Ezra F. Tawil ’92 AM, ’00 PhD

Ezra F. Tawil ’92 AM, ’00 PhD, of New York City; Jan. 23, 2024, of melanoma. He was an English professor at the University of Rochester. Prior to joining that faculty in 2011, he taught in English departments at Wesleyan, Harvard, and Columbia universities. He authored two books, The Making of Racial Sentiment: Slavery and the Birth of the Frontier Romance and Literature, American Style; and The Originality of Imitation in the Early Republic. He also edited two books during his career. Eight of his essays and articles appeared in a variety of scholarly journals and publications. He is survived by his wife, Kirsten Lentz ’00 PhD; a son; and three sisters.