Introduction
A limited-edition podcast series, supported by the Asian Pacific American Religious Research Initiative. In this series, we delve into the lived, religious experiences of women who identify as Hindu in the United States. Our aim is to provide a platform for these women to share their stories, addressing their absence in mainstream conversations and institutions often shaped by exclusionary politics
Episode Titles and Descriptions
Project Team
Rianka Roy is a feminist sociologist studying how globalization and technology create new identities of labor, new pathways of migration and new strategies of collective action. She is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Wake Forest University, teaching courses under the “Business & Society” concentration.
Bandana Purkayastha
Bandana Purkayastha is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Asian and Asian American Studies, University of Connecticut, USA, and International Sociological Association’s Vice President for National Associations.
Anjana Narayan
Anjana Narayan is a Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She is currently engaged in an international and interdisciplinary collaborative research network that explores the intersections of lived religion and gender, with a focus on Hinduism and Islam.