Smaran Dayal

Smaran Dayal is an Assistant Professor of Literature at Stevens Institute of Technology's School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. His research spans Science Fiction Studies, Postcolonial Literature, and Queer Studies through comparative frameworks.

Education:

• PhD Comparative Literature, New York University
• MA American Studies, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
• BA English and American Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Research examines speculative fiction as political critique, focusing on:

• Afrofuturist imaginaries
• Settler colonial narratives
• Queer temporalities
• Posthuman ethics

Courses include Queer Fiction, Science Fiction, and Major Authors: Octavia Butler.

Awards:

• Faculty Research Fellowship (2023)
• Curriculum Diversity Grant (2023)
• Faculty of Color Working Group Fellowship (2023)
• Public Humanities Doctoral Fellowship (2021)