Anantha Sudhakar, PhD
Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies Department
Office: EP 426
Phone: 415-405-0713
Email: sudhakar@sfsu.edu
2012 Year of first appointment in Asian American Studies
Education
PhD Rutgers University, English
MA University of Washington, English
BA University of Virginia, English and Women’s Studies
Research Interests
South Asian American literature and culture; diaspora and transnationalism; social justice and arts activism; gender studies and queer theory
Courses Taught
211 Contemporary Asian Americans
218 Asian American Culture
540 South Asians in the United States
822 Seminar: Asian American Literature and Arts
Honors, Awards, and Grants
2012
Exemplary Diversity Scholar, National Center for Institutional Diversity
2011
Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Asian American Studies Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2008
Mellon Dissertation Seminar Fellowship, Rutgers University
2000
Minority Affairs Fellowship, University of Washington
1998
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies, The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Current Community Involvement
SAMAR: South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection, Editorial Collective
South Asian Women’s Creative Collective (Board of Directors 2008-10, Co-chair 2010-11)
Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Public Programs Director (2000-03)
Current Campus Service
Pakistani Student Association, Faculty Advisor
University Graduate Council
