Jey Sushil teaches in the Department of English at Kenyon College. Before joining Kenyon, he taught at Washington University in St. Louis and worked as a journalist with the BBC. His writing has appeared in Belt Magazine and the Pittsburgh Review of Books. His research focuses on world literature, translation studies, the politics of translation and digital humanities.

Sushil is the author of two Hindi memoirs and is currently completing his first monograph, "India Translated." His memoir "Dukh Ki Duniya Bhitar Hai" received the Rahul Sankrityayan Award at the Banaras Literature Festival.

Areas of Expertise

 20th and 21st century Anglophone literature, digital humanities, world literature, environmental studies, journalism

Education

2026 — Doctor of Philosophy from Washington University

2004 — Master of Philosophy from Jawaharlal Nehru Univ, India

2002 — Master of Arts from Jawaharlal Nehru Univ, India

Courses Recently Taught

Each section of these first-year seminars approaches the study of literature through the exploration of a single theme in texts drawn from a variety of literary genres (such as tragedy, comedy, lyric poetry, epic, novel, short story, film and autobiography) and historical periods. Classes are small, offering intensive discussion and close attention to each student's writing. Students in each section are asked to work intensively on composition as part of a rigorous introduction to reading, thinking, speaking and writing about literary texts. During the semester, instructors assign frequent essays and may also require oral presentations, quizzes, examinations and research projects. This course is not open to juniors and seniors without permission of the department chair. Offered every year.