Debarati Dutta

Debarati Dutta is a Senior Lecturer in the Writing Resources and Support (WRDS) department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She specializes in disability studies, translingual pedagogies, and decolonized writing education. Her work bridges academic writing, cultural anthropology, and sociopolitical issues in multilingual contexts.

Education:

• Post-Doctorate, Department of English, Texas Christian University
• Post-Graduate Certificate in Journalism, Jadavpur University
• M.A. English Literature, University of Calcutta
• B.A. (Honors) English, University of Calcutta

Research Focus: Dr. Dutta’s research interrogates invisible disability advocacy, language policies in multilingual societies, and the intersection of food cultures with identity and religion. She employs qualitative methodologies and ethnographic approaches to explore marginalized narratives.

Grants & Awards:

• 2019-2020 Chancellor’s Diversity Grant (UNC Charlotte) for Chronic Yet Unseen
• 2014 UWP Course Release Grant for disciplinary writing analysis

Key Projects:

• Baro Maashwe Tero Parbon: Bilingual ethnography of Bengal’s festival foodscapes
• Pious Offerings: Culinary anthropology of multi-religious Bengal