Education
Raja graduated with a Masters in literature from Belmont University in 2002, and earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Postcolonial Studies from Florida State University in 2006, where he studied with Robin Truth Goodman.
Raja graduated with a Masters in literature from Belmont University in 2002, and earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Postcolonial Studies from Florida State University in 2006, where he studied with Robin Truth Goodman.
Raja moved to the United States in 1996, after ten years of service in the Pakistan Army as an Infantry officer A strong proponent of peace, social justice, and human rights, Raja hopes to foster a better understanding between his primary culture and rest of the world. Raja has also published extensively in his area of study and on general academic topics in various academic journals and anthologies.
Recently, Raja has also contributed his views on various issues related to the Islamic world and Pakistan to newspapers such as the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on a story on Osama bin Laden and to Aljazeera English on a story about the Blasphemy law in Pakistan.
Besides his academic and popular writings, Raja has also actively presented his views at academic conferences as well as through public talks.
Raja is also a member of the Advisory Committee (2009-2012) of PMLA, the premier journal of literature and languages and was also recently elected to a five-year term on the Executive Committee of the South Asian Studies Group, Modern Language Association.