Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Fields: Asian American literary and cultural studies, queer studies, postcolonial literature, race and ethnic studies, British empire, South Asian diasporas, Bollywood
Contact Information
Email: akini@holycross.edu
Office: Fenwick 230
Office hours: T/Th 11AM-12PM, F 1PM-2PM (Zoom) and by appointment
Selected Publications
“Imperial Inheritances: A Meditation in Five Parts,” Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies 23.1 (March 2023): 111-123
“Relationality, Mutuality, Collaboration: Relational Approaches to Race and Empire,” American Studies, forthcoming 2023
“Black British Cinema and the Queer Politics of Memory,” Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association 9.2 (Fall 2020)
“Diasporic Relationalities: Queer Affiliations in Shani Mootoo’s ‘Out on Main Street.’” South Asian Review 35.3 (2014): 185-202
Courses (Fall 2023)
- Introduction to Literary Study: U.S. Multiethnic Literatures—Race, Migration, Identity
- American Immigrant Narratives: Asian Americans Write Home