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Appointments: Academic Year 2024-2025

Faculty Appointments


Department Chair: Daisuke Miyao
Vice-Chair: Katie Walkiewicz
Director of Doctoral Studies: Géraldine Fiss
PhD Careers Advisor: Andrea Mendoza
Doctoral Affairs Committee: Géraldine Fiss (chair), Sara Johnson, Ping Zhu

Faculty Advisors


Comparative Literature: Nina Zhiri
Literature/Cultural Studies: TBD
Literatures in English: Erin Suzuki
Literatures in Spanish: Ryan Bessett

Literature Graduate Student Committee (LGSC) Representatives


Caleb Mertz-Vega Chair
Lucia Herrmann Co-Chair
Kimaya Kulkarni MFA Rep
Yomira Varela Guadiana Comparative Lit Rep
Bianca Negrete Coba Cultural Studies Rep
Vyxz Vasquez English Lit Rep
Ana Villalpando Spanish Lit Rep


Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA) Representatives


Monique Dixon
Caleb Mertz-Vega