Sabita Manian, PhD

Educational Qualifications

• PhD in Political Science, Department of Political Science, Tulane University, May 1995
• MA in International Relations, Tulane University, 1989
• BA in Political Science (Honors) with Economics and History (minor), St. Xavier’s College (Univ. of Calcutta), 1986.

Teaching Experience

• 2001-present: Lynchburg College, Professor, International Relations and Political Science
• 2000- 2001: Randolph Macon Woman’s College, Visiting Professor, Asian/International Studies.
• 1994-2000: Stephens College, Missouri, Assistant Professor (tenured), International Studies/Political Science

Publications

• Sex Trafficking: A Global Perspective - book co-edited with K. McCabe, Rowman & Littlefield / Lexington, April 2010
• "Globlization's Gendered Consequences in the Caribbean" (co-author B. Bullock), in Benjamin & Hall eds.Eternal Colonialism, University Press of America, February 2010
• "Chutney, Jhanda and Kala Pani: Reaffirming Indo-Caribbean Ethno-Gender Identity" (co-author B. Bullock), in B. Giri, ed. Thinking Territory: Some Reflections, Pencraft International, 2009
• "War and International Relations: A Critical exploration through Bakhtinian Diaologic and Huizinga's Homo Ludens" in Theory as Variation ed. by R. Radhakrishnan et al. Pencraft International, New Delhi, 2007.
• "Georgetown Shuffle: Ethnic Politics of Afro-Guyanese, Amerindians, and Indo-Guyanese in Postcolonial Guyana" in Perspectives on Contemporary Ethnic Conflict, ed. S. C. Saha, Lexington Books, 2006
• "Pedagogy and Experience: Bringing Japan into the Classroom," co-authored with Dwight Lang et al, Japan Studies Review, Vol. 10, 2006: 75-91.
• "Blood, Sex and Power: a Learning Community," with N. Sanders, Journal of Women's History, Vol. 17(4), Winter 2005: 162-170.
• "Israeli Party Politics: What is Shas for the Goose is not Sauce for the Gander," in David Lesch, ed.,History in Dispute: The Middle East Since 1945, St. James Press/Gale Group, 2003.
• "Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism: Its Origins and Developments in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries," A.J. Wilson, book review, National Identities, 3(3) 2001: 284-287.
• "Ideology and Civil-Military Relations: A Comparison of India, Pakistan and Burma/Myanmar In the Nineties ," Association of Third World Studies, Conference Proceedings, 17^th Annual meeting, Costa Rica 1999: 227-251, http://gsw.edu/~atws/

Teaching Experience

• Global Politics
• Politics of the UN: Model UN
• Comparative Foreign Policies
• Modern Japan
• Growling Tigers: Asia Pacific
• Honor and Terror Politics: South Asia
• I.R. Research Methods
• International Organizations
• World Civilizations: I and II
• Quest For Justice II
• International Relations (theory)
• I.R. Senior Thesis Seminar
• Contemporary Political Problems
• Blood, Sex and Power in Global Politics (Learning Community Course)
• Study Abroad: India - Global & Local
• Service Through Learning: St. Lucia Politics
• Serve and Learn: India & the NGO Community
• Westover Honors Seminar: Jihad vs. McWorld
• Westover Honors Seminar: Emerging Asian Powers (China & India)
• Westover Honors Seminar: Ethics and Human Rights
• Westover Honors Seminar: Cuba and the Caribbean
• Westover Honors Seminar: Global Issues

Conference Papers, Workshops, and Public Lectures

• Whose Honor? Gender, Caste and Globalization in 21^st Century India: An Invited Guest Lecture at Shanghai University, June 2010
• Sex Trafficking in the Caribbean: The Business and Politics of Victimization, to be presented at the Caribbean Studies Meeting in May 2010
• AFPAK: US Defense Strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Foreign Policy Association Lecture Series, February 2009
• Indo-Caribbean Identity Construction- paper presented at the Rocky Mountain MLA meeting, Reno, NV, Oct. 2008
• Trafficking And Human Security: Horn of Africa - presentation at the Road to GuluPanel, Lynchburg College, April 2008
• China as a Rising Power - Presentation at the Foreign Policy Association's Great Decisions Series, February 2008
• Reaffirming Indo-Caribbean Ethno-Gender Identity - Paper presentation, 10^th International Conference on Contemporary Theory, Goa, India, December 2007
• Poverty, Hunger and Homelessness: A Global Perspective - Presentation at the Bonner Poverty Alleviation Panel, LC, November 2007
• Himalayan David vs. Goliath: Hidden Struggles of Tibetan Resistance - Invited Guest Speaker, Georgia College & State University, October 2006
• Name the Price: Tyranny and Freedom of Sex Trafficking- Guest Speaker for Lynchburg College's Senior Symposium, October 2006

Awards and Grants

• Shirley Rosser Award for Excellence in Teaching, Lynchburg College, April 2010
• Dutch Hutchinson Award for Excellence in Advising, Sigma Nu Fraternity, April 2010
• Summer Research Grant (Lynchburg College) for field trip in India, April 2006
• Senior Superlative Award for Most Creative Teaching Style, February 2005
• Mednick Fellowship from VFIC for research work in Guyana, Summer 2002
• Lynchburg College Faculty Development Grant for Japan Seminar and Travel, Summer 2002
• LC Faculty Development Funds 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, and 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10

Personal Interests

• Reading – fiction, western and non-western literature, poetry

• Political discussions

• Films – foreign films and old black and white films

• Jogging

• Walking

• Traveling

• Listening to Jazz music

History is…

“The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars and pestilences in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all.” -- Jane Austen, The Columbia World of Quotations, 1996)