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Pooja Bachani
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Pooja Bachani
Candidate statement
PhD Student, University of Tulsa
I am a second year PhD student at the University of Tulsa and serve as the Editorial Assistant at the James Joyce Quarterly. My research interests beyond modernism include object and thing theory, affect theory, phenomenology, and non-humanism. In 2025, I participated in the Trieste Joyce Summer Program, presented at MSA and a boutique conference on fragments at the University of Naples L’Orientale, and conducted a research visit at the Princess Grace Irish Library in Monaco. I also currently serve on the Board of Directors for the National Steinbeck Center.
I returned to my studies in English Literature after spending a few years working in public policy without and within academia. My role at Pepperdine University’s School of Public Policy allowed me to develop my professional skills in conference organization and hosting, serving on academic committees, and organization boards. I have also worked in marketing, communications, and public affairs. I understand what a role on the board entails and the work required in order to honor the integrity of this commitment. I would love the opportunity to apply my experience and skills to furthering the study of modernism—a field I firmly believe to be my calling.
I am a second year PhD student at the University of Tulsa and serve as the Editorial Assistant at the James Joyce Quarterly. My research interests beyond modernism include object and thing theory, affect theory, phenomenology, and non-humanism. In 2025, I participated in the Trieste Joyce Summer Program, presented at MSA and a boutique conference on fragments at the University of Naples L’Orientale, and conducted a research visit at the Princess Grace Irish Library in Monaco. I also currently serve on the Board of Directors for the National Steinbeck Center.
I returned to my studies in English Literature after spending a few years working in public policy without and within academia. My role at Pepperdine University’s School of Public Policy allowed me to develop my professional skills in conference organization and hosting, serving on academic committees, and organization boards. I have also worked in marketing, communications, and public affairs. I understand what a role on the board entails and the work required in order to honor the integrity of this commitment. I would love the opportunity to apply my experience and skills to furthering the study of modernism—a field I firmly believe to be my calling.
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