Associate Professor of Communication Arts (Applied Communication)

Year Joined RCNJ: 2018

Contact Information

• Phone: 201-684-7294
• Email: sdasgupt@ramapo.edu
• Office: A 202
• Office Hours: Tue, 11:00-11:30 AM and 5:30-6:30 PM, Fri. 11:00-11:30 AM and 3:30-4:30 PM

Education:

• Ph.D in Health Communication, Temple University
• M.A. in Media Studies, Temple University
• M.A. in Journalism, Calcutta University
• B.A. in English Literature, Calcutta University

Courses Offered:

• COMM 204 - MEDIA LITERACY
• COMM 317 - MEDIA AND PERSUASION
• COMM 318 - GLOBAL COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS
• COMM 383 - THEORY AND PRACTICE OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION
• COMM 266 - COMMUNICATION RESEARCH METHODS
• COMM 385 - GENDER, GLOBALIZATION AND MEDIA

Publications since Fall 2018:

Journal special issue:

• Dasgupta, S., Doshi, M., Roy, S. & Sen, R. (2023). Gendered Impact of COVID-19: Communicating Risks, Hope, Opportunities and Challenges (Special issue). Frontiers in Communication: Health Communication.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

• Dasgupta, S. (2023). Experiencing, negotiating and challenging stigma in sex work: Examining responses from brothel-based and non-brothel-based sex workers in India. Sexes (Special issue on understanding resilience among people in sex work), 4, 269-284. https://doi.org/10.3390/sexes4020018.
• Dasgupta, S. (2022). Participation, resilience and empowerment: Community-based peer outreach initiative among commercial sex workers in India. Current Politics and Economics of Northern and Western Asia, 31 (4), 305-324.
• Dasgupta, S. (2022). Examination of risk perception, condom compliance and healthcare seeking behavior of cisgender male and transgender sex workers in India. Sexes, 3(4), 492-507. https://doi.org/10.3390/sexes3040036.
• Dasgupta, S., Sinha, S., & Roy, R. (2021). ‘We Are Helpless, Hopeless and Living in Despair’: Impact of COVID-19 on the Overall Health and Well-being, and Participation of the Transgender Community in India. The International Journal of Community and Social Development, 25166026211050743.
• Dasgupta, S. (2021/2006 reprint from Asian Cinema with permission). The New Edge of Indian Cinema: An Analysis of the Treatments of Gender, Sexuality and Matrimony in the New Indian Cinema in English. Critical Collective.
• Dasgupta, S. (2021). Transformative approaches for health promotion and empowerment among commercial sex workers in India. Sexes, 2(2), 202-215.
• Dasgupta, S. & Sinha, S. (2021). Community-based strategies for harm reduction in commercial sex work in India. Sexuality Research and Social Policy (Special issue on harm reduction and decriminalization of sex work).1-13.
• Dasgupta, S. (2021). Narratives of Resistance: Negotiating Agency and Violence in Commercial Sex Work. REFLEKTİF Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (REFLEKTİF Journal of Social Sciences), 2(1), 83-101 (solicited and peer-reviewed).
• Dasgupta, S. (2020). Violence in Commercial Sex Work: A Case Study on the Impact of Violence Among Commercial Female Sex Workers in India and Strategies to Combat Violence. Violence Against Women, 27(15–16), 3056–3073. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801220969881
• Azhar, S., Dasgupta, S., Sinha, S., & Karandikar, S. (2020). Diversity in Sex Work in India: Challenging Stereotypes Regarding Sex Workers. Sexuality & Culture, 1-24.
• Dasgupta, S. (2019). Participation as a Sustainable Approach towards HIV/STI Prevention and Development among Commercial Sex Workers in India. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 27(2), 139-151.

Encyclopedia Entries:

• Dasgupta, S. (2023). Brothel-Based vs. Transient Sex Workers in India. In Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/44074.
• Dasgupta, S. (2022). The transgender community in India: Health disparities and structural challenges. The International Encyclopedia of Health Communication. London: Wiley. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119678816.iehc0852
• Dasgupta, S. (2022). Postcolonialism and the framing of sex work in India. The International Encyclopedia of Health Communication. London: Wiley. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119678816.iehc0540

Book Chapters:

