Dr. Nikhita Obeegadoo

Dr. Nikhita Obeegadoo, PhD.

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

Dept. of Languages and World Literatures

Okanagan Campus

Fields

Race, Migration, Africa, Colonialism, Climate Change

Contact Information

Chosen name and pronouns:

Nikhita Obeegadoo (She/Her/Hers)

nikhita.obeegadoo@ubc.ca

https://fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/nikhita-obeegadoo/

Twitter/nikhitaob

Expertise

Race, colonialism, immigrant, slavery, indenture, Global South, islands, archipelagoes, climate change, literature, medical humanities, Africa, Indian Ocean, neocolonialism, diaspora

In the Media

• The Goncourt Prize Gets Americanized – The New Yorker

Languages

English, French, Spanish, Hindi, Mauritian Creole