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Sabita Manian, PhD

Sabita ManianProfessor of International Relations
Associate Dean of the School of Social Sciences
Dean of the Lynchburg College of Arts and Sciences

434.544.8449
manian@lynchburg.edu
Schewel 327

Education

  • PhD in Political Science, Department of Political Science – Tulane University, May 1995
  • MA in International Relations – Tulane University, 1991
  • BA in Political Science (Hons.) – St. Xavier’s College (Univ. of Calcutta), 1986

Publications

  • “Indo-Caribbean Diaspora, Foreign Policy, and Iterations of Hindu Identity” (co-authored), in South Asian Diaspora 13 (1), 2021: 81-97.
  • “Exit West: Novel Narratives of Migration and Identity” (co-authored) in Textus: English Studies in Italy, 33 (3), 2020: 99-118.
  • “Sensing Hinduism: Lucian-Indian Funeral ‘Feast’ as Glocalized Ritual” (co-authored) in Religions 7 (1): 8, 2016
  • “Sub-Continental Lovers: Pakistan-India Relations” in Critical Muslim, Vol. 5, Jan-March 2013
  • Sex Trafficking: A Global Perspective – book co-edited with K. McCabe, Rowman & Littlefield, 2010
  • “Globalization’s Gendered Consequences in the Caribbean” (co-authored), in Benjamin & Hall eds. Eternal Colonialism, 2010
  • “Chutney, Jhanda [flag] and Kala Pani: Reaffirming Indo-Caribbean Ethno-Gender Identity,” in B. Giri, ed. Thinking Territory: Some Reflections, 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, 2007
  • “Georgetown Shuffle: Ethnic Politics of Afro-Guyanese, Amerindians, and Indo-Guyanese in Postcolonial Guyana,” in Perspectives on Contemporary Ethnic Conflict, 2006
  • “Pedagogy and Experience: Bringing Japan into the Classroom,” co-authored, Japan Studies Review, Vol. 10, 2006
  • “Blood, Sex & Power: a Learning Community,” with N. Sanders, Journal of Women’s History, 17(4), 2005
  • “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, 2003

Reviews

  • NEH Grants Reviewer for HBCU and Hispanic-serving Institutions’ Faculty Research, 2015
  • Commentator/reviewer (back cover, Indian Indenture in the Danish West Indies), Macmillan, 2015
  • Manuscript Reviewer, UK, Routledge Studies in Gender & Global Politics, 2015
  • Manuscript Reviewer, Routledge, Sex-Trafficking in Cambodia, 20122001-present: University of Lynchburg, Professor, International Relations and Political Science

Conference Papers and Public Lectures

  • Diaspora & India: Identity, Religion and Foreign Policy – University of Rome, Sapienza – Invited lecture, May 2019
  • Exit West: Novel Narratives of Migration, Identity, and the ‘Right to Be’ – Millennium’s Children Conference, the University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’, – academic paper – Naples, Italy, May 2019
  • Power Conundrums and Pax Americana: Whither, Wither or With Her? – Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decision Series, public lecture, February 2018
  • The “Exotic” and the “Narcotic”: Diaspora Identity and the Invisibility of Caribbean Small Island States – International Conference on Caribbean and Diasporic Dialogues, University of London, 2016
  • Glocalized Rituals: Indo-Caribbeans in St. Lucia – the International Society for the Sociology of Religion (SISR-ISSR), Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, 2015
  • Transoceanic Encounters: Bridging Lucian Identities – conference paper, Caribbean Studies Association meeting, New Orleans, 2015
  • Violence in the Middle East and US Foreign Policy – lecture, Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions Series, 2015
  • Not in My Name: Mideast Politics – lecture, the Unitarian Universalist, Lynchburg, VA, 2014
  • Blood, Sex, and Power in Da’esh/ISIS’ Violence: Reflections on the Iliad and Antigone – lecture, Senior Symposium, University of Lynchburg, 2014
  • Bridging Identities: Lucian-Indian Women & Rites – the International Conference on the Indian Diaspora in Belize & the Wider Caribbean, Belize, 2014
  • “Where is the East?” panel member and discussant, First Polylogue of the Center for Postnormal Policy & Future Studies. Chicago, East-West University, 2014
  • Faith in the Middle of the Ocean: Religious Themes in “Life of Pi” – Panel Discussant, 2014
  • Translating the Voices of Sex Workers: Analysis of ‘Whores’ Glory’– the International Conference of the Forum on Contemporary Theory, Mysore, India, 2013
  • World Peace Game, Discussant and Panelist, Lynchburg Peace Education Center, 2014
  • Grapes of Wrath: St. Lucia, Grenada, and the Two Chinas – the Caribbean Studies Association meeting, Grenada, 2013
  • From Dalpuri to Dougla: A Constructed Spectrum of Indo-Lucian citizenship, Caribbean Studies Meeting, Guadeloupe, 2012
  • Whose Honor? Gender, Caste and Globalization in India, guest lecture, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, 2010
  • Sex Trafficking in the Caribbean: The Business & Politics of Victimization, the Caribbean Studies Meeting in Barbados, 2010
  • AFPAK: US Defense Strategy in Afghanistan & Pakistan, Foreign Policy Association Lecture Series, 2009

Awards

  • State Council of Higher Education of VA (SCHEV) Outstanding Faculty Award, 2016
  • Thomas C. Allen Award for Excellence in Advising, University of Lynchburg, 2014
  • Shirley Rosser Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Lynchburg, April 2010
  • Dutch Hutchinson Award for Excellence in Advising, Sigma Nu Fraternity, April 2010
  • Summer Research Grant (University of Lynchburg) 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
  • University of Lynchburg 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

Teaching Areas

  • Global Politics
  • I.R. Senior Thesis Seminar
  • Comparative Foreign Policy
  • Growling Tigers: Asia Pacific
  • I.R. Research Methods
  • World Civilizations
  • International Relations theory
  • Blood, Sex & Power in Global Politics
  • Study Abroad Service Learning: St. Lucia
  • Honors Seminar: Globalization
  • Honors Seminar: Ethics & Human Rights
  • Politics of Developing Nations
  • Politics of the UN: Model UN
  • Modern Japan
  • Honor & Terror Politics: South Asia
  • International Organizations
  • Quest for Justice
  • Contemporary Political Problems
  • Service Learning INDIA – Global & Local
  • Serve & Learn in St. Lucia
  • Honors Seminar: China & India
  • Honors Seminar: Cuba & the Caribbean