Sharonee Dasgupta
Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Anthropology
Research Interests
Sociocultural Anthropology
Biography
I am currently a Ph.D. student in the department of Anthropology. I hold a BA in English, Psychology, MA in English, and a MPhil in Comparative Indian Literature from India. I have over 8 years of work experience with civil society organizations and prior to attending UMass, I was with the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi. My personal experiences and field insights have shaped the focus of my current research interests that including topics such as state-citizen relations, resource allotment, community-based mobilizations, identity politics within the discourse of food in India and ethnographic research.
Publications
- 2017 Dasgupta, S. Semiotic Study of Sindoor, International Journal for Intersectional Feminist Studies, (Project Monma Research Centre, 2017), pp. 26-33, ISSN 2463-2945
Education
2021, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Ph.D. Student in the Department of Anthropology Sociocultural Anthropology Advisors: Krista Harper, Svati Shah (WGSS) | 2016, University of Delhi; Department of Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies, Master of Philosophy (MPhil.) in Comparative Indian Literature | 2010, Jyothi Nivas College, Bangalore University, M.A., English Literature | 2008, Christ University of Bangalore B.A., Journalism, Psychology, and English