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Debakanya Haldar
Election
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Name
Debakanya Haldar
Candidate statement
PhD student, University of Florida
As the 2022-2023 President of the English Graduate Organization at the University of Florida, I have overseen board meetings and finalized decisions regarding academic and social events for the department’s graduate students. Under my leadership, EGO organized roundtable and panel discussions on pedagogy, the job market, and peer research. I would also liaise with the department’s graduate coordinator to share graduate student concerns and set up faculty-student meetings to address these issues. As the 2022-2023 Graduate Student Representative for the CLAS Faculty Council, I would drive discussions regarding the productivity and well-being of graduate students in the College. I am also an instructor at the Department of English. I have
designed lower and upper-division courses on film analysis, modernism, and 20th-century American literature and culture. My teaching evaluations have consistently signaled my strengths in fostering environments for generative discussions and providing accessibility to students. I have also worked as an editorial assistant at Taylor & Francis, where I regularly collaborated with
commissioning editors and the production team to achieve profit goals. Thus, I have learned to prioritize timely communication and collaboration, which I believe is a useful skill for the MSA Graduate Student Representative to possess.
Website: https://www.debakanyahaldar.com/
As the 2022-2023 President of the English Graduate Organization at the University of Florida, I have overseen board meetings and finalized decisions regarding academic and social events for the department’s graduate students. Under my leadership, EGO organized roundtable and panel discussions on pedagogy, the job market, and peer research. I would also liaise with the department’s graduate coordinator to share graduate student concerns and set up faculty-student meetings to address these issues. As the 2022-2023 Graduate Student Representative for the CLAS Faculty Council, I would drive discussions regarding the productivity and well-being of graduate students in the College. I am also an instructor at the Department of English. I have
designed lower and upper-division courses on film analysis, modernism, and 20th-century American literature and culture. My teaching evaluations have consistently signaled my strengths in fostering environments for generative discussions and providing accessibility to students. I have also worked as an editorial assistant at Taylor & Francis, where I regularly collaborated with
commissioning editors and the production team to achieve profit goals. Thus, I have learned to prioritize timely communication and collaboration, which I believe is a useful skill for the MSA Graduate Student Representative to possess.
Website: https://www.debakanyahaldar.com/
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