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Biography
Hi there! I am the Department Chair and Associate Professor of English at UNO.I regularly teach courses on the Long Nineteenth Century, Crime and Detection, Utopian and Dystopian Literature, Chick Lit, Literary and Cinematic Adaptations, Women's Literatures, Postcolonial Literatures, and Bollywood.
Teaching Interests
Critical Nineteenth Century Studies,Visual Studies,Dystopian Literature,Steampunk and Neo-Victorian Literature,Crime and Detective Fiction,Popular Romance
Research Interests
Critical Nineteenth Century Studies, South Asian Literature and Culture, Visual Studies
Service Summary
My service activities at the University of Nebraska Omaha have been centered on improving student learning and enriching the overall student experience.
Education
Ph D, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRACUSE, NY, ENGLISH, 2011
Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity
Selected Publications
Ghosh, Tanushree. 2019. Witnessing famine: the testimonial work of famine photographs and anti-colonial spectatorship, Journal of Visual Culture, 18, 3, 327-357.
Ghosh, Tanushree. Reshaping “Bollywood”: Dissident New Media Femininities and Hindi Cinema, Rutgers University Press.
Ghosh, Tanushree. Sarojini Naidu (edited collection and introduction).
Ghosh, Tanushree. 2015. ""Yet We Believe His Triumph Might Surely Be Ours": the Dickensian Liberalism of Slumdog Millionaire", Journal of Neo-Victorian Studies, 7, 2, 31.
Ghosh, Tanushree. 2013. “Gifting Pain: the Pleasures of Liberal Guilt in London, a Pilgrimage and Street Life in London” , Victorian Literature and Culture, 41, 1, 91-123.
Externally Funded Research
Tell All the Truth Project, Andew W. Mellon Foundation, Associations/Foundations, 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2025
Service
Department, College, and University
Sue Maher Graduate and Undergraduate Best Research Essay Award , Committee Chair, 12/01/2016 - 12/31/2016
English Major Assessment Committee, Committee Chair, 08/01/2020 - 08/31/2020
Tell All the Truth Project Leadership Team, Committee Member, Coordinating with English faculty and History Chair for Tell All the Truth Project teaching partnershipsSetting up and coordinating with Advisory Board (Local Non-profit Organizations)Setting up processes for application (teaching and research fellows)Mentoring faculty who volunteer to teach for TATPPlanning Brown Bag Events Promotional plans and Community Outreach Setting up the TATP Collection Establishing and maintaining the data collection (IRB approved) process , 08/01/2023 - 08/31/2023
Professional
European Studies Conference , Committee Member, Steering Committee (reviewing paper proposals and forming panels), European Studies Conference, 08/01/2021 - 08/31/2021
Association of Asian Studies 2023 Conference , Committee Member, Steering Committee (reviewing paper proposals and forming panels), AAS-in-Asia Program Committee, Kyongpook University, Korea,, 08/01/2022 - 08/31/2022
Media Contributions
TV, PBS, Nebraska Public Media, Interview Guest, Consider This, "Dressing the Abbey", 09/01/2022
Administrative Assignments
Department Chairperson, 08/01/2023