Seema Sohi

Seema Sohi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, specializing in Asian American Studies and U.S. History. Her research explores transnational political movements, anticolonial radicalism, and the racial formation of South Asians in North America.

• Ph.D. in History from University of Washington (2008)
• M.A. in History from University of Vermont
• B.A. in English & History from UC Santa Cruz (1997)

Her research integrates critical ethnic studies frameworks to examine:

• Climate justice movements
• Imperial citizenship formations
• Transnational resistance networks
• Racial surveillance regimes
• Diasporic anticolonial activism
• U.S.-British imperial intersections

Her publications reveal patterns in:

• Early 20th-century South Asian migration
• Inter-imperial security cooperation
• Racialized repression of dissent
• Religious institutions as radical spaces
• Continuities between colonial and postcolonial racial politics
• Evolution of climate justice frameworks

Scientific Recognition:

• Binkley-Stephenson Award (2023) for outstanding article in the Journal of American History

Current Work: Developing a history of the climate justice movement.