Jane Doe | Professor of Comparative Literature

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Profile

Published scholar and dedicated educator with over 18 years of experience in comparative literature, postcolonial studies, and creative writing pedagogy. Passionate about fostering critical thinking through interdisciplinary approaches to canonical and contemporary texts. Author of three monographs and numerous peer-reviewed articles exploring the intersections of identity, language, and literary tradition.

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Teaching & Professional Experience

2017 — Present

Full Professor — Department of Comparative Literature

Yale University · New Haven, CT
- Designed and delivered graduate seminars on postcolonial narrative theory and world literature
- Supervised 12 doctoral dissertations and served on 25+ thesis committees
- Awarded the Yale Teaching Excellence Prize in 2020 and 2023
- Secured $450K in research grants from the NEH and Mellon Foundation
2011 — 2017

Associate Professor — English & Comparative Literature

Columbia University · New York, NY
- Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in literary criticism, modernism, and translation studies
- Co-directed the Center for Comparative Literature and Society
- Published second monograph on diasporic fiction with Oxford University Press
2007 — 2011

Lecturer — School of English

University of Edinburgh · Edinburgh, UK
- Developed introductory courses in world literature and critical theory for 200+ students annually
- Organized the annual Edinburgh Comparative Literature Symposium

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Education & Academic Background

Distinction

Ph.D. in Comparative Literature

University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

2003 — 2007

Dissertation: 'Borders of the Self: Identity and Exile in Postcolonial Fiction'

First Class Honours

Master of Arts — English Literature

University of Oxford

Oxford, United Kingdom

2001 — 2003

Bachelor of Arts — English & French

University of St Andrews

St Andrews, Scotland

1997 — 2001

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Skills & Competencies

Teaching Areas

Comparative Literature Postcolonial Studies Creative Writing Literary Criticism Translation Studies World Literature

Research Methods

Textual Analysis Archival Research Ethnographic Approaches Digital Humanities Corpus Linguistics

Academic Tools

JSTOR Zotero LaTeX Canvas LMS Moodle Google Scholar

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Publications & Certifications

2009

Borders of the Self: Identity and Exile in Postcolonial Fiction

Cambridge University Press

Monograph
2014

Language, Power, and the Postcolonial Imagination

Oxford University Press

Monograph
2021

Writing Across Worlds: Pedagogy and the Global Classroom

Routledge

Edited Volume

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