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Althea Sircar

Althea Sircar Ph.D.

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Assistant Professor
Political Science

About

Althea Rani Sircar is a political theorist whose work focuses on questions of embodiment, identity, suffering, and community.

Education

  • A.B., political science, Duke University, 2005
  • M.A., Asian studies, Cornell University, 2007
  • Ph.D., political science, University of California, Los Angeles, 2022

Professional Background

  • Visiting instructor, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2016–2020
    Consortium for Faculty Diversity Fellow, 2016–2018

Areas of Expertise

  • Activism and social movements
  • Decolonial and postcolonial theory
  • Humans and nonhumans
  • Phenomenology and existential philosophy
  • Political theory
  • Politics and culture
  • Race, gender, and identity

Awards and Service

  • The Arnold L. and Lois S. Graves Award in the Humanities, Pomona College/American Council of Learned Societies, 2025
  • Advancing Research Grant for Early Career Scholars, American Political Science Association, 2024