Dr. Asma Sayed is the Canada Research Chair in South Asian Literary and Cultural Studies in the Department of English at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Currently, she is also Vice President for Equity and Inclusive Communities. She specializes in postcolonial and diasporic literatures with a focus on narratives of exile and displacement from South Asia and East Africa. Her publications include five books and numerous articles in a range of periodicals, anthologies, and academic journals. Sayed’s work has been recognized through multiple awards and grants. In 2020, she was elected as a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists. She is a recipient of KPU’s Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) award for 2023 and Distinguished Scholarship Award for 2022. She is the former President (2019-22) of the Canadian Association for Postcolonial Studies.