PhD Student, Comparative Literature Soumyaneel Dasgupta is a doctoral student in the Department of Comparative Literature and Intercultural Studies at the University of Georgia. His primary research interests include migration studies, Jewish studies, and science fiction. He obtained his undergraduate, master’s, and master of philosophy degrees in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India. Dasgupta has also worked as a research assistant at the Indian Institute of Management–Calcutta. Dasgupta chose to pursue his Ph.D. at the University of Georgia to explore the plethora of enticing literature courses the program has to offer, and to work alongside Professors Ari Lieberman and Dorothy Figueira. Moving forward, he wants to carve out a career as an academic and pursue research.
