Education & Professional History
University of Southern California, MA; PhD
Assistant Professor in English and Comparative Literature, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2003-2007
I teach and research contemporary South Asian literature and culture. My particular interests are in issues of translation and multilinguality in the production, consumption, study and teaching of South Asian literature. I also teach classes on British colonial literature, Caribbean fiction, contemporary postcolonial and postmodern fiction, and Bombay cinema. I am also the founder of AnotherSubcontinent.com, an online journal and forum on South Asian society and culture.
I lead an off-campus program, Film, Literature & Culture in Mumbai & Seoul that runs every two years. The first iteration went in Winter ’24. Going forward, the program will run in the Spring, beginning in Spring ’26.
At Carleton since 2007.
Current Courses
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Fall 2024
ENGL 100: Novel, Nation, Self
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ENGL 395: Postcolonial Novel: Forms and Contexts
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Winter 2025
ENGL 135: Imperial Adventures
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ENGL 245: Bollywood Nation
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Spring 2025
ENGL 253: Food Writing: History, Culture, Practice
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Fall 2025
ENGL 100: Novel, Nation, Self
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ENGL 251: Contemporary Indian Fiction
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Winter 2026
ENGL 245: Bollywood Nation
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Spring 2026
CAMS 231: Film, Literature, and Culture in Mumbai and Seoul Program: Korean Cinema
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CAMS 233: Film, Literature, and Culture in Mumbai and Seoul Program: K-Drama
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ENGL 246: Film, Literature, and Culture in Mumbai and Seoul Program: Beyond Bollywood
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ENGL 272: Film, Literature, and Culture in Mumbai and Seoul Program: Representing Mumbai
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ENGL 275: Film, Literature, and Culture in Mumbai and Seoul Program: Writing Mumbai and Seoul
