Manashi Ray

Manashi Ray is a Professor of Sociology at West Virginia State University, where employment began in June 2011, and has previously served as an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the same institution. Manashi Ray specializes in teaching undergraduate courses, including Research Methods, Global Studies, Migration and Transnational Studies, Family and Society, and Sociology of Gender, Race, and Ethnic Relations. Current teaching includes a course on Birth, Death, and Migration (Social Demography). Prior experience includes a position as Temporary Assistant Professor at Central Michigan University from August 2010 to May 2011, focusing on Research Methods and courses related to race and ethnic relations and sociology of family. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Sociology from Michigan State University, a Post Graduate Diploma in Population and Sustainable Development from the Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands, and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Research Methodology from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.