PhD Candidate
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Illinois Distinguished Fellowship Awardee

Research Interests

Shakespeare in Asia, Canon formation and canonicity, Postcolonialism, Theatre and Adaptation, Cinema and Media Studies, Manga

Education

BA, Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, 2016

MA, Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, 2018

Awards and Honors

Illinois Distinguished Fellowship, 2020-2025

Courses Taught

AFRO

Fall 2022: AFRO 101 Black America, 1619-Present

CWL

Spring 2023: CWL 207 Indian Cinema in Context

Fall 2023: CWL 241 Early Masterpieces of Western Culture

Spring 2024: CWL 242 Modern Masterpieces of Western Culture

Languages

English, Bengali, Hindi, German, Japanese