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Education________________________________________________
1986 Ph.D. Anthropology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Doctoral Dissertation: Rebellion and Response in Ancient India: Political Dynamics of the Hindu-Buddhist Tradition
1981 M.A. Anthropology, Tulane University, New Orleans,Louisiana
1977 B.A. Anthropology and Psychology, New College, Sarasota, Florida
1973 Diplomas, Atheneum in Katwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands/
Wyomissing Area High School, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania
Academic Positions _____________________________________
2001 - Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, Sount Bend, Indiana/ Senior Fellow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
1990-2000 Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine
1991-1996 Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine/ Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
1986-1990 Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Central University of Iowa, Pella, Iowa
1986 Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
1980-1986 Research Analyst, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
Publications______________________________________________
Books
The Guru’s Gift: An Ethnography Exploring Gender Equality With North American Sikh Women (with Stacy Brady). Mountain View, California: Mayfield Publishing Company, 2000. (Republished by McGraw-Hill, 2002)
Fighting for Faith and Nation: Dialogues With Sikh Militants. Series on Contemporary Ethnography. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996.
Frisian and Free: Study of an Ethnic Minority of the Netherlands. Prospect Heights, Illinois: Waveland Press, 1989.
Book Series (Founder/Director/Editor)
The Ethnography of Political Violence. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995-
[Advisory Board: Antonius Robben, Utrecht; Jeffrey Sluka, Massey;
Carolyn Nordstrom, Notre Dame; Kevin Avruch, George Mason]
Everyday Nationalism: Women of the Hindu Right in India, by Kalyani Menon, 2009.
Soldiers, Martyrs, Traitors and Exiles: Political Conflict in Eritrea and the Diaspora, by Tricia Redeker Hepner, 2009.
Aceh, Indonesia: Securing the Insecure State, by Elizabeth F. Drexler, 2008.
Guatemala in the Aftermath of Terror: The Refugees Return, by Krista Ann Stolen, 2007
Child Soldiers in Africa, by Alcinda Honwana, 2006
Liberia: Violence in Democracy, by Mary Moran, 2006
A Landscape of Hope and Despair: Palestinian Refugee Camps, by Julie Peteet, 2005
Hitting Where It Hurts Most: The Traumatization of Argentine Society, by Antonius Robben, 2005
Karaoke Fascism: Burma and the Politics of Fear, by Monique Skidmore, 2004
Masking Terror: How Women Contain Violence in Southern Sri Lanka, by Alexandra Argenti-Pillen, 2002
Crossing the Green Line Between the West Bank and Israel, by Avram Bornstein, 2002
War and Slavery in Sudan, by Jok Madut Jok, 2001
Death Squad: The Anthropology of State Terror, edited by Jeffrey A. Sluka, 1999
Unraveling Somalia: Race, Violence and the Legacy of Slavery, by Catherine Besteman, 1998
A Different Kind of War Story, by Carolyn Nordstrom, 1997
Refereed Articles and Book Chapters
"Anthropology From the Bones: A Memoir of Fieldwork, Survival, and Hope." Anthropology and Humanism 33(2-1):1-11, 2008.
“Sikhs in Canada: Identity and Commitment.” In Religion and Ethnicity in Canada, ed. Paul Bramadat and David Seljak, pp. 52-68. Toronto: Pearson-Longman, 2004.
“Anthropological Compulsions in a World in Crisis.” Anthropology Today 18(3): 1-2, 2002.
“Myth, Terror, and the Power of Ethnographic Praxis.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 30(5): 520-545, 2001.
“The Tile-Maker.” Anthropology and Humanism 13(1): 1-15, 2000.
“Writing the Bones.” Human Rights Review 1(1): 19-33, 1999.
“Trials by Fire: Dynamics of Terror in Punjab and Kashmir.” In Death
Squad: The Anthropology of State Terror, ed. Jeffrey A. Sluka, pp. 70-
90. University of Pennsylvania, 1999.
“On Human Rights.” Abstracts of Sikh Studies 1(4): 5-16, 1998
“Playing the Game of Love: Passion and Martyrdom Among Khalistani
Sikhs.” In Martyrdom and National Liberation Movements, ed.
