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Dr. Sara Grewal is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at MacEwan University’s Faculty of Arts and Science. She holds a PhD from the University of Michigan and focuses on postcolonial literature, poetics, and transnational discourses of race in her research and teaching.
- PhD, University of Michigan
Research Interests: Dr. Grewal’s work employs a comparative approach to analyze Urdu literature, particularly the ghazal, alongside hip hop as forms of resistance to social and colonial oppression. Her scholarship explores transgressive language use, signifying wordplay, dynamic oral performance, translation theory, and the politics of canonization.
Publication Trends: Her recent publications examine themes such as intra- and interlingual translation in diasporic contexts, the narrativization of memory in Tazkirah manuscripts, canonization of Urdu poets like Faiz, and historical trajectories of lyric poetry in India. These works bridge South Asian literary traditions, postcolonial theory, and global cultural movements.
Scientific Awards:
- University of Michigan, Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award (2016)
- University of Michigan, Susan K. Lipschutz Award (2015)
- Fulbright-Nehru Student Researcher Award (2012-13)
- Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (2010)
Advising & Professional Affiliations: Dr. Grewal supervises senior students’ independent studies and is affiliated with the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA), Association for Asian Studies (ASA), and Modern Language Association (MLA). Her expertise spans South Asian literature, lyric theory, and transnationalism.
