معرفی
Manjusha Nair is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at George Mason University since 2017. She holds a PhD from Rutgers University (2011) and previously taught at the National University of Singapore. She serves as Director of the Global South Research Hub, Associate Editor of Pacific Affairs for South Asia/Himalayas, and member of the Justice 21 Committee of the Society for the Study of Social Problems.
Research Focus: Her work examines counter-hegemonic movements in the Global South, focusing on neoliberal globalization’s impact. Key areas include labor politics in India/China, Africa-India transnational relations, and moral economy frameworks. Methodologically, she uses historical/comparative approaches with ethnographic fieldwork in India, China, Ethiopia, and South Africa.
Publications: Award-winning book Undervalued Dissent: Informal Workers’ Politics in India (SUNY 2016) analyzes labor resistance under neoliberalism. Current projects include A Crisscross World: Africa, India, and the Indian Ocean Present exploring postcolonial solidarity networks. She co-edited the Handbook of Social Justice in the Global South (Edward Elgar 2025).
Awards: Honorable Mention, Global Division Book Award (Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2018).
Advising: Supervises PhD students researching topics like environmental change in US housing, skilled migration of Indian IT workers, and racialization in Turkish nationalism. Active in grant-funded research on transnational labor and decolonizing methodologies.
Affiliations: Leads the Global South Research Hub fostering interdisciplinary work on Global South issues. Engages in policy dialogues through editorial and committee roles promoting social justice scholarship.
