Parama Roy is a Professor of English at the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on issues related to postcolonial theory and literatures; Victorian studies; appetite, consumption and taste/food studies; and animal studies. She is the author of three books, including, Alimentary Tracts: Appetites, Aversions and the Postcolonial (Duke, 2010), States of Trauma: Gender and Violence in South Asia (Zubaan, 2009), and Indian Traffic: Identities in Question in Colonial and Postcolonial India (University of California, 1998). Read more about Parama Roy's research and activities.