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Shilpa S. Davé
e-mail: [email protected]
268 Monroe Hall
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904
CURRENT POSITIONS:
Assistant Dean of College of Arts and Sciences,
University of Virginia June 2013-present
Assistant Professor of Media Studies
University of Virginia
Major Research/ Areas of Interest: Racial Performance, Representations of Race, Gender, and
Immigration in American Television and Film, Comparative American Studies, Media Studies,
Asian American Studies, South Asian American Studies, Asian Americans and American Film,
Comics and Graphic Novels, Women and Media Studies, Inter-racial and multi-racial narratives
in literature and popular culture.
Honors and Awards:
Selected as a Faculty Fellow for the New College Curriculum at the University of
Virginia for 2019-2020.
Selected for the Advertising Education Foundation Visiting Professor Immersion
Program in New York City. June 4-8, 2018.
Recognized as a 2017 “TRAILBLAZER in ACADEMIA” by Diverse Issues in
Higher Education. May 4, 2017 Vol. 34 Issue 7 pp. 22-23.
Selected as Faculty Resource Network Participant in Ethnicity and Race in the
Media Seminar at New York University. June 5-10, 2016.
Selected as Television Academy Foundation Faculty Fellow. Los Angeles, CA
November 9-13, 2015.
Selected for Advertising Educational Foundation Visiting Professor Fellowship
Program in Los Angeles. Summer 2009.
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Selected to HERS/Women in Higher Education Administration
Summer Institute at Bryn Mawr College. Summer 1998.
PUBLICATIONS:
Books: Monographs:
Indian Accents: Brown Voice and Racial Performance in American TV and Film.
(University of Illinois Press 2013).
Edited Volumes:
Global Asian American Popular Cultures. Edited by Shilpa Davé, LeiLani Nishime, and
Tasha Oren. (NYU Press 2016)
East Main Street: Asian American Popular Culture. Edited by Shilpa Davé, LeiLani
Nishime, and Tasha Oren. (NYU Press 2005).
Book Chapters and Journal Articles:
“Spider-Man India: Comicbücher und die Übersetzung/Transkreation amerikanischer
Narrative” (translation in German) in Reader Superhelden :Theorie – Geschichte –
Medieneds. Lukas Etter, Thomas Nierlach, and Jennifer Nowotny. (Transcript Bielefeld
2018)
“Racial Accents, Hollywood Casting, and Asian American Studies” in Cinema Journal.
Vol. 56 Issue 3 2017.
“South Asians and the Call Center Narrative: Accents and Cross-Cultural
Communication in TV’s Outsourced” in Routledge Companion to Asian American
Media. eds, Lori Lopez and Vincent Pham. (Routledge, 2017). 236-248.
Winning the Bee”: South Asians, Spelling Bee Competitions, and American Racial
Branding in Global Asian America: Transnational Media and Migration. eds. Shilpa
Dave, Leilani Nishime, and Tasha Oren. (NYU Press, 2016) 228-243.
Introduction (co-authored with LeiLani Nishime and Tasha Oren) in Global Asian
American Popular Cultures. Edited by Shilpa Davé, LeiLani Nishime, and Tasha Oren.
(NYU Press May 2016) 1-12.
“Media.” Entry in Keywords for Asian American Studies, eds. Cathy Schlund Vials,
Linda Trinh Vo, and K. Scott Wong (NYU Press, 2015).
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Matchmakers and Cultural Compatibility in the Post Racial Era: Arranged Marriage,
South Asians, and American Television in The Colorblind Screen: Television in Post-
Racial America. Edited by Sarah Nielson and Sarah Turner. (NYU Press, 2014)
“From Immigrant to Raising the Third Generation: Grandparents and the Development of Indian
American Identity” in Indian Diaspora: Grandparents and Grand Parenting. Edited by Amarjit
Singh (SENSE Publishers 2013)
Spider-Man India: Comic Books and Translating/Trans-creating American Cultural
Identity in Transnational Perspectives on Graphic Narratives: Comics at the Crossroads.
Edited by Shane Denson, Christina Meyer and Daniel Stein. (Bloomsbury Academic
Press 2013)
“Disembodied Sites of Encounter in Zhang Chu Hong’s My Life Strands” in Dispatches
from the Symposium Asian American Portraits of Encounter Between the Image and the
Word. Asian American Literary Review. Fall/Winter 2012 Issue 2 (Vol. 3).
Matchmakers and Cultural Compatibility: Arranged Marriage, South Asians, and American Television. The Journal of South Asian Popular Culture 10:2: July 2012; 167-
183. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14746689.2012.682877.) “A Closer Look at Nampally Road and Meena Alexander” (Reprint) in Contemporary
Literary Criticism (CLC). (Gale/Cengage 2012) 13-21.
“’No Life Without Wife’: Masculinity and Modern Arranged Meetings for Indian
Americans” in Catamaran: South Asian American Writing. (Volume 5: Fall 2006) 53-66.
“Teaching Race and Ethnicity”: Color Blindness and Asian American Studies” in
“Teaching Texts: Unexpected Sites of Knowledge and Practice. Part I of a two-part
forum.” Journal of Asian American Studies 9:2 (2006) 195-198.
“Apu’s Brown Voice: Cultural Inflection and South Asian Accents ” in East Main Street:
Asian American Popular Culture. Edited by Shilpa Davé, LeiLani Nishime, and Tasha
Oren. (NYU Press May 2005). 313-336.
Introduction (co-authored with LeiLani Nishime and Tasha Oren) in East Main Street:
Asian American Popular Culture. Edited by Shilpa Davé, LeiLani Nishime, and Tasha
Oren. (NYU Press May 2005) 1-10.
“Community Beauty”: Transnational Performances and Cultural Citizenship in Miss
India Georgia. Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory 12:3 (2001) 335-358.
“A Closer Look at Nampally Road and Meena Alexander” in MLA Resource Guide to
Asian American Literature. 2001. Eds. Stephen Sumida and Sau-ling Wong. 13-21.
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“De-privileging Positions: Indian Americans, South Asian Americans and the Politics of
Asian American Studies.” (Co-authored article) Journal of Asian American Studies 3:1
(2000): 67-100.
“‘Doors to Home and History’: Postcolonial Identities in Meena Alexander and Bharati
Mukherjee.” Amerasia Journal 19:3 (1993): 103-113.
Electronic Essays:
Superheroes and Racial Shapeshifting: Encountering Sanjay’s Super Team in In Media
Res: A Media Commons Project May 23, 2017.
