Scholarship and Biography

Gowri Vijayakumar is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Her research and teaching use feminist and transnational perspectives to illuminate the trajectories of social movements, the everyday life of the state, and the political economy of globalization.

Honors

Graduate Research Fellowship
National Science Foundation (United States, Arlington) - NSF, 2010-2014
Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship
Social Science Research Council (United States, New York) - SSRC, 2012-2013
Mandel Faculty Grant in the Humanities
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2019
Distinguished Article Award Honorable Mention, ASA Section on Sexualities
American Sociological Association (United States, Washington D.C.) - ASA, 2021
Outstanding Book Award, Global Division
Society for the Study of Social Problems (United States, Knoxville) - SSSP, 2022
Best Scholarly Book Award, Section on Global and Transnational Sociology
American Sociological Association (United States, Washington D.C.) - ASA, 2022
Transnational Book Award, Section on Asia and Asian America
American Sociological Association (United States, Washington D.C.) - ASA, 2022
Honorable Mention, Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, Section on Sexualities
American Sociological Association (United States, Washington D.C.) - ASA, 2022
Fellowship
American Institute of Indian Studies (United States, Chicago) - AIIS, 2023-2024

Organizational Affiliations

Core Faculty, Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University

Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Brandeis University

Affiliated Faculty, Interdepartmental Program in South Asian Studies, Brandeis University

Education

University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
M.A.
Harvard University
M.Ed.
Brown University
A.B.