Executive Committee

Richard L. Fisher Professor of English Faculty Director of the Program in Asian American Studiesdeng@english.upenn.eduWebsite

Professor of English and Comparative Literature (On Leave, 2025-2026) Graduate Chair, Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory; Research Resident, Vartan Gregorian Center for Research in the Humanities, New York Public Library, 2025; Visiting Scholar, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 2026 kazanjia@english.upenn.eduWebsite

Associate Professor Department of South Asia Studiesdevenp@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Associate Professor of English poncej@english.upenn.eduWebsite

Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities & Professor of English (Interim Chair, 2025-2026) psain@english.upenn.eduWebsite