Parama Roy

Parama Roy serves as Professor of English at the University of California, Davis, based in Voorhies Hall with contact via proy@ucdavis.edu and (530) 752-1696.

Her academic foundation includes:

• Ph.D. from University of Rochester
• M.A. from University of Rochester
• B.A. (Honours in English) from Delhi University

Roy's research interrogates postcolonial frameworks through Victorian literary traditions, with innovative expansions into food systems and animal-human relationships. Her methodology consistently examines power dynamics in consumption practices and embodied experiences across South Asian contexts.

Her publications reveal a sustained investigation of trauma and identity, evolving from colonial identity formations in Indian Traffic (1998) to corporeal politics in Alimentary Tracts (2010), with States of Trauma (2009) bridging gender violence and postcolonial state formations.

No scientific awards are documented in the provided materials.

While her mentorship scope isn't specified here, her scholarly trajectory indicates leadership in postcolonial food and animal studies initiatives.