Ipsita Chatterjee

Ipsita Chatterjee is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of North Texas, with affiliations in the Women’s Studies Program and the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her work bridges political economy of capitalism, globalization, and urban change, focusing on class, identity, labor, feminism, and Marxist theory. She critically examines neoliberal urbanism, gentrification, and ethno-religious violence, advocating for intellectualism grounded in social justice.

• PhD in Geography, Clark University (2007)
• Master of Philosophy and MA in Geography, Jawaharlal Nehru University (2002, 2000)

Chatterjee’s research explores the dialectical interplay between capitalism, identity, and urban violence, with a focus on marginalized communities in the Global North and South. Her book The Alt-Right Movement (2021) won the Excellence in Book Production Award from the Federation of Indian Publishers. She has also edited the journal Human Geography since 2010, promoting radical, liberatory scholarship and allocating profits to research grants for junior scholars.

Her recent publications analyze Marxist ontologies, urban displacement, and commodification in global cities. She teaches courses such as Globalization, Conflict, Resistance and Urban Geography, emphasizing critical pedagogy and social justice praxis. Chatterjee’s work dismantles liberal identity politics and interrogates the material-discursive roots of inequality.