MERiSA was founded in 2023 by graduate students

Matthew Raj Webb, Rohan Sengupta, and Tierney Brown.

We are grateful to our mentors in the Department of Anthropology at New York University for generous support, particularly Tejaswini Ganti, Bruce Grant, Faye Ginsburg, and Pegi Vail.

MERiSA’s program benefits from the ongoing support of our advisory committee.

Our sincere thanks to the following people for their contributions toward helping to grow our community, forge uncommon connections, and spark new conversations:

  • headshot of Prof. Tejaswini Ganti, she has black hair and wears silver looped earrings and a purple scarf

    Tejaswini Ganti

    NYU Anthropology

  • Headshot of Prof. Gabriel Dattatreyan, who wears a blue beach pattered shirt with open collar

    E. Gabriel Dattatreyan

    NYU Anthropology

  • Headshot of Prof. Radha hedge. She holds a microphone while presenting at an academic conference.

    Radha Hegde

    NYU Media, Culture, and Communication

  • Headshot of Professor Dina Siddiqi wearing a red sari with pendant

    Dina Siddiqi

    NYU Liberal Studies

  • Headshot of Prof. Paula Chakravartty

    Paula Chakravartty

    NYU Gallatin

    Media, Culture, and Communication

  • Headshot of Professor Ritty Lukose, who is seated wearing a purple cardigan and

    Ritty Lukose

    NYU Gallatin

  • Headshot of Arvind Rajagopal wearing blue shirt and red glasses

    Arvind Rajagopal

    NYU Steinhardt

    Media, Culture, and Communication

MERiSA would not be able to reach out to make expansive connections were it not for our cosponsors who have been generous with their time, insight, and support.

We thank each of MERiSA’s co-sponsors for their contributions.

With Gratitude

NYU Center for Media, Culture & History logo

We’d also like to acknowledge a few supporters working behind the scenes:

For administrative support, we thank Marta Arroyo and Jaritzi Ramirez.

Thank you to Santanu Mahalik for MERiSA’s original logo and banner designs.