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Darshana Chakrabarty is a doctoral student in the Department of Film and Media Studies at Queen's University, Canada from Fall 2021. She is doing her PhD in Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies under Prof. Ali Na. She completed her second Masters of Arts in English, specializing in Film and Media Studies, from Arizona State University in Spring 2021. Previously, she graduated from University of Calcutta, India and St. Xavier's College Kolkata, India, with Master's degree in English (2016) and Bachelor’s degree in English (2014) respectively.

Her research interests are Indian Parallel/ Avant-garde Cinema, Indian New Wave, Indian Cinema (Bollywood), Gender and Sexuality studies, South Asian, Cultural studies, Film Studies and Film Theories.

She has extensive experience in teaching English Literature and Writing in High & Middle School. She taught English as a Second Language to Middle and High School students. She also worked as a Creative and Content Writing Expert in different organizations in Kolkata.

Feel free to reach out to her with queries relating to her work. You can download a copy of her CV here.