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Rudrani V. Sarma, Ph.D.

Rudrani Sarma

Rudrani V. Sarma, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor & Murphy Fellow in English

sarma@hendrix.edu Fausett 204-06 (501) 336-5056

Biography

Rudrani Sarma is a visiting Assistant Professor & Murphy Fellow in English. Dr. Sarma specializes in long nineteenth century Black literature from around the world. Her scholarship focuses on representations of race and racialized bodies in medical and scientific discourse, performance, slave narratives, children's literature, and other popular culture materials. 

Academic Background

  • A.B., Bryn Mawr College, 2016
  • M.A., Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 2022
  • Ph.D., Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 2026

Recent Publications

    • Sarma, Rudrani. "From Blackface 'Baboos' to Bollywood: Inhabiting the Other in Indian Minstrel Acts."  TDR: The Drama Review 70.1 (2026): 126–141. doi:10.1017/S1054204325101123. []

    • Sarma, Rudrani. "Catching Tigers: White Childhood Nostalgia and Constructions of Blackness in Little Black Sambo." Children's Literature 50 (2022): 121-162. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/chl.2022.0009.

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