Joyce Pettigrew, pp. 72-87. Comparative Asian Studies Series No. 18.
Amsterdam: Free University,1997.
“Hinduism in Context: Approaching a Religious Tradition Through External Sources.” In The Anthropology of Religion: A Handbook, ed. Stephen Glazier, pp. 305-318. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1997.
“Asylum, Violence and the Limits of Advocacy.” Human Organization
55(4): 498-505, 1996.
“Why Sikhs Fight.” In Anthropological Contributions to Conflict Resolution, ed. Alvin Wolfe and Honggang Yang, pp. 14-32. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia, 1996; reprinted in Abstracts of Sikh Studies, July 1996.
“Violence and the Culture of Sikh Separatism.” POLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review 17(1): 11-22, 1994.
“Ayodhya and the Hindu Resurgence.” Religion 24: 73-80, 1994.
“Rethinking Indian Communalism: Culture and Counter-Culture.” Asian Survey 33(7): 722-737, 1993.
“Do Ethnic Groups Exist? A Cognitive Perspective on the Concept of Cultures” (with Sharon Armstrong). Ethnology 31(1): 1-14, 1992.
“Muslim and Hindu Castes: An Inquiry Into the Origins of an Ideology.” Man in India (New Delhi) 71(1): 203-212, 1991.
“Transatlantic Interpretation: Insight or Insult?” Etnofoor (Amsterdam) 3(2) 69-78, 1990.
“Sikh Rebellion and the Hindu Concept of Order.” Asian Survey 29(3): 326-340, 1989.
“Ethnicity, Equality, and the Political Potential of Buddhism.” In Buddhism and World Peace, ed. Sachindra Narayan, pp. 25-33. New Delhi: Inter-India Publications, 1989.
“The Cultural Ecology of ‘Neighbor’s Duty’ in Friesland.” Journal of Cultural Geography 9(1): 83-94, 1988.
Book Reviews
"The Shifts in Hisbullah's Ideology: Religious Ideology, Political Ideology, and Political Program, by Joseph Alagha." Religion, 2008.
“The Performance of Human Rights in Morocco, by Susan Slyomovics.” Journal of Anthropological Research, 2006.
“The ‘Huddled Masses’ Myth: Immigration and Civil Rights, by Kevin Johnson.” Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2005.
“Paths to Collective Madness: A Study in Social Order and Political Pathology, by Dipak K. Gupta.” Political Psychology, 2003.
“Terror and Taboo: The Follies, Faces and Fables of Terrorism, by Joseba Zulaika and William Douglass.” American Ethnologist, 1998.
“Fieldwork Under Fire: Contemporary Studies of Violence and Survival, edited by Carolyn Nordstrom and Antonius Robben.” Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 1998.
“The Civility of Indifference: On Domesticating Ethnicity, by F.G. Bailey.” American Ethnologist, 1998.
“Merit and Blessing in Mainland Southest Asia in Comparative Perspective, edited by Cornelia Ann Kammerer and Nicola Tannenbaum.” American Anthropologist, 1997.
“Representing Hinduism: The Construction of Religious Traditions and National Identity, edited by Vasudha Dalmia and Heinrich von Stientencron.” Journal of Church and State, 1997.
“Elk Vist Op Zijn Tij: Een Historisch-Antropologisch Studie van een Zeeuwse Maritieme Gemeenschap, Yerseke 1870-1914 [Out With the Tide: A Historical-Anthropological Study of a Zeeland Maritime Community, Yerseke 1870-1914] by Rob van Ginkel.” MAST: Maritime Anthropological Studies, 1992.
“English Travelers Abroad 1604-1667, by John Stoye.” European Studies Journal, 1991.
Other Publications
"The Khalistan Movement." In The Encyclopedia of Global Religion, edited by Mark Juergensmeyer. [invited article] Sage Publications, in press.
Humanizing the Other In An Age of Terror. United States Institute of Peace [K-12 Teaching Unit, with DVD], 2005. Recognized as “top product” by the Academy for Educational Development, dist. USIP, 2007. One of five K-12 curricula presented on the Woodrow Wilson Foundation website, 2008.
