Pramod Mishra

Dr. Pramod Mishra, Professor, joined the Department in the fall of 2010. Dr. Mishra earned his Ph.D. from Duke University in English with an emphasis on Postcolonial literature and theory and his M.A. in English from Northern Illinois University. He teaches courses in the First-Year Writing sequence, in the general education literature curriculum, Non-Western and Postcolonial majors' courses, and American and British literature when needed. He is also available to teach literary theory and courses in Third-World film. He has published articles on international and postcolonial issues in Ariel: A Journal of International English Literature and CR: The New Centennial Review. He has presented papers and given presentations at the MLA and other places both in the US and overseas both for the academic community and the general public.  Since 2009, he has written a regular column on literature, culture, and society under Crossroads for The Kathmandu Post.  He is at work on two book-length manuscripts—his memoirs of growing up in India and Nepal and a collection of essays on the southern plains of Nepal called Madhes.