Lecturer
Contact
100 Bay State Rd (YAW), room 310
Education
2022 Ph.D. George Washington University (Sociocultural Anthropology)
2011 M.S. Boston University (Science and Medical Journalism)
2006 MBBS Madras Medical College (Internal Medicine and Surgery)
Courses
Shweta Krishnan teaches a WR120 course called Writing More-than-Human Worlds in both Fall and Spring. She draws on science, anthropology and science fiction to explore the way we humans become entangled with both the natural and technological worlds we live in. In Spring 2026, she will also be teaching a section of Theater Now (WR153).
Biography
Shweta Krishnan loves exploring the world through a critical interdisciplinary lens shaped by her experience as a clinical, feminist activist, anthropologist, and science writer. She comes to BU after completing two years at George Washington University as a Visiting Assistant Professor in their Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies Program. Her courses seek to decolonize science and open up new methods for reimagining our collective futures. She is currently working on a book length project based on her anthropological research as well as some speculative fiction. In her free time, she enjoys good food, art museums, theater, and cinema.