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Ana Velitchkova is the Croft Associate Professor of Sociology and International Studies at the University of Mississippi, located in Oxford, Mississippi. She holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the University of Notre Dame (2014). Her research focuses on social inequality, citizenship studies, Eastern European history, and political violence. Her work examines topics such as transnational communities, civil society under state socialism, and the survival strategies of cultural movements like the Esperanto movement in post-WWII Bulgaria.
Her research interests span sociology, political science, and international studies, with a particular emphasis on how institutional logics and cultural practices shape political agency and violence. She has published widely on themes including global inequality, revolutionary movements, and the interplay between world culture and local practices.
Velitchkova’s academic contributions include analyses of citizenship as a caste marker, the dynamics of civil society under Eastern European state socialism, and the role of language (e.g., Esperanto) in fostering cosmopolitanism. Her work bridges micro-level sociological theory (e.g., Bourdieu’s habitus) with macro-level phenomena like globalization and political conflict.
She is affiliated with the University of Mississippi’s Department of Sociology and maintains an office in 510 Lamar Hall. No specific grants or advising activities are listed in the provided materials.
