Parboti Roy

Parboti Roy is a Chakma Indigenous scholar and PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia's Department of Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts). She holds a lecturer position at North South University, Bangladesh, currently on study leave, and has served as a sessional lecturer at Simon Fraser University's Global Asia Program.

Education:

• PhD Candidate, Asian Studies, University of British Columbia
• Masters in Women's Studies, Flinders University
• Masters in Women and Gender Studies, Dhaka University
• Bachelors in Women and Gender Studies, Dhaka University

Research Focus: Roy's work centers on Indigenous feminist frameworks, examining gendered violence against Adibashi women in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts. She employs intersectional and transnational methodologies to develop community-led justice approaches for gender-based violence.

Awards & Honors:

• Public Scholars Initiative Award, UBC
• Institute of Asia Research Travel Award, UBC
• Four Year Doctoral Fellowship, UBC