Dr. Rohan Ghatage

Biography

Rohan Ghatage is an Assistant Professor specializing in late-nineteenth and twentieth-century American literature. His research interests encompass African American studies, Black diasporic literatures, postcolonial fiction, intellectual history, and critical theory. Currently, he is working on a book project titled 'Reluctant Revolutionaries,' which examines the literary contributions of Nella Larsen, Lorraine Hansberry, James Baldwin, and Ralph Ellison. This project argues that while these authors display a reluctance to engage with explicitly leftist literary practices, their works nonetheless grapple with and affirm aspects of the Black radical left, particularly in their critiques of America's class and race-based inequalities. Rohan has published in notable academic journals, including 'Modernism/Modernity,' 'MELUS: Multiethnic Literatures of the United States,' and the 'James Baldwin Review,' and he is open to inquiries from graduate students interested in American literature and postcolonial studies.

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