Monisha Das Gupta

Ph.D. in Sociology, Brandeis University, 1999

Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies and Women's Studies, University of Hawai'i
I am also currently the director of the Center for South Asian Studies at UHM

Areas of Research and Teaching

Migration, Globalization, U.S. Race Relations, Labor, Social Movements through a Transnational Feminist Perspective, Qualitative Methods, and Feminist Theory.

Spring 2012 Course

WS/ES 390: Gender and Race in U.S. Society (E)
T,Th: 3-4:15pm, ARCH 101A

Publications

Unruly Immigrants: Rights, Activism, and Transnational South Asian Politics
in the United States (Duke University Press, 2006)
* Winner of the 2008 the American Sociological Association Section on Asia and Asian America Book Award
* Winner of the 2008 Association of Asian American Studies Best Book in Social Sciences Award
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Current Research Project:

The interface between the immigrant rights movement in the US and immigration policies; Mexican immigration to Hawaiʻi

Recently Taught Courses

ES 101, Introduction to Ethnic Studies
ES/WS 339, South Asian Migrants: Culture and Politics
SOC/WS/ES 418, Women and Work
WS 615, Feminist Theory