Assistant Professor. (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Post-Colonial Theory and South Asian Literature

Contact Information

Office: Humanities 113A
Phone: (518) 388-6031
e-mail: jaina@union.edu

TEACHING AND INTERESTS

South Asian studies; utopianism and social justice; women's writing and feminist theory; Asian American literature; ethnic studies.

PUBLICATIONS

"Assimilation." Encyclopedia of Ethnic American Literature. Ed. Emmanuel S. Nelson. Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2005.

"Theorizing South Asian America: The Praxis of Locating Communities Locally and Globally." South Asian Review 24:1 (2003): 220-236.

"Re-reading Beyond Third World Difference: The Case of Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine." Weber Studies 15:1 (1998): 117-126. To read the article, click here.

Current projects: Alternative Americanization: South Asian Narratives of Belonging.