Soma Chaudhuri

Soma Chaudhuri
  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Sociology
  • Co-Director, Center for Gender in Global Context
  • Acting DEI Coordinator of Sociology
  • PhD Vanderbilt University, 2008
  • 433B Berkey Hall
  • 509 E. Circle Drive
  • East Lansing, MI 48823
  • 517-353-0874

CURRICULUM VITAE

Soma Chaudhuri

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Soma Chaudhuri is a qualitative methodologist whose research lies at the intersection of gender, development, social movements and violence. She studies how violence at the community and household level is used to legitimize structural and institutional level gender inequalities that specifically disadvantage women. Relatedly she explores the role of non-state actors in creating effective strategies for encountering such violence through empowerment programs, the impact it has on the women’s lives, and reasons for failure of such programs.

Her other current projects explore: 1. The impact of pandemics on Indian migrants across occupational hierarchy (with Elizabeth Chacko, Bandana Purkayastha et al.); 2. The interplay of risks and motivations undertaken by ordinary people that drive their decision to participate in social justice protests during a public health crisis (with Jennifer Cobbina-Dungy et al.); 3. A queer decolonial feminist perspective on the study of witches, witchcraft and witch hunts (with Jane Ward)

Her research has been funded by several grants including from the National Science Foundation and Social Science Research Council Award.

LINKS

https://somachaudhuri.com/

Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

 

Elizabeth Chacko, Paromita Sanyal, Soma Chaudhuri and Bandana Purkayastha. 2023 Caregiving and Care Receiving Among Asian Indian Immigrants in the USA During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Geographical Review, Vol. 113 (4): 502-514 https://doi-org.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/10.1080/00167428.2023.2196542

Andala Yakubu* and Soma Chaudhuri. 2022. Potential Opportunities and Challenging Realities: Organization’ Experiences while Accessing Resources and Advocating on Behalf of Survivors of Domestic Violence in Ghana. Women’s Studies International Forum. Vol. 94 (September-October): 1-10 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2022.102620

Cobbina-Dungy, Jennifer, Soma Chaudhuri, Ashley Lacourse* and Christina Dejong. 2022. Defund the Police: Perceptions among Protestors in the 2020 March on Washington.  Criminology & Public Policy. Vol. 21 (1): 147-174 (Article highlighted in Research Features: “Black Lives Matter Protests Spark Calls to Defund the Police.” August 26, 2022. Black Lives Matter protests spark calls to defund the police (researchfeatures.com))