Presentations
Session Title: “Reimagining Race, Ethnicity, and Religion among Jews and Hindus in North America” Selected Presentation, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 2012.
At the White House. Meeting convened by Hindu American Seva Charities and the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Washington, D.C., April 2012.
“The Role of Hinduism in the Indian Diaspora in the United States” at the Conference: India Diaspora: Inter Linkage and Synergy at Gujarat University, January 2012.
Association of Asian American Studies Plenary: Improbable Southerners: Asian Americans in the South, Chair and Presenter: Standing up and Speaking out: Hindu Americans and Christian Normativity in Metro Atlanta, New Orleans, LA, April 2011.
“The Indian Diaspora in the United States: Trends and Challenges”, Guest Lectures, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, January 2011.
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“The Second Generation: Connections & Disconnections in the Indian American Diaspora” Invited Plenary Speaker, The International Conference on Celebrating 50 years of Swarnim Gujarat and the role of Gujarati Diaspora.” North Gujarat University, Patan, Gujarat, India, January 2011.
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Improbable Southerners: Asian Americans in the South, Plenary Panel, Association of Asian American Studies, Austin, TX, April 2010.
“Religion and Diaspora” Invited paper for Special Topics Forum, Annual Meeting, American Academy of Religion, Montreal, Canada, November 2009.
Keynote Speaker “Spaces and Places: Globalization and You”, University Honors Program Annual Reception, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ, October 2009.
Religion News Writers Association, Invited Panel member “Hinduism in America”, Minneapolis, MN, September 2009.
Diversity Round Table, Keynote Speaker, NAACP Warren County and Blue Wave NJ, Warren County Community College, April 2009.
Racialization of Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism in the United States, invited for the Plenary on Emerging Trends and Developments related to New Forms and Manifestations of Racism and Xenophobia at the Programme for the Roundtable Meeting ‘Racism in the OSCE Region: Old Issues, New Challenges' to commemorate events for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination sponsored by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Vienna, Austria, March 19-20 2009.
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The Intersection of race, religion, and ethnicity in the U.S., Invited Presentation, St. Joseph College, Hartford, CT, November 2008.
Multiculturalism in the U.S., Invited Presentation, American Association of University Women - Summit College Club, Madison, NJ, November 2008.
South Asian American students: What teachers and administrators need to know, Invited Presentation, Monmouth County Human Relations Commission, Freehold, NJ, April 2008.
“Is the United States a Religiously Pluralistic Nation?”, Invited Presentation, Connecticut Council for Interreligious Understanding & Hartford Seminary, May 2008.
Race, Religion and Culture in the U.S., Keynote, Morristown Beard School Morristown, NJ, February 2008.
Religion in Schools, Selected Workshop, Connecticut Chapter of NAME (National Association of Multicultural Education), October 2007.
Book Talk, Invited, Northwestern University Department of Sociology, April 2007.
Racism and Indian American Students, Selected paper, American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 2007.
Book Talk, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Becton College Writing Program, Dean’s Office, October 2006 & Mar 2007.
Book Talk, Invited, Catholic and Jesuit Identity Lecture Series, St. Peter’s College, October 2006.
Talking about Religious Oppression and Unpacking Christian Privilege, Selected Full day Pre-Conference Institute, National Association of Multicultural Educators (NAME) Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, November 2006.
Religion & South Asian Americans, Member of Panel on the Future Direction of South Asian American Studies, Invited, East of California Conference, Association of Asian American Studies, Columbus, OH, November 2006.
Multiple and Varied: Connecting Transnational Lives, Invited, Thirty-fifth Annual Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference, Seton Hall University, Seton Hall, NJ, October 2006.
Racialization of Religion in US Schools, Selected paper, American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 2006.
Talking about Religious Oppression and Unpacking Christian Privilege, Invited ½ day Pre-Conference Institute, National Association of Multicultural Educators (NAME) Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 2005.
Scholars of Color and Positions of Power, Panel Member, Asian Pacific Americans and Religion Research Initiative (APARRI), Rooted and Reaching: Contextualizing Pacific and Asian North American Religion, Chicago, IL, August 2005.
Invited participant to "The Summit on the Status of Asian Pacific Islanders in Education" Convened by National Education Association, Washington D.C., DC, January 2005.
A Model of South Asian American Social Service: Mentoring Immigrant Youth, Chair and Discussant, Association of Asian American Studies (AAAS), Boston, MA, March 2004.
Religious Diversity Can Bring People Together, Invited Speaker, The NCCJ Newark Youth and Community Summit "Overcoming Urban Challenges", Essex County College, Newark, NJ, January 2004.
Desis in Dixie: Indian American Experiences of Religion and Race in Atlanta, Selected Paper, American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA, November 2003.
Messages about Religion and Language from Bollywood Films, Selected Paper, Association of Asian American Studies (AAAS), San Francisco, CA, May 2003.
The Intersections of race, ethnicity and religion in Indian America, Invited Guest Speaker, Yale University, New Haven, CT, February 2003.
Drawing outside the Lines: Extending the Boundaries of Asian North American Religions, Presider, Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Group at theAmerican Academy of Religion, Toronto, Canada, November 2002.
Teaching Asian American Studies immediately following September 11th 2001, Selected Panel Presentation, Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education, Columbia University, New York, NY, November 2002.
Asian American Studies and Education: We Need More Teachers, Plenary Panel Speaker, Asian Pacific American Race and Religion Initiative, Columbia University, New York, NY, November 2002.
The Role of Religion in Ethnic Identity Development in Second-generation Indian Americans, Selected Paper, Association of Asian American Studies (AAAS), Columbia University, Salt Lake City, UT, April 2002.
Experiences of Religious Discrimination in the Ethnic Identity Development of Second-Generation Indian Americans, Selected Paper, Asian Pacific American Race and Religion Initiative, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, August 2001.
The Role of Mentoring in promoting Asian American Student Activism, Selected Paper, Association of Asian American Studies (AAAS), East of California Conference Trinity College, Hartford, CT, November 2000.
The Need for Mentoring Programs for South Asian American Youth, Guest Lecturer, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, October 2000.
South Asian American Immigrants and Religion, Chair (Invited), Asian Pacific American Race and Religion Initiative, University of California at Santa Barbara, CA, June 2000.
Building Asian American Studies at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Selected Paper, Association of Asian American Studies (AAAS), 13th National Conference Philadelphia, PA, April 1999.
The Other2: South Asian American Students in Education Selected Paper, Selected Paper, National Association of Multicultural Educators (NAME), San Diego, CA, November 1999.
Immigrant Children: Education's Impact on Ethnic Identity Development, Guest Lecturer, Harvard University, "SA56: Children and Their Social Worlds", April 1999.
Asian American and African American Students: Mirror Images & Parallel Experiences, Selected Presentation, Teachers College 11th Annual Winter Roundtable: Race and Racism in Education and Psychology, Columbia University, NY, February 1999.
Antisemitism and Homophobia, Guest Lecturer, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, "Religion 377", March 1999.
South Asian American Racial Identity Development, Invited Lecturer, Asian American Conference, University of Connecticut, CT, September 1997.
Asian American Racial/Ethnic Identity Development, Guest Lecturer, Mt. Holyoke College, "Psychology 367", Hadley, MA, October 1997.
Our Educational Environment: An Intergroup Dialogue Between Students of Color and White Students, Workshop, Pebblebrook High School, Mableton, GA, April 1992.
Activist or Pacifists?, Selected Speaker, Leadership Seminar for Asian American Student Leaders, The White House, Washington, DC, June 1991.