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RICHA NAGAR
nagar@umn.edu
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~nagar/

Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae
(last updated: June 2006)

I. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA

Education:

Ph.D.      1995       Geography, University of Minnesota, USA
                              Dissertation: Making and Breaking Boundaries: Identity Politics among South Asians in Postcolonial Dar es Salaam.
M.A.       1989       Geography, University of Poona, India
B.A.        1986       English Literature, Geography, and Anthropology, Lucknow University, India

Professional Employment:

2001-                    University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies
1997-2001            University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, Assistant Professor of Women's Studies
1995-1997            University of Colorado--Boulder, Assistant Professor of Geography
1994-1995            University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, Research Assistant, MacArthur Program
1990-1992            University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography

Current Graduate Faculty Membership:

2004-                     Asian Literatures, Cultures and Media (Affiliate Senior Member)
2003-                     Conservation Biology (Senior Member)
2002-                     Geography (Affiliate Member/Advising)
2001-                     Feminist Studies (Full Member)

 

II. SCHOLARSHIP AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY

Books

In English:

Sangtin Writers and Richa Nagar, 2006, Playing with Fire: Feminist Thought and Activism Through Seven Lives in India. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Published simultaneously by Zubaan Press, New Delhi with all the authors identified as "Sangtin Writers."

In Hindi/Hindustani:

Anupamlata, Ramsheela, Reshma Ansari, Vibha Bajpayee, Shashibala, Shashi Vaish, Surbala, Richa Singh and Richa Nagar, 2004. Sangtin Yatra: Saat Zindgiyon Mein Lipta Nari Vimarsh [A Journey of Sangtin: Feminist Thought Wrapped in Seven Lives].  Sitapur: Sangtin. 150 pages. Authored with eight activists of Sangtin, a small organization in Uttar Pradesh, India, this book is a product of a collective intellectual and political journey that began in March, 2002.  Based on autobiographical writings of seven authors and our collective analysis, the book examines the interplay of caste, gender, class, and location in the interrelationships among NGOs, grassroots feminisms, and the global politics of knowledge production.

 

Articles

Chapters in Books

Book Reviews and Review Essays

Short Essays

Book Manuscript in Progress

Selected Publications in Hindi/Hindustani

 

III. SELECTED COLLOQUIA AND CONFERENCES

Invited Colloquia and Lectures:

On Transnational Feminisms and Collaborative Praxis

On NGOization, "Global Feminisms," and Sangtin Yatra

On Rethinking Intersectionality

On Politicizing Space: Street Theater and Feminist Organizing

On Gender, Place, and Community Politics among South Asian Communities in Tanzania.

Invited Presentations for Special Conferences

 

IV.  COURSES TAUGHT

Courses:

K-12 Teachers' Workshops:

 

IV.  SERVICE

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

Editorial or Editorial Advisory Board Member:
2006-               Geography Compass (new online journal from Blackwell Publishing)
2005-               Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
2005-               The Professional Geographer
2000-               ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographers
1999-              Ecumene, now called Cultural Geographies
1999-              Gender, Place and Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography
1991-94          Social Science History

National Science Foundation:
2005               Panelist, Graduate Research Fellowship Program: Panel on Economics, Geography and Public Policy
2004-05         Proposal Reviewer, Geography and Regional Sciences, Post-doctoral Fellowships

Social Science Research Council:
2006               Screener, Inaugural Fellowship Competition, Pre-dissertation Fellowship for International Collaboration (PFIC).

Association of American Geographers:
2001-04         Elected Member, Affirmative Action and Minority Status Committee
1999-2001     Board Member and Chair of Awards Committee, Geographical Perspectives on Women Specialty Group

National Women’s Studies Association Conference:
2001               Member, Plenary Committee

South Asian Network of Gender Activists and Trainers:
2001              Invited Panelist, Kathmandu (Nepal) Meetings

Gender Commission of the International Geographical Union:
2000               Invited Participant, Seoul (South Korea) Pre-Congress Meetings.

 

V. GRANTS AND AWARDS

Sole
2005-06       Resident Fellowship, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford,
2005-06       University of Minnesota CLA Research Fellowship Supplement.

2005             IGS Faculty Travel Grant Award.
2005             Grant from the Office of International Programs.

2003             University of Minnesota Grant-in-aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship, Graduate School.
2003             University of Minnesota Faculty Sabbatical Supplemental Grant.

2001-04       University of Minnesota McKnight Presidential Fellows Award.

2001            MacArthur Consortium Grant.

2000-02      University of Minnesota McKnight Land Grant Professorship.

2000           University of Minnesota Single Semester Leave (declined).
2000           University of Minnesota Office of International Programs Travel Grant.
2000           Association of American Geographers Travel Grant for International Geographical Congress, Seoul.

1999           University of Minnesota McKnight International Travel Grant.
1999           UNESCO Bursary for attending the Gendered Mobilities in Asia Conference,  Hong Kong.

1998           University of Minnesota Grant-in-aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship, Graduate School.

1997          University of Colorado IMPART (Program for the Implementation of Multicultural Perspectives and Approaches in Research and Teaching) Grant (declined).
1997          University of Colorado Junior Faculty Development Award (declined).

1996           University of Colorado Travel Grant from the Graduate Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

1995           University of Colorado IMPART Grant.

1993           University of Minnesota Graduate School Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.

1992          Darrell Haug Davis Fellowship, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota.
1992          National Science Foundation Grant for Doctoral Dissertation Research in Geography and Regional Sciences.

1991          Summer Fellowship, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota.
1991          MacArthur Pre-dissertation Fieldwork Grant, University of Minnesota.

1989           MacArthur Fellowship, University of Minnesota.
1989           Gold Medal for securing the top score M.A./M.S. Geography Examination of the University of Poona and Affiliated Colleges, India.

1986           Student of the Year Award & Honor Roll, Avadh College, Lucknow University, India.

1987-89     National Merit Scholarship, Ministry of Human Resources, Department of Education, Government of India.

Support for Workshops/Conferences
2006         Transnational Feminist Praxis Workshop. Funded by the Institute for Global Studies and the InterdisciplinaryCenter for the Study of Global Change.

2001        Immigrant Labor, Diasporic Identities, and Political Mobilization. A Workshop of the Minnesota-Stanford-Wisconsin MacArthur Consortium. Funded by the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change and the CLA Scholarly Events Fund.

Graduate Research Partnership Grants
2005        University of Minnesota, Graduate Research Partnership Grant, with Papori Bora.
2003        University of Minnesota, Graduate Research Partnership Grant, with Koni Benson.
2001        University of Minnesota, Graduate Research Partnership Grant, with Amanda Swarr.

 

 

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