Aveling has held the rank of Adjunct Professor of Southeast Asian Literature at Ohio University since 2002; that year, he wrote a study of Indonesian poetry during the New Order under President Suharto, which outlined the development of the medium in its socio-historical context.
Aveling has held the rank of Adjunct Professor of Southeast Asian Literature at Ohio University since 2002. In 2001 Ohio University Press published his study of Indonesian poetry during the New Order under President Suharto, which outlined the development of the medium in its socio-historical context.