Trained in postcolonial studies, Bidhan received his PhD from Goldsmiths College, University of London, and has published widely in the fields of postcolonial studies, as well as community engagement and critical pedagogy. He has previously produced a community storytelling project in East Los Angeles, “The “Storying Wyvernwood Project,” and published scholarly articles about social and pedagogical impact of the project. He is also founder of WordsUncaged, a program that has put over 200 CSULA students in critical dialogue about literature with incarcerated men in California, and a founding member of the Paws For Life program at Lancaster State Prison. Bidhan is currently teaching the first in-prison degree class at Lancaster, and researching new pedagogical approaches to teaching in prison.