Associate Professor, Director of A/PIA Studies Program and Undergraduate Advisor for the minor
mrdesai@umich.edu
Office Information:
505 S. State Street | 3658 Haven Hall
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045
Fields of study:
South Asian American studies
phone: 734.615.2524
Asian Pacific Islander American Studies
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 recent volume of Asian American Literature in Transition, 1930-1965. He has served on the Board of Directors for the South Asian American Digital Archive (saada.org).
On Thursday mornings at 6 AM, he hosts a freeform radio show called "The Syllabus" on WCBN (88.3 FM).
Affiliation(s)
- Faculty: Department of American Culture (AC), Asian/Pacific Islander American (A/PIA) Studies
Field(s) of Study
- South Asian American studies
