POLS 1150: World Politics - Professor Roy - Spring 2025

From Dr. Nalanda Roy:

Dr. Nalanda Roy is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at Georgia Southern University, where she also serves as the Coordinator of the Asian Studies program. She holds the titles of Certified Diversity Executive and Inclusive Excellence Faculty Fellow at GSU. In 2024, Dr. Roy was honored with the prestigious Professor A. Noam Chomsky Shining Star Global Research Award. Her other accolades include the Dr. Saba Jallow Inclusion Champion Award, the Award of Excellence, and the Georgia Southern Women in Research Soar Award. She also received the Campus Museum of Service Award for creating An Integral History: Asian Studies Digital Archive.

A prolific author, Dr. Roy has written several notable books, including Bitter Moments — The Story of Indonesian Fragmentation, The South China Sea Disputes — Past, Present, and Future, Exploring the Tripod: Immigration, Security, and Economy in the Post-9/11 Era, Navigating Uncertainty in the South China Sea Disputes: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (editor), and Nonviolent Resistances in the Contemporary World: Case Studies from India, Poland, and Turkey (editor). She has also contributed numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.

Dr. Roy’s impact extends beyond academia. She has served as the section program chair for the International Studies Association’s (ISA) South Asia in World Politics and is a senior editor for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies (OREIS), working closely with the Editor-in-Chief. She also serves on editorial boards for respected publications such as Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, the Journal of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, South Asian Survey, etc. Furthering her influence, Dr. Roy is a visiting scholar at the Center for Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University. She has also been appointed as an Adjunct Professor at the FORE School of Management in New Delhi, India and as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences in Kolkata, India.