![Susanna Fessler](/sites/default/files/styles/person_list/public/fessler.jpg?h=362ba32f&itok=27mm-gMj)
Department of East Asian Studies
Professor of Japanese Studies
Areas of expertise: Japanese literature and culture of the modern era
![Ed Schwarzschild](/sites/default/files/styles/person_list/public/English%20Schwarzschild.jpg?h=ee524acf&itok=x95UFZAT)
Department of English
Professor
Areas of expertise: Fiction writing, Creative writing, Novels, Short stories, American literature, Contemporary American literature, Literature and the visual arts
![Timothy Sergay](/sites/default/files/styles/person_list/public/2020-03/TimothySergayMarch2020.jpg?h=a7e6d17b&itok=-W3IQaUN)
Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Associate Professor of Russian
Areas of expertise: Russian language, Russian-English translation, 20th century Russian literature
![Mary Valentis sits at her desk. She wears a gray sweater and her auburn hair is cut shoulder-length with bangs.](/sites/default/files/styles/person_list/public/2023-09/mary-valentis.jpg?h=a7e6d17b&itok=5-4U0YSb)
Department of English
Visiting Associate Professor; CHATS Founder & Co-director
Areas of expertise: Popular Culture and Mass Media, Relationships, Film, Cinema and Psychoanalysis, Gender Issues