Srabastee De Bhaumik

Research Interests

• Climate inclusive reproductive health in climate vulnerable regions, with a focus on the Indian Sundarbans
• Ecological precarity, migration, and gendered health outcomes
• Decolonial and feminist methodologies in global social work research
• Community engaged and participatory approaches to health systems strengthening
• Intersections of climate change, public health infrastructure, and reproductive justice
• Qualitative and mixed‑methods research in global health and social policy
• Interdisciplinary approaches to climate resilience, maternal health, and social protection
• Digital and technological tools for community‑based health communication and advocacy
• Health policy

Teaching Interests

• Social work research methods, qualitative inquiry, and critical epistemologies
• Human behaviour and the social environment
• Reproductive justice, gender, and climate vulnerability
• Global social policy, feminist foreign policy, and migration studies
• Community practice, advocacy, and decolonial social work
• Interdisciplinary collaboration across public health, environmental studies, and social sciences
• Culturally responsive and equity‑centred practice
• Ethics, professionalism, and critical thinking in social work education
• Gender and sexuality  based discrimination
•  Social work theory

Srabastee De Bhaumik is a doctoral researcher in Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington, specializing in climate inclusive reproductive health, feminist foreign policy, and decolonial qualitative methodologies. Her work sits at the intersection of gender, climate vulnerability, and public health systems, with a particular focus on the Indian Sundarbans, one of the world’s most climate fragile regions.

Drawing on extensive field experience in India as a disability rights advocate and qualitative researcher, Srabastee’s scholarship examines how ecological precarity, migration, and health system fragility shape reproductive health outcomes for marginalized communities. Her research integrates interdisciplinary approaches, including socio-ecological systems thinking, feminist policy analysis, and community engaged methods.

At UTA, she contributes to teaching in human behaviour and social environment courses and is committed to developing accessible, equity centred pedagogical materials. She has presented her work at national and international conferences.

Srabastee’s broader professional goals include advancing climate inclusive health policy, strengthening community based research infrastructures, and contributing to global conversations on reproductive justice in climate vulnerable regions.