About
ARCHANA KAKU is a political scientist who studies the the interactions between the body, violence, and power. Her research examines how accounting for the materiality of the body changes the terrain of politics, making it possible to ask and answer new kinds of questions. She works at the intersections of feminist, queer, and anticolonial theory.
Dr. Kaku is an Assistant Professor of Government at the College of William & Mary, where she teaches classes in Political Theory focused on bringing critical lenses to contemporary political life and conflicts. She also serves as affiliate faculty in Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies, International Relations, and Asian & Middle Eastern Studies. Previously, she was a Consortium for Faculty Diversity Postdoctoral Fellow with the Muhlenberg College Political Science Department. Dr. Kaku’s current book project examines that ways that different forms of political violence transform bodies, subjects, and worlds.
She received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a certificate in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. During her doctoral research, she held fellowships from AAUW and the Institute for Citizens & Scholars.
Contact
Chancellors Hall, Government Department | William & Mary
email: abkaku[at]wm.edu
