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0000-0002-8096-0161 About
Dr. Akanksha Yadav is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Amity University, Jharkhand. Her research engages with gender, media, and digital cultures, with a focus on caste, representation, and lived religious practices in South Asia. She completed her PhD at IIT (BHU), Varanasi, and is a UGC-NET JRF awardee. Her work has appeared in peer-reviewed national and international journals. She currently serves as a Special Issue Editor for the International Review of Sociology and Journal of International Women’s Studies (Scopus Q2).
She is a member of the European Association for South Asian Studies.
Employment
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Amity University Assistant Professor (Sociology)2025 - Present
Education
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Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi Ph.D2019 - 2025
Projects & Funding
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Publications (14)
- Rethinking Family in the Classroom Save
- Sociological Perspectives on Automated Wisdom Save
- Nature-human’s celebratory ties: indigenous foodways and festive traditions of central India Save
- Kitchen, Confinement, and Catharsis: A Feminist Reading of Mrs. and The Great Indian Kitchen Save
- Chaṭha Pūjā as lived religion: beliefs, practices and festivities Save
- Embodying the Goddess Save
- Female Desire and Male Vulnerability: Review of the Film Aap Jaisa Koi (2025) Save
- Ritual Meals of Chaṭha: Exploring Gastronomical Activities in a Religious and Festive Setting Save
- Discursive Representation of Gender and Culture in Select Advertisements Featuring Chatha Puja Save
- Chathi Mai in Popular Imagination: Exploring Narratives, Worship, and Rituals in North India Save