Present Professor of English, Case Western Reserve University 2008-2009 Edward Said Chair, American Studies, American University of Beirut 2002-2005 Co-Director, World Literature Program. CWRU. 2001-2002 Visiting Professor, Dept. d’Anglais, Universite d’Avignon 2000-2001 Drake Chair of American Studies, Kobe College, Japan 1998 (fall) Ministry of Education Distinguished Foreign Professor, Department d’Anglais, Universite d’Avignon, France 1996 -1999 Professor & Director of Graduate Studies, English Department, Case Western Reserve University, 1993 -1994 Fulbright Professor of American Literature, Universitat Wien -- Vienna, Austria 1986 - 1995 Associate Prof., English, Case Western Reserve University 1983 - 1984 Fulbright Professor of American Literature, Universidad de Deusto -- Bilbao, Spain. 1980 - 1985 Assistant Professor, English, Case Western Reserve University