NANDINI DEO
Curriculum Vitae
July 2017
ADDRESS
Office Residence
Department of Political Science 113 W Gorgas Ln
306 Maginnes Hall Philadelphia PA 19119
9 West Packer Ave (203) 415 5351
Bethlehem PA 18015
(610) 758 3337
EDUCATION
2008 PhD Political Science Yale University
Committee: James C. Scott, Ian Shapiro, Elisabeth Wood, and Karuna Mantena.
2004 M. Phil Political Science Yale University
2003 M.A Political Science Yale University
2001 A.B Political Science Bryn Mawr College
EMPLOYMENT
2008- present Lehigh University, Department of Political Science, Associate Professor
Maternity leave Fall 2016, Spring 2013
May 2015- present Book review editor for Politics, Religion, and Ideology
2011-2012 Jamia Millia Islamia University, Sarojini Naidu Center for Women’s Studies, Visiting Fellow
2007-2008 Yale University, MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, Post-Doctoral Fellow
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Books
In preparation Postsecular Feminisms edited volume with Bloomsbury Press
2016 Mobilizing Religion and Gender in India: The Role of Activism Routledge.
2011 Collective Advocacy in India: Tools and Traps co-authored with Duncan McDuie-Ra Kumarian Press.
Refereed Journal Articles
2014 “The Politics of Education in Afghanistan” Pakistan Journal of Women’s Studies 21:1 pp 1-28
2012 “Indian Women’s Activists and Transnational Feminism Over the Twentieth
Century” Journal of Women’s History 24:4 pp 149-174
2012 “Running from Elections: Indian women and electoral campaigns” India Review
11:1 pp 46-64
2011 “Women, Work, Violence, and the Neo-Liberal Moment” Contemporary South Asia
19:4 pp 1-6 (Review Article)
2007 “Structure and Strategies: Two Faces of Civic Activism in India” Journal of Civil Society 3: 2 pp 137-157
2006 “Is Neo-liberalism Bad for Women?” 2006 Proteus: A journal of ideas 23:1 pp 35-
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Book Reviews
2012 “Women’s Activism and Feminist Agency in Mozambique and Nicaragua” New
Political Science Journal 34:1.
2011 “Moral Movements and Foreign Policy” American Journal of Sociology 117:1.
Working Papers
“Hindu Nationalism and the Study of Religion and Gender in Comparative Politics” (with Rina Verma Williams) book chapter submitted.
“Social Justice Campaigns and the Bodily Harm Frame in Comparative Perspective” (with Angelica Bernal) article
Web-Based Publications
2016 “How Hindu Nationalists Took Over India” May 31, 2016 The Diplomat
(http://thediplomat.com/2016/06/how-hindu-nationalists-took-over-india/)
2013 “Rape in India: A crime of power” Gateway House (http://www.gatewayhouse.in)
2012 “Dynastic Democracies” Democracy in Motion Special Report Gateway House
(http://www.gatewayhouse.in)
Other Non-refereed Publications
2011 “Indian Women’s Movement and International Donors: Transnational Women’s
Advocacy and Indian Agendas” with Duncan McDuie-Ra Social Policy 41:2
2006 “Is Globalization Our Friend? Women’s Allies in the Developing World” Current
History 105:690
Film
2011 “Engaging Afghanistan” Produced 55 min documentary made with 22 students
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKr2DWqH1A8)
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Awards
2016 Williamson Prize for Best Social Science Book Lehigh University
2013 Council of Editors of Learned Journals selected Journal of Women’s History Winter
24:4 2012 as runner up for Best Public Intellectual Special Issue
2011 “India-US Dialogue” Asia Pacific Center for Strategic Studies Fellowship
2006 Institute for Qualitative Research Methods, Arizona State (Training Grant)
2003 Bass Writing Center Award, Yale University (Training Grant)
Grants
2016 Faculty Research Grant, Lehigh University (6,000)
2015 Lee Iacocca International Internship Grant, Lehigh University (20,000)
2014 Franz Faculty Fellowship, Lehigh University (2,500)
2013 Sloan Grant, Lehigh University (6000)
2012 Asian Diaspora Studies Summer Stipend, Lehigh University (300)
2012 Center for Global Islamic Studies, Lehigh University (3,400)
2012 Franz Faculty Fellowship, Lehigh University (2,500)
2011 International Collaboration Grant, Lehigh University (4,200)
2011 Center for Global Islamic Studies, Lehigh University (5,500)
2011 Franz Faculty Fellowship, Lehigh University (3,000)
2011 Core Competency Grant “Women and Politics”, Lehigh University (500)
2011 Core Competency Grant “Film and Politics”, Lehigh University (500)
2010 Diversity and Social Justice Seminar, Lehigh University (1000)
2010 Center for Global Islamic Studies, Lehigh University (5,000)
2010 Franz Faculty Fellowship, Lehigh University (2,500)
2009 Franz Faculty Fellowship, Lehigh University (5,000)
2008 Secularism Faculty Group, Lehigh University (1,500)
2008 Start-up Research Fund, Lehigh University (12,000)
2005 Dissertation Fellowship, Yale University (20,000)
2004 John F. Enders Fund Fellowship, Yale University (5,000)
2004 Newhouse Fellow, Yale University (8,000)
1997 International Student Scholarship, Bryn Mawr College (15,000)
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2017 “Modi and Trump: How social movement research explains the puzzles” Society of International Law and Policy at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, India January