(http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2017/05/23/superheroes-and-racial-
shapeshifting-encountering-sanjay-s-super-team)
“’Indian Accents’ Grow Stronger on Television” in University of Illinois Press Blog.
July 19, 2013. (http://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/?p=12235)
“The South Asian Invasion at the Oscars ” in South Asian American Digital Archive.
February 22, 2013. (http://www.saadigitalarchive.org/blog/20130222-1302)
“More Than An Exotic Accent.” Op Ed Column in The Indian Express. October 8, 2012.
(http://www.indianexpress.com/news/more-than-an-exotic-accent/1013365/)
Calling the Middle Class South Asian: American Accents and Outsourced in In Media
Res: A Media Commons Project March 25, 2011.
(http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2011/03/25/calling-working-south-asian-
american-accents-and-outsourced).
The Spelling Bee, Model Minorities, and American Citizenship. FLOW TV Journal.
11.10 Volume 11 March 27, 2010. (http://flowtv.org/?p=4856).
Re-thinking Indian Arranged Marriage and Matchmaking on American Television.
FLOW TV Journal 11.05 Lead Story Volume 11. January 8, 2010.
(http://flowtv.org/?p=4657).
Ethnic Rock Stars and Asian American Stereotypes: Will the real Ajay Bhatt stand up?
FLOW TV Journal 11.01 Volume 11. October 30, 2009. http://flowtv.org/?p=4474).
Speaking American: Cultural Expressions of Race and Nationality in Harold and Kumar.
In Media Res: A Media Commons Project April 28, 2008. See
(http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2008/04/28/“speaking-american-cultural-
expressions-of-race-and-nationality-in-harold-and-kumar”).
Reviews and other Entries:
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Review of Fashioning Diaspora: Beauty, Femininity, and South Asian American Culture
by Vanita Reddy in MELUS Vol. 43, Issue 2, 1 June 2018 238-240.
Review of The Cultural Politics of U.S. Immigration: Gender, Race, and the Media by
Leah Perry in Italian American Review 8.1 Vol. Winter 2018 78-80.
Dragon Lady and Docile: Asian American Women and Stereotypes in Asian American Society: An
Encyclopedia. Edited by Mary Yu. Danico. (SAGE Publications 2014)
“Harold and Kumar” in Asian American Culture in Asian American Society: An Encyclopedia. Edited
by Mary Yu Danico. (SAGE Publications 2014)
Asian Indians and American TV and Film in Asian Americans: An Encyclopedia of
Social, Cultural, and Political Change. Edited by Edward Park and Xiaojian Zhao (ABC-
CLIO Publishers 2013).
Asian Indian Women in America in Asian Americans: An Encyclopedia of Social,
Cultural, and Political Change. Edited by Edward Park and Xiaojian Zhao (ABC-CLIO
Publishers 2013).
The Poetics of Post-colonialism and Reading Meena Alexander: A Review of Passage to
Manhattan: Critical Essays on Meena Alexander in South Asian Diaspora 3:2(2011):
233-234.
“Projecting Empire: Imperialism and Popular Cinema” (review) in Screening the Past
Issue 28. September 8 2010. www.latrobe. edu.au/screeningthepast.
“Celebrity Sightings and Sensationalist Mysteries: Chinese Americans, Inter-Racial
Borders and Being American in Popular Culture” (review essay) Journal of Asian
American Studies. 8:3 (2005): 309-312.
“Desis in the House: Indian American Youth Culture in New York City” (review) in
Journal of Asian American Studies 5:3 (2002): 291-293.
“Mapping Asian American Voices in Literature and the Arts.” (review) Contemporary
Literature. 42: 3 (2001) 656-663.
“Identity Formation and Difference in Mass Media” in the section Journalism and Mass
Communications: The Making of Meaning as part of Socio-Cultural Dimensions of
Sustainable Development in Our Fragile World: Challenge and Opportunities for
Sustainable Development. 2002. International Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems
(EOLSS) sponsored by UNESCO-EOLSS (www.eolss.net). (20 manuscript pages)
Asian American Autobiography in George Takei’s Beyond the Stars. (Asian American
Autobiographers. Greenwood Press. Ed. Guiyou Huang) 2001. 351-57.
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Media:
Film/Television/Web:
Voices from A Diverse Community on YouTube:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcgAaiv59ag). University of Virginia. December
14, 2017.
Cast member, The Problem with Apu (documentary film) dir. Michael Melandoff.
(Avalon Television 2017)
Art Beyond Borders (documentary film by Transnational Studies Initiative at Harvard
University, March 2008)
Radio:
“Dishing Up the Oscars” on Apropos of Something Podcast broadcast on WPVC-
Charlottesville. February 23, 2019.
“The Color of Oscar” Apropos of Something Podcast on WPVC-Charlottesville.
(http://947wpvc.org/comics-the-oscars-race-good-medicine-3-3-18/). March 3, 2018.
“Changing Portrayals of Indians in American Entertainment” on WGLT.org.
http://wglt.org/wireready/news/2013/11/06854_11-06brownvoiceqa_124427.shtml.
November 11, 2013.
“Media Often Depicts Asian Americans as Model Minority” on WKAR.org.
http://wkar.org/post/expert-media-often-depict-asians-model-minority. November 7,
2013.
“Miss America Pageant’s Winner Indian Heritage Sparks Racist Comments” on Central
Time on Wisconsin Public Radio. http://wpr.org/miss-america-pageant-winners-indian-
heritage-sparks-racist-comments. September 16, 2013.
“Indian Accents” on Focus 580 from Illinois Public Radio.
http://will.illinois.edu/focus/program/indian-accents. August 29, 2013.
Quoted in Selected Digital and Print:
“Old Favorites, outdated attitudes: Can Entertainment Expire” by Ted Anthony of
Associated Press. December 28, 2018.
(https://www.apnews.com/4ebd33ab2629490183763f90862e2977)
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“A Reckoning for Apu, The Simpsons’ and Brownface” by Vikas Bajaj in The New York
Times. April 29, 2018. (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/29/opinion/simpsons-apu-
brownface.html)
“From Apu to Master of None: How US Pop Culture Tuned into the South Asian
Experience” by Arwa Mahdawi in The Guardian. May 9, 2017.
