A. Noam Chomsky Global Connections Awards
Winner: Shining Star Research Award (2024)
Dr. Nalanda Roy is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at Georgia Southern University (GSU), where she also coordinates the Asian Studies program. At GSU, she holds the titles of Certified Diversity Executive and Inclusive Excellence Faculty Fellow. Dr. Roy has received numerous prestigious accolades, including the Dr. Saba Jallow Inclusion Champion Award, the Award of Excellence, and the Georgia Southern Women in Research Soar Award. She was also honored with the Campus Museum of Service Award for her creation of An Integral History: Asian Studies Digital Archive.
An accomplished author, Dr. Roy has written several influential 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 (ed.), and Nonviolent Resistances in the Contemporary World: Case Studies from India, Poland, and Turkey (ed.). She has also contributed a range of peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.
Dr. Roy is actively involved in professional organizations, having served as the section program chair for the International Studies Association’s South Asia in World Politics. She is a senior editor at the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies. Dr. Roy also serves on the editorial boards of respected journals such as Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, The Journal of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, Frontiers in Political Science, etc. In addition to her academic roles, Dr. Roy is a visiting scholar at the Center for Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University, an Adjunct Professor at the FORE School of Management in New Delhi, and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences in India.
RESEARCH EXPERTISE
Global affairs, international relations, Area Studies (South, Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific), international law and security, maritime security, digital community, social movements, human rights/security, and genocide, open educational resources (OER) in pedagogy, AI in higher education