Satarupa Dasgupta
Biographic Data
| ID | 3887017 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Satarupa Dasgupta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Satarupa |
| FAMILY NAME | Dasgupta |
| SIGNATURE | DASGUPTA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ramapo College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4279-8001 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Lost in translation
Language barriers in healthcare can lead to communication disruption, misdiagnosis, poor health literacy, increased time and cost, and emotional distress for patients and healthcare workers. Extant literature demonstrates that linguistic barriers hindered access to healthcare and reduced quality of care among multilingual populations of India. The current study examines patient and healthcare provider perspectives on the perceived effects of lang…
Spectacles of control
This forum brings together rich and diverse interdisciplinary scholarship examining how violence against women operates not only as physical harm but also as cultural communication that reinforces power, hierarchy, and control. Spanning historical and contemporary contexts, the forum explores how myths, artistic canons, media narratives, legal systems, wartime practices, and everyday discourses normalize or obscure gendered violence while simulta…
Exploring Silence, Secrecy, and Coded Language
Gender-neutral terms such as “sex work” and “sex worker” have gained prominence in academic, activist, and policy discourses. Unlike terms such as ‘prostitutes’ and ‘prostitution,’ these terms serve to reduce stigma and emphasize the labor involved in sex work. However, numerous studies suggest that these terms carry different meanings across cultural contexts, and their impact is experienced differently by various sub-groups of sex workers. Alth…
Navigating the Pandemic and Academia
In this article, Satarupa Dasgupta reflects on their experiences after the COVID-19 pandemic. The author emphasizes the need for mentorship and support systems that are grounded in solidarity and feminist consciousness, particularly for marginalized groups. They consider how the pandemic disproportionately affected women faculty of color due to intersecting social identities and systemic inequalities. By sharing personal experiences and examining…
Technology-Based Intimate Partner Violence Intervention Services for Generation Z Victims of Violence
The current article reviews the extant literature on technology’s role in service provision and advocacy for young adults who are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). The article looks at preferences and patterns of access and utilization of digitally mediated communication among young adults to explore optimal IPV services and mitigation strategies for providing crisis counseling to this demographic and offering support over time. An unde…
Community-Based Strategies for Harm Reduction Among Sex Workers in Kolkata, India
Diversity in Sex Work in India
Violence in Commercial Sex Work
Violence is one of the primary contextual factors that significantly raise sex workers' sexually transmitted infection risk. The current study examines how violence affects sexual health behavior among commercial female sex workers in a red light district in Calcutta, India. The study which employs in-depth interviews of 37 commercial female sex workers also discusses an innovative multilayered strategy devised by the sex workers to combat violen…
Poverty as a Contextual Factor Affecting Sexual Health Behavior Among Female Sex Workers in India
A thorough understanding of the environmental and structural factors that precipitate unsafe sexual practices is necessary for HIV/AIDS-prevention research among high-risk population groups like commercial sex workers. I examined how poverty contextualizes sexual health behavior, including condom compliance among commercial female sex workers in a red light district in Calcutta, India. For my research I did an ethnographic study and conducted in-…
Diversity in Sex Work in India
Violence in Commercial Sex Work
Violence is one of the primary contextual factors that significantly raise sex workers' sexually transmitted infection risk. The current study examines how violence affects sexual health behavior among commercial female sex workers in a red light district in Calcutta, India. The study which employs in-depth interviews of 37 commercial female sex workers also discusses an innovative multilayered strategy devised by the sex workers to combat violen…
Poverty as a Contextual Factor Affecting Sexual Health Behavior Among Female Sex Workers in India
A thorough understanding of the environmental and structural factors that precipitate unsafe sexual practices is necessary for HIV/AIDS-prevention research among high-risk population groups like commercial sex workers. I examined how poverty contextualizes sexual health behavior, including condom compliance among commercial female sex workers in a red light district in Calcutta, India. For my research I did an ethnographic study and conducted in-…
Community-Based Strategies for Harm Reduction Among Sex Workers in Kolkata, India
Poverty as a Contextual Factor Affecting Sexual Health Behavior Among Female Sex Workers in India
A thorough understanding of the environmental and structural factors that precipitate unsafe sexual practices is necessary for HIV/AIDS-prevention research among high-risk population groups like commercial sex workers. I examined how poverty contextualizes sexual health behavior, including condom compliance among commercial female sex workers in a red light district in Calcutta, India. For my research I did an ethnographic study and conducted in-…
Diversity in Sex Work in India
Violence in Commercial Sex Work
Violence is one of the primary contextual factors that significantly raise sex workers' sexually transmitted infection risk. The current study examines how violence affects sexual health behavior among commercial female sex workers in a red light district in Calcutta, India. The study which employs in-depth interviews of 37 commercial female sex workers also discusses an innovative multilayered strategy devised by the sex workers to combat violen…
Community-Based Strategies for Harm Reduction Among Sex Workers in Kolkata, India
Navigating the Pandemic and Academia
In this article, Satarupa Dasgupta reflects on their experiences after the COVID-19 pandemic. The author emphasizes the need for mentorship and support systems that are grounded in solidarity and feminist consciousness, particularly for marginalized groups. They consider how the pandemic disproportionately affected women faculty of color due to intersecting social identities and systemic inequalities. By sharing personal experiences and examining…
Technology-Based Intimate Partner Violence Intervention Services for Generation Z Victims of Violence
The current article reviews the extant literature on technology’s role in service provision and advocacy for young adults who are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). The article looks at preferences and patterns of access and utilization of digitally mediated communication among young adults to explore optimal IPV services and mitigation strategies for providing crisis counseling to this demographic and offering support over time. An unde…
Exploring Silence, Secrecy, and Coded Language
Gender-neutral terms such as “sex work” and “sex worker” have gained prominence in academic, activist, and policy discourses. Unlike terms such as ‘prostitutes’ and ‘prostitution,’ these terms serve to reduce stigma and emphasize the labor involved in sex work. However, numerous studies suggest that these terms carry different meanings across cultural contexts, and their impact is experienced differently by various sub-groups of sex workers. Alth…
Lost in translation
Language barriers in healthcare can lead to communication disruption, misdiagnosis, poor health literacy, increased time and cost, and emotional distress for patients and healthcare workers. Extant literature demonstrates that linguistic barriers hindered access to healthcare and reduced quality of care among multilingual populations of India. The current study examines patient and healthcare provider perspectives on the perceived effects of lang…
Spectacles of control
This forum brings together rich and diverse interdisciplinary scholarship examining how violence against women operates not only as physical harm but also as cultural communication that reinforces power, hierarchy, and control. Spanning historical and contemporary contexts, the forum explores how myths, artistic canons, media narratives, legal systems, wartime practices, and everyday discourses normalize or obscure gendered violence while simulta…
Medicine (6 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sex work (5 works) · Sex work and related issues (5 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sex workers (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)