Piya Chatterjee

Piya Chatterjee is Professor of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Dorothy Cruickshank Backstrand Chair at Scripps College. Her work bridges anthropology, transnational feminism, and postcolonial critique.

• Education:
• B.A. in Political Science/Anthropology from Wellesley College
• M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science/Anthropology from University of Chicago

Research Focus spans British colonialism's legacies, women in the global South, intersectional U.S. women of color feminisms, and feminist pedagogy. She examines labor systems, gendered violence, and academic institutional critique.

Scientific Awards include:

• Professor of the Year (Scripps College, 2014)
• John Hope Franklin Book Award (2001)
• Bridging Theory to Practice Grant (2014-2015)

Grants include Ford Foundation funding for 'Cloning Cultures' (2003-2006) and Global Fund for Women's 'Literacies for Liberation' (2013-2015).