Anu Sabhlok

Anu Sabhlok is an Indian architect, geographer and feminist scholar. Her main focus of work is on issues of identity and space in the context of a ‘developing world’. She earned a double Ph.D. in ‘Feminist Geography’ from Pennsylvania State University in 2007. Her doctoral work at Penn State focused on the role of women of the informal sector in construction(s) of identity amidst heightened nationalism and liberalisation of the economy in Gujarat, India. Her doctoral work at Penn State focused on the role of women in the informal sector in construction(s) of identity amidst heightened nationalism and liberalization of the economy in Gujarat, India. A feminist reading of the city of Chandigarh Constructing the Nation: An ethnographic account of migrant road builders at the Indo-Tibetan Border Roads SEWA in relief: Gendered Geographies of Disaster Relief in Gujarat, India (Doctoral work) In 2002, she volunteered alongside and conducted ethnographic work on women relief workers in camps after the Hindu-Muslim riot.

Awards YearAward2007 (co winner, as member geog. dept. Univ. of Louisville)Paul Weber Award for excellence in teaching. Univ. of Louisville2006Faculty travel award for the study of women and global issues. Univ. of Louisville2005 College of Liberal Arts Dissertation Research Award Association of American Geographers Dissertation Research Award Society of Woman Geographers National Fellowship E. Miller Award, second prize. Dept. of Geography. Pennsylvania State University