Deeva Gupta ’16 is an IB English language and literature teacher at UWC-USA. She is returning to UWC as a PhD candidate at Columbia University, where her academic work focuses on epic poetry in early modernity.
About Deeva
Title/Position
English Language & Literature
Education
M.Phil in English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
MA in English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
BA in History, Columbia University
Deep Springs College
Passions
Trail Running, Dog Walks and Reading Periodicals
Languages
English, French (B2), Arabic (B1)
Q&A with Deeva
What do you love about teaching or your role at the school?
I loved attending, and now living and working at a school which practices diversity in a muscular sense: across race, nationality, class, etc.
What do you think parents and students should know about you?
Irrespective of the futures that UWC students choose for themselves, I believe that cultivating a sensitivity to language — noticing the way it affectively moves us as well as sitting in aporia when its meaning is unclear — is essential when we are committed to peace and a sustainable future.