“Islam’s Unheard Voices.” The Times [of London] Higher Education Magazine, July, 2008.
“Hearts, Minds, and Sustainable Peace in Kashmir.” Kroc Institute Peace Colloquy, 2004.
“Fundamentals of Extremism.” In History Behind the Headlines: The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide. [invited article] Farmington Hills, Missouri: Lucent Books, 2002.
“Agenda for an Anthropology of Peace.” Anthropology Newsletter [invited article] June, 2003.
“Why I Believe We Need to Talk To Extremists.” The Times [of London] Educational Supplement [invited article], May 2002.
A Sea of Orange: Writings on the Sikhs and India. [collection of articles, essays and speeches] Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2001.
“Kashmir and the War on Terrorism.” Policy Brief Series of the Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame, October 2001.
“NGO’s in International Peace-Making” (with Geoffrey Wingard). In Magill’s Guide to Military History, ed. John Powell. Pasadena: Salem Press, 2001.
“The Amritsar Massacre” (with Geoffrey Wingard). In Magill’s Guide to Military History, ed. John Powell. Pasadena: Salem Press, 2001.
“Somalia” (with Anthony King). In Magills’ Guide to Military History, ed. John Powell. Pasadena: Salem Press, 2001.
“The Abenaki Wars” (with Anthony King). In Magill’s Guide to Military History, ed. John Powell. Pasadena: Salem Press, 2001.
“Cyprus.” In Current World Conflicts and Confrontations, ed. R. Kent Rasmussen. Pasadena: Salem Press, 1999.
“Pakistan.” In Current World Conflicts and Confrontations, ed. R. Kent Rasmussen, 1999.
“The Punjab Conflict: Thoughts on Human Rights and Militancy.” North American Sikh Journal, October, 1998.
“Disappearances in Punjab and the Impunity of the Indian State” (with Ram Narayan Kumar). Human Rights Awareness (electronic), October, 1998.
“When They Read What We Write: Fighting For Faith and Nation.” Sangat (electronic), December, 1997.
“Residence Patterns.” In The International Encyclopedia of Sociology, ed. Frank Magill. London: Fitzroy Pearson, 1996.
“The Hindu Caste System” In The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. John K. Roth. London: Fitzroy Pearson, 1994.
“Jain Ethics.” In The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. John K. Roth. London: Fitzroy Pearson, 1994.
“Sikh Ethics.” In The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. John K. Roth. London: Fitzroy Pearson, 1994.
“Madhyamaka.” In The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. John K. Roth. London: Fitzroy Pearson, 1994.
“Anthropological Ethics in Arenas of Violence.” Anthropology Newsletter, October, 1993.
“Is There a Hindu Majority?” South Asia Monitor, March, 1993.
“Development or Destruction: Walking the Fine Line in Action Anthropology.” South Asia Monitor, February, 1993.
“Sikhs in Punjab Revolt.” In Great Events From History: Human Rights, ed. Frank Magill, pp. 2215-2219. Pasadena: Salem Press, 1992.
“Images of Europe in Anthropological Case Studies.” Proceedings of the Fifteenth European Studies Conference, pp. 192-199. Cedar Falls, Iowa: University of Northern Iowa, 1991.
“Urbanization and Class Alignment in West Punjab” (with Khalid Mahmood). Human Mosaic 20(1-2): 13-27, 1986.
“The Politicization of Tradition in Colonial Burma.” Human Mosaic 16(2) 34-44, 1985.
“Redefining Ahimsa in Political Buddhism” (with John L. Fischer). Encyclopedia of Non-Violence. Ahmedabad: Gujarat Vidyapith, 1985.
Public Speaking_______________________________________-___
Academic Presentations and Lectures
"Kashmir to Mumbai: India’s Democracy at Risk." Symposium on Irregular Warfare, Insurgency and Counterinsurgency. Carr Center for Human Rights Policy (Harvard University) and U.S. Joint Special Operations University. Washington, D.C., 2008. Invited Speaker.
“Punjabi Remix: Silencing Violence in the Garden of India.” Ohio University. Athens, Ohio, 2007. Invited Speaker.
