Professional Activities
Professional Activities
Editorial Board Asia-Pacific Horizons, Department of Asian Studies Newsletter.
SDSU. 1995-present.
Editorial Board Collegiate Press for their books on Women’s Studies. 1997-present.
Referee: American Journal of Preventive Medicine; Working Papers: Women in International Development. Michigan State University; International Feminist Journal of Politics; The Professional Geographer; Violence Against Women.
Pacific South West Women’s Studies Association. 2001& 2002. Evaluated essays for National Women Studies Association’s Women of Color Caucus.
Manuscript Review. 1999. Cultural Anthropology. Serena Nanda and Richard Warms.
External Academic Reviewer. 1998. Program of Interdisciplinary Disciplines, College of Liberal Arts, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Technical Expert. June
2000. Participated in a workshop on rewriting the United Nations Policy Paper
on
Ageing. Frankfurt, Germany.
Memberships
Member Phi Beta Delta. San Diego. 1997-present.
American Association for Asian Studies. (USA) 1995-present.
Association of Women in Development (AWID). (USA) 1985-present.
Indian Sociological Association. (India) 1981-present.
Center for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi. (India) 1990-present.
Member, Indian Association of Women’s Studies. (India) 1994-present.
Service for the University and the Community
College of Arts and Letters Service
College of Arts and Letters. International Programs Committee. 2007 to 2009. 2010-2012.
College of Arts and Letters. UGP Grants Committee. 2007-2009.
Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies. Advisory Committee Member, Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies (CIAS). SDSU. It is the working committee of the Center that acts as its decision-making body and makes recommendations to the College of Arts and Letter (CAL) and the University about CIAS related matters. (2003-present)
Department of Asian Studies. Committee member: Proposal to establish the Department of Asian Studies. (1998-2000); Member of the Curriculum Committee (1997-2002)
Gerontology Department. Committee member: Academic Review Committee for the Gerontology Program. San Diego State University. (2001)
Department Of Women’s Studies
Chair, Department of Women’s Studies. January-August, 2009.
International Exchange Programs: Established an exchange program with Kanodia College, India and the Center for Women’s Studies and Development, Delhi University, India. Exchange program with the Department of Sociology and Women’s Studies with Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. Established an Exchange Program with the Women’s Studies Center, Beijing University, Beijing. Representative for Library and Media Acquisitions. (1999-2004)
Member of Women’s Studies Faculty Search Committees. (2000-2007)
Member of Graduate Admissions Committee. (1999-present)
Member of the Department of Women’s Studies Feminist Research Colloquia Committee. (2002-2006)
Community Service
Department of Women’s Studies representative to the Women’s Hall of Fame Project in San Diego (2001-2002)
Founding member, past president and Advisory Committee member, South Asian Women’s Initiative (SAWI), a support group for women of South Asian origin. (1997- present).
Founded a Book Club to encourage more South Asian women to participate in the SAWI program, and organized fund-raisers to fund the newly created hotline for distressed women.
Member, San Diego Chapter-United Nations. (2002-present)