BIO
Personal Profile
I am a PhD student in Literature at the KU English Department. I submitted my Master's dissertation on the topic of aesthetics and form in the works of Philip K Dick. My research interests are specifically in Science Fiction but are also situated within the broader categories of speculative fiction and mythmaking. I enjoy analyses of form, prosody, and close reading, which I use to explore our larger cultural understanding of aesthetics. Outside of academia, I enjoy cycling, hiking and hanging out with trees.
As a teacher, I teach First Year Composition and typically include a lot of music in my courses. I am also interested in developing a Composition course centered around music listening and aesthetic experiences. I also hope to develop a Literature course on Science Fiction and Animal Studies.
Education
2022-
University of Kansas,
Lawrence, KS
Doctoral student in the English Department. My research interests are centered around Science Fiction, myth-making and the Philosophy of Aesthetics.
2016-2018
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi
I received my MA in English Literature. My dissertation was titled “On the Aesthetics of Philip K. Dick”.
2013-2016
Christ University,
Bangalore
Completed my BA in English (Honours). My dissertation was a paper titled “The Construction of the Cyborg Player in Transistor: A Ludo-Narrative Analysis”.
Experience
1 / Graduate Teaching Assistant - KU / 2022-
I am currently a GTA at the University of Kansas. I work for the English department, and teach First Year Composition.
2 / Teaching Assistant - JNU / 2020
I assisted a PhD scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University with designing and teaching a course to undergraduate-level students. The course was titled “The 20th century English novel: Fantasy Fiction”. I taught a module on Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.
3 / Assistant Editor - DK Books / 2018-2019
Some of the titles I worked on as an editor at DK (Dorling-Kindersley, a subsidiary of Penguin) were DKFindout! Castles, DKFindout! Monuments of India, Stephen Biesty’s More Incredible Cross-sections, Pocket Eyewitness: Cats, and Super Simple Biology.