Uzma Akhand Hossain

Uzma Akhand Hossain holds a doctorate in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and has worked in education for more than 20 years. Her research and professional experiences and interests include South Asian American literacies, culturally relevant pedagogy, and urban education. She explored these themes and readers’ responses to Jhumpa Lahiri’s works in her doctoral dissertation entitled “Dialogues in the Diaspora: Muslim Bangladeshi-American Women and Culturally Relevant Literature.” She currently resides in Great Neck, NY with her husband and son.