| Anne McClintock | Professor (also Women's Studies), gender studies and theories of sexuality, colonial and postcolonial literature and culture, world literature. Research in South Africa. |
| Rob Nixon | Professor, postcolonial literatures and theory, nonfiction, African literature, cultural studies, environmentalism, literature on empire, critical theory. Research in South Africa. |
| Tejumola Olaniyan | Professor (also African Languages and Literature), African and African diaspora literature, literary theory. research in the African Diaspora. |