“Risking the Face-to-Face in an Age of Terror.” Emory University Initiative on Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding, 2006. Invited Speaker.
“Martyring Truths: Risk and Scholarship in the Anthropological Project.” Watson Institute for International Studies, Speakers Series on Engaging Activism, Brown University, 2005. Invited Speaker.
“Violence, Play, and the Problem of Post-Conflict Healing.” Emory University Conference on the Event of War, 2004.
“Genocide in Ethnically Divided Societies.” Fordham University Conference on Preventing Genocide, 2004. Invited Speaker.
“Terrorists and Martyrs.” Teresa Dease Memorial Lecture, University of Toronto, 2003.
“Terrorists and Martyrs.” Teresa Dease Memorial Lecture, University of Waterloo, 2003.
“Globalization and Terrorism: The Missing Piece.” University of Michigan, 2003. Invited Speaker.
“Religion and Peacebuilding in South Asia.” Symposium on Religion, Violence and Agency in South Asia, University of Notre Dame, 2003.
“Cartographies of Persecution: Punjab in Comparative Context.” Fordham University Conference on Genocide, New York, 2006. Invited Speaker.
“Islamic Responses and Academic Responsibilities in the Wake of 9/11.” Loyola University Lecture Series on Religion and Violence, Chicago, 2003. Invited Speaker.
“Sikh Militancy and State Repression, or What’s Wrong with ‘Terrorism’?” Columbia University Symposium on Process and Punishment, 2002. Invited Speaker.
“How Does a War on Terror Become a War on Rights?” Harvard Law School Conference on Religion, Democracy, and Human Rights, 2002. Invited Speaker.
“Conflict in Kashmir: Nervousness in the System.” Conference on Multiple Voices: Islam and the West Since 9/ll, University of Notre Dame, 2002.
“The Limits of War in an Age of Terrorism.” Loyola University, Chicago, 2001. Invited Speaker.
“Sikh Radicalism and Asylum: The Rights/Violence Dilemma.” University of Colorado Institute for Asian Studies, Boulder, 2001. Invited Speaker.
“Human Rights Discourse and the Balance of Power.” Conference on Sikh Studies, Oakland University, Detroit, 2000. Invited Speaker.
“Women Rebels of Cyprus: A Gendered History of the EOKA movement. Conference on Cypriot Society Into the New Millenium, University of Greenwich, London, 1999. Invited Speaker.
“Torture at the Millenium” American Anthropological Association, Chicago, 1999.
“Inscribing Power, Interpreting Pain, Interrogating Politics.” Conference on Investigating and Combating Torture, University of Chicago, 1999. Invited Speaker.
“The Punjab Conflict: Human Rights in Context.” Symposium on Punjab, Columbia University Law School, New York, 1998. Invited Speaker.
“Violence and the Sacred: Religious Militancy at the Milennium.” University of Cyprus, Nicosia, 1998. Invited Speaker.
“Black Cats: Defining Treason and Nationhood in Punjab and Kashmir.” American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, 1996.
“Women Seeking Asylum: New Frontiers in International Law.” Women Studies Conferences, Bangor, Maine, 1996.
“The Scholar as Activist: Problems and Paradoxes in the Study of Conflict in Punjab.” American Anthropological Association, Atlanta, 1994. Presidential Session.
“Understanding Sikh Militancy.” Symposium on Punjab’s Struggle, University of California at Berkeley, 1994. Invited Speaker.
“Understanding Violence in the Sikh Militant Community.” Key Symposium of the Southern Anthropological Association, Atlanta, 1994. Invited Speaker.
“Sikh Nationalism in Punjab.” Seminar on Human Rights Violations in Punjab and Kashmir, University of Calgary, 1994. Invited Speaker.
“The Culture of Sikh Separatism.” Association for Asian Studies, Boston, 1994.
“Sikh Militancy and the Anthropology of Resistance.” American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C. 1993.
“Deconstruction, Buddhism, and the Concept of Ethnicity.” American Anthropological Association, Chicago, 1991.
