NILAK DATTA

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY SUMMARY

Teaching as Faculty :

Organization	Capacity	Duration
BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, India	Assistant Professor (Tenured)	10 years (Current)
University of Indianapolis, IN	Assistant Professor	04 Months
Community College of Allegheny County, West Mifflin, PA	Adjunct Assistant Professor	10 Months
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA,	Adjunct Assistant Professor	05 Months
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara, WB, India	Lecturer (Tenured)	2 years, 09 Months
Total Teaching as Faculty		14 years, 4 months

Teaching as Graduate Student:

Organization	Capacity	Duration
Carnegie Mellon University	Graduate Student	7 Years, 2 ½ months
Jawaharlal Nehru University	Graduate Student	06 Months
Total Teaching as Graduate Student		7 years, 8 ½ months

Doctoral Students Supervised in BITS GOA

1.  Ms. Neha Yadav. 2016 PHXF0414G.  Viva Voce Successfully Defended on 02 September 2022 (BITS Pilani, Goa). Thesis Title: “A Study of an Emerging Genre: The Indian Graphic Novel in English (1994-2015)”

Doctoral Students Currently under Supervision

1.Ms. Parul. 2021PHXP0044G . Date of Clearing Qualifying Exam: 11-10-2022.(Currently Submitting PhD Proposal)

2.Ms. Abhisikta Dasgupta. 2022PHXP0065G (Currently engaged in coursework)

Doctoral Thesis Committee (DAC) member:

1.   Ms. Rochelle Fernandez. 2020PHXP0074G
Currently in Thesis Writing stage (BITS Pilani, Goa)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

1.       American Frontier Studies and Tourism Theory

2.       Literary Urban Studies

3.       Postmodernist Fiction and Commonwealth Fiction

4.       Literary and Cultural Studies

TEACHING INTERESTS

1.       Literary and Cultural Studies

2.       American Literature (Survey)

3.       Postmodernist Fiction

4.       Tourism Studies (Cultural Policy, Theory, Literature, Film)

5.       Academic Writing for Research Purposes

6.       Urban Modernity in the Nineteenth Century

7.       Shakespeare and Performance