Delaware prof gets NEH award for book

A STAFF WRITER:

Dr. Susmita Roye, associate professor of English at Delaware State University (DSU), has been named a recipient of the National Endowment for Humanities Award for Faculty.

The award has been given in recognition and support of her current book manuscript project, which is about the women writers of India during the British rule of that country (1757-1947). She has tentatively titled the book “Mothering India.”

Roye will receive financial support from the grant award, which will enable her to take some time off from teaching to finish the book. The Indian American was one of only eight people to receive the award out of 101 applications.

Previously, Roye co-edited and contributed a chapter to the book, “The Male Empire under The Female Gaze,” which explored the perspective of British white women amid British rule of India.

Roye has been a faculty member of DSU since 2011.