Deepthi Bathala
OSGF
Interdisciplinary Residency, Five-Week, Session IV
Deepthi Bathala is a writer focusing on architectural history and theory. She was recently recognized by The Graham Foundation with a 2023 Carter Manny Writing Citation. Taubman College Ph.D. student earned this recognition for her dissertation titled “Famine Crops, Plantations, and Environmental Imaginaries: Botanical Gardens in Colonial and Contemporary India.”
Her aspiration is to contribute to a broader understanding of the active role that plants play in shaping our environment and informing our efforts to address climate change.