Dohra Ahmad

Dohra Ahmad is a Professor of English at St. John's University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, where she has taught since 2004. Her expertise spans postcolonial literature, World Anglophone studies, and migration narratives. She holds a Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University (2004) and a B.A. in English Literature from Yale University (1993).

Her research focuses on thematic and historical connections across 20th- and 21st-century literary movements, particularly anti-colonial utopianism, vernacular literature, and canonicity in pedagogy. She has authored/co-authored major works like Landscapes of Hope (Oxford UP, 2009) and edited anthologies such as Rotten English (Norton, 2007) and The Penguin Book of Migration Literature (2019).

Her teaching includes courses on postcolonial theory, migration literature, U.S. literature, and utopian fiction. While no specific grants or awards are mentioned, her scholarly contributions reflect sustained engagement with global literary and pedagogical themes.