Himanee Gupta-Carlson

Adjunct Instructor

HGupta@Cornish.edu

Himanee Gupta-Carlson holds a B.A. in Journalism from Northwestern University, as well as an M.A. in American Studies and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Hawai’i. Her dissertation, “No Place to Call ‘Home’: Remapping America’s ‘Middletown’ from a South Asian Perspective,” was about the experience of South Asians who settled in her hometown of Muncie, Indiana, beginning in the late 1960s. Himanee’s work blends scholarly knowledge of America’s racial and ethnic politics with storytelling. She has written for academic journals as well as general interest publications.  She has been a reporter for The Kansas City Star and The Seattle Times, and a copy editor for The Honolulu Advertiser. Himanee teaches political science, social sciences and creative nonfiction.  In addition to teaching at Cornish College of the Arts, she also teaches at Tacoma Community College and the Richard Hugo House.