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Rabb BuildingThe Department of English is located in the Rabb Building (Room 144) in the Mandel Quad. Get directions to our offices and the Brandeis campus.

Department of English
Brandeis University
Mailstop 023
415 South Street
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453

Phone: 781-736-2130
english@brandeis.edu

Staff

Lisa Pannella
Academic Administrator
781-736-2130 Rabb 144

Faculty

David Sherman
David Sherman
Department Chair
Associate Professor of English
781-736-8214 Rabb 136
Pronouns: he, him, his

Expertise: Global modernism, elegy and the politics of commemoration, public sphere theory, comedy, literature in the criminal justice system, literature and philosophy

Jerome Tharaud
Jerome Tharaud
Associate Professor of English
Director of Graduate Studies
781-736-2140 Rabb 138

Expertise: Early American literature and culture, print culture and media, American religious history, art history and visual culture, theories of space and place, the American West

William Flesch
William Flesch
Professor of English
Undergraduate Advising Head
781-736-2142 Rabb 139

Expertise: Shakespeare, history of poetry, narrative theory, literature and science, film

Elizabeth Bradfield
Elizabeth Bradfield
Co-Director of Creative Writing
781-736-2145 Rabb 206

Pronunciation: Elizabeth Bradfield

Stephen McCauley
Stephen McCauley
Co-Director of Creative Writing
781-736-8213 Rabb 266b