About Rebecca Gould

Rebecca Gould is an Assistant Professor of Literature at Yale-NUS College. She is the author of The Poetics of Insurgency: Caucasus Literatures and Colonial Modernity (Yale University Press, 2014). Her work is available here: http://works.bepress.com/r_gould/.

Articles by Rebecca Gould

A Singapore Ramayana: academic freedom and the liberal arts curriculum

Could Singaporeans of the future do a better job at making democracy a reality than America’s elected leaders have done for the past half-century? Maybe, if one of the most important literary works of premodern India is taught again at the recently created Yale-NUS in Singapore.

Felon Voting Rights and Democracy

Convicted felons continue to be barred from voting in the US, with severe consequences for their rehabilitation and the democratic process. An effective campaign for their re-enfranchisement is vital, argues Rebecca Gould.

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