{"id":1769,"date":"2017-09-27T14:07:30","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T21:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/?page_id=1769"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T00:37:20","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-i5qf0p-18726c88ca2bde2cba2dcf4261f1a3f5\">\n#top .flex_column.av-i5qf0p-18726c88ca2bde2cba2dcf4261f1a3f5{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:20px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-i5qf0p-18726c88ca2bde2cba2dcf4261f1a3f5{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-i5qf0p-18726c88ca2bde2cba2dcf4261f1a3f5{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-i5qf0p-18726c88ca2bde2cba2dcf4261f1a3f5 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  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itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/bloom\/\">Michelle Bloom<\/a><\/strong>, Professor, Comparative Literature\/French<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/zender\/\">Heidi Brevik-Zender<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor, Comparative Literature\/French<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/chidambaram\/\">Vrinda Chidambaram<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor, Comparative Literature\/Slavic, Linguistics<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/faculty-emily-graham\/\">Emily Graham<\/a><\/strong>, Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature\/Linguistics<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/jeong\/\">Kelly Y. Jeong<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor, Comparative Literature\/Korean Studies<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/kalu\/\">Anthonia Kalu<\/a><\/strong>, Professor, Comparative Literature, African Studies<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/khellaf\/\">Kyle Khellaf<\/a><\/strong>, Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature\/Classics<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/kim\/\">John Namjun Kim<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor, Comparative Literature\/German\/Japanese<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/faculty-erin-lam\/\">Erin Lam<\/a><\/strong>, Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature\/Classics<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/lam\/\">Mariam Beevi Lam<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor, Comparative Literature\/Vietnamese<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/anne-mcknight\/\">Anne McKnight<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor, Comparative Literature\/Japanese<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/remetir\/\">Trisha Federis Remetir<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature\/South East Asian Studies<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/sacks\/\">Jeff Sacks<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, Professor and Chair, Comparative Literature\/Arabic<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/wu\/\">Yenna Wu<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Comparative Literature\/Chinese, Civilizations (<em>not accepting new graduate students<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_tab_section av_tab_section 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Italian<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/youngh\">Young Wha Hong<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D., Korean<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/shulianh\">Shu-Liang Hsu<\/a><\/strong>, M.A., Chinese<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"mailto:hui.kim@ucr.edu\">Hui Chong Kim<\/a><\/strong>, Korean<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/king\/\">Benjamin King<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D., Classics<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/yasuhiko\">Yasuhiko Miura<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D., East Asian Languages and Cultures<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/minh-x-nguyen\/\">Minh Nguyen<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D., Vietnamese<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/jenramos\">Jennifer Ramos<\/a><\/strong>, M.A., French<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/dross\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Ross<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D., Linguistics<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/priscila\">Priscilla Castaneto-Ruedas<\/a><\/strong>, Ed.D., Filipino<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/sagawa\/\">Kyoko Sagawa<\/a><\/strong>, M.A., Japanese<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/sato\/\">Reiko Sato<\/a><\/strong>, M.A., Japanese<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/eunsun\">Eun Sun Tark<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D., Korean<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/sabinet\">Sabine Thuerwaechter<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D., German<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/clairen\">Claire Nettleton<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D., French<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/waltz\/\">Heidi Waltz<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D., Linguistics and German<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/yudina\/\">Ekaterina Yudina<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D., Russian<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/smila002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sean Milanovich<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D., Cahuilla<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/agnes.j.cser\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agnes Cser<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D., German<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/nathan.kish1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nathan Kish<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D., Classical Studies<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/jingm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jing Ma<\/a><\/strong>, M.A., Chinese<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_tab_section av_tab_section 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History of Art<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arthistory.ucr.edu\/faculty\/johannes-endres\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johannes Endres<\/a><\/strong>, History of Art<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/patricia.morton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patricia Morton<\/a><\/strong>, Media and Cultural Studies<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/eric.schwitzgebel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Schwitzgebel<\/a><\/strong>, Philosophy<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/traise.yamamoto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Traise Yamamoto<\/a><\/strong>, English<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/jlezra\">Jacques Lezra<\/a><\/strong>, Hispanic Studies<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/courtneb\">Courtney R. Baker<\/a><\/strong>, English<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/johnj\">John Jennings<\/a><\/strong>, MCS<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/mariadea\">Maria del Rosario Acosta Lopez<\/a><\/strong>, Hispanic Studies<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/dshaul\">Dylan Shaul<\/a><\/strong>, Philosophy<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/wendysu\">Wendy Su<\/a><\/strong>, MCS<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/cholguin\">Claudia Holguin Mendoza<\/a><\/strong>, Hispanic Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_tab_section av_tab_section av-2pmp55-23317ec146f02ec5ee7c217f37293add'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='tab' role='tab' tabindex='0' data-fake-id='#tab-id-4' aria-controls='tab-id-4-content'  itemprop=\"headline\" >PROFESSORS EMERITI<\/div><div id='tab-id-4-content' class='tab_content' aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class='tab_inner_content invers-color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li><strong>David K. Danow<\/strong>, Ph.D. Russian\/Comparative Literature<\/li>\n<li><strong>Donald G. Daviau<\/strong>, Ph.D. Germanic Studies<\/li>\n<li><strong>Robert B. Griffin<\/strong>, Ph.D. Comparative Literature\/French<\/li>\n<li><strong>Georg M. Gugelberger<\/strong>, Ph.D. Comparative Literature<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stephanie B. Hammer<\/strong>, Ph.D. Germanic Studies\/Comparative Literature<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jules F. Levin<\/strong>, Ph.D. Linguistics\/Russian<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eliud Mart\u00ednez<\/strong>, Ph.D. Comparative Literature<br \/>\n(Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages Creative Writing)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/maier\/\"><strong>Hendrik Maier<\/strong><\/a>, Professor, Comparative Literature\/, Indonesian,\u00a0Literatures of Southeast Asia<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/raphals\/\">Lisa Raphals<\/a><\/strong>, Distinguished Professor of the Graduate Division, Comparative Literature\/Chinese<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/faculty-thomas-scanlon\">Thomas F. Scanlon<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ph.D. Classics\/Comparative Ancient Civilizations\/Comparative Literature<\/li>\n<li><strong>Theda Shapiro<\/strong>, Ph.D., History, Associate Professor, French\/Comparative Literature<\/li>\n<li><strong>George E. 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