Emera Bridger Wilson-Anthropology
Area:
India
Title:
Livelihoods in Motion:
Understanding Tourism and Work in Eastern Rajasthan
Emera's research examines the way that caste and class shape
understandings of tourism, development and work among cycle
rickshaw pullers in Bharatpur, Rajasthan.
Trudy DeLong-Anthropology
Area: India, Thailand
Trudy is researching post-operative experiences of people
who have decided to sell kidneys, how body parts move from
body to body, and the global commodification of specific
bodies over others.
Connie Etter-Anthropology
Area: India
Connie's research examines the relationship between Tamil
Protestantism and women’s empowerment in Tamil Nadu, India.
Faris Khan-Anthropology
Area: India
Faris' research focuses on
the intersections of queer sexuality, identity politics, and
collective action in Kolkata. More broadly, he is interested
in gender and sexuality, power, social movements, and
transnationalism in South Asia.
Jocelyn Kilmer-Anthropology
Area: India
Laurah Klepinger-Mathew-Anthropology
Area:
India
Title:
Globalized Yoga in South India: Flexible Labor and the
Fashioning of Tradition
Laurah's dissertation research examines labor and
relations in the contemporary production of Yoga in South
India through an ethnographic study of an international Yoga
organization.
Madhura Lohokare-Anthropology
Area: India
Karen McNamara-Anthropology
Area: Bangladesh
Title: Politics and Practice of
Health in Bangladesh
Karen studies politics,
religion, and medicine in Bangladesh. She also researches
the migration of Bangladeshis to the Middle East, its
influences on ideas of Islam, and how this has affected
perceptions and practice of health and medicine in
Bangladesh.
Cassidy Perreault-Anthropology
Area: U.S.
Jamie Portillo-Anthropology
Area: India
Jamie's doctoral dissertation explores the effects of
conservation architecture and cultural tourism on local,
indigenous understandings of heritage in Leh, Ladakh.
Moushumi Shabnam-Anthropology
Area: Queens, New York, and Bangladesh
Title: Construction of Muslim identity in the post 9/11
era
Moushumi investigates class, gender, ethnic and family
backgrounds, and length of residency in the U.S. in the
process of identity construction for the Muslim American
immigrants in the post 9/11 U.S.
Ian Wilson-Anthropology
Area: India
Title: Constructing ‘Jatness’ through History:The
Conceptualization of the Jat Community of Bharatpur in
History and Historical Discourses
Ian’s research will examine the history of the former
princely state of Bharatpur and the significances of its
local history in the present, with an emphasis on
conceptions about the Jat community.
Nicole Wilson-Anthropology
Area: India
Ishan Ashutosh-Geography
Area: Unites States
Ishan’s research is on South Asian immigrant communities and
neighborhoods, with specific focus on business activities.
Asha Sundaram--Economics
Area: India
Title:
The Impact of Trade Liberalization and Credit
Access on the Technology of Informal Manufacturing Firms in
India Asha's interest lies in
the general
area of trade liberalization, poverty and firm performance
in developing economies.
Rajyasree Banerjee-History
Area: India
Rajyashree's research
concerns tribal labor migration in India from the eastern
part of India to the Tea gardens in Assam and Dooars region.
Srimoy Roychowdhury-History
Area: India
Shrimoy studies
the history of charity, medicine and doctoring in 19th
century Bengal, India.
Punit Arora-Management
Area: India
Punit's research focuses on the Indian civil services,
public and corporate governance in India, and business
policy issues.
Sharmadip Basu-Social Science
Area:
India and the U.S.
Title: ‘American’ Tunes in Calcutta Airs: Folk/Rock
Music Subculture in an Indian Metropolis, c.1977 - 1994
Sharmadip traces how western music has become an
inextricable part of the musical lexicon of Bengalis in
Calcutta. This analysis focuses on various political,
economic, and social processes of transnational passage of
cultural artifacts from the so-called First World, and their
translation and (re-)transmission in a Third World urban
context.
