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Akanksha Misra

GWSS Alum '20 - Assistant Professor in Gender & Women's Studies, SUNY, Plattsburgh

Fields of Interest

Education Gender Indian Sexuality Turkish

Biography

Ph.D., Feminist Studies, University of Washington, 2020
M.A. Cultural Studies, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011
B.E. Electronics and Telecommunications, JNEC, Aurangabad, India, 2000

Dissertation: The erotics of pedagogical spaces : schools, sexuality and the desiring body in India and Turkey

Research

Selected Research

  • Misra, A. (2020). The erotics of pedagogical spaces : schools, sexuality and the desiring body in India and Turkey. University of Washington Libraries.
    Adviser: Priti Ramamurthy
  • Akanksha Misra, "Sex Education and Sexual Citizenship in Schools in India and Turkey," Society of Scholars, Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, 2018-2019.

Affiliations

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Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies

Related News

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  • Congratulations to Dr. Akanksha Misra! (July 6, 2020)
  • Akanksha Misra accepts position at SUNY - Plattsburgh (April 24, 2020)
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