(https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/may/09/from-apu-to-master-of-none-
how-us-pop-culture-tuned-into-the-south-asian-experience)
“’Fresh Off the Boat’: A Controversy Round-Up” by Kelly Woo on Yahoo TV. February
3, 2015. https://www.yahoo.com/tv/bp/-fresh-off-the-boat--controversies-
012346075.html
“The Pre-Huxtable Golden Age of Black Family Sitcom” by Gene Demby on NPR’s
Codeswitch. September 24, 2014.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/09/24/350696283/the-pre-huxtable-golden-
age-of-the-black-family-sitcom
“Is Winning Everything? U Va professor looks at the role of competition in American
Culture” by Alan Bisbort in University of Virginia Magazine. Fall 2014.
http://uvamagazine.org/articles/is_winning_everything
“Meals as Metaphors: Two New Movies Provide Food for Thought” by Lily Rothman.
Time.com. August 8, 2014. http://time.com/3069975/hundred-foot-journey-what-if/
CURRENT RESEARCH:
Book Manuscripts: Can You Spell America? Spelling Bee Competitions and American Culture (in progress)
Articles:
South Asians in Hollywood chapter in Our Stories: An Introduction to South Asian
America (South Asian American Digital Archive SAADA) (submitted in November
2018)
“Accents and Asian American Representation in Contemporary Culture” chapter for
Oxford Encyclopedia of Asian American and Pacific Islander Literature. (submitted in
December 2018)
“Global Accents and Vocal Characters in Netflix’s Master of None” chapter for the
collection Media (as) Ventriloquisms edited by Jaime Baron, Jennifer Fleeger, and
Shannon Wong Lerner. (article in progress)
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Ms. Marvel at the Racial Crossroads: South Asians, Superheroes, and the question of
Inhumanity and Normalcy. (article in progress)
FACULTY POSITIONS: Assistant Professor, American Studies Program, Brandeis University. July 2004-June
2013. Visiting Assistant Professor, American Studies Program and Department of English,
Wesleyan University. September 2003-May 2004. Visiting Fellow, Department of English, Cornell University. May 2002—August
2003.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies Program, Cornell University.
August 2001—May 2002.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies Program and Department of
English. University of Wisconsin-Madison. August 1999-May 2001.
Lecturer, Department of English, Oberlin College. January 1997- June1999
Lecturer, Program in American Culture, University of Michigan. Fall 1994
Teaching Instructor, Department of English Languages and Literature, University
of Michigan. 1990-1994.
COURSES OFFERED: Asian American and South Asian American Studies:
ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA CULTURES (University of Virginia)
ASIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (Brandeis U)
ASIAN AMERICA AND POPULAR CULTURE (Cornell U, UW-Madison)
ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN AND LITERATURE (Cornell U, UW-Madison, Wesleyan U)
CHUTNEY AND EGGROLLS: SOUTH/ASIAN AMERICAN FORMATIONS (Brandeis U, Cornell U)
CONTEMPORARY ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE (Oberlin College, UW-Madison)
HOT PROPERTIES: ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE IN POPULAR CONTEXTS. (University of Michigan)
SURVEY OF ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE (UW-Madison)
INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES (Cornell U, UW-Madison)
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LABOR, LOVE, AND THE LAW: AMERICAN WOMEN AND LITERATURE (Brandeis U)
Comparative American Studies:
CLASSIC TEXTS IN AMERICAN CULTURE TO 1900 (Brandeis U)
RACE AND ETHNICITY IN THE U.S. (Brandeis U)
RACIAL BORDERS AND AMERICAN CINEMA (University of Virginia)
ETHNICITY, RACE, AND IMMIGRATION IN THE U.S. (Brandeis U)
INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN ETHNIC STUDIES (Wesleyan U)
Film, Media, and Communications:
ACTION WOMEN: STORYTELLING, GENDER, AND GRAPHIC NOVELS (University of Virginia)
ASIAN AMERICA AND POPULAR CULTURE (Cornell U, UW-Madison)
ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA CULTURES (University of Virginia)
COMPETITION CULTURE: WINNING, LOSING, AND INEQUALITY IN THE MEDIA (University of Virginia)
LOS ANGELES MEDIA CULTURES (J-term, University of Virginia)
RACE AND AMERICAN FILM (Brandeis U)
RACIAL BORDERS AND AMERICAN CINEMA (University of Virginia)
SIGNS OF IMAGINATION: CONSTRUCTIONS OF GENDER AND RACE IN POPULAR CULTURE (Brandeis
U, Wesleyan U)
WOMEN AND AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE (Brandeis U)
Literature:
ACTION WOMEN: STORYTELLING, GENDER, AND GRAPHIC NOVELS (University of Virginia)
“ALIENATION, ISOLATION, AND DIFFERENCE IN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES” (Brandeis U)
Asian American Literature Courses (see above)
THE FAMILY DRAMA: COMMUNITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SHORT STORY AND NOVEL.
(Oberlin College, University of Michigan)
EDUCATION:
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Ph.D. English Languages and Literature
The University of Michigan. May 1997
Dissertation: “Alien States”: Colonial Fetishisms and Asian
American Migrations. (Co-chairs: Simon Gikandi and Stephen Sumida).
Major Areas: Asian American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Media Studies and Popular
Culture, Cultural Studies, Post Colonial Literature, American Literature, and American
Studies.
M.A. English Languages and Literature
The University of Michigan. December 1991.
B.S. English (with departmental and college honors) and Molecular Biology (with
college honors), University of Wisconsin—Madison. May 1988.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Sciences. University of Virginia, July 2013-
Assistant Dean of Students and the Multicultural Resource Center, Oberlin College,
August 1996-July 1999.
Interim Director of the Oberlin College Multicultural Resource Center.
Oberlin College, July 1998-July 1999.
Academic Advisor, Oberlin College, Fall 1997-July 1999.
Advisor to the South Asian Students Association,
Oberlin College. August 1996-July 1999.
Major and Concentration Advisor for the University of Michigan Department of English Languages and
Literature. 1995-1996
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
2019:
Accents, Globalization, and Racial Performances in Netflix’s Master of None. Will be
presented at the Association of Asian American Studies Annual Meeting. April 25-28,
2019. Madison, WI.
2018:
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“Accents and Global New York in Netflix’s Master of None.” Presented at American
Studies Association Annual Meeting. November 8-11, 2018. Atlanta, GA.
“Superheroes and Familial Shapeshifting”: Racial Encounters with Sanjay’s Super Team.
Association of Asian American Studies Annual Meeting. March 29-31, 2018. San
Francisco, CA.
“Identity.” Panel Chair and moderator. Global Fusion 2018. October 19-21, 2018.
