BDIUSA

Dr. Nafisa Nipun Tanjeem

Position: Associate Member

Dr. Nafisa Nipun Tanjeem is an Associate Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Worcester State University in Massachusetts, United States. Her research and teaching interests include transnational, postcolonial, and decolonial feminisms; globalization and feminist politics; critical university studies; and transnational social justice movements with a specific focus on the United States and South Asia. She has been actively involved in community organizing and social justice activism. She is an organizer of the Meye (“Woman” in Bangla) network, which is a voluntary, grassroots, and organic network advocating for feminist solidarity and organizing in Bangladesh. Her public scholarship has been published on many local and international platforms, including Common Dreams, Jamhoor, the Daily Star, New Age, Prothom Alo, Thotkata, Bangladesh Feminist Archive, and Bama. She was the winner of the 2025 “Public Scholarship Award” of the International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE).