Contacts & Location
Administration
The Department of Literatures in English Main Administrative Office located at 250 Goldwin Smith Hall is open Monday-Thursday 9am-4pm. The mailroom and copy room are open Monday-Thursday 8:30am-4:30pm.
The Department of Literatures in English Main Administrative Office located at 250 Goldwin Smith Hall will be closed on Fridays for the summer session beginning June 2.
Currently on Cornell's campus, masking is encouraged but not required.
Please check Cornell's up to date COVID-19 policy for visitors to campus here.
If, after perusing the below lists of faculty and staff administrators, you are unable to determine who to contact, you can email english_dept@cornell.edu, our general inquiry email address. You can reach our administrative office by phone at 607-255-6800.
Faculty Administrator Role | Name | Contact Information |
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Picket Family Chair of the Literatures in English Department | Professor Andrew Galloway |
250 Goldwin Smith |
Associate Chair | Professor Samantha Zacher | 250 Goldwin Smith Hall sz66@cornell.edu |
Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) | Associate Professor Kevin Attell |
265 Goldwin Smith |
Director of Creative Writing (DCW) | Associate Professor Ishion Hutchinson |
173 Goldwin Smith |
Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) |
165 Goldwin Smith |
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Director of Honors | Professor Ellis Hanson |
294 Goldwin Smith |
Advisor to Minors |
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Editor, EPOCH | Professor J. Robert Lennon |
251 Goldwin Smith |
Staff Administrator Role | Name | Contact Information | Ask me about... |
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Department Manager |
Emily Parsons |
250 GSH |
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Assistant to the Chair | Victoria Brevetti |
250 GSH |
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PhD Graduate Program Coordinator | Katrina Overton |
250 GSH
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MFA Graduate Program Coordinator | Amanda Brockner |
250 GSH |
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Teaching Programs Coordinator | Karen Kudej |
250 GSH |
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Undergraduate Program Coordinator | Aurora Ricardo |
250 GSH |
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Accounts Coordinator | Alice Murdock | 250 GSH (607) 255-3878 aem27@cornell.edu |
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Events Coordinator | Tasha Engels |
Currently remote |
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IT Support for Goldwin Smith |
Gabriel Plaine & Bryson Grygier |
gsit@cornell.edu |
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Location
The Department of English is located in Goldwin Smith Hall, the Arts Quad’s flagship building and most prominent structure.
Built in 1906, Goldwin Smith Hall is positioned with a wide-angle view of the the quad's first three structures, White, McGraw and Morrill Halls. In addition to the Department of English, Goldwin Smith is also home to the College of Arts & Sciences dean’s office, academic advising, classics, comparative literature, German studies, history of art, medieval studies, philosophy and the famous Temple of Zeus Cafe.
Note: Cornell has acknowledged that this building's namesake, Goldwin Smith (1823-1910), authored many bigoted essays that put forth anti-Semitic, anti-feminist, anti-suffrage and anti-coeducation views that are antithetical to Cornell's and the Department of Literatures in English's values. Read Cornell's statement here, and learn more about student research into Goldwin Smith's legacy here.
The quad features both classic and modern architecture and includes the landmark statues of both Ezra Cornell, the university’s founder, and Andrew Dickson White, the university’s first president. A.D. White’s towering presence at the entrance to Goldwin Smith Hall oversees impromptu academic discussions and lunch breaks, which often take place on the stone steps and nearby year-round tables. The quad serves as home to both to the College of Arts and Sciences, the university’s largest undergraduate college, and the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. In late spring, graduating seniors from all Cornell colleges and their families gather on the lawn, and in the fall, students play Frisbee and lounge on the grass between classes. Small seminars can often be seen dotting the quad during the warmer months. The quad is also the primary gathering place for Dragon Day and many of the university’s celebratory events.