COURSES

As Postdoctoral Lecturer at Columbia University

Spring 2025 ‘Gandhi and his Interlocutors’
Spring 2025 ‘Introduction to Twentieth Century South Asian Literature’
Fall 2024 ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Global History of Laughter’
Fall 2024 ‘Colloquium on Major Texts from South Asia and the Middle East’

A flémish satirical triptych from around 1520 depicting a man with a red hat and a distorted, exaggerated face making a mocking facial expression, with a scroll beneath containing text in an old script. Below the image is a description explaining that laughter is a universal social cue and discussing its role in human history and culture.

As Instructor of Record at Columbia University

Fall 2023 ‘Introduction to Twentieth-Century South Asian Literature’ (Received Teaching Scholars’ Program Fellowship)

A vintage black-and-white illustration of two children seated on a bench, dressed in 19th-century Indian attire, each holding books. The background is plain, and the style is detailed etching. Caption notes the attire as from a 19th-century Priyogopal Das Woodcut in Calcutta.

As Graduate Teaching Assistant at Columbia University

Spring 2024 ‘Gandhi and his Interlocutors,’ Prof. Shaunna Rodrigues, Columbia University.’
Spring 2023 ‘Gandhi and his Interlocutors,’ Prof. Sudipta Kaviraj, Columbia University.
Fall 2022 ‘Introduction to Indian Civilizations,’ Prof. Rachel Fell McDermott, Columbia University.
Spring 2020 ‘Critical Theory: A Global Perspective,’ Prof. Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University.
Fall 2019 ‘Introduction to Indian Civilizations,’ Prof. Rachel Fell McDermott, Columbia University.
Spring 2019 ‘Critical Theory: A Global Perspective,’ Prof. Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University.
Fall 2018  ‘Architectural Histories of Colonialism and Humanitarianism,’ Prof. Anooradha Iyer Siddiqui, Columbia University.