Thursday, May 4, 2017
4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Birkelund Board Room
Poulomi Chakrabarti is a PhD Candidate in Political Science. Chakrabarti's dissertation project explores the determinants of sub-national variation in developmental regimes in India. She is interested in how the class and ethnic backgrounds of political elites and their electoral bases shapes the policy priorities of the state. She plans to begin research for her project this summer by exploring archival resources in the United States and India.