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Affiliated Faculty Member Jani Pranav Featured in the Columbus Dispatch

February 5, 2025

Affiliated Faculty Member Jani Pranav Featured in the Columbus Dispatch

Headshot of Dr. Pranav Jani

Affiliated faculty member Pranav Jani of the Ohio State English Department has recently published an op-ed discussing the introduction and implications of Ohio Senate Bill 1. The full article is available on the Columbus Dispatch website

Pranav Jani is associate professor of English with a focus in postcolonial studies and critical ethnic studies. His research and teaching interests lie in the literatures, cultures and history of colonized and formerly colonized people (in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Ireland) and people of color in the United States. In particular, Dr. Jani specializes in South Asia and the South Asian diaspora, Marxist theories of nationalism and colonialism, and the intertwined legacies of colonialism, settler colonialism and slavery. He is president of the Ohio State Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).