about
employment
2024
Distinguished Professor, Department of English
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
2019 - 2022
Chair, Department of English, UCLA
2015 - 2025
Marcia H. Howard Term Chair in Literary Studies, UCLA
2012 -
Professor, Department of English
Institute of the Environment & Sustainability, UCLA
2009 - 2012
Professor, Department of English, Stanford University
2004 - 2009
Associate Professor, Department of English, Stanford University
1999 - 2004
Associate Professor, English & Comparative Literature, Columbia University
1993 - 1999
Assistant Professor, English & Comparative Literature, Columbia University
education
1993
Ph.D., English, Stanford University
1987
M. A., Romance Philology, University of Cologne, Germany
1985
M. A., English, University of California, Santa Barbara
1982
Zwischenprüfung (B.A. Equivalent), English Philology, University of Cologne, Germany
1981
Zwischenprüfung (B.A. Equivalent), Romance Philology, University of Cologne, Germany