Poulami Roychowdhury

Poulami Roychowdhury’s research examines the relationship between politics, law, and social inequality. Her forthcoming book, Capable Citizens (Oxford University Press) traces the aftermath of legal reforms and political mobilization against gender-based violence in India. Other projects include: masculinity, ethnicity, and labor organizing in New York City, and media coverage of sexual violence. She is currently working on a new project, comparing the evolution and contestation over sexual consent in the United States and France.

Her research has been supported by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council, the Fonds de Recherche du Québec, the National Science Foundation, the Fulbright Foundation, and the American Institute for Indian Studies. Prior to joining McGill, she was a Five College Pre-doctoral fellow at Smith College in Northampton, MA.

She also serves as Associate Editor of Social Politics and a Council Member for the ASA's Development Section.