Literature Faculty
Audrey Bilger, Ph.D.
Professor of Literature & Faculty Director of the Center for Writing & Public Discourse
B.A., Oklahoma State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Teaching: Jane Austen,LGBT Studies,Writing,The English Novel,Feminist Theory,Comedy
Research: Feminism, Comedy and Satire, Gender Studies, Jane Austen,Marriage Equality
abilger@cmc.edu
(909) 607-2765
Henri Cole,
Professor of Literature
MFA, Columbia University, 1982
BA, College of William and Mary, 1978
Teaching:
Research:
henri.cole@cmc.edu
(909) 607-3820
Leland de la Durantaye, Ph.D.
Professor
B.A. Michigan State University, School of Arts and Sciences; M.A. Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences; Ph.D. Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences
Teaching:
Research:
leland.deladurantaye@cmc.edu
Robert Faggen, Ph.D.
Barton Evans and H. Andrea Neves Professor of Literature
A.B., Princeton University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Teaching: American Literature, Science and Literature, Polish Literature,
Contemporary Irish Poetry, The Bible,
Rhetoric and Oratory, Milton
Research:
robert.faggen@cmc.edu
(909) 607-3005
John Farrell, Ph.D.
Professor
A.B., Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Teaching: Modern Fiction, Literary Theory, Renaissance and Modern Poetry, Ancient Greek Literature and Culture
Research: Modern Literature and Culture,Criticism and Critical Theory,Literature and Philosophy,Literature and Science,Psychoanalysis
john.farrell@cmc.edu
(909) 607-2656
Seth Lobis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
B.A., Ph.D., Yale University
Teaching: Shakespeare, Milton, Pastoral, Literature and Science, Literature and Politics
Research: Milton, British Poetry and Prose 1500-1800, History of Science, History of Rhetoric, Comparative Epic, Literature and Philosophy, Literature and Linguistics
slobis@cmc.edu
(909) 607-4221
James Morrison, Ph.D.
Professor
B.A., Wayne State University; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo; Associate Professor, North Carolina State University, 1990-2001.
Teaching: Film Studies, Modernism/Postmodernism.
Research: Film, Modernism/Postmodernism, Creative Writing.
jmorrison@cmc.edu
(909) 607-9678
Ellen K. Rentz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
BA Washington University; MA Medieval Studies, University of York, England; MA, PhD English, Columbia University
Teaching: Medieval literature and culture, Chaucer, Dante, gender studies, drama
Research: Middle English literature and drama, medieval religious culture, travel narrative, urban studies, history of the book
ellen.rentz@cmc.edu
(909) 621-8862
Robert von Hallberg, Ph.D.
Professor
A.B., UC Berkeley (1968); M.A., UCLA (1970); Ph.D., Stanford (1975)
Teaching: Poetry, Film, Literary Criticism, Composition
Research: Film Noir, Spy Films; Popular Love Songs; Lyric Poetry; African American Poetry; Poet-Critics
rvh@cmc.edu
(909) 607-4045
Nicholas Warner, Ph.D.
Professor of Literature
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Teaching: 18th & 19th-century British, American, and Russian Literature;
Romanticism; Leadership in Literature and Film; Literary Theory
Research: British and American Romanticism;
19th-Century Russian Literature; Leadership in Literature and Film
nwarner@cmc.edu
909-607-3057
Visiting Faculty
Christine Crockett, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A. Claremont McKenna College;
M.A. UC Riverside;
Ph.D. UC Riverside
Teaching:
Research: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century British Literature, The Gothic, Gender Studies, Medical Literature
ccrockett@cmc.edu
(909) 607-3454
Philipp Kaiser, Ph.D.
Gould Center Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Teaching:
Research:
philipp.kaiser@cmc.edu
(909) 607-8475
Evan Kindley, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Teaching: Literary Journalism; Creative Nonfiction
Research: Modernism; Poetry; Sociology of Literature
evan.kindley@cmc.edu
Kevin Moffett, M.F.A.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Teaching:
Research:
kmoffett@cmc.edu
Thomas Schur, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Teaching:
Research:
thomas.schur@cmc.edu