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Tamanna Shah is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ohio University’s College of Arts and Sciences. She is based at Bentley Annex 107 on the Athens Campus and is actively involved in teaching, research, and public scholarship.
Education:
- Ph.D., University of Utah, 2023
- M.A. in Sociology, Kansas State University, 2012
- B.A. in Economics, University of Pune, India, 2002
Her research centers on decolonial and postcolonial studies, political sociology, social movements, human rights, and the sociology of artificial intelligence. She explores how power, inequality, and resistance manifest across global contexts, particularly in South Asia. Her work integrates feminist, critical, and comparative perspectives.
Dr. Shah is currently editing the Handbook on the Sociology of Artificial Intelligence with Emerald Publishers, a major interdisciplinary project that investigates AI's societal impacts. Her recent publications span topics including gender in conflict, development policy, and media representation, reflecting her broad intellectual engagement.
Scientific Awards and Fellowships:
- INVITE Fellow, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (CTLA), Ohio University
- Fellow, AI-enhanced Redesign Institute
She teaches SOC 2300: Social Inequalities and Social Change and SOC 2700: Social Justice. Dr. Shah advises scholars and practitioners to submit abstracts for her edited volume. She is actively involved in public sociology through commentaries in outlets like democracyparadox.com and Global-is-Asian. She does not appear to have formal advisees listed, but she mentors through her public and academic initiatives.
She is affiliated with research teams focused on AI and social justice, contributing to institutional efforts to integrate technology with ethical and inclusive pedagogy.
