Faculty
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Frank L. Bidart
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities; Professor of English
B.A., University of California (Riverside); A.M., Harvard University
An award-winning poet, Bidart was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award.
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Margaret Cezair-Thompson
Senior Lecturer in English
B.A., Barnard College; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., City University of New York
Author of two novels and a screenplay. Fields: fiction-writing, screenwriting, postcolonial studies and modern British literature.
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Dan Chiasson
Associate Professor of English
B.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Poet and essayist.
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Susan L. Meyer
Professor of English
B.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.A., University of California (Los Angeles); M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Literary critic specializing in Victorian and American literature. Author of books for children.
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Marilyn Sides
Senior Lecturer in English
B.A., M.A., University of Utah; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Teaching focuses on creative writing, mainly fiction and travel writing.
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James Wallenstein
Newhouse Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
