Chirasree Mukherjee
Office Hours
- Tuesdays and Thursdays 9-10.30 AM
- By appointment
Education
- PhD in Political Science, Arizona State University, 2022
- M.Phil in Foreign Policy, University of Calcutta, India, 2013
- MA in International Relations, Jadavpur University, India, 2010
- BA in Political Science, Jadavpur University, India, 2008
Biography
Dr. Mukherjee joined EMU in Fall 2024 with a specialization in International Relations and Comparative Politics. After receiving her PhD from Arizona State University in 2022, she taught as the Henry Luce Foundation/ASIANetwork Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of International Relations at Knox College from 2022-2024.
Interests and Expertise
Her research and teaching interests include:
- Conflict Processes
- Religion and Politics
- Asian Politics
- Foreign Policy
She is currently working on her book project that grapples with the dynamics of intractable conflicts, especially those fought over religion. Understanding these conflicts in terms of their intensity and duration, her project analyzes five decades (1950-2000) of Hindu-Muslim conflicts in India.
Courses
- PLSC 120: Global Issues
- PLSC 212: Introduction to International Politics
- PLSC 308: Political Violence and Revolution
- PLSC 345: War and Peace in the Nuclear Age
- PLSC 374: Asian Politics
Selected Publications and Presentations
Selected Publications:
- ‘Democratic Backsliding in South Asia: Is Terrorism to Blame?’, NUPRI Working Papers, WP 13, November 2021
Selected Conference Presentations:
- American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting (2024, 2023, 2021)
- International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference (2023, 2022, 2021)
- Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference (2023, 2021)
- ASIANetwork Annual Conference (2024, 2023)
Grants, Honors and Awards
- James H. Brickley Faculty Professional Development and Innovation Award, EMU (2024)
- Summer Research/Creativity Activity Award, EMU (2025)
- Faculty Research and Creative Work Fund, Knox College (2024)
- Best Graduate Student Paper in Religion and International Relations, International Studies Association (2023)
- Friends of the Center Research Scholarship, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University (2021)
- Swami Vivekananda Single Girl Child Scholarship for Research in Social Sciences, University Grants Commission, India (2016)
- Indira Gandhi Post Graduate Scholarship for Single Girl Child, University Grants Commission, India (2008)