“Responses to Ethnography in Friesland: Negotiating Definitions of Culture (with S.L. Armstrong and R. Lage). American Anthropological Association, Chicago, 1990. Presidential Session.
“The Establishment of a Research Center in the Netherlands: Issues, Methods, and Results” (with T. Rempe and K. Spencer). Association for European Studies, Omaha, 1990.
“Images of Europe in Anthropological Case Studies.” Association for European Studies, Omaha, 1990.
“An Anthropologist’s Role in Frisian Ethnonationalism.” Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, 1989.
“Equality, Ethnicity, and the Political Potential of Buddhism.” International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Zagreb, 1988.
“Sikh Rebellion and the Hindu Concept of Order.” American Ethnological Society, St. Louis, 1988.
Public and Policy-Related Speeches
"Speech and the Definition of Humanity." Simon Fraser University, Forum on Human Rights, 2008. Invited Speaker.
"Gender Equality in Contexts of Violence." Kwantlen College (Surrey BC), 2008. Invited Speaker.
“Faith, Vocation and Community: Challenges for Youth.” Surat Sikh Conference, New York, 2007. Keynote Speaker.
“Why Does the World Hate Women? New Answers, New Questions.” Edith Stein Conference on Redefining Feminism, University of Notre Dame, 2006. Keynote Speaker.
“Border Myths: Immigration, Security, and Terorrism.” Sixth National Metropolis Conference (Canada), Edmonton, 2003. Plenary Speaker.
“Clash of Civilizations or Social Capital?” Canadian Metropolis Forum, Ottawa, 2003. Invited Speaker.
“Toward the Resolution of Conflict in Kashmir.” Islamic Society of North America Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. 2003. Invited Speaker.
“People of the Book.” Centennial Foundation, Toronto, 2002. Keynote Speaker.
“Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale: Man, Martyr, Myth.” Symposium on the Legacy of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, San Jose State University, 2000. Invited Speaker.
“Religious Terrorism and Issues of Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Weapons.” SAIC/Defense Intelligence Agency Project, Maclean, Virginia, 2000. Invited Speaker.
“Knowledge and Responsibility: Educating for the 21st Century.” Distinguished Lecture, Maine Center for the Arts, Orono, 2000.
“Voices From the Dark of Night.” Commemoration of the Massacres of 1984, Boston University, 1999. Keynote Speaker.
“The Khalsa at 300: Challenges for the Future.” Sikh Tricentennial Celebration, New York, 1999. Invited Speaker.
“Telling the Truth.” Toronto Sikh Anniversary Dinner, 1998. Keynote Speaker.
“The Situation in Punjab Through the Eyes of the West.” International Sikh Convention, Washington, D.C. 1998. Invited Speaker.
“Human Rights in India: What Can Americans Do?” Sikh Youth Federation Retreat, Detroit, 1998. Invited Speaker.
“India and Human Rights: Challenges for the Future.” World Sikh Organization Parliamentary Dinner, Ottawa, 1997. Keynote Speaker.
“Update on Human Rights in Punjab.” Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa, 1997.
“The Challenge of Terrorism: An Anthropologist’s View.” Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations, Rockport, Maine, 1996. Keynote Speaker.
“The Status of the Sikh Militancy.” Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Toronto, 1995. Invited Speaker.
“Challenges Facing Sikh Youth.” United Sikh Association, Boston, 1994. Keynote Speaker.
“Assessing Asylum Claims from Punjab.” U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, San Francisco, 1994. Invited Speaker.
“Resistance and Pluralism.” Sikh Symposium, York University, Toronto, 1994. Invited Speaker.
Broadcast Media Interviews/Presentations
"Human Rights and the Sikh Dilemma." CBC Radio and Television (Canada), 2008.
"Rights, Fears and Multiculturalism." Channel M TV, Vancouver, 2008.
“Voices of Peace.” CBS TV Special on Religion and Violence, 2004.
“Facing the Enemy.” Vision TV (Canada), 2003.
“Sikh Women: The Challenge of Faith.” Omni TV (Canada), 2003.
"Canada and the War on Terror." ABC TV, Edmonton, 2003.
“Face to Face with Jihad.” National Public Radio, 2001.
