Dr. Meenal Shrivastava
Professor of Political Economy and Global Studies, Associate Dean (Students and Awards), Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Contact information
E-mail: meenals@athabascau.ca
Dr. Meenal Shrivastava
Dr. Meenal Shrivastava
Professor of Political Economy and Global Studies, Associate Dean (Students and Awards), Faculty of Graduate Studies.
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Email: meenals@athabascau.ca
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Dr. Meenal Shrivastava is Professor of Political Economy and Global Studies in FHSS and Associate Dean (Students and Awards) with the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Born in India, she taught for a near decade in South Africa - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (2000-2006) and the University of Transkei (1998-1999). Dr. Shrivastava joined Athabasca University in 2006 and teaches in the areas of Political Economy, Global Studies, and International Relations. She was Chair of the Centre for Social Sciences from 2017 to 2020 and serves on several editorial and governance boards in Canada and beyond. She has been an invited speaker at various academic and literary events in Canada, India, South Africa, and the United States.
Dr. Shrivastava's research broadly examines the drivers and manifestations of ‘globalization’, and their impact on the institutions and practices of democracy. Her publications, talks, and courses cover themes as varied as aspects of democracy, public policy, development studies, global history, women/gender studies, and disciplinary building blocks, connected to the central thread of the political economy of our relentlessly globalizing world.
Her academic research has so far led to the publication of three books: Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada (AUP, 2015); Amma’s Daughters: A Memoir (AUP, 2018); Write in Power: An Anthology of the Personal and the Political (The Hidden Pen Collective: Bangalore, 2021). Additionally, she has published more than one hundred and fifty articles, book chapters, papers, and opinion pieces. Dr. Shrivastava also maintains a where she shares creative relational stories to illustrate how individual lives intersect with broad social-political trends, and why it matters.
Research interests
- International Political Economy
- Global Studies
- Development Studies
- Dimensions of Globalization
- Trade and Environment
- Critical Theory
- Democracy Studies
- Women & Gender Studies
Educational credentials
- Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
- M.Phil. (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
- M.A. (Rajasthan University)