Shaibal Dev Roy is a Ph.D. Candidate in English. He specializes in American literature and culture in the Long Nineteenth Century and is concerned with the intersection of empire, coloniality, and race. In dialogue with contemporary transpacific black studies, his research and teaching combine theories of transpacific transnationalism with the literatures and histories of South Asian-American radicalism, anti-racism, and anticolonial affinity. He recasts this archive as the site of a heterodox conception of a reordered future. His research is supported by grants and fellowships from the Huntington, American Antiquarian Society, MLA, Massachusetts Historical Society, Bentley Historical Library, and USC Transpacific Center.