Tathagato Chakraborty Room 702, Bolton Hall Doctoral Candidate 3219 N. Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211 Urban Studies Programs Email: [email protected] |Phone: 414-628-5502 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Pronouns in use: He/His/Him

Education 2016- Ph.D., Urban Studies Programs, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA Topic: Housing Policy and Poverty Expected completion: 2022 2011 M.A., , Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, 2009 B.Sc., (Hons.) Geography, Minor in Sociology and Economics, , India

Employment 2020- Graduate Research Fellow, Center for Economic Development, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee 2020-2021 Distinguished Dissertator Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2017-2020 Graduate Teaching Assistant and Instructor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Summer, Assistant GIS Analyst: Cartography and GIS Lab, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2017 2016-17 PASS Student Instructor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2012-16 Lecturer, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India 2011-12 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Geography, Asutosh College, University of Calcutta

Teaching Experience University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Exploring the Urban Environment (U) Introduction to Sociology (U) Birla Institute of Technology and Introduction to Globalization (U/G) Science, Pilani, India Contemporary India (U/G) Environment, Development and Climate Change (U/G) University of Calcutta, India Economic Geography, (U) Urban Geography (G) Urban Planning (G) Geographical Thoughts (U)

Research Interest Urban Poverty, Housing Policy, , Urban Sociology, Geospatial Statistics, Quantitative Methods, Geographic Information Science

Publications 2019 Chakraborty, T. “Delhi” in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies ed. by Anthony Orum. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118568446. 2019 Chakraborty, T. “Gateway Cities” in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies ed. by Anthony Orum.

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118568446.

2017 Chakraborty, T. and K.S. Bhattacharya. "Postcolonial Mahanagar to Modern Metropolis: The Cinematic Journey of " in City and Modernity edited by Aparajita De and Rajib Nandi 2015 Chakraborty, T. and K.S. Bhattacharya. "Mahanagar to Metropolis: Capturing the Dynamism of Urban Landscape of Kolkata through Films." The Journal of Social Science and Humanity Research. Vol. 3(1): January- June, 2015. 2013 Chakraborty, T. "Top Heavy Urbanization in " in Challenges of Urbanization in the 21st Century Vol. 4 ed. by Kalpana Markandey et. al. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, 2013.

Seminars, Conference and Workshops April, “Did It Work? A Twenty-Year Evaluation of Poverty Deconcentration Goals in Low 2020 Income Housing Tax Credit for Wisconsin”. 50th Urban Affairs Association Conference. Washington D.C. (canceled) May, “LIHTCs as an Exclusionary Trope: An Analysis of Poverty Deconcentration using Housing 2019 Policy”. Roundtable Discussion on Exclusionary Spaces at the 24th Annual Student Research Forum Urban Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. April, “Who is My Neighbor? Low income Housing and the Neighborhood Characteristics in 2018 Milwaukee”. 48th Annual Urban Affairs Association Conference, Toronto, Canada. April, “Post-Colonial Mahanagar to Modern Metropolis: The Journey of Kolkata/Calcutta”. 2018 American Association of Geographer’s Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. USA. April, “… but I’m afraid” Muslim International Students and the U.S. Presidential Election 2017 2016. 22nd Annual Student Research Forum, Urban Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

February, “Homosexuality as an Exclusionary Trope in Postcolonial Urban Existence.” 2015 24th Annual British Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference, Georgia Southern University, Savannah, GA, USA.

December, ‘Social Science Approaches to Urban Studies’- Four Day workshop organized by Institute 2013 of Economic Growth, University of Delhi and Indian Council of Social Science Research. Discussion Paper: Consumer Culture and Changing Urban Landscape of Kolkata. India International Center, Goa, India September, ‘Research Methodology in Geography’- One Day Workshop organized by the Department 2012 of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi (Attended). New Delhi. February, “Risk to Disasters in Chandni Chowk : A Vulnerability Assessment.” 33rd IIG Conference 2012 and International Seminar on ‘Population, Development and Disaster Management’ Tripura University and Indian Institute of Geomorphologists. Tripura, India.

December, “Indian Urbanisation: A ‘Top Heavy’ Experience of West Bengal.” 11th Asian Urbanisation 2011 Conference, Asian Urban Research Association, Akron, USA and Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

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Invited Talk July, 2018. “Postscripting Postcolonial Urbanism” - Annual Geo Research Forum Lecture, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India.

Awards 2020 Distinguished Dissertator Fellowship, UW-Milwaukee 2018 Graduate Student Travel Award by the Urban Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers. 2018 Student Travel Award by the GIS Club, UW-M for conference in Toronto 2015 Faculty Travel Grant, BITS Pilani for participating a conference in the USA. 2013 Young Researcher Fellowship by Indian Council for Social Science Research (Govt. of India) 2011 Gold Medal from Delhi University for the First Academic Position in M.A. Geography 2009-11 2011 UGC National Eligibility Test for Lectureship in Geography June 2010 CSIR National Eligibility Test for Lectureship in Earth Science

University Services Member, Graduate Diversity & Inclusion Working Group, Graduate Faculty Committee, UW-M International Mentor, Center for International Education, UWM Member, Graduate Student Advisory Council, UWM Member, Editorial Board, e-Polis, Urban Studies Program, UWM Coordinator, Committee for Undergraduate Research Project, BITS Pilani Registration Adviser, Admissions Division, BITS Pilani Professor-in-Charge, Nirman Organization, BITS Pilani Student NGO for community development WebManager, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani Member, Committee for Courses and Studies and Curricula Development for B.A.(Hons) Program, University of Delhi, India

Voluntary Services Vice President, GIS Club, UW-M Volunteer, Center for Community Based Learning, Leadership and Research Educator, Nirman Organization, BITS Pilani Student NGO Cultural Secretary, Delhi University Hostel Students' Welfare Association Joint-Editor, "The Geographer" Annual Magazine, Asutosh College, University of Calcutta, India

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