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Jyoti Puri
- Name
- Title
- Professor of Sociology
- Phone
- 617-521-2593
- Office
- 300 The Fenway - C-205G , MA
- jyoti.puri@simmons.edu
Jyoti Puri writes and teaches in the areas of sexualities, states, nationalisms, and transnational feminist critiques. Her book, Woman, Body, Desire in Post-colonial India: Narratives of Gender and Sexuality, addresses how constructs of gender and sexuality are shaped across national and transnational contexts. A subsequent book, Encountering Nationalism, examines questions of nationalism and the state from a feminist sociological perspective.
Jyoti Puri is currently working on a book manuscript, Sexual States: Governance and Decriminalization of Sodomy in India.
Teaching Areas & Topics
- Gender and Sexualities
Affiliations
- American Sociological Association
- Sociologists for Women in Society
- Society for the Study of Social Problems
Awards & Honors
- Dean's Award for Excellence in Advising, Simmons College
- Simmons Faculty Research Award
- Fulbright Senior Research Award
Selected Articles
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
Northeastern University
Bachelor of Arts
University of Mumbai