Curriculum Vitae: Conference Presentations

“Cyber Migrant Labor: Women and Call Centre Work in the Global Economy”, RC31.07 – Transnational Migration and Identity: Intersecting Cultural, Social and Economic Dimensions, XVII International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology, Gothenburg, Sweden, July 14, 2010.

 

“From Addressing ‘Personal Problems’ to Claiming Human Rihts: Reflections on Anti-Domestic Violence Activism”, RC32.04 – Violence, War and Beyond: Gender, Embodiment and Women’s Lived Experiences of War and Violence, XVII International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology, Gothenburg, Sweden, July 13, 2010.

 

“Addressing Domestic Violence in South Asian Communities in the United States”, Helen Ralston Annual Memorial Lecture, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, February 3, 2010.

 

"From NIMBYISM to YIMBYISM: Effective Strategies for Establishing Immigrant Service Facilities", 104th Annual Conference, American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 2009.

 

"Court Services and Limited English Proficient (LEP) Persons Seeking Protection Orders", 104th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 9, 2009.

 

ASAFSF Conference, “SHAKTI – The Power in Empowerment”, Tempe, Arizona, April 18, 2009.

“Marriage, Migration, and Marital Violence Among Indian Diaspora in the U.S.” Metropolis Conference, Toronto Canada, October 17, 2005.

“Service on the Line: Youth Jobs and Indian Call Centers” Youth Employment in the Global Economy: An International Interdisciplinary Conference. Hofstra University Sept.15, 2005

“Service on the Line: Indian Telephone Call Centers and Customer Care” ASA Asia Section Round Table. 100th Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Philadelphia. August 14, 2005.

“Business Process Outsourcing: The U.S. and India in the New Global Market” (with Susan Manning) 99th Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, August 14, 2004.

Domestic Violence and South Asian Ethnic Identity construction in the United States: Post Sept. 11th, XV World Congress of Sociology (RC32), Brisbane, Australia. July 10th 2002.

Gendering and Politicizing Violence: Domestic Violence in South Asian Communities in the U.S after September 11th Thematic session, 72nd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston. March 8th 2002.

"The Courts' Response to Violence Against Women: Progress and Future" Fifteenth Anniversary Conference: New York State Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts. New York City, April 4, 2001.

"Criminal Injustice? A Critical Review of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996," New York Bar Association, New York, NY.

"Intersections and Divergences Addressing Domestic Violence in the South Asian Community" Asian American Studies Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 28-April 1, 2001.

"Addressing Violence Against Women" International Women's Conference on Women's Status: Vision and Reality, Feb 27-2, 2000.

"The Politics of Research" The Next Millennium Conference: Ending Domestic Violence (Sponsored by them U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services). Washington D.C. August 29-September 1, 1999.

"The 'Controlling' image of the 'Model Minority': Ethnicity, race, class, and gender implications" 93rd Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association San Francisco Aug. 21-25, 1998.

"Immigration policies and practices in the United States: Ethnicity, race, and class implications" 14th World Congress of Sociology of the International Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada, July 26-August 1, 1998.

"Domestic Violence in the South Asian Community." South Asian Women's Conference. Los Angeles. September 21,1997.

"Cultural and Structural Factors in Marital Violence Among South Asians in the United States." World Congress on Violence and Human Coexistence. University College, Dublin, Ireland August 1997.

"Transnational Marriages and Marital Violence Among South Asians in the United States." Refereed Roundtable at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in Toronto, Canada August 1997.

"Marital Violence and Alienation among South Asian Immigrant Women." International Sociology Conference on Alienation and Families. Tampere, Finland, May 1996.

"Families and Law: Changing Values, Rights and Obligations." American Bar Association Commission on College and University Legal Studies Conference. Selected participant with other Law and Social Science faculty to explore how families and law intersect. Denver, Colorado, April 1996.

"Community Empowerment and South Asian Women's Organizations" 90th Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington D.C. August 1995.

"Examining the role of community based women's organizations in addressing the problem of Marital Violence Among South Asians in the United States." National Women's Studies Association's 16th Annual Conference. June 1995.

"Addressing the Problem of Violence Against Ethnic Minority Women: A Sociological Study of the Role of Community Organizations as Agents of Change". XIII World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany, July 1994.

"The Intersectionality of Gender and Ethnicity as a Sociological Framework for the Analysis of Domestic Violence" Rockefeller Symposium, Rockefeller Foundation, N.Y., June 1993.

"Organizational Strategies for Social Change: Addressing the Problem of Marital Violence Among South Asians in the U.S." Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, March 1993.

"Marital Violence among South Asians in the U.S." Tenth Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, Ithaca, June 1993.

"Marginality and Disintegration of Community Identity Among the Jews of India" Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion New Orleans, November 1990.

"Attitudes Toward Abortion and the Funding of Abortion". Annual meeting of the New York State Sociological Association, Syracuse, October 1990.

"Current Abortion Attitudes Among College Students Following the 1989 Supreme Court Decision." Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August 1990.

"Inclusion and Exclusion: A Study of an Indian Jewish Community". Society for Applied Sociology Conference, Chicago, August 1988.

"Social Background, Personal Conservatism and Attitude Toward Communism." Eastern Sociological Society Conference, Boston, May 1987.

 

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