
Sumitra Badrinathan
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assistant professor @AmericanU. PhD in political science from @penn & philly sports fan 🦅
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For our penultimate seminar of the spring, please join us on April 22 as we welcome Sumitra Badrinathan (American University) to discuss "Countering Misinformation Early" (in partnership with UPenn South Asia Center & Penn Poli Sci Dept) Read More: casi.sas.upenn.edu/events/sumitra…


Can fact-checks fix fake news in India? scroll.in/article/106811… Rohan Venkat speaks to political scientist Sumitra Badrinathan (Sumitra Badrinathan) about her paper on vigilante violence, tackling misinformation, and why the Global South needs more research on fake news. Read:



our article on misinformation and support for vigilantism is in the new issue of American Political Science Review, alongside these amazing south asia scholars



my two cents on misinformation during the recent india-pakistan conflict for today’s South China Morning Post:

i spoke w/ the The New York Times about misinformation during the recent india-pakistan conflict: nytimes.com/2025/05/17/wor…

From our new issue: "Misinformation and Support for Vigilantism: An Experiment in India and Pakistan " by SUMITRA BADRINATHAN (Sumitra Badrinathan), SIMON CHAUCHARD (Simon Chauchard), and NILOUFER SIDDIQUI #APSRNewIssue cambridge.org/core/journals/…


1/ Out now: the third and final installment in our Carnegie Endowment series drawing from the 2024 Indian American Attitudes Survey. This study looks at "How Indian Americans Live"--covering questions of identity, civic & political engagement, and connections with their Indian roots.


🆕| How do Indian Americans engage with U.S. civic and political institutions? How do they maintain connections with India while establishing their identities in America? Milan Vaishnav Sumitra Badrinathan Devesh Kapur & Annabel Richter examine for Carnegie Endowment👇 carnegieendowment.org/research/2025/…