Dr. Lakmali Jayasinghe completed her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at Stanford University. She was also a Visiting Ph.D. Scholar at the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society (ICLS) at Columbia University and a Postdoctoral Associate of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar on “Unbordering Migration in the Americas: Causes, Experiences, Identities” at the Humanities Center at University of Rochester. Dr. Jayasinghe’s teaching career started in 2004 as a Lecturer of English at European College and as a Lecturer of French at the Alliance Française in 2005. She has since taught at several other institutions such as Stanford University and the City College of New York. Dr. Jayasinghe has received several awards for both her teaching and research, and her work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals.
