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Richa Nagar

Richa Nagar

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CLA, Associate Dean for Faculty 212 JohH
Curriculum Vitae

Department Affiliations


Specialties

  • collaborative praxis
  • politics of development
  • transnational feminisms

Educational Background

  • Ph.D.: Geography, University of Minnnesota, Twin Cities, USA, 1995.
  • M.A.: Geography, University of Poona, Pune, India, 1989.
  • B.A.: English Literature, Geography, and Anthropology, Lucknow University, Lucknow, India, 1986.

Publications

  • In the Aftermath of Critique: The Journey after Sangtin Yatra. Nagar, Richa, Richa Singh, In eds. Saraswati Raju, M. Satish Kumar and Stuart Corbridge, Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies of India, Author, 2006.
  • Playing with Fire: Feminist Thought and Activism Through Seven Lives in India. Nagar, Richa, Sangtin Writers, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press and New Delhi: Zubaan., Author, 2006.
  • Sangtin Yatra: Saat Zindagiyon Mein Lipta Nari Vimarsh [A Journey of Sangtin: Feminist Thought Wrapped in Seven Lives]. Nagar, Richa, Anupamlata, Ramsheela, Reshma Ansari, Vibha Bajpayee, Shashibala, Shashi Vaish, Surbala, Richa Singh, Sitapur: Sangtin, Author, 2004.
  • Organizing from the Margins: Grappling with "empowerment" in India and South Africa. Nagar, Richa, Amanda Swarr, In eds. Lise Nelson and Joni Seagar, A Companion to Feminist Geography, Author, 2004.
  • Dismantling Assumptions: Interrogating "lesbian" struggles for identity and survival in India and South Africa. Nagar, Richa, Amanda Swarr, SIGNS: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 29:2:491-516, Author, 2004.
  • Collaboration Across Borders: Moving Beyond Positionality. Nagar, Richa, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 24:3:356-372, Author, 2003.
  • Locating Globalization: Feminist (re)readings of the subjects and spaces of globalization. Nagar, Richa, Victoria Lawson, Linda McDowell and Susan Hanson, Economic Geography 78:3:257-284, Author, 2002.
  • Footloose researchers, Traveling Theories and the Politics of Transnational Feminist Praxis. Nagar, Richa, Gender, Place and Culture 9:2:179-186, Author, 2002.
  • English Medium Education, Social Fracturing, and the Politics of Development in Postcolonial India. Nagar, Richa, David Faust, Economic and Political Weekly July 28-August 3:2878-2883, Author, 2001.
  • Religion, Race and the Debate over Mut'a in Dar es Salaam. Nagar, Richa, Feminist Studies 26:3:661-690, Author, 2000.
  • Mujhe Jawab Do [Answer Me]: Feminist grassroots activism and social spaces in Chitrakoot (India). Nagar, Richa, Gender, Place, and Culture 7:4:341-362, Author, 2000.
  • Communal Discourses, Marriage, and the Politics of Gendered Social Boundaries among South Asian Immigrants in Tanzania. Nagar, Richa, Gender, Place and Culture 5:2:117-139., Author, 1998.
  • The South Asian Diaspora in Tanzania: A History Retold. Nagar, Richa, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East: A Journal of Politics, Culture and Economy 16:2:62-80, Author, 1996.

Research Activities

  • Collaboration, praxis, and transnational feminisms: 1997 - - present
  • Women's NGOs, grassroots activism, and the politics of knowledge production: 1998 - - present
  • "Expert" knowledges and/in the "vernacular": 1996 - - present
  • Gender, place and communal politics among South Asian communities in Tanzania: 1991 - 2000

Creative Activities

  • Writing in Hindustani on NGOs, Empowerment, and Feminist Politics in Uttar Pradesh: See Web Page, 2002 - present
  • Essays, Memoirs, and Stories in Hindustani: See Web Page for selected titles, 1989 - present
  • Poems: See Web Page for selected titles, 1986 - present
  • Hindustani Theater and Dance: See Web Page, 1986 - 1989

Professional Activities

  • Editorial Board Member: ACME; Cultural Geographies; Gender, Place and Culture; Geography Compass; The Professional Geographer; Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers.

Awards

  • MacArthur Fellow, University of Minnesota, 1989 - 1995
  • National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Grant, 1992 - 1993
  • McKnight Land Grant Professorship, University of Minnesota, 2000 - 2002
  • McKnight Presidential Fellows Award, University of Minnesota, 2001 - 2004
  • Grant-in-aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship, University of Minnesota Graduate School, 2003 - 2004
  • Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), Stanford: Residential Fellowship, 2005 - 2006
  • Scholar of the College, 2008 - 2011

Courses Taught

  • DSSC 8010 - MacArthur Doctoral Research Workshop
  • WoSt 3003 - Gender and Global Politics
  • WoSt 3406 - Gender, Labor and Politics
  • WoSt 4103 and 5104 - International Feminist Theories
  • WoSt 4107 - Research Methods
  • WoSt 5400 - Feminist Approaches to Ethnography
  • WoSt 8109 - Feminist Theory and Methods
  • WoSt 8401 and Geog 8980 - Gender, Space and Resistance
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