Mr. Durgesh Solanki

PhD candidate

Durgesh Solanki is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. His research interests lie at the intersection of medicine and health, race and caste, and social inequality. Durgesh’s current research focuses on how skin color and race are conceptualized and contested in dermatological education, practice, and associations. His previous work has examined the relationship between plague outbreaks and colonial governance in late 19th and early 20th centuries and the persistence of caste-based sanitation work in India. Durgesh holds MA and MPhil degrees from Tata Institute of Social Sciences.