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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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