Dr. M. Kannan is an Associate Professor of English and the Principal of Saraswathi Narayanan College, Madurai (affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University). He has a commendable teaching service of more than 35 years. He is a specialist in the field of American Postmodern literature. He is one among the 18 professors chosen internationally by the United States Information Agency (USIA) in 1996 to attend Summer Institute programmes at the University of Santa Barbara (UCSB), California, USA. He has successfully supervised more than 100 M.Phil. and 20 Ph.D. research projects in the field of American literature. He has published 75 articles nationally and internationally. He has also published 5 books. Presently he serves as the Academic Council and Senate of Madurai Kamaraj University. He has also served as Governor-Chancellor’s Nominee to the Syndicate of Bharathidasan University, Trichy. He is a peer-team member of NAAC and various committees constituted by UGC.