University of North Texas 
Prapti Anandita
Doctoral Candidate
Teaching Fellow
Fields: Gender, Migration, Ethnography, Qualitative Methods
Sycamore 288O
Office Hours: M/Th 12-4 & by appointment
Education: M.S., 2022, University of North Texas
Master's Thesis Title: "Leaving the Community: A Qualitative Study of Hijra Individuals in Bangladesh."
Research Interests: Prapti Anandita is interested in the sociology of gender and migration. She has successfully
defended her dissertation research proposal and is set to start her fieldwork, which
is qualitative research about South Asian asylum seekers in the United States.
Grants/Funded Awards:
- R.B. Toulouse Scholarship UNT Toulouse Graduate School (2024-25)
- The Voertman-Ardoin in Liberal Arts Scholarship. UNT College of Liberal Arts and Social Science (2024-25)
- UNT Writing Award, Faculty Senate (2024)
- Popescu Hester Sociology Excellence Award for Teaching Fellows (2023)
- Outstanding Student Award, UNT Women’s and Gender Studies Department (2023)
- Rudy Ray and Jean Seward Scholarship (2022-2023)
- Toulouse Graduate School Academic Achievement Scholarship (2022-2023)