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Silpa Mukherjee is an Assistant Professor specializing in Film Media Studies, with a focus on feminist historiography, informal media industries, and South Asian cinema. She achieved her Ph.D. in Film Media Studies from the University of Pittsburgh in 2023 and an M.Phil. in Cinema Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2017. Mukherjee's research critically examines the socio-cultural implications of South Asian media, notably the hypersexualized representations in Bombay cinema's item numbers. Her current book project investigates the complexities of cinema contraband and its intersection with global capital and local cinema practices in South Asia and the Middle East. She has previously contributed as an Assistant Editor for the Journal of Cinema Media Studies from 2018 to 2022, and her work has been recognized with a Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Cinema Media Studies in 2023. Mukherjee is fluent in English, Bengali, Hindi, and Urdu, and has produced several articles critically examining South Asian media culture and cinema.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).