Animesh Dev

Graduate Research Assistant

Sociology: Socio-spatial processes, borders formation, design anthropology, interdisciplinary research & pedagogy, qualitative methods, global south, India, United States

Animesh Dev is a PhD student in Sociology and a graduate research assistant at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. He is conducting research at the intersection of socio-spatial processes, identity formation, construction of everyday territories, and design anthropology. His interdisciplinary academic journey, which includes a Master's in Anthropology and a Master's in Urban Design, has cultivated a unique perspective on the complex relationship between society and space. He has taught various courses in Architecture, Urban Design, and Communication and practiced as an architect and urban designer.

Selected Publications

Dev, Animesh. 2020. “The Home Graduands: Educational Equity under Confinement.” Urban Corporis, published by IUVAS (Institute for Urban Variations and Architectural Systems). ISBN: 9788832050967.

Dev, Animesh. 2017. “Urban Cannibalism: A Self-Destructive Decay, The Duality of Ecological Dismay; Gurgaon.” International Journal on Emerging Technologies, 8(1), 297–303. ISSN (Print): 0975-8364; ISSN (Online): 2249-3255. National Conference on Urban Environmental Management in India: Problems & Prospects, MNIT Jaipur.

Dev, Animesh. 2016. “Modernity: A Way of Urbanism; Banaras in Indigenous Trans-Formations.” Creative Space, 4(1), 1–28. Chitkara University Publications. DOI: 10.15415/cs.2016.41001.

Grants and Fellowships

Engaged Summer Fellowship, Office of Community Engagement and Civic Learning (CECiL), George Mason University (2026)

GATE Scholarship, Ministry of Human Resource Development, India (2012)

Courses Taught

Design Anthropology for Cities

Urban History and Development Theory

Evolution of Urbanity

Writings in Urban Design

Urban Design Postgraduate Thesis

Fundamentals of Communication

Education

PhD. Sociology, George Mason University (pursuing)

M. Anthropology, Indira Gandhi National Open University, 2017

M. Urban Design, School of Planning and Architecture, 2014

B.Arch, Amity University, 2012