Sunila S. Kale

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Prof. Kale is accepting new MA students but is not accepting PhD students for the 2025-2026 academic year

Sunila Kale teaches in the South Asia Studies and International Studies programs.  Her research, writing, and teaching focus on Indian politics and the political economy of development.

Fellowships, Awards and Grants

  • 2024 Harry Bridges Labor Course Development Grant ($3K to support development of a 300-level course on capitalism)
  • 2023-24 Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship ($40K to support research in India)
  • 2023 Second Book Fellowship, Simpson Center for the Humanities, UW (10K to support manuscript preparation in Summer 2023)
  • 2020 Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies Research Grant (3.8K for research in India)
  • 2020 Carnegie Opportunity Fund from Jackson School of International Studies (5K for research in India)
  • 2019 Carnegie Opportunity Fund from Jackson School of International Studies (5K for research in India)
  • 2017-18 Distinguished Teaching Award Nominee, University of Washington
  • 2015-16 Fulbright-Nehru senior research fellowship
  • 2015-16 American Institute of Indian Studies Senior Research Fellowship
  • 2013 Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social Sciences by the American Institute of Indian Studies, awarded to book manuscript Electrifying India

Education

  • University of Texas, Austin, P.h.D., Government, 2007
  • University of Chicago, B.A., (with honors), Political Science, 1995

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