Megharaj Adhikari

Megharaj Adhikari is a Ph.D. student. He holds an M.Phil. and an M.A. in English from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. His research focus is Twentieth and Twenty-first-century American Literatures, centering on Modernism and literary canons, institutions, and infrastructures. Additionally, his interests extend to New Media, Ecocriticism, Postcolonial Literatures, World Englishes, Literature in Translation, and Western Buddhism. In 2018, he was a visiting Fulbright Commission scholar in the Study of the United States Institute in Contemporary American Literature, and, in 2012, he received a scholarship from the U.S. Embassy in Nepal for Online Learning to EFL Educators. Prior to FSU, Megharaj held positions as an adjunct faculty member at Tribhuvan University teaching English language and literature and worked as an interpreter and translator. His translated plays include Tartuffe and Three Sisters, performed in the Nepali National theater. Since 2022, he has worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in English at FSU.

In December 2023, the Modern Language Association elected Megharaj as a Professional-Issues Delegate of the MLA Delegate Assembly. His term runs until January 2027. Additionally, he recently took on the role of a peer reviewer of the open-access literary journal Critical Humanities.