“Sikh Militancy and the Air India Bombing.” CBC Radio (Canada), 2000.
“Islam in the Kashmir Conflict.” BBC World Service, 1999.
“Saint-Soldiers.” BBC World Service, 1998.
“Conflict in South Asia.” Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1995.
Grants and Awards _________________________________________
Surat Sikh Conference Award for Service to the Sikh Community, 2007.
“Kroc Peace Institute Initiative on Kashmir” (Principal Investigator). CarEth Foundation, 2002.
Centennial Foundation Award for Excellence in the Study of Sikhism, Toronto, 2002.
“Ethnography of the Kashmir Conflict.” Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame, 2002.
North American Sikh Service Award, Chicago, 2001.
Sikh Heritage Book Award, San Francisco, 2000.
“Atrocities in Punjab and the Discourse of Indian Democracy.” University of Maine Faculty Research Award, 1999.
Ethnic Studies Development Grant, University of Maine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1999.
“Women in Greek Cypriot Militancy.” Government of Cyprus Research Grant, 1996.
“Women Rebels of Cyprus.” Women in the Curriculum Grant, University of Maine, 1998.
“Preliminary Investigation on Women in Greek Cypriot Militancy.” Government of Cyprus Research Grant, 1997.
Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi as outstanding faculty member at the University of Maine, 1997.
“Films for Anthropological Teaching” (with Henry Munson). Bird and Bird Foundation Instructional Technology Grant, 1996.
“Refugee Warriors: Challenges to State Sovereignty in Canadian Asylum Decisions.” Canadian-American Center Grant, University of Maine, 1996.
“Developing Gender Studies in Anthropology.” Women in the Curriculum Grant, University of Maine, 1993.
“Anthropological Contributions to the Multiculturalism Debate.” University of Maine Summer Faculty Research Grant, 1992.
“Initial Assessment of the Sauria Paharia Tribe of Northern India.” University of Maine Faculty Research Grant, 1992.
Central College Outstanding Performance Award for Teaching, 1989.
Teaching_________________________________________________
Teaching outside the university:
Teaching English as a Second Language – Sapporo, Japan, one year
Elderhostel program teaching senior citizens – Iowa, two summers
Upward Bound program, teaching disadvantaged high school students,
Iowa, two summers
Catholic Relief Services training, giving seminars updating relief
workers on best practices in peacebuilding – Notre Dame,
three summers
Teaching students in the field:
Founder and Director of ethnographic field school in Friesland, the Netherlands, a summer program for undergraduate anthropology and linguistics students, 1987-90. Located in Eastermar (Oostermeer), the focus was on linguistic nationalism and the field school was accredited by Central University of Iowa. Students studied ethnographic methods, Dutch/Frisian, linguistics, and conducted independent research.
Mentored Notre Dame students in field research with diasporan
Sikhs in Surrey, British Columbia, summer 2006. Several
students continued this work in Sante Fe, London, and Punjab
and have gone on to co-author articles on their work.
Author of education materials:
Author of ancillary text materials for top-selling introductory textbook in anthropology, including instructor’s manuals, test banks, study guides, and overhead transparency sets, published by Harcourt Brace 1994- 2001. Integrated student assistants into every step
of production of these materials, as acknowledged in publications.
Author of internet guide to anthropology resources for students, published by Thomson Educational Publishers, 2000- 2003.
Mentoring and advising:
Closely mentored Stacy Brady through fieldwork in four North
American cities as she studied Sikh women for a senior
thesis at the University of Maine; we co-authored a book
together as a result (The Guru's Gift) focusing not only on
Sikh women but on pedagogical issues.
Co-authored with two other University of Maine students:
Tony King and Geoff Wingard, who worked with me on
military history and produced articles for a military history
encyclopedia.
Advised Willow Wetherall through two summers of field research
in Cyprus and a senior thesis at the University of Maine;
then on through her M.A. in Peace Studies at Notre Dame
where she did fieldwork on women in Cuba.
Currently mentoring Notre Dame graduate Chris Giamo through
fieldwork in London and San Francisco with expatriate Sikhs
and co-authorship a book.
