Gitanjali Shahani

Dr. Shahani, recently chair of the Department of English Language and Literature, joined SF State in 2007. She was the founding coordinator of the College Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE), co-founded the LCA Equity and Social Justice Leadership Development Program, served on the DEI Leadership Team for Faculty Affairs and the University Budget Council, and is currently participating in the AASCU Emerging Leaders Program. Her most recent book is “Tasting Difference: Food, Race, and Cultural Encounters in Early Modern Literature” with Cornell University Press (2020). She received her PhD from Emory University and her MA and BA from the University of Mumbai.