Faculty Profiles
- Mariam Khan
- Graduate Student
- At Rutgers Since: 2024
- Primary Areas of Specialization: Postcolonial Theory, Global Anglophone, South Asian Studies, Religion & Secularism
- Field of Interest: Environmental Humanities, Gender & Sexuality, Global Anglophone, Postcolonial
- About:
Mariam is interested in 20th and 21st century postcolonial Global Anglophone literature, with a specific focus on South Asian literature. Her research considers the gendered, colonial, religious, and national aesthetics that emerge in postcolonial contact zones and explores how literary narratives from these regions both assist in the formulation of these discourses and subvert them.
- Education: M.A in English Literature, North Carolina State University