Modhumita Roy

Modhumita Roy is an associate professor in the Department of English at Tufts and is the interim chair of the English Department. Her research interests include Anglophone literatures of Africa and the Africa Diaspora; South Asian Literature; Literatures of Empire; Post-colonial Theory; Feminist Theory; and Literary Theory.  She has served as Director of the First-Year Writing Program since 2013, and Director of the Women’s Studies Program. She has been a member of the Tufts faculty since 1998. She has been the recipient of nearly 20 awards and grants, including the Faculty Teaching and Mentoring Award in GSAS in 2020.