Doctoral Education Reform
ENABLING COMMUNITY-ENGAGED AND PUBLIC-FACING PHDS
By Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria and Moriah King
[excerpt] …The answers we offer show how we have been trying to figure out, together, a new vision of a PhD as we navigate our coinciding career transitions. This would be a vision for the PhD that values students’ previous experiences and encourages research that is collaborative and responsive to communities’ needs, and that leads to research outputs in languages and formats that are meaningful to people outside the academy.
Bicycling in India
Can researchers study fun and pleasure?
This collaborative project started with a conference organized with Ulka Anjaria at Brandeis in March, 2018 called Mazaa: Rethinking, Fun, pleasure and play in India. We edited a collection of essays published in 2020 which brought together writings on topics including food, sexuality, gender and public space, fashion and sports.