Sonal Sharma

Sonal Sharma is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Tufts University. He holds a PhD in sociology from Johns Hopkins University. His research interests include capitalism, labor informality, and social reproduction with a focus on how class, caste, race, and gender shape labor politics.

Currently, he is working on his book that critically examines domestic workers’ movement in India and South Africa. Through a comparative lens, he explores how domestic workers mobilize for labor rights, the role of the state in shaping their working conditions, and the influence of trade unions and NGOs on their struggles. His writings have been published in Critical Sociology, Sociology of Development, South Asian History and Culture, and Economic and Political Weekly, among others.