Dr. Satyaki Kanjilal

Associate Professor, Writing

B.A. (Ramakrishna Mission; Residential College, Narendrapur);

M.A. (University of Calcutta);

Phil. (University of Kalyani);

MFA (Florida International University;

Ph.D. (University of Nevada-Reno)

: skanjilal@jgu.edu.in

Biography

Dr. Satyaki Kanjilal graduated with an MFA in creative writing from Florida International University and a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Nevada-Reno. He has over a decade of experience teaching writing in the United States. His creative work has appeared in Jaggery, Mobius: The Journal for Social Change and Boston Accent Lit. Satyaki is working on two book projects simultaneously. The first book project, with a place holder title “The Konkan Affairs”, is a historical novel set in the sixteenth-century India. Satyaki is also revising a collection of short stories Road to Gede and Other Short Stories. He won the prestigious Sterling Watson MFA Fellowship Award in 2019.

Research and Teaching Interests

Renaissance literature, film-literature adaptation, creative writing, creative writing pedagogy, historical mystery fiction, historical fiction, diversity/equity in higher education, freshmen composition, developmental writing and multimodal writing.

Publications

Edited Monograph

Greene, Thomas. Quip for an Upstart Courtier. Ed. Eric Rasmussen, Jessey Bleakley-Ritchie, Mark Farnsworth, Lara Hansen, Jan Hawkley, Satyaki Kanjilal, Sabrina Ladd, Brandi Martinez, Sarah Stewart, and Bill Ware. Reno: Renaissance Mafia Press, 2010. Print.

Fiction

“Road to Gede.” Jaggery: A DesiLit Arts and Literature Journal. http://jaggerylit.com/road-to-gede/. Accessed 10 September 2019.

“The Dancing Policeman.” Mobius: The Journal of Social Change. https://mobiusmagazine.com/fiction/dancingp.html Accessed 4 September 2019.

Poetry

“Violence.” Boston Accent Lit. Dec 2017, http://www.bostonaccentlit.com/kanjilal. Accessed 1 Jan 2019.

Book Chapter

“Writing Fiction and Constructing History: Role of Ideology.” The Uprising of 1857. Ed. Kaushik Roy. Delhi: Manohar Publications, 2010. Print. 187 – 208 (7101 Words)

Courses Taught at JGU

Communication Skills 1

Dr. Satyaki Kanjilal

Dr. Satyaki Kanjilal

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