Robert Spoo is the Leonard L. Milberg ’53 Professor in Irish Letters at Princeton University and (as of July 1, 2026) Chair of the English Department at Princeton University. Previously, he was the Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of English at the University of Tulsa, where he edited and (later) co-edited the James Joyce Quarterly. He earned his BA in English at Lawrence University and his MA and PhD in English at Princeton, where he held a Whiting Fellowship in the Humanities and later taught as a Lecturer. He received his JD from the Yale Law School; after graduating, he served as judicial clerk to the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor when she was a member of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. At Princeton, he is also co-director of the Fund for Irish Studies.
Read his full biography on the Department of English website.
