Nishant Shahani

Assistant Professor, Women's Studies
Graduate Faculty, American Studies

Wilson-Short Hall 10E
335-5286
nshahani3@wsu.edu

Curriculum vitae

Education:
Ph.D., English, University of Florida

Research and Teaching Interests:
Queer Theory, LGBT Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Globalization, Critical Pedagogy, 20th century American Literature, Film Studies, Popular Culture.

Selected Publications:
“Pedagogical Practices and the Reparative Performance of Failure, or, What does [Queer] Knowledge do?” JAC, Vol 25, Number 1, Pgs185-207, 2006

“What can Judith Butler learn from Feminism in India? Reversing Epistemological Frames” Indiscretions: At the Intersection of Postcolonial and Queer Theory, Editor: Murat Ayedemir, Publisher: Rodopi (Forthcoming)

“Resisting Mundane Violence: Feminism and Queer Identity in Post-colonial India” Michigan Journal of Feminist Studies, 17, Pgs 27-46 2003.