Shilpa S. DavéE--mail: sdave@virginia.edu

CURRENT POSITION:

Assistant Professor of American Studies and Media Studies, University of Virginia July 2013-present

Assistant Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia July 2013-present

EDUCATION:

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 LiteratureThe 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.

Additional Professional Coursework:

Selected to HERS/Women in Higher Education Administration Summer Institute at Bryn Mawr College, Summer 1998.

Professional Experience:

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.

PUBLICATIONS:

Books:

Indian Accents: Brown Voice and Racial Performance in American TV and Film. (University of Illinois Press, 2013).

East Main Street: Asian American Popular Culture. Edited by Shilpa Davé, LeiLani Nishime, and Tasha Oren. (New York University Press, 2005).

Journal Articles and Book Chapters:

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. (New York University 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, November 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, October, 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).

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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.

“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.

“’No Life Without Wife’: Masculinity and Modern Arranged Meetings for Indian Americans” in Catamaran: South Asian American Writing. (Volume 5: Fall 2006) 53-66.

“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.

“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:

“’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)

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“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:

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 (review) 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.

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“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.

Media:

Radio:

“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 Cental 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.

Digital and Print:

Film: Consulted with faculty and staff from Wellesley College and the Weatherhead Center for Transnational Studies at Harvard University to help develop a film for use in the classroom on the relation between art and questions of identity and homeland. The film is entitled Art Beyond Borders. Transnational Studies Initiative at Harvard University, March 2008.

WORKS IN PREPARATION:

Book Manuscripts:

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Crossroads: Global Asian American Media and Popular Cultures. Edited by Shilpa Davé, LeiLani Nishime, and Tasha Oren. (Contracted in October 2014 with NYU Press)

Can You Spell America? : Spelling Bees and Competition Culture (manuscript in progress)

Articles:

“Media.” For inclusion in Keywords for Asian American Studies, eds. Cathy Schlund Vials, Linda Trinh Vo, and K. Scott Wong (Under contract with NYU Press).

Local Heroes and Ethnic Models: The Business of South Asians and the American Spelling Bee. For inclusion in Crossroads: Asian American Media and Popular Cultures, eds. Shilpa Dave, Leilani Nishime, and Tasha Oren. (Under contract with NYU Press)

Calling the Working South Asian: Translating the American Universal Accent and Outsourced (article to be submitted for review in Summer 2014)

Reviews and Encyclopedia Entries:

Dragon Lady and Docile: Asian American Women and Stereotypes (forthcoming in Asian American Society: An Encyclopedia with SAGE Publications)

“Harold and Kumar” in Asian American Culture (forthcoming in Asian American Society: An Encyclopedia with SAGE Publications)

COURSES OFFERED:

University of Virginia:

COMPETITION CULTURE: RIVALRY AND NATIONAL VALUES IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE (COLA 1500)

RACIAL BOUNDARIES AND AMERICAN CINEMA (MDST 3559/AMST 2500)

Other Courses:

Asian American and South Asian American Studies:

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)

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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)

LABOR, LOVE, AND THE LAW: AMERICAN WOMEN AND LITERATURE (Brandeis U)

Comparative American Studies:

INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN ETHNIC STUDIES (Wesleyan U)

CLASSIC TEXTS IN AMERICAN CULTURE TO 1900 (Brandeis U)

RACE AND ETHNICITY IN THE U.S. (Brandeis U)

ETHNICITY, RACE, AND IMMIGRATION IN THE U.S. (Brandeis U)

Film, Media, and Communications:

ASIAN AMERICA AND POPULAR CULTURE (Cornell U, UW-Madison)

RACE AND AMERICAN FILM (Brandeis U)

SIGNS OF IMAGINATION: CONSTRUCTIONS OF GENDER AND RACE IN POPULAR CULTURE

(Brandeis U, Wesleyan U)

WOMEN AND AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE (Brandeis U)

Literature:

“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)

Major Research/ Areas of Interest: Representations of South Asians in American Television and Film, Asian Americans and American Film, Comics and Graphic Novels, Women and Media Studies, Inter-racial and multi-racial narratives in literature and popular culture.

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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:

Assistant Dean of Students and the Multicultural Resource Center, Oberlin College, August 1996-July 1999.

Interim Director of the 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:

2014:

“Brown Masks and Gender Roles”: Female Asian/American Heroes and American Television” in 3-D Bodies on Your Flat Screen: Gender and Body Politics in Televisual Images of Asian/Americans. Paper will be 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 will be 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 AsianAmerican 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 AsianAmerican 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 AsianAmerican 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 NextGeneration.” 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:

2014:

“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.

2011:

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“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.

“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 100A 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.

“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.

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“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:

Norman Grant for Faculty Research at Brandeis University Summer 2011

Advertising Educational Foundation (AEF) Visiting Professor Fellowship Program Summer 2009

Norman Grant recipient for Faculty Research at Brandeis University Summers 2005- 2008

SERVICE:University ServiceThe University of Virginia College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Admissions Advisory Committee Member, 2013-

Member of the College of Arts and Science’s Dean’s Subcommittee on Medical Issues, 2013

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 ServiceAcademic 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)

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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.

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 AsianAmerican Studies.

Elected Executive Board Member of the New England American Studies Association (NEASA) 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 Asian American Studies (JAAS)

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 Television and New Media

ConferencesChair, 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.

PROFESSIONALMEMBERSHIPS:

American Studies Association, 1996-presentAssociation for Asian American Studies, 1992-presentInternational Communications Association, 2014-presentMELUS (Multi Ethnic Literatures of the United States) 2001-presentModern Language Association, 1991-presentSociety for Cinema and Media Studies, 2002-present.

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