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Neel Ahuja

Neel Ahuja, Ph.D.

Professor, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Affiliate Professor, American Studies

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Research Expertise

Asian American Studies
Critical Race Theory
Cultural Studies
Decolonial Feminisms
Diaspora
Disability
Feminist Science Studies
Medical Humanities
Migration
Postcolonial Feminisms

Neel Ahuja is Professor in the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he is Director of Undergraduate Studies. Neel teaches a variety of courses in critical race and ethnic studies, feminist science studies, disability studies, and environmental humanities. His research explores the relationship of the body to the geopolitical, environmental, and public health contexts of colonial governance, warfare, and security. Neel is the author of two books, Bioinsecurities: Disease Interventions, Empire, and the Government of Species (2016) and Planetary Specters: Race, Migration, and Climate Change in the Twenty-First Century (2021). 

For more information about Dr. Ahuja and to check out his blog, visit https://blog.umd.edu/ahuja/

 

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American Studies - University of Maryland

‘A History of Future Contagion’: Candice Lin and Neel Ahuja in conversation

Ahuja's research explores the relationship of the human body to animals and viruses, while analysing how states and scientists try to manage the environmental risks of contact across species and borders.
American Studies - University of Maryland

Book Launch for Neel Ahuja

Please join us to celebrate the release of Dr. Neel Ahuja's book, Planetary Specters: Race, Migration, and Climate Change in the Twenty-First Century.