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Ambreen Hai is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and Professor of English Language & Literature at Smith College. Her research and teaching focus on Anglophone postcolonial literature from South Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean, 19th–20th century British Empire literature, contemporary literary theory, gender studies, globalization, film adaptation, critical humor, and literature-ethics intersections.
- Education: Ph.D., M.Phil., M.A., Yale University; B.A., Wellesley College.
Her scholarship addresses postcolonial narratives, especially the formal strategies employed by South Asian writers to foreground domestic servitude and ethical subjecthood. Recent publications include a 2024 book, Postcolonial Servitude: Domestic Servants in Global South Asian English Literature, and analyses of Islamophobia in post-9/11 fiction.
Selected scientific awards include the Andrew W. Mellon Professorship. She serves on the executive committees for the Study of Women and Gender Program and directs the South Asia studies minor at Smith. Beyond the college, she contributes to the editorial board of ARIEL (A Review of International English Literature).
