Dr. Pranav Jani is Associate Professor of English with a focus in postcolonial studies and critical ethnic studies and began teaching at Ohio State in Fall 2004. As director of the Asian American Studies (AAS) at Ohio State, part of the Center for Ethnic Studies (CES), Dr. Jani runs the minor in AAS and other programming. A longtime social justice activist and organizer in Central Ohio, Dr. Jani currently serves as the president of the Ohio State chapter of AAUP (AAUP-OSU) and faculty advisor for Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). You can follow @redguju on Twitter and Instagram, or check out his Medium page.

Dr. Jani’s research and teaching interests focus on the literatures, cultures and history of colonized and formerly colonized people (including Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Ireland) and people of color in the United States. In particular, Dr. Jani specializes in South Asia and the South Asian diaspora, Marxist theories of nationalism and colonialism, and the intertwined legacies of colonialism, settler colonialism and slavery. He is proud to have served as PhD and MA advisor and/or committee member for dozens of graduate students over the years.