The Theory Network is made up of faculty at Cornell who work in the theoretical humanities. The list of faculty below provides links to the web pages of faculty that allow you to explore their research interests and courses in theoretical areas. No single definition of “theory” encompasses the variety of approaches represented by the faculty in this list.
- Begum Adalet - Department of Government
- Kevin Attell - Department of Literatures in English
- Andrea Bachner - Department of Comparative Literature
- Richard Bensel - Department of Government
- Anne Blackburn - Department of Asian Studies
- Erik Born - Department of German Studies
- Jonathan Boyarin - Jewish Studies Program
- Cathy Caruth - Department of Comparative Literature & Department of Literatures in English
- Julia Chang - Department of Romance Studies
- Michell Chresfield - Africana Studies & Research Center
- Raymond Craib - Department of History
- Naminata Diabate - Department of Comparative Literature
- Laurent Dubreuil - Department of Comparative Literature & Department of Romance Studies
- Oren Falk - Department of History
- Grant Farred - Africana Studies & Research Center
- Magnus Fiskesjö - Department of Anthropology
- Paul Fleming -Department of German Studies & Department of Comparative Literatures
- Carolyn Fornuff - Department of Romance Studies
- Jason Frank - Department of Government
- Jill Frank - Department of Government
- Chelsea Frazier - Department of Literatures in English & Creative Writing
- Paul Friedland - Department of History
- Arnika Furhmann - Department of Asian Studies & Department of Comparative Literatures
- Peter Gilgen - Department of German Studies
- Seema Golestaneh - Department of Near Eastern Studies
- Ellis Hanson - Department of Literatures in English
- Juliana Hu Pugues - Department of Literatures in English
- Ishion Hutchinson - Department of Literatures in English
- Karen Jaime - Department of Performing and Media Arts & Latina/o Studies Program
- Marri Jarris - Department of German Studies
- Alexandra Kleeman - Department of Literatures in English
- Caroline Levine - Department of Literatures in English
- Alexander Livingston - Department of Government
- Kathleen Long - Department of Romance Studies
- Philip Lorenz - Department of Literatures in English & Department Comparative Literatures
- Vanessa M. Gubbins - Department of Romance Studies
- Shaoling Ma - Department of Asian Studies
- Joe Margulies - Department of Government
- Patchen Markell - Department of Government
- Patrizia McBride - Department of German Studies
- Tracy McNulty - Department of Romance Studies & Department of Comparative Literatures
- Natalie Melas - Department of Comparative Literatures
- Paul Merrill - Department of Music
- Drisana Misra - Department of Asian Studies
- Jonathan Monroe - Department of Comparative Literatures
- Roger Moseley - Department of Music
- Viranjini Munasinghe -Department of Anthropology & Asian-American Studies Program
- Timothy Murray - Department of Literatures in English & Department of Comparative Literatures
- Shaun Nichols - Sage School of Philosophy
- Derk Pereboom - Sage School of Philosophy
- Xavier Pickett - Africana Studies & Research Center
- Simone Pinet - Department of Romance Studies
- Nancy Pollak - Department of Comparative Literatures
- Irina R. Troconis - Department of Romance Studies
- Masha Raskolnikov - Department of Literatures in English
- Eric Rebillard - Department of Classics & Department of History
- Kristin Roebuck - Department of History
- Nerissa Russell - Department of Anthropology
- Nick Salvato - Department of Performing and Media Arts
- Anette Schwarz - Department of German Studies
- Dan Schwarz - Department of Literatures in English
- Lawrence Shuster - Department of Music
- Elke Siegel - Department of German Studies
- Nicholos Silins - Sage School of Philosophy
- Deborah Starr - Department of Near Eastern Studies
- Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò - Africana Studies & Research Center
- Marie-Claire Vallois - Department of Romance Studies
- Parisa Vaziri - Department of Comparative Literatures & Department of Near Eastern Studies
- Claudia Verhoeven - Department of History
- Romina Wainberg - Department of Romance Studies
- Geoffrey Waite - Department of German Studies
- Gavin Walker - Department of Comparative Literatures
- Sara Warner - Department of Performing and Media Arts
- Matthew Wilkens - Department of Information Science