Deboleena Roy is professor and chair of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology at Emory University,[1] former resident research fellow at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University (September 2008 – June 2009),[2] and a member of The NeuroGenderings Network.
[4] Starting in August 2020, she will be serving as the Senior Associate Dean of Faculty for Emory College of Arts and Sciences.
Roy obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology, with a minor in South Asian studies at the University of Toronto.
[4] Under the supervision of Denise Belsham, Roy completed her PhD in reproductive neuroendocrinology and molecular biology at the University of Toronto's Institute of Medical Sciences.
[4][5][6] Roy's fields of interest include feminist theory, feminist science and technology studies, neuroscience, molecular biology, postcolonial theory, and reproductive justice movements,[1][7] with her work having been published in a number of journals including: Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society,[8] Hypatia[9] and Neuroethics.