Fall 2025 Department: English @Barnard

Call Number:: 00020
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 64 students (60 max) as of May 18, 2026 / Full
Instructor:: Penelope Usher

Fall 2025 English BC1295
GRAPHIC NOVEL AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND BIOGRA

Call Number:: 00050
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 21 students (60 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Benjamin M Breyer

Fall 2025 English BC1808
ROOTING FOR THE ANTIHERO THE EVOLUTI

Call Number:: 00111
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 30 students (60 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Victor Zarour Zarzar

Fall 2025 English BC3098
THE ENGLISH CONFERENCE

Call Number:: 00845
Points:: 1
Enrollment:: 32 students (60 max) as of May 18, 2026
Notes:: CLASS MEETS September 23rd; 30th; October 7th; 14th ONLY. Mo
Instructor:: Ross T Hamilton

Fall 2025 English BC3101
THE WRITER'S PROCESS

Call Number:: 00498
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 17 students (18 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Pamela Cobrin

Call Number:: 00499
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 17 students (18 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Alexandra P Watson

Fall 2025 English BC3102
ACADEMIC WRITING INTENSIVE

Call Number:: 00842
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 8 students (8 max) as of May 18, 2026 / Full
Notes:: Please send a recent writing sample to vcondillbarnard.edu
Instructor:: Vrinda Condillac

Fall 2025 English BC3103
THE ART OF THE ESSAY

Call Number:: 00500
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 10 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Margaret R Ellsberg

Call Number:: 00501
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 10 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Vrinda Condillac

Call Number:: 00502
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 9 students (14 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Ross T Hamilton

Section 004

Call Number:: 00848
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 10 students (15 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Monica F Cohen

Fall 2025 English BC3105
FICTION & PERSONAL NARRATIVE

Call Number:: 00272
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 8 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Zaina F Arafat

Fall 2025 English BC3107
INTRODUCTION TO FICTION WRITING

Call Number:: 00269
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 10 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Kate Zambreno

Fall 2025 English BC3110
INTRODUCTION TO POETRY WRITING

Call Number:: 00270
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 4 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Brionne Janae

Call Number:: 00271
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 12 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026 / Full
Instructor:: Farnoosh Fathi

Fall 2025 English BC3113
PLAYWRITING I

Call Number:: 00273
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 10 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Ellen McLaughlin

Fall 2025 English BC3115
STORY WRITING

Call Number:: 00279
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 6 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Nellie G Hermann

Fall 2025 English BC3117
FICTION WRITING

Call Number:: 00277
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 11 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Weike Wang

Call Number:: 00278
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 5 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Idra L Novey

Fall 2025 English BC3118
ADVANCED POETRY WRITING

Call Number:: 00274
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 5 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Patricia S Jones

Fall 2025 English BC3121
PUBLIC SPEAKING

Call Number:: 00503
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 14 students (14 max) as of May 18, 2026 / Full
Notes:: Must attend 1st day of class to receive instructor permissio
Instructor:: Daniela Kempf

Fall 2025 English BC3123
RHETORICAL CHOICES: PUBLIC SPEAKING

Call Number:: 00504
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 9 students (14 max) as of May 18, 2026
Notes:: Open only to Barnard students. Application required.
Instructors:: Pamela Cobrin and Daniela Kempf

Fall 2025 English BC3130
THE AMERICAN COWBOY AND THE ICONOGRAPHY

Call Number:: 01002
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 26 students (39 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Margaret R Ellsberg

Fall 2025 English BC3134
CREATIVE NON-FICTION

Call Number:: 00275
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 7 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Nina Sharma

Fall 2025 English BC3157
DANTE AND CHAUCER

Call Number:: 00838
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 10 students (15 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Eugene A Petracca

Fall 2025 English BC3159
THE ENGLISH COLLOQUIUM

Call Number:: 00506
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 3 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026
Notes:: class meets in Prof Hamiltons office
Instructor:: Ross T Hamilton

Call Number:: 00657
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 13 students (13 max) as of May 18, 2026 / Full
Instructor:: Atefeh Akbari Shahmirzadi

Call Number:: 00839
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 13 students (14 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Eugene A Petracca

Fall 2025 English BC3163
SHAKESPEARE I

Call Number:: 00022
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 20 students (60 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Peter Platt

Fall 2025 English BC3167
MILTON

Call Number:: 00507
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 17 students (40 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Achsah Guibbory

Fall 2025 English BC3173
THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL

Call Number:: 00847
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 25 students (40 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Monica F Cohen

Fall 2025 English BC3177
VICTORIAN AGE IN LITERATURE

Call Number:: 00508
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 31 students (40 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Jayne Hildebrand

