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Md Minhajul Abedin

Md Minhajul Abedin

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

M.F.A. Candidate, Department of Film & Media Arts, College of Visual and Performing Arts

Areas of Expertise

Cultural memory; displacement; Partition of Bengal; post-colonial identity.
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Nikita Agarwal

Ph.D. Student, Anthropology Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

LL.M., Columbia University

Poonam Argade
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Poonam Argade

Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Sohrob Aslamy

Sohrob Aslamy

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Areas of Expertise

Political economy, urban space, Afghanistan and Central Asia
Mohammad Athar

Mohammad Ebad Athar

Assistant Director, International Relations Undergraduate Program

Ph.D. Candidate, History Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Alexandra Berger

Alexandra Berger

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Ph.D. Candidate, Religion Department, College of Arts and Sciences

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Christian Bevilacqua

M.A. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Areas of Expertise

Migrant geographies, cultural and urban geographies, Middle East, South Asia

Sadhvi Dash

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, English Department, College of Arts and Sciences

Areas of Expertise

 Video game studies, Frankfurt School, psychoanalysis

Avital Datskovsky

Avital Datskovsky

Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

M.S., SOAS University of London
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Emille de la Cruz

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Areas of Expertise

Political economy of development, services transition, precarious work, gender and care work, political ecology of the blue economy
Ross Freedenberg

Ross Freedenberg

Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

M.A., Syracuse University
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Auwn Gurmani

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Areas of Expertise

Marxism, extractivism,  racial capitalism, STS, caste, Indigeneity, environmental politics

Falak Hadi

Falak Hadi

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Tasneem Hamead

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Ph.D. Student, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences

Areas of Expertise

Postcolonialism, Visual Arts, Women’s and Gender Studies, South Asian Literatures
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Kara Hayslip

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Ph.D. Student, Religion Department, College of Arts and Sciences

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Anuradha Herath

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Ph.D. Student, Mass Communications, Newhouse School of Public Communications

Areas of Expertise

Political communication, conflict, international relations/media, Sri Lanka, Israeli-Palestinian region
Sadam Hussain

Sadam Hussain

Ph.D. Student, Anthropology Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

B.A., Ashoka University
Md Zobayer Hossain Joati

Md Zobayer Hossain Joati

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

M.S. Student, Multimedia, Photography and Design, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Areas of Expertise

Photojournalism, documentary, underrepresented communities, trauma stories, socio-cultural issues, political conflicts

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Praagya Khand

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

M.A. Student, Music and Art Histories, College of Arts and Sciences

Areas of Expertise

South Asian art and architecture, Nepali and Indian art
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Shrutika Lakshmi

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Ph.D. Student, Religion Department, College of Arts and Sciences

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Ajaya Mali

Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Areas of Expertise

Political ecology, international institutions, water governance
Avia Nahreen

Avia Nahreen

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Areas of Expertise

Political ecology of water governance in South Asia
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Vaidehi Paneri

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Ph.D. Student, Religion Department, College of Arts and Sciences

Sobia Paracha

Sobia Paracha

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

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Naimi Patel

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Ph.D. Student, Religion Department, College of Arts and Sciences

Adarsh Raghuram

Adarsh Raghuram

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Areas of Expertise

Climate change, agriculture
Vatya Raina

Vatya Raina

Ph.D. Student, Anthropology Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

M.A., Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Kshirajaa Ramesh

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

M.S. Candidate, Environmental Science, SUNY ESF

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Md Sohel Rana

M.A. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Areas of Expertise

Geospatial Analysis, Urban Studies
Krishna (Krushna) Ranaware

Krushna Ranaware

Recent Graduate, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Antara Roy

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

M.A. Candidate, Art and Music Histories, College of Arts and Sciences

Areas of Expertise

South Asian textiles; decolonial period paper medium art
Sanjana Sharma

Sanjana Sharma

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

M.F.A. Illustration Candidate, College of Visual and Performing Arts

Areas of Expertise

cultural advocacy through visual art
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Kazi Farzana Shoily

Ph.D. Student, History Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

M.A. in Modern Literature at University of Leeds, UK
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Ruzel Shrestha

Ph.D. Candidate, Economics Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

M.Phil., Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata

M.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University

Kanwaljit Singh

Ph.D. Student, Anthropology Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

B.A., University of California - Davis

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Niraj Sitaula

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Ph.D. Candidate, School of Information Studies

Areas of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics

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Simran Sumbre

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Areas of Expertise

Groundwater, caste ecology, feminist political ecology, India, South Asia
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Tasfia Tasnim

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Ph.D. Student, Environmental Studies, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Areas of Expertise

Politics of climate change adaptation 

Aman Kaur Virk

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, English Department, College of Arts and Sciences

Areas of Expertise

Critical Sikh studies, settler colonialism, diaspora, nationalism, heteropatriarchy. 

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