Monika Mehta

Monika Mehta is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, General Literature and Rhetoric at Binghamton University, with a courtesy affiliation to the Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP). She specializes in transnational media studies, censorship dynamics, and cultural production in South Asian contexts.

Education

• PhD, University of Minnesota
• MA, University of Minnesota
• BA, Saint Olaf College

Research Focus

Her scholarship examines the intersections of media regulation, globalization, and identity politics, with emphasis on:

• Comparative censorship frameworks in colonial/postcolonial states
• Credit sequences as industrial documents and cultural artifacts
• Transnational affinities in Korean/Indian media ecosystems
• Feminist and postcolonial critiques of cultural production

Awards

• 2012 CHOICE Award for Censorship and Sexuality in Bombay Cinema