Daniel R. Schwarz (born May 12, 1941) is Frederick J. Whiton Professor of English Literature and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University in the United States where he has taught since 1968. He is the author of fifteen significant books and numerous articles, many of which have appeared in prestigious journals and collections of essays. His recent book is Endtimes? Crises and Turmoil at the New York Times: 1999-2009 (2012) speaks to both scholarly and general audiences. He has directed nine NEH seminars and has lectured widely in the United States and abroad, including a number of lecture tours under the auspices of the academic programs of the USIS and the State Department. He was a founding member of the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature and served as its Pr