Teaching & Supervision
Teaching
I have taught English literature in the University of Delhi system since 2010, and hold a permanent position at ARSD College. My teaching draws directly on my research in Victorian and postcolonial literature, crime fiction, and gender studies.
Areas I teach
Undergraduate teaching across the University of Delhi English syllabus
Victorian & nineteenth-century literature
Sensation and detective fiction, the New Woman, and the relationship between literary form and industrial modernity.
Popular fiction & genre
Crime and detective writing, fantasy, and children’s literature as sites of subversion and social commentary.
Postcolonial & world literature
Postcolonial women’s writing, colonial print culture, and decolonial approaches to the Victorian literary field.
Gender & mobility
Gender studies, women’s writing, and the literature of travel, transport, and urban space.
Teaching positions
Faculty roles held within the University of Delhi
Assistant Professor of English (permanent)
June 2015 – presentARSD College, University of Delhi
Teaching across the undergraduate English syllabus of the University of Delhi. Member of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell; former Convenor of the Media Cell and the Film Appreciation Society (2017–2019).
Assistant Professor of English (ad-hoc)
September 2010 – May 2015Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi
Faculty Advisor to the English Literary Society, with responsibility for organising academic events and workshops.
Assistant Professor of English (ad-hoc)
July – November 2011St Stephen’s College, University of Delhi
Undergraduate teaching in English literature.
Selected invited lectures
Guest lectures delivered at institutions across India
- 2023
Economics of Marriage in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
Literary Economics Lecture Series, ARSD College
- 2023
Urban Mobility and Female Cyclists in Mumbai
Urban Studies Add-on Course, Sophia College for Women, Mumbai
- 2020
Carroll’s Linguistic Subversion in Through the Looking-Glass
Department of English Lecture Series, Lady Shri Ram College for Women
- 2019
Subversion in Marie Clements’ Unnatural and Accidental Women
Department of English, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College
A complete list of talks, including conference papers and roundtables, appears on the talks & presentations page.
Working with students
I welcome enquiries from students interested in Victorian and postcolonial literature, crime fiction, mobility studies, and the history of the book. If you are considering research in these areas, or would like guidance on postgraduate study and funding, the pages below are a good place to start.