Distinguished Visiting Professor, The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences in India

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Honoree for the 2023 Campus Museum of Service

Editor-in-Chief of Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies published by Oxford University Press.

Nalanda Roy, M. Phil, Ph. D, ACUE, CDE (Certified Diversity Executive). 

Dr. Nalanda Roy is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at Georgia Southern University (GSU), where she also coordinates the Asian Studies program. At GSU, she holds the titles of Certified Diversity Executive and Inclusive Excellence Faculty Fellow. Dr. Roy has received numerous prestigious accolades, including the Dr. Saba Jallow Inclusion Champion Award, the Award of Excellence, and the Georgia Southern Women in Research Soar Award. She was also honored with the Campus Museum of Service Award for her creation of An Integral History: Asian Studies Digital Archive.

An accomplished author, Dr. Roy has written several influential books, including Bitter Moments — The Story of Indonesian Fragmentation, The South China Sea Disputes — Past, Present, and Future, Exploring the Tripod: Immigration, Security, and Economy in the Post-9/11 Era, Navigating Uncertainty in the South China Sea Disputes: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (ed.), and Nonviolent Resistances in the Contemporary World: Case Studies from India, Poland, and Turkey (ed.). She has also contributed a range of peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. 

Dr. Roy is actively involved in professional organizations, having served as the section program chair for the International Studies Association’s South Asia in World Politics. She is a senior editor at the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies. Dr. Roy also serves on the editorial boards of respected journals such as Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, The Journal of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, Frontiers in Political Science, etc. In addition to her academic roles, Dr. Roy is a visiting scholar at the Center for Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University, an Adjunct Professor at the FORE School of Management in New Delhi, and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences in India.

Dr. Nalanda Roy initiated and coordinates the Asian Studies collection, An Integral History: Asian Studies Digital Archive in Digital Commons @ Georgia Southern.

Awarded the 2022 Dr. Saba Jallow CBSS Inclusion Champion Award by the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Awarded the 2021 Award of Excellence by the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Her research interests lie in global and comparative politics, Area studies (South and Southeast Asia, Asia-Pacific), security and immigration, conflict resolution and international law, Globalization and social change, social movements, and human rights. 

Authored LibGuides include:

• LibGuide: AAPI
• LibGuide: World Politics
• LibGuide: Intern Studies
• LibGuide: POLS4031
• LibGuide: POLS3236

Dr. Roy is a consultant for the University Libraries Guide to AAPI Resources

Inclusive Excellence Faculty Fellow: 2020- 2021 (Inaugural Team) Experience

•        Initiated and Lead, (Chair), International Employee Resource Group (IERG), Georgia Southern University. 
•        Assisted in the development of sustainable goals and strategies to increase faculty recruitment, retention, and advancement. 
•        Actively ensured programs to achieve the goals of faculty recruitment, retention, and advancement, and also assess their impact. 
•        Lead in conducting research on ‘best practices’ from other universities that have examined issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. 
•        Engage in strategic data collection from the faculty and administration in order to identify strategies to further cultivate and enrich an inclusive university community. 
•        Develop, facilitate, and evaluate DEI related training for faculty, staff, and students. 
•        Develop equity to encourage cognitive diversity in decision-making. 
•        Develop equity to prevent dissatisfaction, and ultimately employee attrition. 
•        Develop equity to strategically recruit and retain diverse and talented faculty, staff and students.