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Deepa Jani is an Associate Professor of English at Old Westbury College (SUNY). She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and an M.A. from Carnegie Mellon University. Her research focuses on Global Postcolonial Literatures, Anglophone African writing, and the intersections of literary theory with humanism and human rights discourse. Her work critically engages authors like Chinua Achebe, Frantz Fanon, and J.M. Coetzee to explore themes of colonialism, identity, and ethical literature. Recent publications analyze postcolonial narratives through Fanon’s theories and Coetzee’s critique of empire. She has presented at international conferences including the British Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference and the University of Cambridge’s Postcolonial Literatures Seminar. Jani has organized academic events such as the Terrance Hayes Poetry Reading for Black History Month.
Her teaching spans courses on Africana literature, world literature, and modern/postmodern fiction. Current research includes a book manuscript on Coetzee’s critique of humanism. She has been interviewed for academic films on Coetzee’s works and actively contributes to postcolonial literary discourse through both scholarship and pedagogy.
