Varnica Arora

Varnica Arora is a doctoral student in the Critical Social Personality Psychology at The Graduate Center, The City University of New York and an Adjunct Faculty at the Department of Psychology, City College of New York. Prior to pursuing a doctoral degree, Varnica worked with PRADAN in West Bengal and Chhatisgarh from 2010-2018. At PRADAN, Varnica was involved with organizing women Self Help Groups to address issues of economic development, governance and Gender Justice in Purulia and Kanker district. At present Varnica's research interests include understanding how women centered programming is impacting men in their various positionalities within indigenous communities; examining the impact of educational disparities in the US. Varnica has a Masters and Bachelors degree in Psychology from the University of Delhi.