for Early Cultures and Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Studies Interests: European Renaissance and early modern art , Art and Science, Gender Studies Published Books	lmassey@uci.edu
Nancy McLoughlin	Assistant Professor of History Interests: Late Medieval Intellectual and Gender History Published Books	nmclough@uci.edu
Margaret M. Miles	Ph.D. Princeton University Professor Emerita of Art History Interests: Greek and Roman Art, Architecture and Archaeology Published Books	mmmiles@uci.edu
Laura Mitchell	Ph.D., UCLA Assistant Professor of History Interests: African and Southern African History, Colonialism, Environment, Labor and Slavery, Families and Household Formation Published Books	mitchell@uci.edu
Ian Munro	Ph.D. Harvard University Associate Professor, Department of Drama, Bren School of the Arts Interests: Shakespeare, Early Modern Theater and culture Faculty Website
Jane O. Newman	Ph.D. Princeton University; Professor of Comparative Literature Interests: Comparative Renaissance and Baroque Literary and Cultural Studies, Walter Benjamin and the Baroque, History and Theories of Comparative Literature, Afterlives of the Greeks Published Books	jonewman@uci.edu
Rachel O'Toole	Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Assistant Professor of History Interests: Colonial Latin America, Indigenous Histories, Andrean Society, African Diaspora Published Books	rotoole@uci.edu
Kevin Olson	Associate Professor, Political Science Interests: Contemporary Political Theory, Insurgent and Popular Politics, Citizenship, Social Democracy, Cultural Politics, Poststructuralism, Critical Theory, 19th and 20th Century Political Theory	kvein.olson@uci.edu
Maria Pantelia	Ph.D. Ohio State University, Department Chair and Professor of Classics and Director, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae® Interests: Greek Epic Poetry, Hellenistic Poetry, Computer Applications to Classics Published Books	mcpantel@uci.edu
Renee Raphael	Assistant Professor of History Interests: Early Modern History of Science, Early Modern European Intellectual and Cultural History, History of the Book and its Readers, Social and Visual Culture Faculty Website Published Books	renee.raphael@uci.edu
Bryan Reynolds	Ph.D. Harvard University Professor and Head of Doctoral Studies in Drama, Bren School of the Arts Interests: Shakespeare, Early Modern Theater and culture, Transversal Poetics Faculty Website	breynold@uci.edu
Deanna Shemek Pronouns: she/her/hers	Professor, European Studies and Languages Faculty Website Published Books	dshemek@uci.edu
Victoria Silver	Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles Associate Professor of English Interests: Renaissance Studies, Feminist and Gender Studies, Cultural Studies and Criticism, History of Literary Theory, Histories and Theories of Rhetoric	vasilver@uci.edu
James Steintrager	Ph.D. Columbia University Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature Interests: Eighteenth-Century English, French and German Literature and Aesthetics, Amatory, Erotic and Libertine Fiction Published Books	jsteintr@uci.edu
Keith Topper	Associate Professor, Political Science Interests: History of Political Thought and Political Theory, American Political Thought, Contemporary Political and Social Theory, Democratic Theory, The Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Theories of Power	ktopper@uci.edu
Andrew Zissos	Assistant Professor of Classics PhD Princeton University Interests: Roman Literature and Culture, Classical Reception, Latin Epic Published Books	pzissos@uci.edu