Our People

Our people are extraordinary.



Jami  Ake

  • Teaching Professor, Comparative Literature & Thought and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Umrath 232

Matt  Erlin

  • Chair of Comparative Literature and Thought
  • Professor of German and Comparative Literature
    Director, Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature
    Director of Undergraduate Studies(Comparative Literature & Thought)

Ridgley Hall, Room 321

​Ignacio  Infante

  • Chair, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies in Spanish
    Professor of Comparative Literature and Thought and Romance Languages and Literatures in Spanish


Ridgley 120

Caroline  Kita

  • Associate Professor of German
  • Director of Graduate Studies, German and Comparative Literature
    Performing Arts Department, Program in Film and Media Studies (Affiliate)

Ridgley Hall, Room 328

Sarah  Koellner

  • Assistant Professor of German Languages and Literatures
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies (German)

Ridgley Hall ,Room 421