Sudarshana (Su) Bordoloi, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Director

Credentials

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD 2014) in Geography, York University, Toronto, Canada

• Master of Philosophy (MPhil 2005) in Population Studies and Demography, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India

• Master of Arts (MA) in Geography, Gauhati University, Guwahati, India

Primary Courses Taught

• GEOG 100: Elements of Geography

• GEOG 103: Introductory Cultural Geography

• GEOG 341: World Regional Geography

• GEOG 409/509: Population Geography

• GEOG 409/509: Human Migration

• GEOG 409/509: South Asia

• GEOG 409/509: Geography of Health and Healthcare

• GEOG 680: Philosophy of Geography

Books Published

• The political Economy of Uneven Rural Development: Case of Non farm Sector in Kerela, India, Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore, 2020.

  It is based on Su's doctorate dissertation and shows how class relations develop. It introduces four inter-related concepts regarding a consequence of capitalist development of the rural nonagricultural/nonfarm sector; social relations of production, productive forces, role of the state and concrete development outcomes of capitalist production in RNFS in the context of class, and non-class relations of oppressions.

Teaching and Research Interests

• Public Health/Health Geographies
• Population Geography
• Migration Geography
• Human Geography
• International Development Studies and Globalization