Faculty

Office: Manchester Hall 215
Telephone: (860) 486-3791
E-Mail: bandana.purkayastha@uconn.edu

Education:

PhD, University of Connecticut, 1999
MA, University of Connecticut, 1994
MS, University of Massachusetts, 1987
BA, University of Calcutta, 1978

Recent Publications

Lucas, S. and Purkayastha , B. 2007. Where Home is Here and There: Canadian Immigrants in the US . GEOJournal , Special Issue edited by Wei Li and Jose Teixeira .

Purkayastha , B. 2007. Anatomy of Second Generation "Indian" Cultural Events in the US . The Anthropologist . Special Issue on Indian Diasporas, edited by Anand Singh.

Stone, R, Purkayastha , B., and Berhdahl , T. 2006. Beyond Asian American: Examining conditions and mechanisms of earnings inequality for Filipina, Asian Indian and non-Hispanic white women . Sociological Perspectives 49: 261-281.

Ranjeet , B. and Purkayastha , B. "A Minority within a Minority: Nepalese American Women and Domestic Violence." Accepted for publication (2006) in an edited volume on domestic violence by Shamita Das Gupta. Rutgers University Press.

Purkayastha , B. 2006. "Through 'Little Steps': Informal Networks as a Resource for Peaceful Conflict Resolution." Chapter in a collection edited by G. Caforio and G. Kuemmel . Elsevier Press.

Purkayastha , B. 2005. " Panethnicity : Processes, Institutionalization, and Linkages." Occasional Papers, Department of History. Visva Bharati , Santiniketan , India.

Important Professional Positions

Deputy Editor, Gender and Society , 2006- present.

Vice President, Research Committee 01 (Armed Conflict and Conflict Resolution), International Sociological Association.

Board, Research Committee 32 (Women in Society), International Sociological Association.

Council, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, American Sociological Association, 2004-2007.