Tasnia Symoom, PhD

Welcome!  

 

Grounded in political sociology, I study how power, identity, and institutions shape people’s sense of justice and belonging, using experimental and comparative methods. My research asks questions such as:

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•  How do intergroup relations shape people’s perceptions of justice?

• Why are women’s experiences of violence often overlooked or politicized?

• What helps societies rebuild trust and institutions after authoritarian collapse?

 

I’m dedicated to interdisciplinary research and teaching across political science, sociology, economics, and gender studies.

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In the classroom, I encourage students to ask:

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• In what ways do global struggles for justice connect to our own lives?

• Whose stories are heard — and whose are overlooked — when we study power and identity?

• How can knowledge help us not only understand the world but also improve it?

 

 

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Research on Violence Against Women (CRVAW) at the University of Kentucky. I am also a Faculty Fellow at the Institute of Mass Atrocity and Genocide Prevention at Binghamton University, New York.

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I received my Ph.D in Political Science (2025) from the University of Kentucky.