People

yarden@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Race and Ethnicity; Migration and Diaspora; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Philosophy and Theory; North America; Eastern Europe; Middle East and North Africa

Amitai Ben-Abba
PhD in Comparative Literature and Graduate Certificate in Judaic Studies

amitai@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Translation Studies; Middle East and North Africa; Philosophy and Theory; Film and Media; Race and Ethnicity; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Environmental Studies; Western Europe; North America

Jon Cho-Polizzi
Assistant Professor of German

jchopo@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Translation Studies; Poetry and Poetics; Race and Ethnicity; Migration and Diaspora; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Transnational and Global Cultures; Travel Literature; Mediterranean; Central Europe; Western Europe; North America

Aaron Coleman
Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature **On Leave during 2026-27 as a Faculty Fellow at the U-M Institute for the Humanities**

aaronrc@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Africa; Global South; Translation Studies; Poetry and Poetics; Race and Ethnicity; Migration and Diaspora; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Transnational and Global Cultures; North America; Central and South America; Caribbean

Natalie Francis
Graduate Student

natfran@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Philosophy and Theory; Translation Studies; Classical Reception Studies; Poetry and Poetics; Gender and Women's Studies; Transnational and Global Cultures; Mediterranean; Western Europe; North America

Lena Grimm
Lecturer

lkgrimm@umich.edu AH2028

Comparative Literature; Translation Studies; Classical Reception Studies; Poetry and Poetics; Gender and Women's Studies; Transnational and Global Cultures; Central Europe; Western Europe; North America

Delsa Lopez
Graduate Student

delsa@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Translation Studies; Film and Media; Race and Ethnicity; Posthumanism; East Asia; North America

Yopie Prins
Irene Butter Collegiate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

yprins@umich.edu 3127 Angell Hall,
435 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003

Translation Studies; Comparative Literature; Classical Reception Studies; Gender and Women's Studies; Genre; Western Europe; Poetry and Poetics; North America

Adi Saleem
Assistant Professor

abharat@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Race and Ethnicity; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Migration and Diaspora; Transnational and Global Cultures; Western Europe; North America; Global South; Southeast Asia

Caroline Sullivan
Graduate Student, Graduate Representative

cesull@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Philosophy and Theory; Genre; Transnational and Global Cultures; International and Regional Studies; Posthumanism; Western Europe; North America; Student Leadership

Silke-maria Weineck
Grace Lee Boggs Collegiate Professor of Comparative Literature and German Studies; Professor of Comparative Literature; Professor of German Studies

smwei@umich.edu 435 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
7343687281

Comparative Literature; Western Europe; Philosophy and Theory; Classical Reception Studies; Gender and Women's Studies; Race and Ethnicity; Sports Culture; North America

Benjamin Woodworth
Graduate Student

woodwort@umich.edu 2637 Haven Hall

Comparative Literature; Translation Studies; Philosophy and Theory; Poetry and Poetics; History of the Book; Film and Media; Environmental Studies; Animal Studies; South Asia; Western Europe; North America

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