First, hats off to Paul Losensky, previous chair of Comparative Literature. He did a heroic job getting us through the pandemic (to this point) and also overseeing three complete moves of our department as Ballantine Hall was renovated, first to one side of the building, then to another, and finally to our new home!
Alex Messejnikov is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Comparative Literature. He joined the program in 2014 and is preparing to defend his dissertation this academic year.
Professor Eugene Eoyang passed away in the fall of 2022. He was one of the great comparatists and the first Chinese American to serve as president of the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA). He was also the author of many books and essay on comparative literature, east-west literary relations, Chinese poetry, translations, and many other interdisciplinary topics.
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Chair: David M. Hertz
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Executive Dean: Rick Van Kooten
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