Scholarship and Biography

Professor Anjaria teaches Introduction to the Comparative Study of Human Societies, as well as courses in Urban Studies, Ethnographic Research Methods, Applied Anthropology, Sports and Society and the Culture and Politics of India and Pakistan. His research has focused on mobility, sustainable transportation, the politics of public space and new food systems in India. He is the author of two books, including Mumbai on Two Wheels: Cycling, Urban Space and Sustainable Mobility and The Slow Boil: Street Food, Rights and Public Space in Mumba. His writings have appeared in a variety of publications, including American Ethnologist, Scroll.in, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, and City and Community, among others. He has also received major grants from the National Science Foundation, the Templeton Foundation and the American Institute of Indian Studies.

Honors

Junior Fellowship for Dissertation Research
American Institute of Indian Studies (United States, Chicago) - AIIS, 2005
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship
American Council of Learned Societies (United States, New York) - ACLS, 2007
Mellon/ACLS Early Career Fellowship
American Council of Learned Societies (United States, New York) - ACLS, 2009
Senior Research Fellowship
American Institute of Indian Studies (United States, Chicago) - AIIS, 2015-2016
Mellon/ACLS Scholars & Society Fellowship
American Council of Learned Societies (United States, New York) - ACLS, 2019-2020

Organizational Affiliations

Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Brandeis University

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

Education

University of California, Santa Cruz
Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Cruz
M.A.
Harvard University
B.A.