Danish Khan

Dr. Danish Khan is an Assistant Professor and Andrew W Mellon High Impact Emerging Scholar at Franklin & Marshall College's Department of Economics. His research focuses on political economy, economic development, and South Asian studies, with a regional emphasis on Pakistan. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and previously taught at Bucknell University.

Key research areas include the political economy of urban development, inequality, and informal labor dynamics in peripheral capitalism. His work examines state-spatiality, postcolonial governance, and class dynamics in South Asia. He has published in journals like Review of International Political Economy and Review of Radical Political Economics, and co-directs the Inequality, Poverty, Power & Social Justice Initiative (IPPSOJ) at F&M.

Teaching includes courses on political economy of urban development, globalization, and economic principles. Awards include the Stephen A Resnick Best Essay Award and John Kenneth Galbraith Dissertation Award.