QUEENBALA MARAK
Journal of Indian Anthropological Society
Professor, Department of Anthropology,
NORTH-EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY
Shillong, Meghalaya, INDIA 793022
Contact: 91-364-2723110
Queenbala Marak is currently Professor in the Department of Anthropology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India, with over 24 years of teaching experience. She completed her BA Honours in Anthropology from Cotton College (under Gauhati University), securing the first position in the university, and was awarded the Best Graduate for 1997; and MA in Anthropology from Gauhati University, securing the first position and gold medal. Her research schema is focused on Prehistoric Archaeology and Cultural Heritage studies of Northeast India, besides other areas such as food studies, autoethnography, ethnoarchaeology, and visual anthropology. She has successfully guided 12 students on their doctoral theses, authored 5 books, over 70 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, and over 60 chapters in edited volumes. She has completed 8 research projects funded by National agencies, such as North Eastern Council, Anthropological Survey of India, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Sangeet Natak Akademi, and Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. She is an awardee of several academic awards such as B S Guha silver medal, Renuka Das memorial award, Janaki Devi Sharma prize, Dhiren Sharma memorial award etc. She was also a fellow of the Study of US Institutes funded by the US Department of State.