A. Aneesh

Aneesh Aneesh[1] is an Indian-American academic sociologist whose book Virtual Migration concerns algorithmic governance and the movement of labor through technology. Another book, Neutral Accent, studies Indian call centers. He is a professor of sociology and global studies at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where he directs the Institute for World Affairs.

Education and career

Aneesh studied physics, economics, and philosophy at the University of Allahabad, earning a bachelor's degree there in 1987. After pre-doctoral study in philosophy at Jawaharlal Nehru University he came to the University of California, Irvine for a master's degree in social relations in 1996, and completed a Ph.D. in sociology at Rutgers University in 2001.[2]

After working as a non-tenure-track assistant professor at Stanford University and as a research associate at the University of California, San Diego, he joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 2004, and is now a professor and director of the Institute for World Affairs there.[2]

Books

Aneesh has written or edited the following books:

  • Neutral Accent: How Language, Labor and Life Become Global (2015)[3]
  • The Long 1968: Revisions and New Perspectives (co-edited, 2012)[4]
  • Beyond Globalization: Making New Worlds in Media, Art, and Social Practices (co-edited, 2011)[5]
  • Virtual Migration: the Programming of Globalization (2006)[6]

References
  1. "Aneesh Aneesh". Berggruen Institute. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  2. "Curriculum vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  3. Neutral Accent: How Language, Labor and Life Become Global. Duke University Press, 2015. Reviews:
  4. The Long 1968: Revisions and New Perspectives. Indiana University Press, 2012. Editors: A. Aneesh Daniel Sherman, Ruud van Dijk, and Jasmine Alinder. Reviews:
  5. Beyond Globalization: Making New Worlds in Media, Art, and Social Practices, Rutgers University Press, 2011. Editors: A. Aneesh, Lane Hall, and Patrice Petro. ISBN 978-0-8135-5154-8. Reviews:
    • Abazov, Rafis; Sunderbayev, Daniyar (February 2015). Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 92 (1): 245–247. doi:10.1177/1077699015569232d. S2CID 143846696.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Adams, Laura L. (February 2014). International Journal of Comparative Sociology. 55 (1): 75–76. doi:10.1177/0020715214530198. S2CID 144550196.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  6. Virtual Migration: the Programming of Globalization. Duke University Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0-8223-3669-3. Reviews:
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