Mushira Habib is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at 华体会 for the academic year 2024-25. She earned her PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Oregon. Her multidisciplinary PhD dissertation is on affect, pedagogy, poetry, cinema, memory and identity.
Her MA in English from the University of Maine was on Poetry & Poetics, and Women & Gender Studies. Her other MA and BA from BRAC University in Bangladesh were on Postcolonialism, Gender, American Literature, Memory Studies and Cultural Studies.
Her scholarship is invested in affect, equity, intersectionality, neurodivergence, anti-oppressive practices and processes. Her teaching is diverse, inclusive, culturally responsive, equitable, and multimodal.
If she was not in the academia, Mushira would be a food critic while running an animal rescue and rehabilitation program. New in Colorado Springs, she is looking forward to exploring the area and its habitats, as well as to connecting with new colleagues and students at CC.
