Poetry and Poetics

Arianna Afsari
Graduate Student

aafsari@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Translation Studies; Middle East and North Africa; Global South; Philosophy and Theory; Poetry and Poetics; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Transnational and Global Cultures; International and Regional Studies; Eastern Europe; Central and South America; Caribbean

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

Vassilis Lambropoulos
C. P. Cavafy Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies and Comparative Literature

vlambrop@umich.edu

Comparative Literature; Mediterranean; Southeastern Europe; Western Europe; Global South; Philosophy and Theory; Classical Reception Studies; Poetry and Poetics; Migration and Diaspora; Colonialism and Postcolonialism

Benjamin Paloff
Professor of Comparative Literature; Professor of Slavic Languages & Literatures

paloff@umich.edu 812 East Washington Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1275

Comparative Literature; Eastern Europe; Central Europe; Philosophy and Theory; Translation Studies; Poetry and Poetics; Genre; International and Regional Studies

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

Ruth Tsoffar
Professor Emerita of Women’s and Gender Studies, Comparative Literature, and Judaic Studies

rtsoffar@umich.edu 2233 Lane Hall
204 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1290

Comparative Literature; Middle East and North Africa; Mediterranean; Philosophy and Theory; Poetry and Poetics; History of the Book; Film and Media; Gender and Women's Studies; Race and Ethnicity; Migration and Diaspora; Colonialism and Postcolonialism; Emeriti

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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