The College of

Arts and Sciences

 

M.A., English, University of Rajasthan

B.A., English Literature, University of Rajasthan

 

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• South Asian Studies
• Postcolonial Literature
• Indigenous Literature
• Affect Studies
• Critical Theory

Recent Courses Taught

• ENGL 1113: Composition I
• ENGL 1213: Composition II

Selected Publications

• Arora, Siddharth. A Fragmented Whole. Authorspress, New Delhi (2018).

Selected Conference Presentations

• “Hidden Justice: A Writing Center's Efforts to Pursue Anti-Racist and Social Justice Pedagogy in an Exclusionary America,” International Writing Center Association, 2022.
• "Breathing the Revolution: Affective Citizenship in Oral Performances of Anti-CAA Protest Poetry," The Annual Conference of South Asia at University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2022.
• Roundtable participation: "On the Brink: Body, Transitions, and Borders," The Arts and Humanities Graduate Colloquium, Oklahoma State University, 2022.
• "Reimagining Community Partnerships: A Kindness, Respect, and Accessibility in the Times of Pandemic," Workshop, International Writing Center Association, 2021. 
• "Oral Poetic Topographies of Resistance Against the Hindu-Nation," Presentation at International Interdisciplinary Conference on Intolerance, Discrimination, and Violence, 2021.  

Professional Appointments or Professional Service

• President, English Graduate Student Association. Oklahoma State University, 2021-2022.
• Assistant Director, Writing Center. Oklahoma State University, 2021-present.

Awards and Recognition

• Awarded The Leonard Leff Scholarship, Oklahoma State University (2022)
• Awarded The Edward Walkiewicz Contemporary Studies Scholarship, Oklahoma State University (2022)
• Awarded Most Welcoming Writing Center Tutor, Oklahoma State University (2022)
• Secured 99.01 percentile in the English Section, a National Eligibility Test; prerequisite for Assistant Professorship in India, conducted by University Grants Commission (2019)
• Won the Award of Excellence for Research, Department of English, St. Xavier's College, Jaipur (2017)