Bhumika Chauhan

Assistant Professor

Member Of:
  • School of History and Sociology
Email Address: bchauhan30@gatech.edu

Overview

Personal Pronouns:
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Bhumika Chauhan is a sociologist of labor with a special focus on automation, globalization, migration, and social movements. She was born and raised in India and received most of her academic training there before getting her PhD in Sociology from New York University. Her research before the Ph.D., which continues to shape her thinking about teaching, asked how anti-caste and feminist social justice movements in India influenced critical pedagogical practices in the classroom. She has been part of working-class struggles in Delhi’s industrial belt. She contributed to several workers’ newspapers and also made a documentary about the workers’ struggles in the automobile and garment industries of New Delhi.

Education:
  • Ph.D., Sociology, New York University, New York (2024)
  • M.Phil., Education Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2014)
  • M.A., Sociology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (2012)
  • B.A. (Hons.), Psychology, University of Delhi, New Delhi (2009)

Interests

Teaching Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Fields:
  • Communities, Places, and the Environment
  • Science, Technology, and Medicine

Courses

  • HTS-3007: Soc of Work and Industry
  • HTS-3055: Globalization Modern Era

Publications

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