Kevin McLaughlin

Kevin McLaughlin (born 1959) is an American scholar of comparative literature. Currently he is at the George Hazard Crooker Distinguished University Professor of English, Professor of comparative literature and German studies, Director of the John Nicholas Brown Center for Advanced Study, and Dean Emeritus of the Faculty at Brown University. He is also a published author.

McLaughlin has also held two other named chair professorships, the Nicholas Brown Professor of Oratory and Belles Lettres from 2005 to 2011, and the Manning Endowed Professor of English and Comparative Literature from 1997 to 2000.