• • Dasgupta, S. (2023). COVID-19, intimate partner violence and immigrant women: SDG 18 and overcoming communication barriers to attain Goal 5. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG18) Communication for All. Singapore: Springer.
  • Dasgupta, S. (2022). The Impact ofCOVID-19 on Support-Seeking and Service Uptake Among Immigrant Victims of Intimate Partner Violence. In: Baikady, R., Sajid, S., Przeperski, J., Nadesan, V., Islam, M.R., Gao, J. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3- 030-68127-2_271-1).
  • Dasgupta, S. (2022). Combating Stigma, Violence, and Marginality: Community-Based Health Communication as a Strategy for Change Among Commercial Sex Workers in In: Baikady, R., Sajid, S., Nadesan, V., Przeperski, J., Islam, M.R., Gao, J. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87624-1_177-1)
  • Dasgupta, S. (2021). Dialogue as participatory action and empowerment communication: A case- study of commercial female sex workers from a red-light district in India. In J. Jarowski (ed) Advances in Sociology Research (pp.171-192). New York: Nova Science Publishers.
  • Dasgupta S. (2018) Impact of the Dominant Discourses in Global Policymaking on Commercial Sex Work on HIV/STI Intervention Projects Among Commercial Sex Workers. In: Servaes J. (eds) Handbook of Communication for Development and Social Change (pp. 1075- 1090). Singapore: Springer.
  • Dasgupta, S. (2018). The history of commercial sex work during British colonial period in Eastern India. In Selling sex in the city: Prostitution in the world cities, 1600 to the present (pp. 519-537). Lieden: Brill.

Invited Essay:

• Dasgupta, S. (2021). “Re”thinking masculinity: The evolution of the Bollywood hero. Critical Collective.

Other Professional Writing:

• Dasgupta, S. (2018). Enhancing Service Provision for Immigrant Survivors with Limited English Proficiency. Guest blog post for New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NJCASA).

Invited Keynote Speaker:

Dasgupta, S. (2022). Examination of risk perception, condom compliance and healthcare seeking behavior of male and transgender sex workers in India: Health disparities, structural challenges and the road ahead. Keynote talk given virtually at Global Community Health Annual Workshop-Second Edition organized by UNESCO Chair Global Health and Education and World Health Organization Collaborating Center, June, 2022. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3kSekZV5dc)

Awards:

• Activism and Social Justice Pedagogy Award from Activism and Social Justice division, National Communication Association (NCA), 2022.
• Scholar-Activist award from Feminist and Gender Studies division, National Communication Association (NCA), 2020.

Interviews:

• Interviewed by Istanbul Bilgi University in June, 2021, for “Narratives of Resistance: Violence and Negotiation in Sex Trade” published in Reflektif Journal of Social Sciences, published as a podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/2oMv7PDJRSEgGf1sHJbBLl?si=028b2ce057084f8a&nd=1
• Interviewed by École des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP), Paris in June, 2021, for the UNESCO Chair in Global Health and Education Workshop on my experience in working in community-based health intervention among vulnerable populations.
  Link for interview and workshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq2OUW_4DRE

Organized Talks and Workshops:

• “Women of color in leadership positions in health sciences industry”. Talk organized as part of speakers’ series funded by Foundation Allocation Grant by Dr. Stephanie Taylor, Executive Director of Eli Lilly, on Zoom to Ramapo students, faculty and administrators on March 1^st, 2023.
• Post-PhD careers inside and outside academia. Guest speaker at Graduate Speaker Series: Media and Communication Alumni at Temple University Klein College of Media and Communication virtual alumni event on October 28^th, 2022.
• “Women of color in leadership positions in health sciences industry”. Talk organized as part of speakers’ series funded by Foundation Allocation Grant by Dr. Chizoba Nwankwo, Executive Director of Merck & Co., on Webex to Ramapo students, faculty and administrators on November 10^th, 2021.
• The Dynamics of Sexual Violence within the South Asian Community in the United States: The Path to Developing Inclusive and Comprehensive Support Services. Workshop presented at the department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Rutgers University, on May 10^th, 2018.

Invited Webinar Presentation:

• Dasgupta, S., Clark, R., Ram, A. & Sen, R. (2021). Activism, social justice and intersectionality: Critical pedagogical practices in the communication classroom.
  Webinar presented in April, 2021 for National Communication Association (NCA) Activism and Social Justice division. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0-f5a0lgRQ)

Grants:

• The Organization for Feminist Research on Gender and Communication (2023)
• Faculty Development Fund (2023)
• Foundation Allocation Grant (2022)
• James Carey and Urban Communication Foundation Grant (2022)
• Faculty Development Fund (2022)
• Academic Mamas Foundation Grant (2021)
• Foundation Allocation Fund (2021)
• Faculty Development Fund (2021)
• Foundation Allocation Grant (2020)