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Skidmore College
Office Location: Palamountain Hall, #313
815 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Office Hours:
Academic Year: Monday--Friday, 8:30 AM-12:00 PM; 1:00-4:30 PM

Office Hours: Summer Hours: Monday--Thursday, 7:30 AM-5:15 PM, closed Friday

DEPARTMENT CHAIR:
Mason Stokes, Associate Professor of English

ASSOCIATE CHAIR:
Barbara Black, Associate Professor of English

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT:
Mary Wright

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Bina GogineniBina Gogineni
Assistant Professor

A.B., Harvard University
Ph.D., Columbia University

Office: Palamountain 317
Phone:(518) 580-5185
Email: bgoginen@skidmore.edu

Teaching and Research Interests:

  • Global Anglophone literature (especially South Asian, African, and Caribbean)
  • Postcolonial theory
  • Literature and religion/philosophy/anthropology
  • Novel theory
  • Transnational theory
  • Travel writing
  • Exoticism
  • South Asian poetry and prose
  • Enchantment and modernity

Courses Taught:

  • EN 105: Exoticism Reconsidered
  • EN 229: Introduction to World Literature
  • EN 229: The Empire Strikes Back: Postcolonial Literature from the Caribbean, Africa, and South Asia
  • EN 363: Enchanting Forms: Religion, Literature, and Colonialism in India
  • EN 363: Postcolonial Revisions: Canon and Counterpoint