Dr. Vakulabharanam received his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts in 2004. His research and teaching interests include development economics, political economy, mathematical methods, and economic history. His dissertation, is a methodologically and conceptually innovative study of Immiserating Growth: Globalization and Agrarian Change in South India, 1985-2000. He has forthcoming articles and conference presentations on issues of irrigation, cotton farming, the relationship between Indian economic liberalization and the sustainability of peasant households in South India.