Richard Swartz
Chair of English
Associate Professor of English
314 Luther Bonney Hall, Portland
Office Hours Fall 2026: R 2:00-4:00 pm and by appointmentEducation
- PhD, Literature, University of California at San Diego, 1986
- BA, Philosophy and English, Washington University, St. Louis, 1976
Research Interests
English Romantic literature and culture, the Anglo-American ghost story, and Post-Apocalyptic fiction.
Richard Swartz has been a member of the USM faculty since 1991, having previously taught at LSU. He teaches upper-division courses on English Romantic Writing and Culture, Victorian Gothic, Ghost Stories, Theories of the Uncanny, and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction. He has published on Romantic travel writing, Romantic autobiography, the history of copyright law, and the concept of the uncanny.
314 Luther Bonney Hall, Portland
Office Hours Fall 2026: R 2:00-4:00 pm and by appointmentEducation
- PhD, Literature, University of California at San Diego, 1986
- BA, Philosophy and English, Washington University, St. Louis, 1976
Research Interests
English Romantic literature and culture, the Anglo-American ghost story, and Post-Apocalyptic fiction.