Teaching Positions
2011 – Present day
Professor of Sociology
Department of Psychology and Sociology
West Virginia State University
2010 – 2011
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
Central Michigan University
2009 – 2010
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Sociology
Saginaw Valley State University
Teaching
Graduate Course:
Sociology of Organization
Undergraduate Courses:
Social Inequality; Sociology of Family; Sociology of Gender; Migrants and Refugees: The American Experience (special topic); Introduction to Sociology.
Proficient in Online Teaching: Sakai & Moodle.
Awards and Honors
2019 Fellowship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Study, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
2017 – 18 & 2021 – 22 Promoting Excellence in Education through Research (PEER) Grant, West Virginia 2019-20 State University for book project: Becoming Boundless: The Story of Transnational Indian Entrepreneurs.
2012 – 13 Travel Grant from RC 31 Research Committee, International Sociological Association for attending the ISA World Congress of Sociology, Yokohama, Japan 13-19.
2012 – 13 Promoting Excellence in Education through Research (PEER) Grant, West Virginia State University for Burmese Refugee Research Program.’
2011 – 13 and 2014 – 15 Faculty Research and Development Fund, West Virginia State University for research on Burmese Refugees at Battle creek, Michigan.
2008 – 09 The S. C. Lee Best Graduate Paper Award, Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University.
2008 – 2009 Dissertation Completion Award, College of Social Science, Michigan State University.
2007 – 08 The Jay Artis Endowment Fund for Graduate Studies in Sociology, Michigan State University.
2007 – 2008 Graduate Student Research Enhancement Award, Graduate School, Michigan State University.
2007 – 2008 & 2003 – 2005 Decker-Muns Friendship Memorial Scholarship in recognition of accomplishments, community involvement and perspective on disability by Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, Michigan State University.
2000 – 02 Graduate School Fellowship, Recruitment Award, Michigan State University.
1994 – 1995 Visiting Scholar Fellowship, Institute of Rural Management, Anand, Gujarat, India.
1992 – 1993 Rafael Salas Memorial Scholarship by the United Nations Population Fund, in recognition of outstanding academic performance in ‘Population and Sustainable Development Program’.
1992 – 1993 United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Fellowship for the Global Training Program in ‘Population and Sustainable Development’, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands.