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. in Sociology, 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:
Sage College Publishing Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award, 2025
R.B. Toulouse Scholarship, 2024-2025
Voertman-Ardoin Liberal Arts Scholarship, 2024-0225
UNT Faculty Senate Writing Award, 2024
Popescu Hester Sociology Excellence Award for Teaching Fellows, 2023
UNT Women’s and Gender Studies Outstanding Student Award, 2023
Rudy Ray and Jean Seward Scholarship, 2022-2023
Toulouse Graduate School Academic Achievement Scholarship, 2022-2023