2016 Mobilizing Religion and Gender in India Book Presentation Oriental Society of Philadelphia, April
2016 Feminisms Beyond the Secular International Conference, Lehigh University March
2015 Mobilizing Religion and Gender in India Book Presentation at CASI, University of Pennsylvania, September 18
2011 The Politics of Collective Advocacy Book Discussion sponsored by South Asian Journalists Association and Indo-American Arts Council, New York City August 22
2011 Panelist on “Arab Spring” Lehigh Alumni Association of New York May
2011 The Politics of Collective Advocacy Book Launch with Smt Sheila Dixit, Chief Minister Delhi, India March 13
2011 The Politics of Collective Advocacy Book Discussion at Gateway House, Mumbai India March 8
2009 “Culture and Politics in India” Pennsylvania State University, Lehigh Valley Branch, April 21
REFEREED PRESENTATIONS
Panels Organized
2015 “Social Justice and the Bodily Harm to Vulnerable Individuals Frame” Northeastern Political Science Association Conference November
2014 “Hindu Nationalism and Gender” Association of Asian Studies Conference March
2008 “Transnational Networks and Women’s Rights” International Studies Association Conference March
Papers Presented
2016 “Foreign Aid and Feminism: Indian and Afghan Experiences” American Political Science Association Conference September
2016 “Corporate Social Responsibility in India” Association for Asian Studies, Seattle March
2015 “Social distance” roundtable presentation Northeastern Political Science Association Conference Philadelphia, November
2015 “Comments on Suicide Protest in South Asia” Author meets critics discussion International Studies Association Conference Providence RI, November
2014 “Does the Sangh Parivar Have a Sexuality Policy?” Association of Asian Studies Conference
2013 “Civil Society and Foreign Funding in South Asia” South Asian Studies Conference,
Madison WI October
2013 “Feminist Advocacy and Foreign Aid: Indian and Afghan experiences” South Asia
Section Sponsored Panel at Association for Asian Studies Conference March
2012 “Feminism and Transnationalism in India” South Asian Studies Conference October
2011 “Afghan women’s rights” American Political Science Association Conference September
2011 “Engaging Afghanistan” Film Screening Lehigh Valley Social Justice Conference April
2009 “Transnational Networks: Mobilizing Religion and Gender” Yale South Asia Workshop, Yale University, April
2008 “Hindu Nationalism in Comparative Perspective”, American Political Science Association Conference August
2008 “Toxic Transnationalism: Globalization and the Indian Women’s Movement”, International Studies Association Conference March
2007 “Democratic Accountability and Civic Activism” DANGO Conference, University of Birmingham July
2007 “Re-interpreting the Success of Hindu Nationalism or Building a Nation: On the Role of Organization” Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism Conference April
2006 “Democratic Accountability” American Political Science Association Conference August
2005 “Shifting Sands: Discourse Shifts in Feminist Activism” One World For All Conference August
Discussant
2013 ”Identity and Comparative Politics” Northeastern Political Science Association Conference November
2011 “Social Movements and New Media” Discussant International Studies Association Conference March
2010 “Feminism in Practice” Lehigh Valley Women and Gender Studies Conference November
2010 “Religion and Politics in Asia” American Political Science Association Conference
August
2009 “The Politics of Secularism” by Joan Scott Academic Symposium Lehigh University April
2009 “Representation and Belonging Among Religious Minorities” Midwestern Political Science Association Meeting April
2008 “Politics and Religion in Asia” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting August
2008 “Transnational Social Movements” International Studies Association North-East
October
2006 “Sexuality and Law in South Asia” Law and Life in South Asia Conference, Yale University May
Poster
2007 “Activist Paths: Indian Social Movements and Transnationalism in Historical Perspective”, American Political Science Association Conference August
CAMPUS AND DEPARTMENTAL TALKS
2011 “Engaging Afghanistan” Film Screenings and Discussion Lehigh University January, March
2011 Organizer and Participant Teach-In on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa Lehigh University February 16
2010 “Afghanistan Today” Department of Political Science, Lehigh University September
2010 “Kabul: Aid, Development and Insecurity” Center for Global Islamic Studies, Lehigh University October
2010 “Battle of the Sexes” Women’s Studies Forum, Lehigh University April
2009 “Globalization and Religion in India” Globalization and Social Change Initiative Workshop Lehigh University, January
2008 “Transnational Activism: What Works?” Women’s Studies Faculty Forum, Lehigh University, October
2007 “How Globalization Affected the Indian Women’s Movement” Women and Gender Studies Workshop, Yale University, March
2006 “Activism and Globalization: Indian Social Movements” International Relations Workshop, Yale University, November
TEACHING
Lehigh University
Introduction to Politics and Policy (Fall 2015)
Graduate seminar to introduce students to the discipline and the department.
