Vidya Kalaramadam Professor • Community and Social Justice Studies Dr. Vidya Kalaramadam is an Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies in the Department of Community and Social Justice Studies. Her research work has been at the intersection of gender, state and politics, globalization and feminist pedagogy and theory. Her book Gender, Governance and Empowerment in India, London: Routledge, explored the impact of the Indian state’s decentralization program on women’s political participation and local governance and was published in 2016. In addition to these key areas of research, Prof. Kalaramadam is actively engaged in pedagogical and feminist issues within the university to develop and present opportunities for student learning. She has received two Fulbright-Hays grants to lead NJ school teachers to India. Languages (other than English) Malayalam Kannada Hindi Degrees PhD Women's and Gender Studies, University of Iowa Iowa City, IA MA Women's Studies, Georgia State University Atlanta, GA MS Mass Communications, Bangalore University Bangalore, India BA Journalism, English and Women's Studies, Bangalore University Bangalore, India Specialization Gender, State & Politics; Political Participation; Feminist Theory; Globalization; South Asia Representative Publications Gender, Governance and Empowerment in India; London; Routledge; 2016 https://www.routledge.com/Gender-Governance-and-Empowerment-in-India/Kalaramadam/p/book/9780415842648 Presence into Participation and Representation; , Journal of South Asian Development ; Volume 13, 2018 Dis/Empowering Political Subjects: The Production of 'Failed' Elected Women Representatives in India; Women's Studies International Forum; Volume 35, 2012 Representative Presentations Working through / across Difference: Structural Complicity and Global Solidarity 3 rd World Conference on Women’s Studies 2017 World Women's Studies Conference , 2017 Imagining Social Justice in a Neoliberal Classroom National Women's Studies Association NWSA Atlanta, GA 2018 Women's Rights Are Human Rights (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnH-wKOi6QM) Exhibition, University Galleries William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ 2018 Gender, Governance and Empowerment in India Spring 2017 HSS Faculty Research Forum HSS , 2017 Aftermath of Sexual Violence Campus Teach-in On Sexual Violence WPU Event- academic departments, Women's Center, Office of Employment Equity and Diversity, Office of Student Conduct, University Police, etc. Wayne, NJ 2016 Fellowships, Grants and Research Fulbright-Hays Grant: Integrating South Asia and Diversity in New Jersey Classrooms: The Roots and Routes of Ethnic Communities Grant The US-NJ-India Project at William Paterson University: Exploring Possibilities and Challenges of Multiculturalism and Globalization Grant Notable Courses Taught Gendered Lives and Societies (WGS 1800)Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies (WGS 2100)Race, Gender and Social Justice (WGS 2250)Contemporary Feminist Issues (WGS 3100)Activism and Social Change (WGS 3330)Gender and Globalization (WGS 3600)Gender and Islam (WGS 3590/ASN 3590)Civilizations of South Asia (ASN 2800)Ecofeminism (WGS 3480)Feminist Methodologies (WGS 3010) Email 973 720 3378 By appointment