Associate Professor; Director of the A/PIA Studies Program and Undergraduate Advisor for the minor
mrdesai@umich.edu
Office Information:
3658 Haven Hall, 1045
734-615-2524
Fields of Study:
South Asian American studies
American Culture
Education/Degree:
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2011
About
Manan Desai is the author of The United States of India: Anticolonial Literature & Transnational Refraction (2020), published by Temple University Press as part of the Asian American History and Culture Series. His essays have been published in Comparative Literature, the Journal of Popular Culture, and the forthcoming volume of Asian American Literature in Transition. He has served on the Board of Directors for the South Asian American Digital Archive (saada.org).
Affiliations:
Core Faculty: Program in Asian/Pacific Islander American (A/PIA) Studies