Charlottesville, VA.
“Marriage Beyond Borders,” Panel Moderator for Virginia’s Festival of the Book. March
24, 2018. Charlottesville, VA.
“Superheroes and Graphic Women: Ms. Marvel and Wonder Woman.” Through Their
Gazes: Women Onscreen and Intersectional Feminisms Symposia. University of
Virginia. March 16, 2018. Charlottesville, VA.
Panel Respondent to Women’s Voices and Their Visions Onscreen. Through Their
Gazes: Women Onscreen and Intersectional Feminisms Symposia. University of
Virginia. March 16, 2018. Charlottesville, VA.
2017:
“Superhero Teams and Spiritual Succor: Animating Race and Religion in Pixars’
Sanjay’s Super Team and Ms. Marvel.” Association of Asian American Studies Annual
Meeting. April 14-16, 2017. Portland, OR.
Race, Media, and Cultural Politics, Chair. Association of Asian American Studies Annual
Meeting. April 14-16, 2017. Portland, OR.
2016:
“Forms of Labor and the Media.” Respondent to Panel at Race and Media Conference
2016 sponsored by New York University. October 21-22, 2016. New York, NY.
“Ms. Marvel at the Racial Crossroads: South Asians, Superheroes, and the question of
Inhumanity and Normalcy.” Paper presented at the Association for Asian American
Studies Annual Meeting, April 27-30, 2016, Miami FL.
The Spelling Bee as a Gateway to American Competitions. Roundtable discussant at the
Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meeting, April 27-30, 2016, Miami FL.
2015:
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"Action Women and Racial Costume: Ms. Marvel and the Post-Racial Superhero
Identity." Paper presented at Race and Media Conference 2015 sponsored by Department
of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico. September 24-26, 2015,
Albuquerque, NM.
Recasting the Hero: Asian American Women and American Network Television. Paper
presented in a roundtable panel on “In Living Color: A Roundtable on Racial Diversity
and Current Network Television” at the Association for Asian American Studies Annual
Meeting, April 22-26, 2015, Evanston, IL.
2014:
Mediated Masks and Racial Accents: heroes, villains, and the global world in science
fiction blockbusters. Paper presented at Race and Media Conference 2014 by the
Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin- Madison. October 16-18,
2014, Madison, WI.
“Brown Masks and Gender Roles”: Evolution of the Female Asian/American Hero in TV
Drama” as part of a roundtable panel on 3-D Bodies on Your Flat Screen: Gender and
Body Politics in Televisual Images of Asian/Americans. Paper presented at the
Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) Annual Meeting. April 16-20, 2014,
San Francisco, CA.
“Indian accents and racial masks: heroes, villains, and the science fiction blockbuster.”
Paper presented at the International Communications Association (ICA) Annual Meeting.
May 21-25, 2014, Seattle, WA.
2013:
“Winning the Bee”: South Asians, Spelling Bee Competitions, and American Cultural
Citizenship. Paper presented at the American Studies Association (ASA) Annual
Meeting. November 20-24, 2013, Washington D.C.
Cultural Crossroads and Rethinking the Flows of Transpacific Popular Culture.
Discussant at the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) Annual Meeting.
April 17-22, 2013, Seattle, WA.
2012:
Comics and Global Collaborations in Spider-Man India and Stan Lee’s Chakra the
Invincible. Paper presented at the American Studies Association (ASA) Annual Meeting.
November 14-18, 2012, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Asian American Patriots and Interrogating National Security in Harold and Kumar
Escape from Guantanamo Bay. Paper presented at the Association for Asian American
Studies (AAAS) Annual Meeting. April 11-14, 2012, Washington D.C.
Calling the Working South Asian: American TV Accents and Outsourced. Paper presented at
the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Annual Meeting. March 21-25, 2012,
Boston, MA.
2011:
“Who Ya Gonna Call? South Asian Accents, Call Centers, and American TV.” Paper
presented at the Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meeting. May 18-21,
2011, New Orleans, LA.
Asian Americans and the Pop Culture Specter of “Eastern Spirituality.” Discussant at the
Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meeting. May 18-21, 2011, New
Orleans, LA.
2010:
Spider-Man India: Comic Books and Changing American Mythologies of Heroism.
Paper presented at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting. November 18-21,
2010, San Antonio, TX.
Local Heroes and Ethnic Models: South Asian Americans and the Spelling Bee. Paper
presented at the Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meeting. April 7-11,
2010, Austin TX.
Speaking American: Representing Race, Masculinity, and Nationality in Harold and
Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay. Paper presented at the Society for Cinema and
Media Studies Annual Meeting. March 16-21, 2010, Los Angeles, CA.
2009:
Racial Narratives of Belonging and Practices of Cultural Citizenship for Asian America.
Paper presented at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting. November 4-7,
2009, Washington D.C.
“Performing India in America: Brown Dawgs and Millionaires.” Paper presented at the
Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meeting. April 23-26, 2009, Honolulu,
HI.
2008:
Cross-Ethnic Political Alliances in American Cultural History. Panel chair and
discussant at the New England American Studies Association (NESEA) Annual Meeting.
September 19-20, 2008, New Haven CT.
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“Pop Spirituality” and Indian Immigrants: Family, Love, and Ritual in “Chutney Popcorn” and the "Guru." Paper presented at the Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meeting. April 16-19, 2008, Chicago, IL.
“Asian Accents in Post 9-11 America:” Gandhi, Apu, and Animated Masculinity in the
U.S.” Paper presented at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Meeting.
March 6-9, 2008, Philadelphia, PA.
2007:
New Love American Style: The Family Borders of Religion and Sexuality in Nisha
Ganatra’s “Chutney Popcorn.” Paper presented at New England American Studies
Association Annual Meeting. November 2-3, 2007, Brown University Providence, RI.
“Asian Accents in America:” Gandhi, Apu, and Animated Asian Americans.” Paper
presented at the Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meeting. April 4-8,
2007, New York, NY.
2006:
“No Life Without Wife: South Asian Americans and Arranged Marriage.” Paper
presented at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting. October 12-15, 2006,
Oakland, CA.
Matchmakers and the Marriage Mart: South Asians, Television, and Arranged
Marriages.” Paper presented at the Association for Asian American Studies Annual
Meeting. March 22-26, 2006, Atlanta, GA.
“Literature and the Politics of Culture” Panel Chair at Association for Asian American
Studies Annual Meeting. March 22-26, 2006, Atlanta, GA.
