Faculty
 | Shoshana Adler Assistant Professor of English | Email Benson Hall 422 |
 | Candice Amich Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies | Email (615) 322-2445 402 Benson Science Hall |
 | Pavneet Aulakh Senior Lecturer Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Science | Email (615) 343-3186 350E Buttrick Hall |
 | Ajay Kumar Batra Assistant Professor of English | Email Benson Hall 424 |
 | Gabriel Briggs Principal Senior Lecturer | Email (615) 322-2314 418 Benson Science Hall |
 | Jay Clayton William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English Professor of Cinema and Media Arts, and Communication of Science, Engineering and Technology | Email Website (615) 343-8617 Benson Hall 320 |
 | Lydi Conklin Assistant Professor of English | Email Website |
 | Elizabeth Covington Principal Senior Lecturer Programming Coordinator for Literary Studies | Email (615) 343-1642 |
 | Lisa Dordal Writer in Residence | Email Website 615-322-2325 411 Benson Science Hall |
 | Alex Dubilet Assistant Professor | Email 615-343-9251 403 Benson Science Hall |
 | Tony Earley Samuel Milton Fleming Chair in English | Email (615) 322-2334 413 Benson Science Hall |
 | Jennifer Fay Chair, Department of English Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Cinema & Media Arts | Professor of English and German Studies | Email Website 332 Benson Science Hall |
 | Teresa A. Goddu Professor of English | Email (615) 322-2325 321 Benson Science Hall |
 | Stephanie A. Graves Lecturer | Email Website Office 410 |
 | Jared Harvey Lecturer | Email Office 410 |
 | Huan He Assistant Professor of English | Email Benson Hall 327 |
 | Anna Hill Postdoctoral Fellow | |
 | Rick Hilles Associate Professor | Email (615) 322-3704 401 Benson Science Hall |
 | Jessie Hock Associate Professor of English | Email 615-322-2329 310 Benson Science Hall |
 | Jordan Ivie Lecturer | Email Office 313 |
 | Didi Jackson Assistant Professor | Email https://didijackson.com/ 400 Benson Science Hall |
 | Major Jackson Professor of English & Director of Creative Writing Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities | Email Website (615) 322-2268 302 Benson Science Hall |
 | Scott J. Juengel Associate Professor | Email Website (615) 322-2296 412 Benson Science Hall |
 | Sheba Karim Writer in Residence | Email Website 308 Benson Science Hall |
 | Jeong Oh Kim Senior Lecturer | Email (615) 322-4674 421 Benson Science Hall |
 | Judy Klass Senior Lecturer/Dual Appointment in Jewish Studies | Email 420 Benson Science Hall |
 | Vera Kutzinski Martha Rivers Ingram Professor of English, Professor of Comparative Literature Director of the Alexander von Humboldt in English (HiE) Project | Email Website 615-343-3118 303 Benson Science Hall |
 | Amanda Little Writer In Residence | Email 427 Benson Science Hall |
 | Emily Lordi Professor of English Edwin Mims Chair of English | Email 308 Benson Science Hall |
 | Helen Makhdoumian Postdoctoral Fellow in the Collaborative Humanities Global Humanities Thematic Research Cluster | |
 | Elizabeth Meadows Principal Senior Lecturer Assistant Dean and Director of Undergraduate Education, College of Arts and Science | Email 615-343-2172 RPWC, Vaughn Home, 204 |
 | Lorrie Moore Professor Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English | Email 322-3324 325 Benson Science Hall |
 | Roger Moore Principal Senior Lecturer | Email (615) 343-8303 419 Benson Science Hall |
 | Dana Nelson Nancy Perot Chair of English | Email (615) 343-3185 315 Benson Science Hall |
 | Bridget Orr Professor | Email (615) 322-2368 411 Benson Science Hall |
 | ZZ Packer Assistant Professor | Email 318 Benson Science Hall |
 | Justin Quarry Principal Senior Lecturer | Email Website (615) 323-3187 319 Benson Science Hall |
 | Payam Rahmati Lecturer | Office 313 |
 | Anthony Reed Associate Chair of English, Professor of English, and The Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Professor of Fine Arts | Email 314 Benson Science Hall |
 | Akshya Saxena Assistant Professor of English | Email 615-875-8137 414 Benson Science Hall |
 | Allison Schachter Winkelried Family Chair in Jewish Studies Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, College of Arts and Science | Email 615-322-1172 142 Buttrick Hall |
 | Mark Schoenfield Robert Penn Warren Professor of the Humanities Director of Undergraduate Studies | Email 322-2327 300 Benson Science hall |
 | Kathryn Schwarz Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair of English | Email (615) 322-2367 301 Benson Science Hall |
 | Rachel Teukolsky Professor of English | Email Website (615) 322-2347 322 Benson Science Hall |
 | Ben Tran Associate Professor | Email 615-322-7303 258 Buttrick Hall |
 | Mark Wisniewski Senior Lecturer | Email 615-322-8010 Office 313 |
Emeritus and Retired Faculty
 | Houston A. Baker Professor Emeritus Distinguished University Professor | |
 | Kate Daniels Professor Emerita Edwin Mims Professor of English | Email Website |
 | Colin Dayan Professor Emerita - Robert Penn Warren Professor in the Humanities Professor of Law - Emerita | Email Website (615) 322-2348 |
 | Lynn Enterline Professor Emerita Emerita Nancy Perot Chair Professor of English | Email (615) 322-3705 323 Benson Science Hall |
 | Julia A. Fesmire Principal Senior Lecturer | |
 | Sam B. Girgus Professor | |
 | Roy Gottfried Professor Emeritus | |
 | Mark Jarman Professor Emeritus Centennial Professor of English | |
 | Michael Kreyling Professor Emeritus Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English | |
 | Jonathan Lamb Professor Emeritus Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Distinguished Research Professor | Email Website |
 | Lorraine M. López Professor Emerita Gertrude Conaway Professor of English, Distinguished Research Professor | Email Website |
 | Leah Marcus Professor Emerita Edwin Mims Professor of English | |
 | Charlotte Pierce-Baker Professor Emerita | |
 | John Plummer Professor Emeritus | Email Website |
 | Nancy Reisman Professor Emerita | Email (615) 322-2335 313 Benson Science Hall |
 | Sandy Solomon Writer in Residence | Email 615 343 3187 410 Benson Science Hall |
 | Hortense Spillers Professor Emerita Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor, Distinguished Research Professor | |
 | Cecelia Tichi Professor Emerita Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English, Distinguished Research Professor | |
 | Mark Wollaeger Professor Emeritus |