Associate Professor
Dr. Bhattacharya received her Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University in 2013. She teaches and researches in the field of Comparative Politics and International Relations, with a focus on political conflict and terrorism. Her research has been presented at annual conferences for the American Political Science Association, the Midwest Political Science Association, the Southern Political Science Association and the Association for Asian Studies. Bhattacharya has publications in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Small Wars and Insurgencies, and PS: Political Science and Politics.
Research and Teaching Interests: Comparative political conflict, international terrorism, ethnicity and nationalism, South and Southeast Asian politics.
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About Srobana Bhattacharya
Dr. Bhattacharya received her Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University in 2013. She teaches and researches in the field of Comparative Politics and International Relations, with a focus on political conflict and terrorism. Her research has been presented at annual conferences for the American Political Science Association, the Midwest Political Science Association, the Southern Political Science Association and the Association for Asian Studies. Bhattacharya has publications in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Small Wars and Insurgencies, and PS: Political Science and Politics.
Research and Teaching Interests: Comparative political conflict, international terrorism, ethnicity and nationalism, South and Southeast Asian politics.
| Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Political Science and International Studies | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2018 | Socio-political Identity Transformations: The Rohingya Refugee Crisis in South and Southeast Asia (Phase 2) |
| International Peace Research Association Foundation (IPRAF) | |
| Peace Research Grant | |
| 2018 | Socio-political Identity Transformations: The Rohingya Refugee Crisis in South and Southeast Asia (Phase I) |
| American Political Science Association (APSA) | |
| Small Research Grant | |
| 2017 | International Studies Association (ISA) Travel Grant |
| International Studies Association (ISA) | |
| 2016 | Faculty Development Travel Grant |
| Georgia Southern University | |
| 2013 | Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Travel Grant |
| Association for Asian Studies (AAS) | |
| 2013 | Southern Illinois University Women’s Professional Advancement Travel Assistance |
| Southern Illinois University | |
| 2012 | Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) Summer Research Travel Award |
| Southern Illinois University | |
| 2011 | Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) Travel Grant |
| Southern Illinois University | |
| 2010 | Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) Travel Grant |
| Southern Illinois University | |
| 2010 | Southern Illinois University Women’s Professional Advancement Travel Assistance Grant |
| Southern Illinois University | |
| 2010 | Travel Grant |
| American Political Science Association (APSA) |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2018 - Present | Editorial Board, Small Wars and Insurgencies | 2019 - 2021 | Member-at-Large, Women’s Caucus in International Studies (WCIS) International Studies Association | 2019 | Participant, Pay It Forward: Women helping Women Session at International Studies Association (ISA) Conference | 2018 | Participant, ISA Working Group: International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference | 2018 | Member, Southern Political Science Associations (SPSA) Pi Sigma Alpha Award Committee | 2018 | Participant, Women’s Caucus Town Hall Mentoring Session at International Studies Association (ISA) South Meeting | 2017 - 2018 | Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Political Science and International Studies, GSU | 2016 - 2018 | Member, Curriculum Committee, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Georgia Southern University | 2017 | Chair and discussant, Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) Annual Convention | 2016 | Member, Fulbright Campus Interview Committee, University Honors Committee, Georgia Southern University | 2014 - 2015 | Book manuscript reviewer, Ashgate Publishing (compensated) | 2014 | Member, International Relations Search Committee, Department of Political Science and International Studies | Journal Reviewer, Asian Journal of Political Science | Journal Reviewer, Interdisciplinary Journal of Undergraduate Research | Journal Reviewer, Journal of Conflict Management | Associate Editor, Journal of Global South Studies | Journal Reviewer, Journal of International Organizations | Journal Reviewer, Journal of Strategic Security | Journal Reviewer, Mortality | Journal Reviewer, Small Wars and Insurgency |
Honors and Awards
- Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship, University Grants Commission (UGC), India.
- Doctoral Fellowship, Southern Illinois University, 2007- 2008.
- Paper “Colonialism, Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism of Rabindranath Tagore," nominated for the best paper, David Hughes Award, Kentucky Political Science Association (KPSA) 2009.
- Certificate in Reflective Teaching, Georgia Southern University, Centers for Teaching and Technology (CT2), awarded on September 2016.
- Georgia Southern University, Faculty Service Award, Spring 2018
Courses
- International Terrorism, Georgia Southern University, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Summer 2017, Fall 2017
- Ethnicity and Nationalism, Georgia Southern University, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018
- Introduction to Comparative Politics, Georgia Southern University, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2017
- Seminar in Comparative Politics, Georgia Southern University, Spring 2016, Spring 2017
- Politics of Southeast Asia, Georgia Southern University, Fall 2014
- Political Conflict and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Georgia Southern University, Fall 2015
- Asian Politics, Georgia Southern University, Fall 2015, Spring 2018
- International Relations, Georgia Southern University, Summer 2015
- Seminar in International Politics, Georgia Southern University, Spring 2015
- Introduction to International Studies, Georgia Southern University, Summer 2016 and 2017
- Comparative Political Conflict, Georgia Southern University, Fall 2015
- Politics of the Global South, Georgia Southern University, Fall 2016, Spring 2018
- Introduction to Political Analysis, Georgia Southern University, Spring 2017, Fall 2017
- Political Conflict: Terrorism and Insurgency, EC Study Abroad Program in Madrid/Georgia Southern University, Summer 2016 and 2017
| 2013 | Ph.D., Political Science, Southern Illinois University Carbondale | |
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| 2005 | M.Phil. Political Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University | |
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| 2003 | M.A. Political Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University | |
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| 2001 | B.A. (Hons.) Political Science, Jadavpur University | |
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