Congratulations to Associate Professor Poulami Roychowdhury on the release of the new book she co-edited with Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner entitled, “Unequal Contagion: Citizenship, Democracy, and the Politics of COVID-19 in India.” The book presents a unique and interdisciplinary analysis of India's experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, with both scholarly and policy insights into the politics of crisis in unequal democracies. Professor Patrick Heller also contributed a chapter with two former graduate students from the Sociology Department, Anindita Adhikari and Ieva Zumbyte. You can read more about the book and purchase it here.
Department of Sociology
Date
September 22, 2026