Durba Mitra is an American historian and professor in the history of social and feminist studies departments at Harvard University.[1] Her work has contributed to the intersection of feminist theory and queer studies through her publications. Mitra's book Indian Sex Life: Sexuality and the Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought was published by Princeton University Press.[2] She was chosen for Carol K. Pforzheimer student fellowship as an assistant Professor at the Radcliffe Institute [2018]. At Harvard, she accepted the first full-time faculty member position for the Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality.[3]