2005:
“Animated in America: Apu, Gandhi, and Asian American Masculinity.” Paper
presented at the National Communications Association Annual (NCA) Meeting.
November 17-20, 2005, Boston, MA.
“Consuming My Religion”: Pop Spirituality, Gurus, and Teen Girl Flicks in the 21st
Century. Paper presented at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual
Conference. March 29-April 3, 2005, London, ENGLAND.
2004:
Afro Asian Style in US Popular Culture. Panel Chair at American Studies Association
Annual Conference. November 11-14, 2004, Atlanta, GA.
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“Moving (Mid) West To East (Coast): Teaching Asian American Studies in the Swing
States.” Paper presented at East of California Asian American Studies Conference.
October 22-24, 2004, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
“Apu’s Brown Voice: The Model Minority and South Asian Accents.” Paper presented
at 2004 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Meeting. March 4-7, 2004,
Atlanta, GA.
2003:
“Apu’s Brown Voice: Cultural Inflection and South Asian American Accents.” Paper
presented at the 2003 Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meeting. May 7-
11, 2003, San Francisco, CA.
2002:
“Consuming Asian America: Multiculturalism and Mainstream Media.” Panel discussant
at the 2002 Modern Language Association Annual Meeting. December 27-30, 2002, New
York, NY.
"Accolades and Controversy in the Community: Labels and Preconceptions of Jhumpa
Lahiri, Amy Tan, and Lois Ann Yamanaka in Asian American Literature.” Paper
presented at the 2002 MELUS Annual Meeting. April 11-14, 2002, Seattle, WA.
"'There She Is . . . ': Beauty Pageants and Identity Formation in Asian American
Communities." Chair and panel discussant at the 2002 Association for Asian American
Studies Annual Meeting. April 24-28, 2002, Salt Lake City, UT.
2001:
“Broadcasting Global Communities: Asian American Family Values in My Year of
Meats.” Paper presented at the 2001 American Studies Association Annual Meeting.
November 8-11, 2001, Washington D.C.
“Community Beauty: Transnational Embodiments in “Miss India Georgia.” Invited
panelist at the 2001 East of California Asian American Studies Conference. October 12-
14, 2001, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH.
“Knowledge, Power, and Position” in Asian American Literature.” Paper presented at
the 2001 Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meeting. March 28-April 1,
Toronto, CANADA.
2000:
”Community Beauty: Nationalism and Class Identity in “Miss India Georgia.” Paper
presented at the 2000 South Asian Studies Annual Meeting. October 13-15, Madison,
WI.
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”Community Beauty: Transnational Embodiments in “Miss India Georgia.” Paper
presented at the 2000 Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meeting. May 24-
28, Scottsdale, AZ.
1999:
“The Position and Future of South Asian American Studies with Asian American
Studies.” Panelist in roundtable discussion held at the 1999 Association for Asian
American Studies Meeting. March 31-April 3, 1999, Philadelphia, PA.
1998:
“National Trends and Demographics: The Changing Face of the Classroom,”
Presentation for Oberlin College New Faculty Orientation. August 25, 1998.
“Re-dressing Postcolonialism”: South Asian American Transformations in Chitra Divakaruni’s
Arranged Marriage. Paper presented at the1998 Association for Asian American Studies
Meeting. June 24-June 28, Honolulu, HI.
1997:
“The Wild ‘Marginalized’ West: Racial and Gendered Bodies in The Ballad Little Jo.”
Paper presented at 1997 Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meeting. April
17-April 20, Seattle, WA.
1996:
“Imagining America”: The New Immigrant in Vanishing Son. Paper presented at
American Studies Association Annual Meeting on Global Migration, American Cultures
and the State. October 31-November 3, Kansas City, MS.
“ImagiNations: The Politics of Language and Location in Asian America.” Panel Chair
at 1996 Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meeting May 29-June 2, 1996
Washington D.C.
1995:
“Colonial Desires and Imperial Imaginations in John Buchan’s Prester John.” Paper
presented at the First Annual Conference of the Association for the Psychoanalysis of
Culture and Society: Postcolonial and Psychoanalysis—Nation, Identity, Self. October
12-14, 1995 Washington D.C.
“‘All American Men’: Ethnic Masculinities in Vanishing Son.” Paper
presented at the 1995 Console-ing Passions: Feminism and Television Conference. April 6-9,
1995, Seattle, WA.
1994:
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“‘What Would Life Be Like Without the Movies?’ The Colonized Imagination in
Jessica Hagedorn’ s Dogeaters.” Paper presented at the 1994 Association for Asian
American Studies Annual Meeting. April 1994, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
1993:
“‘The Come and See America Ticket’: Images of America in Anjana Appachana and Bharati
Mukherjee.” Presented at the 1993 Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meeting.
June 1993, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
“‘Mothers in Space’: Gender Relations in Star Trek: The Next
Generation.” Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association and
American Culture Association Annual Meeting. April 1993, New Orleans, LA.
1992:
“‘The Doors to Home and History’: Strategies of Identity in Meena Alexander and
Bharati Mukherjee.” Presented at the 1992 Association for Asian American Studies
Annual Meeting. May 1992, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
2018:
Interview and discussion with Laura Somers, director of Rich Kids. November 3, 2018.
Interview and discussion with Sara Menzies, director of documentary Afghan Cycles.
November 2, 2018.
“Accented America: Race, Difference, and Power.” Invited Keynote Speaker at Tufts
University. September 24, 2018.
Moderator and Discussant for Marriage Beyond Borders: Fact and Fiction with authors
Elizabeth Flock and SJ Sindu. Virginia Festival of the Book. Charlottesville, VA. March
24, 2018.
“The Color of Oscar” and Comics. Guest on Apropos of Something, WPVC Radio in
Charlottesville. March 3, 2018. (http://947wpvc.org/comics-the-oscars-race-good-
medicine-3-3-18/)
Moderator for Career and Media Production with UVA Alumni in the Entertainment
Industry sponsored by Career Services. February 23, 2018. The Graduate,
Charlottesville, VA.
“The Politics of Being an ‘Over’ Represented Minority,” Guest Speaker for the ASU
(Asian Student Union) and Minority Rights Coalition Advocacy Spring Gala Rotunda
Dinner. February 9, 2018. Charlottesville, VA.
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2017:
Introduction to the feature film, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool. Virginia Film
Festival. November 9, 2017.
Interview and discussion with Han West, producer of Oh Lucy. Virginia Film Festival.