Sex and Power (Fall 2013)
Freshman seminar that explores the relationship between sex, gender, and politics.
South Mountain College Seminar (Spring 2014, Spring 2011)
Undergraduate collaborative seminar in which syllabus is built by students and myself week by week.
Afghanistan (Fall 2010)
Examination of the politics of Afghanistan by producing a documentary film.
Domination (Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2010)
Masters and advanced undergraduate seminar on power, domination and resistance.
Democracy and Dictatorship in South Asia (Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009)
Undergraduate study of South Asian politics with a focus on regime types in India and Pakistan.
Introduction to Comparative Politics (Fall 2015 2014, 2013, 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, 2009, 2008)
A frequently revised undergraduate course designed as an introduction to the discipline.
Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective (Fall 2009, Fall 2008)
Masters and advanced undergraduate seminar examining the idea and politics of secularism.
Yale University
Social Movements in South Asia (Spring 2008)
Undergraduate research seminar based on case studies of social movements around South Asia.
ADVISING
Thesis: Undergraduate
Geoff Campbell (2009), Danielle Uber (2010), Ryan Stillwagon (2011)
Major Advisor
17 Students 2009
26 Students 2010
24 Students 2011
4 Students 2012
5 Students 2013
12 Students 2014
7 Students 2015
Other
2012 Evolution Seminar Facilitator 19 Students
2014 Evolution Seminar Facilitator 17 Students
SERVICE
Lehigh University Service
2016-present Faculty Adviser India Society and Indian Students Association
2016 5 by 10 Symposium Presentation for Office of First Year Experience
2015 Lee Iacocca International Internship Organized trip for 4 students
2015 5 by 10 Symposium Presentation for Office of First Year Experience
2014 Member Lehigh Delegation to India January 2-15
2010-2014 Member Executive Board Center for Global Islamic Studies
2014-2010 India Group Member
2009-2011 Best Dissertation Award: Committee Member
2008 Member Globalization and Social Change Initiative (GSCI)
2009 Member Sub-Committee GSCI Conference Committee
College of Arts and Sciences Service
2016 Center for Global Islamic Studies Board Member
2016 Asian Studies Travel Grant committee
2015-2016 Planning Committee for “Postsecular Feminisms?” Conference
2014 Board Member South Mountain College
2014 External Member Sociology and Anthropology Search Committee
2011-2008 Member CAS Council on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work
2011 Member CAS Council Award Sub-Committee on “Dialogues across Disciplines” Spring
2010 Kenner Lecture Committee Fall
2010 Speaker for 2010 CAS Candidates’ day April
2010 Member CAS Council Award Sub-Committee on “Dialogues across Disciplines” Spring
2009 External Reviewer English Department Search for Victorian Literature Scholar Fall
2009 Speaker for 2009 Senior Open House October
2009 Member CAS Council Award Sub-Committee on “Dialogues across Disciplines” Spring
Department Service
2015 Member Graduate Program Committee
2012 Wrote College of Arts and Sciences Assessment Document for Department
2010 Graduate Program Committee Member
2009 Search Committee on Race and Politics
2009 Chaired Sub-committee on Political Science and the Strategic Plan November
Professional
2016 Reviewer Politics and Gender
2016 Book reviewer Routledge
2015 Book reviewer Routledge
2015 Reviewer Politics and Gender
2015 Reviewer New Political Science: A journal of politics and culture
2015 Reviewer Feminist Economics
2014 Member Best Paper Award for Religion and Politics Section of the American
Political Science Association
2014 Reviewer Feminist Economics
2014 Member Women and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association
2014 Reviewer for Politics and Gender
2014 Reviewer for Journal of Middle Eastern Women’s Studies
2013 Manuscript Reviewer Routledge
2013 Candidate for South Asia Council, Association for Asian Studies
2011 Reviewer Contemporary South Asia
2010 Reviewer Contemporary South Asia
2010 Reviewer Journal of Civil Society
2008 Reviewer Contemporary South Asia Special Issue on AFSPA
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