معرفی
Narin Hassan is an Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) at Georgia Institute of Technology. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Rochester and specializes in Victorian literature, gender studies, postcolonial/decolonial studies, health humanities, and critical yoga studies. Her work examines intersections of colonialism, medicine, and gender, with a focus on decolonial frameworks and cultural representation.
**Education:**
- Ph.D. in English, University of Rochester
**Research Interests:**
Her research explores Victorian-era medical practices, colonial mobility, and gendered cultural histories. Notable projects include Diagnosing Empire: Women, Medical Knowledge and Colonial Mobility (Routledge, 2011), which traces the role of women doctors in imperial expansion. Current work examines yoga’s gendered histories and global Muslim contexts.
**Professional Service:**
Served as Vice President (2017–2021) and President (2022–2024) of INCS (Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies). Co-edits special issues on topics like ‘Global Health Humanities’ (Medical Humanities, 2022) and ‘Yoga in Global Muslim Contexts’ (Race and Yoga, ongoing).
**Teaching:**
Courses span Victorian literature, gender studies, postcolonialism, and medical humanities. Examples include LMC 3219: Literature and Medicine and LMC 3316: Postcolonialism.
**Key Themes in Publications:**
Explores colonial mobility’s impact on gendered knowledge, medical humanities in decolonial contexts, and yoga’s cultural and spiritual trajectories. Recent work links 19th-century studies to contemporary global challenges, such as pandemic analysis (Unprecedented Disruptions, 2022).
