Shahin Kachwala
skachwal@indiana.edu

Admitted: 2009

B.A. [2001] English Literature, University of Mumbai
M.A. [2007] Women’s Studies, University at Albany
M.A. [2007] Africa Studies, University at Albany

Hailing from Mumbai, India, Shahin Kachwala graduated in 2001 with a Bachelors Degree in English Literature from the University of Mumbai. She arrived in the US in 2004 to pursue a Masters in Women's Studies at the University at Albany, SUNY. While at SUNY - Albany she also completed a second Masters in African Studies in 2007.

For the past two years, Shahin worked as a teaching adjunct for the Women’s Studies Department, at the University at Albany, while also working full time as a researcher for the Center for Human Services Research, University at Albany.

Shahin’s research interests straddle feminist and post-colonial theory as well as the history of women, sexuality and gender.