• The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY): New York, NY
  PhD in Psychology (2018 – present)
  Concentration: Critical and Social Psychology
  Dissertation: “Youth experiences in the aftermath of suicidal behaviors”
  M. Phil. in Psychology (2022)
  Thesis: “Youth experiences in the aftermath of suicidal behaviors in India”
   
  M.A. in Psychology (2020)
  Thesis: “Walking with the Jungaliyas: Exploring Masculinities in Adivasi contexts in India”
   
  Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi: New Delhi, India
  M.A. in Psychology (2007 – 2009)
  Thesis: “A Community-based Exploration on Reconfiguring the Classroom as a Space to Play”
   
  Indraprastha College, University of Delhi: New Delhi, India
  B. A. in Psychology (2004 – 2007)
  Thesis: “Self-Concept and Body Image in the Presence of a Disability”

Arora, V. (2023). Tracing the residues of colonial, economic, and gendered violence in the narratives of Adivasi men in India. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 29(2), 87. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000646

Baum-Tuccillo M., Arora V., & Fine. M. (2024). “I’d say, transfer schools are revolutionary”: Alternative schools as revolutionary spaces under Neo-Liberal policy Assault. Urban Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-024-00693-w

Kabeer, N., Narain, N., Arora, V., & Lal, V. (2023). Group rights, gender justice and women’s self-help groups: exploring change in an indigenous community in India. Social Philosophy and Policy, 40(1), 103–128. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052523000390

Kuerbis, A., Behrendt, S., Arora, V., & Muench, F. J. (2022). Acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of a text messaging intervention to reduce high-risk alcohol use among adults 50 and older: an exploratory study. Advances in Dual Diagnosis, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 100-118. https://doi.org/10.1108/ADD-11-2021-0012

Book Chapters

Baum-Tuccillo M., Arora V., Orfila E., Rodriguez C., and Fine. M. (2022). Threaten to Close? Alternative Schools of Dignity, Recognition, and Transformation Under Constant Neoliberal Assault in D.J. Irby, C. Anderson, and C.M.Payne (Eds), Dignity-Affirming Education: Cultivating the Somebodiness of Students and Educators. Teachers College Press.

Reports

Fine, M., Torre, M E. Bell, J., Finesurrey, S., Arora, V., Moreira, B., Linder, M., Matles, A. and Cilufo, K (2023). New York State My Brother’s Keeper Evaluation, 2022. The Public Science Project, The Graduate Center, CUNY. Property of the New York State Department of Education.

Baum-Tuccillo M., Arora V., Holstein A., and Fine. M. (2020). “And Still They Rise”: Lessons from Students in New York City’s Alternative Transfer High Schools. New York:Public Science Project. https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_pubs/974/

Kabeer, N., Narain, N., Arora, V., & Lal, V. (2019). Group rights and gender justice: exploring tensions within an indigenous community in India. III Working paper 33. London School of Economics and Political Science. https://www.lse.ac.uk/International-Inequalities/Assets/Documents/Working-Papers/LSE-III-Working-paper-33-Kabeer.pdf

Kumbhakar K., Arora V. and Nandy S. (2012). Adult Functional Literacy: A Catalyst for Effective Governance. News Reach, Nov-Dec, Vol 1, Issue 4. PRADAN, India.

American Association for Women (AAUW),Fellowship for International Students (2023-2024)

J.N. Tata Endowment for Higher Education of Indians, J.N. Tata Scholar (2018)

The Graduate Center, CUNY

Provosts University Fellowship (2024-2025)

Frances Degen Horowitz Dissertation Fellowship (2023-2024)

• Graduate Center Fellowship (2018-2022)
• International Inequalities Institute, London School for Economics and Political Science, Visiting Atlantic Fellow (2017- 2018)

Gender Inequality, Youth Suicide, Qualitative and Mixed Methods research in Psychology