Faculty & Staff

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Faculty

Students pursuing a global literary interdisciplinary minor will work with faculty members from multiple academic departments.

Keyne Cheshire

  • Joel O. Conarroe Professor of Classics

kecheshire@davidson.edu

704-894-2934

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Pronouns: he/him/his

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Scott Denham

  • Dana Professor of German Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Germany
  • Holocaust
  • Literary Translation
  • Twentieth-Century German Literature and Culture
  • Literary and Cultural Theory
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Amanda Ewington

  • Chair & Professor of Russian Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Russian Literature
  • Russia & the West
  • Eighteenth-Century Studies
  • Women Writers
  • Voltaire
  • Translation Studies
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Rebecca Joubin

  • Chair & Professor of Arab Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Syrian Television Drama and Film
  • Translation from Arab and Persian Literature
  • Eighteenth-Century French Orientalism
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Kyra Kietrys

  • Chair & Professor of Hispanic Studies | Vice Chair of the Faculty, pro tem | Director of Davidson in Madrid

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Literature and Culture of Contemporary Spain
  • Literary Translation
  • Memory Studies
  • Pedagogy
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Alan Michael Parker

  • Chair & Douglas Houchens Professor of English

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Contemporary Literature
  • The Arts
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Syed Rizwan Zamir

  • Chair & Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Shi食色官网檌 Islam
  • Islam in South Asia
  • Islamic thought, ethics, and spirituality
  • Islam and modernity
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Staff

Susan Archer

  • Department Coordinator

suarcher@davidson.edu

704-894-3109

Pronouns: she/her/hers

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