
Gayatri Devi
Liberal arts professor
Education
- Ph.D., English, University of North Dakota
- M.A., English language and literature, University of Kerala
- B.A., English language and literature, University of Kerala
Credentials
- Professor of liberal arts, August 2021–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, SCADnow
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Associate professor of English, Fall 2015–August 2021
Assistant professor in English, 2005–15
Coordinator, Women and Gender Studies, 2011–14, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA
- Senior lecturer, Departments of Literary Studies/Communication, 2002–05, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
- Lecturer of English, 1998–2001, Richland College, Dallas, TX
- Residential manager, 1995–97, Dual Diagnosis Home, Grand Forks, ND
- Graduate teaching assistant, English, 1991–95, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
- Freelance journalist, 1993–present
Awards, recognitions, and honors
- Honorary mention, "Best American Essays," August 2017
- Winner, APSCUF Spotlight Award for HOPE Center Executive Board, 2019
- Winner, Center for Rural Pennsylvania Rural Research Grant, 2015
- Winner, President’s Award for Distinguished Work in the Advancement of Women's Issues, Fall 2012
Organizations
- North East Modern Language Association (NEMLA)
- Association for the Study of Women and Mythology (ASWM)
- Association for the Study of American Indian Literature (ASAIL)
- Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA)
- PASSHE Women's Consortium
- Popular Culture Association (PCA)
- The International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE)
Publications and presentations
Professional writing/review services
- Contributing Editor, North Dakota Quarterly
- Feature writer, Kalakaumudi magazine
- Feature writer, Feminism in India magazine
- Member, Reading Committee, Regards - Revue d'arts du Spectacle, Journal of the Institute of Scenic, Audiovisual and Cinematic Studies, University of Saint Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon
- Subject expert, English Education, Leadership and Research in Education: The Journal of the Ohio Council of Professors of Educational Administration (OCPEA)
- Subject expert, Humanities, PASSHE Faculty Professional Development Committee
- Reviewer, World Literature Today, University of Oklahoma Press
- Reviewer, Women's Review of Books, Wellesley College
- Reviewer, EAPSU Online Journal
- Contract Content Writer, EBSCO Academic Research Databases
Conferences/seminars
- "Atanarjuat and the Post Indian Arctic film.," presented at PCA/ACA conference, Boston Marriot Copley Place, June 2–5, 2021.
- "Sterlin Harjo's Mekko and Indigenous Noir," presented at Northeast Modem Language Association conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 11–14, 2021.
- "Gender Stereotypes and Reshaping the Society through Social Psychology," presented at 2020 Research Conclave, REVA University, Bangalore, India, Oct. 9, 2020.
- "Public and Private Spheres: The Question of Gender," presented at Bangalore University, India, May 23, 2020.
- "The Alcatraz Palimpsest in Tommy Orange's There There," presented at In the Wake of the Red Power Movement International Conference, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK, May 15–16, 2020.
- With Laura Gardner, Tiffany Bowman, and Denise Chaytor-Zugarek. "Anxious, Depressed and Overwhelmed: Mental Health, Student Retention and Student Success," presented at 2019 PASSHE Women's Consortium Conference, Dixon University Center, Harrisburg, PA, Oct. 4, 2019.
- "The Promiscuous Squaw and the Innocent Princess: Native American Women's Representation in Television and Film in the 21st Century Revisited," presented at PCAIACA 2019 National Conference, Washington D.C., April 17–20, 2019.
Workshops and colloquies
- "The History of Anti-Violence Movements in the United States," presented at Clinton County Women's Center, Lock Haven, PA, 2012–20.
Books
- Indigenous Films in North America in the Twenty-First Century: 'post Indian' storytelling. Lexington Books, Rowman and Littlefield, 2021.
Articles
- "Post Indian Wars and Warriors in Tommy Orange's There There," North Dakota Quarterly, Winter 2020.
- "Season of Love: Translations from Kamala Das," Malayalam Literary Survey, April–June 2020, pp. 88–92.
- "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Joker: Laughter Without an Echo Chamber," Bright Lights Film Journal, March 4, 2020.
- "Facing Ultraviolence: Blindness as Insight in Birdbox," Bright Lights Film Journal, February 10, 2019.
- Co-published with Tara Mitchell, Nicole Burkholder-Mosco, Lisette Schillig, Holle Canatella, and Katie Ely, "Analysis of Domestic Violence Services in Rural Pennsylvania," Center for Rural Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, September 2016.
- "When Hellhounds Became Horses: Robert Johnson Seeks Medicine in Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues." North Dakota Quarterly, Summer 2014.
- "Some Mechanical Inventions for the Benefit of Mankind." In "The Reflections of a Hen in Her Last Hour and Other Stories," Paul Zacharia. New Delhi, India: Penguin Books, 1999.
Journalistic writings
- "America's International Students are Facing Deportation: This is a Disaster," UK Guardian, July 9, 2020.
- "Mainstreaming Racial Slurs: White Nationalism Comes Home to Roost," North Dakota Quarterly, June 1, 2020.
- "Meghalaya Woman Trinity Saioo Receives Padma Shri for Turmeric Farming," Feminism in India, Feb. 11, 2020.
- "Indians of Alcatraz: 50th Anniversary of the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz (1969-1971)," North Dakota Quarterly, Nov. 20, 2019.
- "Women and Work in Regional Cinema: Mahanagar, Anweshichu Kandethiyilla, and Umbartha," Feminism in India, Dec. 10, 2019.