There’s a Spirit in the Woods Global Perspectives on Literature and Ecology

Manju Jaidka  is a former Professor and Chairperson of the Department of English, Panjab University, Chandigarh. A recipient of several prestigious fellowships, including a Fulbright and two Rockefeller awards, she has taught at leading international universities and has authored over thirty books and nearly a hundred research papers. As a creative writer, her works include poetry collections, novels, a play, and a short story collection. She is also the founder of MELOW (the Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the World), which has held twenty-six international conferences to date. She serves on the advisory boards of several global organizations.

Manpreet Kaur Kang  specializes in American Literature, Gender Studies, and Writings of the Indian Diaspora and has been teaching and guiding research in these areas. She has four books and thirty research papers to her credit. She is currently a Professor of English at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi. She is also the Director, Students’ Welfare at her university. She is the past President of IASA (International American Studies Association), the current Secretary of MELOW (The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the World), and the editor of MEJO: The MELOW Journal, and Indraprasth: An International Journal .

Roshan Lal Sharma  is a Senior Professor of English at Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala. A Senior Fulbright Fellow and an Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, during 2007-08, he has authored Walt Whitman: A Critical Evaluation , Shorter Fiction of Raja Rao , co-authored Som P. Ranchan: Dialogue Epic in Indian English Poetry , edited one book, co-edited nine, translated one, and authored four poetry collections in Hindi and English. Additionally, he has published close to a hundred papers and book chapters.