Dr. Farisa Khalid is a scholar of literary studies specializing in British literature from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. She has taught courses in a range of subjects, including the environmental humanities, science fiction, the history of Western theatre, film & animation, and the literature of travel. She is also an art historian by training and a specialist in various areas of British, North American, and South Asian art.
Program Affiliation
Department of English & Humanities (DEH)
Bachelor of Arts in English
Master of Arts in English
School of Arts & Humanities
Bachelor of Arts in English
Master of Arts in English
School of Arts & Humanities
Education
Ph.D. in English, George Washington University.
M.A. in Art History, New York University.
Areas of Interest
Twentieth-Century British Literature, Victorian Literature, Environmental Humanities, Science Fiction, Art History & Visual Culture.
Journal Articles
- “They Drew as They Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney’s Mid-Century Era: The 1950s and 1960s by Didier Ghez.” Journal of Popular Film and Television. Vol. 49. Issue 1. 2021, pp. 67-68.
- “Good, Brave Causes: British Fiction of the 1950s.” Journal of Modern Literature. Vol. 44. No. 1. Fall 2021, pp. 191-196.
- “Woolf’s Ambiguities: Tonal Modernism, Narrative Strategy, and Feminist Precursors by Molly Hite.” Modern Fiction Studies. Vol. 65. No. 3. Fall 2019, pp. 554-557.
- “The Bell and The Time of the Angels: The Philosophy of Love and Virtue in Iris Murdoch’s Ecclesiastical Fiction.” Studies in the Literary Imagination. Volume 51. No. 2. 2018, pp. 137-158.
Book Chapter
- “Science Fiction and Surveillance in Pixar’s WALL-E and Up.” Social Order and Authority in Disney and Pixar Films. Rowman & Littlefield/Bloomsbury, 2021.
Conference Proceedings
- "'Turning an Honest Penny': Utilitarianism, Labor, and Loss in Washington Square." Modern Language Association Conference. January 5, 2023. San Francisco. Henry James Society.
- “Technology, Innovation, and Modernism in Ward Kimball’s Animation of the 1940s and Beyond.” Popular Culture Association Conference 2019. Washington, DC.
- “Faith and Secular Morality in Iris Murdoch’s The Time of The Angels.” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference 2018. Pittsburgh.
- “Awrah and Absence: The Photographs of Jowhara al-Saud and Shadi Ghadirian.” Brown University Graduate Art History Symposium. October 2011.
- “The Prevalence of the Color Green in Miniature Paintings from the Kishangarh School.” University of Virginia Symposium in Art History. March 2011.
Magazines and Newspapers
- “Interview: After Busan Biennale, Yale Art Historian Urges Art World to Think Local.” AsiaBlog. Asia Society. February 7, 2013.
- “Interview: Richard Slotkin Revisits America’s ‘Forgotten’ War, Korea.” AsiaBlog. Asia Society. May 1, 2013.
Courses Taught
CETL Professional Development Training
- Induction Training for Tertiary Teachers
- Teaching and learning strategies
- Assessment of Learning