Fall 2025 English BC3179
AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1800

Call Number:: 00510
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 10 students (35 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Lisa Gordis

Fall 2025 English BC3183
AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1945

Call Number:: 00511
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 26 students (30 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Maura L Spiegel

Fall 2025 English BC3185
MODRN BRITISH & AMERCAN POETRY

Call Number:: 00849
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 19 students (34 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Michael C Dickman

Fall 2025 English BC3188
THE MODERN NOVEL

Call Number:: 00996
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 10 students (35 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Mary E Cregan

Fall 2025 English BC3193
CRITICAL WRITING

Call Number:: 00512
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 10 students (10 max) as of May 18, 2026 / Full
Instructor:: Kristi-Lynn Cassaro

Call Number:: 00513
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 12 students (10 max) as of May 18, 2026 / Full
Instructor:: Andrew L Lynn

Call Number:: 00840
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 8 students (10 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Eugene A Petracca

Fall 2025 English BC3195
MODERNISM

Call Number:: 00841
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 23 students (40 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Kristi-Lynn Cassaro

Fall 2025 English BC3208
WHAT'S YOUR STORY ANYWAY? - TRAUMA RESIS

Call Number:: 00276
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 8 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Maria D Hinojosa

Fall 2025 English BC3214
LATINX AND THE ICE/PRISON INDUSTRIAL COM

Call Number:: 00837
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 27 students (28 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Maria D Hinojosa

Fall 2025 English BC3242
LITERATURE OF LIBERATION BEFORE 1900

Call Number:: 00024
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 22 students (50 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Ken Chen

Fall 2025 English BC3243
ABSENT MOTHERS, WICKED STEPMOTHERS

Call Number:: 00636
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 17 students (16 max) as of May 18, 2026 / Full
Instructor:: Wendy C Schor-Haim

Fall 2025 English BC3249
THE MARRIAGE PLOT

Call Number:: 00637
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 9 students (14 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Margaret R Ellsberg

Fall 2025 English BC3252
CONTEMPORARY MEDIA THEORY

Call Number:: 00638
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 8 students (18 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Jonathan L Beller

Fall 2025 Africana Studies: English BC3516
WATER WORLDS IN LITERARY IMAGI

Call Number:: 01058
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 9 students (20 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Yvette Christianse

Fall 2025 English BC3597
OVID S METAMORPHOSES AND THEIR LITERAR

Call Number:: 00639
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 15 students (15 max) as of May 18, 2026 / Full
Instructor:: Jhumpa Lahiri

Fall 2025 English BC3645
A Literary History of Marriage

Call Number:: 00843
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 8 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Daphne Miriam Merkin

Fall 2025 English BC3760
AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM

Call Number:: 00852
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 11 students (15 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Kristi-Lynn Cassaro

Fall 2025 Africana Studies: English BC3815
SHANGE & DIGITAL STORYTELLING

Call Number:: 00112
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 10 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Kim F Hall

Fall 2025 Italian BC3898
READING ITALIANS - PRECEPT

Call Number:: 01136
Points:: 1
Enrollment:: 12 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026 / Full
Notes:: Advanced reading knowledge of Italian required. Priority giv
Instructor:: Jhumpa Lahiri

Fall 2025 English BC3899
READING ITALIANS: HER SIDE OF THE STORY

Call Number:: 00023
Points:: 3
Enrollment:: 49 students (60 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Jhumpa Lahiri

Fall 2025 English BC3992
SENIOR PROJECT IN CREATIVE WRITING

Call Number:: 00640
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 14 students (15 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: Ken Chen

Fall 2025 English BC3996
SPECIAL PROJECT IN ENGLISH

Call Number:: 00999
Points:: 1
Enrollment:: 1 student (1 max) as of May 18, 2026 / Full
Instructor:: Peter Platt

Fall 2025 English BC3997
SENIOR SEMINAR IN ENGLISH

Call Number:: 00641
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 14 students (14 max) as of May 18, 2026 / Full
Instructor:: Achsah Guibbory

Call Number:: 00642
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 14 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026 / Full
Instructor:: Patricia D Denison

Call Number:: 00643
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 11 students (12 max) as of May 18, 2026
Instructor:: James G Basker

Section 004

Call Number:: 00644
Points:: 4
Enrollment:: 15 students (14 max) as of May 18, 2026 / Full
Instructor:: Lisa Gordis

Fall 2025 English BC3999
INDEPENDENT STUDY

Call Number:: 00997
Points:: 1-4
Enrollment:: 1 student (1 max) as of May 18, 2026 / Full
Notes:: By permission only.
Instructor:: Pamela Cobrin