K-12 Education:
Participant in Teachers as Scholars program, U.S. Institute of Peace, 2005. Taught seminar for K-12 teachers on. “Humanizing the Other in an Age of Terror” resulting in K-12 curriculum with DVD, distributed nationally.
Undergraduate courses taught:
Introduction to Anthropology Minorities and Ethnic Groups Archaeology Gender and Anthropology
Magic, Witchcraft and Religion Human Origins
Cultural Anthropology Civilization in South Asia
Perspectives in Anthropological Analysis
Anthropology of War and Peace
Gender and Violence (u/g) Ethnographic Method and Writing
"Terrorism" (u/g) for Change (u/g)
Graduate courses taught:
Origins of Violence and Cultures of Peace
Culture and Religion in Peacebulding (with Scott Appleby)
Genocide, Witness and Memory
Ethnic Conflict (with John Darby)
Conflict Transformation and Strategic Peacebuilding (with John Paul Lederach)
Graduate advising/thesis directing:
M.A. in Peace Studies, Maneesha Pasqual – peace curriculum in Sri Lanka
M.A. in Peace Studies, Burcu Munyas – youth & memory in Cambodia
M.A. in Peace Studies, Alisher Khamidov - politics of peace in Kirgyzstan
M.A. in Peace Studies, Maria Zapata – peace zones in Mindanao
M.A. in Peace Studies, Tom Arendshorst – Kenyan peace narratives
Ph.D. in Sociology, Carl Neblett – gay & lesbian movement at Notre Dame
PhD. in Anthropology, Toronto, Nicola Mooney – a Punjabi peasant village
Ph.D. in Sociology, Yuting Wang – Muslim community of South Bend (current)
Professional Service and Activities_____________________________
Fellow, American Anthropological Association
Board Member, University of Tennessee Press Legacies of Warfare Monograph Series (editors G. Kurt Piehler and Janice Harper)
Editorial Board Member, Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, and Theory
(Routledge)
Reviewer for Cultural Anthropology, American Anthropologist, Ethnology, Asian Survey, Peace and Change, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, American Ethnologist, Journal of Anthropological Research, Religion and other periodicals
Manuscript reviewer for the University of California Press, Oxford University Press, Duke University Press, the University of Pennsylvania Press, Princeton University Press, the University of Chicago Press, the State University of New York Press, Routledge, and Westview
Consultant to agencies and departments of the U.S., Canadian and British governments on asylum, terrorism and security matters relevant to South Asia.
Expert witness in legal cases in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom relating to South Asia.
Continuing education: Writing Across the Curriculum Humanities Workshop (month long), Ames, Iowa; intensive summer course on Refugee Studies at York University, Toronto (certificate awarded); intensive summer seminar on Catholic Intellectual Tradition at Notre Dame, summer course on Teaching Film Across the Humanities (Notre Dame), year-long faculty seminar on Feminist Theology and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition (Notre Dame).
Major institutional and administrative service (Notre Dame):
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies; 2001-03. During my tenure the Institute developed the Supplementary Major in Peace Studies.
Director of Graduate Studies, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, 2003-05. During my tenure the Institute developed the two-year M.A. program in International Peace Studies, expanding the curriculum through five paths of academic concentration, six-month overseas internships, and a Master's seminar and project. This program won recognition through a "Blessed Are The Peacemakers" Award from Catholic Theological Union in 2008.
Executive Committee, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, 2001-05. Senior Fellow 2001- present
University of Notre Dame Graduate Council, 2003-04.
Asian Studies Core Faculty Member, 2001- present
Gender Studies Faculty Associate, 2002- present
Notre Dame Faculty Senate, elected representative, 2005-06.
Major institutional and administrative service (University of Maine):
University of Maine Faculty Senate, elected representative, 1998-2000
Chair, Human Subjects Review Committee, 1997-1999
Franco-American Advisory Board Member, 1991-2000
Native-American Advisory Board Member, 1991-2000
Major institutional and administrative service (Central College, Iowa):
Chair, Cultural Affairs Committee, 1988-90
Presidential Search Committee Member, 1989-90
Multiculturalism Initiative, Core Member, 1986-90
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