Kasturi Ray

Dr. Kasturi Ray is a Professor at San Francisco State University, located in HUM 363. Her research focuses on women and work, globalization, immigration and diaspora studies, and colonial/postcolonial/neo-colonial dynamics. She is currently authoring two major works: "The Trade in Maids: Cross-Cultural Readings of Paid and Unpaid Domestic Workers", examining women’s labor in Hawai’i, Bengal, the Philippines, and the Bay Area; and a comparative social history of 19th-century sugar plantation workers in Hawai’i, Louisiana, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Her work bridges historical analysis with contemporary social issues, emphasizing cross-cultural and transnational perspectives. No specific grants, awards, or student advisees are listed in the provided text.