November 9, 2017.
“Fighting for Democracy: First Year Students and the University.” Invited to be Dome
Room Dinner Speaker for Lile-Maupin Residents Association Dinner. Rotunda,
University of Virginia. August 30, 2017.
“South Asians and the Media and Growing up in the Midwest.” Invited Panelist for
Namaste Madison: Indian American Writers and Authors. Madison Public Library,
Madison, WI. May 13, 2017.
Introduction (and selection) of film, The Lunchbox, for the International World
Languages Film Series. University of Virginia. March 23, 2017.
2016:
“Ms. Marvel at the Racial Crossroads: South Asians, Superheroes, and the question of
Inhumanity and Normalcy.” Invited Speaker for Graphic Narrative Symposium at
National Hsinchu University, Taiwan. December 9, 2016.
Global Asian American Popular Cultures: “Bollywood’s Indians and Hollywood’s South
Asians.” Invited Speaker at National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan. December
7, 2016.
Introduction to the feature film, Lion (2016). Virginia Film Festival. November 7, 2016.
Discussant and Interview with Dorie Barton, director of Girl Flu (2016) at the Virginia
Film Festival. November 4, 2016.
Gender and Asian Americans and the Media. Speaker in Asian Student Union Lecture
Series at University of Virginia. October 15, 2016.
Jacob Lawrence in the Classroom. Panel Discussant at the Jacob Lawrence Struggle
Series Symposia at the University of Virginia. April 14-15, 2016. Charlottesville, VA.
Bollywood’s Indians and Hollywood’s South Asians. Guest Speaker for ISA (Indian
Student Association) Chit Chaat Series. March 22, 2016.
2015:
Guest Speaker at the University of Virginia Asian/Pacific American Alumni Network
Annual Gala Dinner. Alumni Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. March
21, 2015.
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“Sounds of Race and Gender on the Color Blind Screen.” Invited Speaker by the
Department of English at the University of Vermont. March 12, 2015
2014:
“Conversation with Actor Kal Penn.” Invited Guest Moderator by the Smithsonian
Institution’s Beyond Bollywood Film Festival. Museum of Natural History, Washington
D.C. November 15, 2014.
“Conversation with Director Steven J. Kung (A Leading Man).” Invited Guest
Discussant at the 2014 Virginia Film Festival. Charlottesville, VA. November 7, 2014.
"Ethnic Studies in the 21st Century: American Racial Branding, South Asians, and
Spelling Bee Competitions." Invited Speaker for the Asian American Speaker Series by
the Program for Asian American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
October 16, 2014.
“Images of Immigration: Love, Labor, the Law, and Chinese Americans.” Invited Guest
Lecture for Liberal Arts Seminar (LASE 1559) on the World of Work and the Liberal
Arts. September 25, 2014.
Asian Americans and the Media. Invited Panelist for Special Session at the National
Conference for Race and Ethnicity (NCORE). May 23, 2014. Indianapolis, IN.
“Asian Americans and the Media: Heroes, Villains, and the Science Fiction Blockbuster.”
Invited Speaker for the Michi and Walter Weglyn Speaker Series at California State
Polytechnic University (Cal Poly Pomona). March 4, 2014. Pomona, CA.
2013:
“Indian Accents and Racial Masks: Heroes, Villains, and the Science Fiction
Blockbuster.” Keynote Speaker for The Asian Invasion Myth Symposia sponsored by the
program in Asian American Pacific Islander Studies at Michigan State University.
November 8, 2013. East Lansing, MI.
2012:
Jhumpa Lahiri and Mapping American Culture. Invited Speaker in Professor Lavina
Dhingra’s seminar on Reading Jhumpa Lahiri in the Department of English at Bates
College. May 22, 2012. Lewiston, Maine.
Spider-Man India: Comic Books and Translating/Trans-creating American Cultural
Identity. Invited Speaker by the Program of American Studies and Department of
Modern Culture at Hong Kong University. February 22, 2012. Hong Kong, China.
Spider-Man India: Comic Books and Translating/Trans-creating American Cultural
Identity. Invited Speaker by Department of English at City University of Hong Kong.
February 20, 2012. Hong Kong, China.
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2011:
“Representations of South Asians and Asian Americans in U.S. Media.” Presentation to
K-12 Teachers in Asian/Asian American Summer Workshop held by Primary Source
Education. August 5, 2011, Quincy MA.
“Spider-Man India: Comic Books and the Translation of Heroism.” Paper presented in
Cultural Politics of South Asian Diaspora Seminar Series at MIT. April 25, 2011, MIT,
Cambridge, MA.
2010:
“Current trends in research on Asian Americans and Popular Culture.” Discussant in
Professor Mary Danico’s senior seminar in sociology,” Reimagining Asian Americans,”
November 4, 2010, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona CA.
“New Trends for Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the Media.” Boston Asian
American Student Intercollegiate Conference (BAASIC). October 2, 2010, Massachusetts
Institute for Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA.
“Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the Media: How Far Have We Come?
“Advancing Justice Conference. June 23-24, 2010. Westin Hotel, Alexandria, VA.
“Representations of South Asians in the U.S. Media.” Keynote Speaker at the National
Association of South Asian Law Students Association (NASALSA) Annual Meeting.
February 27, 2010 Georgetown Law Center, Washington D.C.
“Why are Harold and Kumar Friends: South Asians and Asian Americans in the Mass
Media.” Keynote Speaker. at the 2009 Year End Awards Dinner and Gala of the South
Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston (SABAGB). December 7, 2009 Taj Hotel,
Boston Massachusetts.
2009:
“A Visual History of Asian Americans in Mass Media (1860s-1990s). Plenary speaker
on Asian Americans and the Media. Invited by the National Asian Pacific American Bar
Association, November 20, 2009. NAPABA Annual Meeting, Nov. 19-22, 2009 Westin
Hotel, Boston MA.
No Life Without Wife: Gender and Modern Arranged Meetings for Indian Americans in
American Culture. Invited Speaker by Asian American Women’s Coalition and
INSIGHT for Master’s Tea Presentation at Berkeley College at Yale University. October
14, 2009, New Haven, CT.
No Life Without Wife: Gender and Modern Arranged Meetings for Indian Americans in
American Culture. Invited Speaker for Asian American Awareness Month at Wellesley
College. April 2, 2009 Wellesley MA.
India on Film and Interfaith Relations in Mr. and Mrs. Iyer. Invited speaker and
discussant for Multicultural Film Series sponsored by Interfaith Action, Inc. and funded
by Massachusetts Foundation for Humanities. March 15, 2009, Sharon, MA.
