Emeriti/ae Faculty
Louis M. Brown Family Professor in Literature in English
English
Warren Montag teaches 18th-century British and European literature with particular reference to political philosophy; he also teaches 20th-century European critical theory.
Professor, English Emeritus (1976-2020)
English
Daniel Fineman’s primary fields of interest are American literature and literary theory.
Professor, English, American Studies, Emeritus (1975-2019)
English
Eric Newhall taught courses in modern and contemporary American literature and culture.
Irma and Jay Price Professor of English Literature, English, Emerita
English
A 2007 recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, she has published a number of poetry and fiction books and chapbooks, including Vertigo (2008), which was a National Poetry Series selection, and In a Landscape of Having to Repeat (2004), which received the PEN USA 2005 poetry award.
Her...
Professor, English, Emeritus (1981-2019)
English
Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies
Interdisciplinary Writing
Swift's main field of teaching and research was late 19th- and early 20th-century British and American literature. He also taught for many years an interdisciplinary course on Los Angeles in Occidental's cultural studies program.
Professor, English; Emerita
English
Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies
Research Fields
Jean Wyatt’s main research field is contemporary women writers of color, with a special focus on African American and Black British women writers.