Apoorva Ghosh
Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology
Office: Tarbutton Hall 229
Email: apoorva.ghosh@emory.edu
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Department of Sociology
Emory University
1555 Dickey Drive
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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Education
- PhD, Sociology, University of California Irvine, 2020
- MS, Quality Management, BITS Pilani, 2009
- BE, Mechanical Engineering, Gujarat University, 2004
Biography
Apoorva Ghosh is Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Sociology at Emory University. He is a sociologist who studies the factors shaping LGBTQ identities and activism from intersectional and transnational perspectives. His recent journal article from Socio-Economic Review shows, using the case of the adoption of sex-reassignment health benefits by Fortune 500 employers, how and under what conditions social movement actors challenge their target entities through the politics of alignment, instead of mounting contentious protests on them, and win favorable outcomes from them. Apoorva's other works have been published in Gender, Work & Organization, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Management and Labour Studies, Sexualities, Sociology Compass, South Asian Journal of Management, and the Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sexuality Studies. Currently, he is working on a book on parental acceptance of gay men in the US and India, which was the topic of his PhD dissertation. Other works-in-progress are on the use of alignment in insider activism, an intersectional study of workplace incivility experienced by LGBTQ people, and the policy outcomes of LGBTQ workplace movement.
Apoorva teaches / has taught sociology of sex & gender, sociology of sexuality, social movements & collective action, social problems, globalization, and race, culture & health. He is also enthusiastic about teaching introductory sociology, sociological theory, qualitative research methods, global & transnational sociology, sociology of culture, and several other sociological topics. Apoorva was the chair of ASA's Student Forum Advisory board (2019-20) and a board member of the SSSP (2018-20). He has also served as a graduate student council member in ASA's sections on Sex & Gender (2016-18) and Sexualities (2018-19). Apoorva has a PhD in Sociology, an MS in Quality Management, and a BE in Mechanical Engineering. He was a Fulbright Doctoral & Professional Research Fellow from India in the University of Connecticut in 2012-13 and has been awarded the James Harvey Scholar Award 2020 for his works on sexualities. He speaks Bangla, English, and Hindi fluently and has a basic/working knowledge of Gujarati and Sanskrit.