Education:
Ph.D. in Anthropology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
M.A. in Anthropology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
M.A. in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai – India,
B.A. in Sociology (Honors) from Hindu College, the University of Delhi, Delhi - India
Area of Study / Interests:
Ethnography, United States, populism, Midwest, Conspiracy, post-industrialism, methodology, racialization, mass incarceration, Collaborative and Engaged anthropology.
Biography:
Kartikeya Saboo is an ethnographer of the United States. His first project examined the impact of the financial crisis and Great Recession in Northeastern U.S., where he investigated the political, economic, and symbolic uses of the Black body. Currently, he is studying political persuasion, populism, and post-industrial prospects of economic growth and community health in a semi-rural community of Kansas, where he is also developing a field school of applied anthropology.
Before becoming an anthropologist, he was involved in large scale innovations in financial exclusion for the poor in India, which led to national policy change and have been replicated in other parts of the world. Those interested may read about these in an upcoming edited volume from Yale University Press (2023).