New York University

Lisa Goldfarb's teaching and research interests are in the fields of comparative literature and writing. She focuses on 19th- and 20th-century European and American poetry and fiction and is particularly interested in the relationship between music and poetry, philosophic questions in literature, and the literature and history of New York City. She teaches a wide range of interdisciplinary seminars including "Belief and Skepticism," "Sound and Sense," "Passion and Reason," "Reading Poetry," and "Wallace Stevens and the 20th Century." She also teaches a foreign study course, "Provence and Mediterranean Culture," which takes students to the city of Nîmes in southern France. Professor Goldfarb is a recipient of Gallatin's Adviser of Distinction Award and NYU's Great Teacher Award. She has published essays on Paul Valéry and Wallace Stevens in such journals as the Romanic Review, Journal of Modern Literature, Wallace Stevens Journal, and Fulcrum 5: An Annual of Poetry and Aesthetics. She is currently completing a book entitled "The Figure Concealed": Valéryan Music in the Poetry and Poetics of Wallace Stevens. Professor Goldfarb also serves as Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs at the Gallatin School.