Manisha Roy

MANISHA ROY, PH.D. an anthropologist and a Jungian analyst, is in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts. Born in India, she came to America on scholarship at the age of 20. She holds Masters’ degrees in Geography and in Social Anthropology, a Doctorate in Psychological Anthropology from the University of California and a Post-Graduate diploma in Analytical Psychology from the Jung Institute in Zurich. She has published extensively in both anthropology and psychology. She is author of the book Bengali Women (University of Chicago Press). She writes fiction both in English and in her Mother tongue Bengali. She has lectured and taught in many countries including America, Europe, Africa, India, and Australia.