Mayukh Sen Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Author of TASTE MAKERS (2021) and forthcoming LOVE, QUEENIE: MERLE OBERON, HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST SOUTH ASIAN STAR (March 4, 2025)

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Shourie Family Fellow at New America, Fellows Class of 2025. Fellowship-funded project is Brown Hollywood, a book-length examination of the history of South Asian immigration to America from the early twentieth century to the present day, told through the stories of South Asian performers in Hollywood whose lives intersected with—and were informed by—changes in American immigration policy.

New York, New York, United States

Teach food writing at Columbia University's Creative Writing program.

Greater New York City Area

Teach Advanced Reporting: Food & Culture Writing at NYU Journalism school.

Brooklyn, Ny

Brooklyn, Ny

Wrote and reported short- and medium-length news as well as long features at the intersection of food and culture. I made the decision to leave my position as Staff Writer in May 2018 to pursue freelance opportunities outside VICE.

Greater New York City Area

Pitched, reported, and wrote 10 stories/essays on food and culture a week, ranging from shorter to mid-length to longer features. Won a 2018 James Beard Award in the Journalism - Profile category for my story on Princess Pamela.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History, Literature, And The Arts

Activities and Societies: Kairos Co-Operative House (Community Manager), Student Organizing Committee for the Arts (Co-Director), History.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: The Argo (Editor-in-Chief)