Education
She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in anthropology from Columbia University.
She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in anthropology from Columbia University.
She is known in the field of affect and colonial studies for her writings about the treatment of race and sexuality in the works of French philosopher Michel Foucault. Stoler has worked on issues of colonial governance, racial epistemologies, and the sexual politics of empire. Her regional focus has been Southeast Asia.
She was a visiting distinguished professor at the École des hautes études and at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and is a recipient of Fulbright, Guggenheim, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Science Foundation and Social Science Research Council fellowships.
Stoler is the Founding Director of the Institute for Critical Social Inquiry (ICSI) at The New School for Social Research.