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2008:
“No Life Without Wife”: Gender and Modern Arranged Meetings for Indian Americans.
Invited guest speaker for department of Sociology to deliver a university lecture at
Maharaja Sayajirao (M.S.) University. February 7, 2008, Baroda, INDIA.
“Visualizing Asian Immigration: South Asians and Asians in U.S. Popular Culture.”
Invited Guest lecture for Professor Huong Nyguen’s course “The New Immigrants:
Context, Adaption and Policies” (HS 427) in the Heller School at Brandeis University.
March 24, 2008, Waltham, MA.
2007:
“Women as Heroes in Popular Culture: Women and American Popular Culture.” Invited
guest lecture for Professors Antler and Hansen’s course on Research Methods in
Women’s Studies at Brandeis University. October 29, 2007, Waltham, MA.
“Colors of America: Race and Gender in Visual Culture.” Teach In Course for Student
Orientation Week at Brandeis University. August 28, 2007, Waltham, MA.
Introduction and Moderator for author Samina Ali Event for the 3 event series “Mixing It
Up: Mapping Identities Through Art” sponsored by the Transnational Study Initiative,
Harvard University, Wellesley College, Tufts University, and Brandeis University.
March 1, 2007, Cambridge, MA.
“Screening Asian Men in America: Asian American Masculinity and American Popular
Culture.” Invited Speaker in the Cinema and Television Studies Speaker Series in the
Cinema Studies program at the University of Pennsylvania. February 20, 2007,
Philadelphia, PA.
“Why are Harold and Kumar Friends? South Asians and Asian Americans in the U.S.”
Invited guest speaker for 2007 East Coast Asian American Student Union (ECAASU)
Annual Conference at Yale University. February 10, 2007, New Haven, CT.
“Visualizing Asian Immigration: South Asians and Asians in U.S. Popular Culture.”
Invited Guest lecture for Professor Huong Nyguen’s course “The New Immigrants:
Context, Adaption and Policies” (HS 427) in the Heller School at Brandeis University.
February 8, 2007, Waltham, MA.
2006:
“Under the Umbrella: Pan-ethnic Alliances and Asian Americans. Invited guest speaker
by Asian Pacific American Council at Tufts University. November 29, 2006, Somerville,
MA.
“Animated in America: Apu, Gandhi, and Asian American Masculinity.” Invited guest
speaker by the Department of Sociology at Wellesley College. October 25, 2006,
Wellesley, MA.
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“What’s An Asian Man?” Masculinity and Asian America.” Invited guest presentation
by the Asian American Studies Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison. October 3,
2006, Madison, WI.
“Going To School”: Immigration and U.S. Education after 9-11. Invited Speaker for
program Brandeis Reflections and September 11. September 11, 2006 Brandeis
University, Waltham, MA.
“India in America” Popular depictions of the South Asian Diaspora. Invited guest lecture
for Professor Stephen Whitfield’s American Studies 150 at Brandeis University. May 1,
2006, Waltham, MA.
“Representations of Asian American Women in Popular Culture.” Invited guest
presentation by Asian American Student Community at Tufts University. April 25, 2006,
Somerville, MA.
“Animated in America: Apu, Gandhi, and Asian American Masculinity.” Invited guest
presentation by the Asian American Cultural Center and History and American Studies at
Yale University. March 29, 2006, New Haven, CT.
“Intersections Between Asian America and International and Global Studies” Invited
guest lecture for Professor George Ross’ IGS 10A at Brandeis University. March 2,
2006, Waltham, MA.
“What’s An Asian Man?” Masculinity, Gender, and Asian Americans.” Invited guest
presentation by Pan-Asian Alliance and Asian American Studies at Dartmouth
University. February 8, 2006, Hanover, NH.
2005:
“What’s An Asian Man? Asian American Masculinity and Popular Culture.” Invited
guest presentation by Asian American Cultural Center at Tufts University. November 30,
2005 Somerville, MA.
“Animated in America: Apu, Gandhi, and Asian American Masculinity.” Invited guest
presentation by Asian American Institute at University of Connecticut—Storrs. October
26, 2005, Storrs, CT.
“Consuming My Religion: Popular Spirituality, Gurus, and 21st Century Teenage Chick
Films.” Invited guest presentation by Department of English at the University of New
Hampshire. October 6, 2005 Durham, NH.
"Chutney and Eggrolls: South Asians and Asian American Pan-Ethnicity.” Invited guest
presentation at BASIC (Boston Asian Student Inter-College Coalition) annual
Conference. October 1, 2005, Tufts University, Somerville, MA.
“The Dating Dilemma:” Images and Expectations of South Asian American Women in
Popular Culture. Invited Panelist for “Identity Contests, Beauty Pageants, and Dating
Relationships in South Asian America” at Wesleyan University. April 28, 2005,
Middletown, CT.
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“What’s An Asian Man? Masculinity and Asian American Men.” Invited speaker by
Vietnamese Student Association for URBAN Cultural Awareness Event Series at
Northeastern University. March 16, 2005 Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
“The Dating Game: Images and Expectations of South Asian American Women in
Popular Culture.” Invited speaker at 2005 Wellesley Association for South Asian
Cultures and SAHELI sponsored conference Awareness and Acceptance: Family and
Relationships in the South Asian Community. February 12, 2005, Wellesley College,
Wellesley, MA.
2004:
Much Apu About Nothing” and U.S. Immigration 1980-2001. Invited guest presentation
at Brandeis University. November 10, 2004, Inter Cultural Center, Waltham, MA.
“Asian American Men and Masculinity.” Invited guest presentation at BASIC (Boston
Asian Student Inter-College Coalition) annual Conference. October 10, 2004, MIT
Campus, Cambridge, MA.
2003-2000
“Cultural Communities and Family Borders: Television, Citizenship, and America in
Ruth Ozeki’s My Year of Meats and ‘Popcorn Chutney’.” Invited speaker in Asian
American Speaker series. March 22, 2001. Loyola University, Chicago, IL.
“Asian American Literature and the Law.” Invited panelist for the University of
Wisconsin English Department Faculty Forum. April 11, 2000. Madison, WI.
“Asian American Panethnicity: South Asian Americans and Asian American Studies.”
Invited panelist for University of Wisconsin Symposium on Asian American Studies in
the UW System. April 7, 2000. UW—LaCrosse, LaCrosse, WI.
