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Jenny Bhatt

Jenny Bhatt

Associate Director, Rainer Schulte Center for Translation Studies
CRWT 3330, Translation Workshop
 
+1 (972) 883-2030
JO 5.510

Currently accepting undergraduate students

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Professional Preparation

Ph.D. (Candidate) - Literature
University of Texas at Dallas - 2027
M.A. - Literature
University of Texas at Dallas - 2025
B.Eng. - Manufacturing Systems Engineering
University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom - 1996

Research Areas

Translation Studies
Postmodern Literature
South Asian Literature
Literary Studies

Publications

Sulekha Select: The Indian Experience in a Connected World - Anthology (Nonfiction)
South to South: Writing South Asia in the American South
2024 - Anthology (Fiction)
The Dark Waves of Winter 2022 - Anthology (Fiction)
The Shehnai Virtuoso and Other Stories by Dhumketu 2022 - Book (Translated Fiction)
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021 - Anthology (Fiction)
Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu 2020 - Book (Translated Fiction)
Each of Us Killers: Stories 2020 - Book (Fiction)
The Golden Amulet (Day One Literary Journal; now 'Kindle Single') 2016 - Book (Fiction)

Awards

Literature Fellowship for Translation - National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) [2025]
English Translations Award (Finalist) - PFC-VoW Book Awards [2021]
Book of the Year (Short Stories) - Foreword INDIES [2020]
Fiction Finalist - Best of the Net Anthology [2017]

Appointments

Lecturer
University of Texas at Dallas [2026–Present]
CRWT 3330, Translation Workshop
Teaching Associate
University of Texas at Dallas [2024–2026]
CRWT 2301, Introduction to Creative Writing
Teaching Associate
University of Texas at Dallas [2023–2024]
RHET 1302, Rhetoric

Presentations

“Works in Progress: 2025 NEA Translation Fellows Conversation Series"
2025/10–2025/10
“Translating South Asian Literature, Enriching World Literature"
2025/04–2025/04
"Marketing and Promoting Literary Translations with Less Noise and More Signal"
2023/07–2023/07

Affiliations

American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)
2021/04
Modern Language Association (MLA)
2023/09
American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA)
2023/12
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
2021/01
PEN America
2020/08