Nilanjana (Buju) Dasgupta ’92 Authors New Book

Nilanjana (Buju) Dasgupta ’92, who is a provost professor and the founding director of the Institute of Diversity Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is the author of Change the Wallpaper: Transforming Cultural Patterns to Build More Just Communities (Yale University Press). The book points to research-backed strategies that produce positive change, helping readers recognize how individuals acting together in groups is essential to dismantling the status quo. Dasgupta earned her Smith degree in psychology and a Ph.D. in social psychology from Yale. She will have a conversation about her new book with Smith Professor Carrie Baker on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 6:30 p.m. at Forbes Library in Northampton.