Faculty

Daniel Spoth
Professor of Literature
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Jared Stark
Professor of Literature and Comparative Literature
Ph.D., Yale University

Christine Wooley
Professor of Literature
Vice President for Academic Affairs,
Dean of Faculty
Ph.D., University of Washington

London Study Centre

Robert Lederer
London Study Centre Instructor of Literature
Ph.D., University of Edinburgh

Robert Lederer lives in London, UK, and has taught at Eckerd’s study center on Gower Street since 2022. He has also held teaching positions at Arcadia University and Northeastern University London, delivering courses on the literature of London, the urban Gothic, literary nonfiction, and essay composition. Robert has published on Jennifer Egan’s depiction of digital surveillance, and written reviews for the Times Literary Supplement, Textual Practice, and Comparative Critical Studies. He is currently working on a project about aesthetic judgments.

Emeriti

Jewel Spears Brooker
Professor Emerita of Literature

Albert Howard Carter, III
Professor Emeritus of Literature

Nancy Carter
Professor Emerita of Literature

Julie Empric
Professor Emerita of Literature

Lee Hilliker
Professor Emeritus of French

Peter Meinke
Professor Emeritus of Literature & Creative Writing

Scott Ward
Professor Emeritus of Literature & Creative Writing

Sterling Watson
Professor Emeritus of Literature & Creative Writing
Co-founder, Writers in Paradise