Deboleena Roy | |
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Alma mater | Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto |
Spouse | Sean Meighoo |
Children | Kheyal Roy-Meighoo, Koan Roy-Meighoo |
Awards | National Science Foundation Scholars Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Feminist Science and Technology Studies, Feminist Theory, Postcolonial Studies |
Institutions | Emory University, Georgia |
Thesis | The effects of melatonin and gonadal steroids on gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) regulation in hypothalamic GT1-7 neuronal cells (2001) |
Doctoral advisor | Denise Belsham |
Website | Official website |
Deboleena Roy is professor and chair of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology at Emory University,[1] former resident research fellow at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University (September 2008 – June 2009),[2] and a member of The NeuroGenderings Network.[3] Previously, she was an assistant professor at San Diego State University.[4] Starting in August 2020, she will be serving as the Senior Associate Dean of Faculty for Emory College of Arts and Sciences.
Roy obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology, with a minor in South Asian studies at the University of Toronto.[4] She then pursued a Master of Science, studying the photo sensitivity of murine fibrosarcoma cells, at McMaster University.[4] Under the supervision of Denise Belsham, Roy completed her PhD in reproductive neuroendocrinology and molecular biology at the University of Toronto's Institute of Medical Sciences.[4][5][6]
Roy's fields of interest include feminist theory, feminist science and technology studies, neuroscience, molecular biology, postcolonial theory, and reproductive justice movements,[1][7] with her work having been published in a number of journals including: Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society,[8] Hypatia[9] and Neuroethics.[10] She serves on the editorial board of Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, and Technoscience, a journal that she helped to found with her Emory colleague Elizabeth A Wilson Archived 2017-10-13 at the Wayback Machine and University of California, San Diego faculty Lisa Cartwright Archived 2017-10-13 at the Wayback Machine and David Serlin Archived 2017-10-13 at the Wayback Machine.[11]
Roy has been cited over 700 times, and has an h-index of 11.[12]