“ Asian American Studies Program at UW—Madison.” Invited panelist for University of
Wisconsin Symposium on Asian American Studies in the UW System. April 7, 2000.
UW—LaCrosse, LaCrosse, WI.
1999-1993
“The Violence of Migration” in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine.” Invited Speaker, Honors
English Seminar. November 22, 1999, Edgewood College, Madison WI.
“National Trends and Demographics: The Changing Face of the Classroom,”
Presentation for Oberlin College New Faculty Orientation. August 25, 1998, Oberlin,
OH.
“Alternate Career Paths for the Literature Ph.D.” Invited Speaker, University of Michigan
English Department Forum. March 13, 1998, Ann Arbor, MI.
“‘The Enemy Within’: Cultural Miscegenation in Alien.” Presented at the Graduate Study
Group Symposium. April 1993, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
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FELLOWSHIPS and FACULTY RESEARCH AWARDS: Selected as Faculty Fellow for the New College Curriculum for 2019-2020.
University of Virginia Directors of Diversity Grant recipient for programming related
to race and media including Race and Media 2019 conference at University of Virginia.
February 2019.
Selected as Participant in Teaching Race at University of Virginia Development Seminar,
2018.
University of Virginia Directors of Diversity Grant recipient for research and
programing related to women and film including Through Their Gazes: Women Onscreen
and Intersectional Feminism Symposia. March 2018.
Faculty Seminar selectee on the Teaching of Writing at University of Virginia. May
2016.
IGNITE Program selectee sponsored by the Teaching Resource Center at the
University of Virginia. 2015-2016.
Norman Grant recipient for Faculty Research at Brandeis University Summers
2005- 2008
Norman Grant for Faculty Research at Brandeis University Summer 2011
SERVICE:
University Service
Co-Chair, Summer Orientation Academic Advising for the College of Arts and Sciences.
2019-
Chair, The University of Virginia College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate
Admissions Advisory Committee Member, 2014-2018
Member of the University of Virginia College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate
Admissions Advisory Committee Member 2013-2018.
Chair, College of Arts and Science’s Intra-University Transfer Committee 2014-2018.
Organizer and Host of the Dean’s Talk and Reception for Parent’s Weekend (2014 &
2015)
Member of College and Arts and Sciences Dean’s Committees
Medical Issues, 2013-
Early Return from Withdrawal/Suspension, 2014-
Graduation Appeals, 2014-
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Part-time and Special Students, 2014-
Member of the Department of Media Studies Undergraduate Curriculum Committee,
2014-
Previous Service:
Brandeis University Committee on Financial Aid and Undergraduate Admissions
Member 2007-2010.
Brandeis University Curriculum Committee Member 2005-2007.
Member of the Brandeis-India Initiative Fellowship Committee 2010-2011.
Member of the Brandeis Committee for the Transitional Year Program (TYP) 2007-2011.
Academic Undergraduate Advisor for Brandeis University First Year Students, 2004-
2010.
Faculty Discussant for First Year Student Orientation, 2004-2010.
American Studies Department Curriculum Sub-Committee Member, 2009-2010.
Supervised senior American Studies Independent Projects
Reader for Senior Honors thesis in American Studies, Politics, Sociology, and Women’s
Studies.
Professional Service
Elected Member, National Executive Board Member of the Association for Asian American
Studies Association (Interior West and South Representative) (2016-2019).
Chair of Asian American Studies Association Book Awards Committee (2016-2018)
Elected Member, Executive Board of Live Arts, Charlottesville, VA (2017-2020).
Academic Council, South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) (2014-2018)
Academic Council for the exhibit, Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the
Nation at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum (2014-2015)
Member of Academic Council for Smithsonian Institution initiative and program on
South Asian Americans and the Homespun Project. (2011-2013)
Appointed Member of the 2012 Asian American Cultural Studies Book Award
Committee for the Association for Asian American Studies.
Member of Advertising Education Foundation Visiting Professor Fellowship Selection
Committee 2010, 2011.
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Chair of the first (2007) MacDonald Prize Committee for best Undergraduate work in the
field of American Studies for the New England American Studies Association.
Appointed member of the 2007 Asian American Association Fiction Book Award
Committee for the Association for Asian American Studies.
Elected Member of the New England American Studies Association (NEASA) Executive
Board 2005-2007.
Appointed Member of the East of California Asian American Association Steering
Committee. October 1998-2002.
Elected National Executive Board Member of the Association for Asian American Studies
Association (Midwest Representative) March 1998-1999.
Manuscript reader for Journal of Communication, Culture, and Critique
Manuscript reader for Journal of Asian American Studies (JAAS)
Manuscript reader for New York University Press
Manuscript reader for MELUS: Multi Ethnic Literatures of the United States
Manuscript reader for Michigan State University Press
Manuscript reader for PMLA
Manuscript reader for Routledge
Manuscript reader for the University of Illinois Press.
Manuscript reader for Television and New Media
Conferences
Member, 2018 Planning Committee for Global Fusion 2019 Conference held at the
University of Virginia. Oct. 19-21, 2018.
Chair, 2010 Plenary Committee for Asian Americans in New England Research Initiative
(AANERI) Conference held at University of Connecticut on Nov. 6, 2010, Storrs, CT.
Member, 2010 Programming Committee for Asian Americans in New England Research
Initiative (AANERI) Conference. Nov. 6, 2010, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT.
Member, 2008-2009 Programming Committee for 2009 Association for Asian American
Studies Annual Conference Committee. Honolulu HI.
Member, 2006-07, Planning Committee for “Mixing It Up: Mapping Identities Through
Art” 3 Events on the Intersection of art, homeland, and identity. Sponsored by the
Transnational Studies Initiative, Harvard University, Wellesley College, Tufts University,
and Brandeis University held in the Spring of 2007, Cambridge MA.
Member, 2007-08 Program Committee for New England American Studies Association
(NEASA) Conference held at Brown University on Nov. 2-3, 2007, Providence, R.I.
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Member, 2005-2006, Programming Committee for Association for Asian American
Studies Conference 2006 “Bodies, Communities, Regions: 23rd Association for Asian
American Studies Conference held on March 22-26-2006 in Atlanta, GA.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
American Studies Association, 1996-present
Association for Asian American Studies, 1992-present
International Communication Association, 2012-present
MELUS (Multi Ethnic Literatures of the United States) 2001-present
Modern Language Association, 1991-present
Society for Cinema and Media Studies, 2002-present.
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