Associate Professor
Email: rupal.oza@hunter.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-650-3035
Fax: 212-772-5268
Office: 1715 HW

Mailing Address:
Department of Geography
Hunter College of the City University of New York
695 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10065

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Biography:

Prof. Oza is the Director of the Women and Gender Studies program at Hunter College, CUNY. Her book, The Making of Neoliberal India: Nationalism, Gender, and the Paradoxes of Globalization was published by Routledge, New York and from Women Unlimited, India. She has several articles in peer reviewed journals. Her current project is on examining the link between special economic zones and the discourse of security in India.

Education:

Ph.D.	1999	Rutgers University, Department of Geography
M.A.	1993	Temple University, Department of Geography
B.A.	1990	Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, Geography (Honors)

Research Interests:

Race, gender, postcolonial theory, feminist theory, cultural studies, social theory, globalization
Area specializations in South Asia and United States

Courses:

• Introduction to Women's Studies
• Feminist Theory and Methodology
• Internship Seminar
• Globalization and Gender
• Gender and Geography
• Gender and Sexuality

Publications & Preprints:

Books

Oza, Rupal (2006) The Making of Neoliberal India: Nationalism, Gender, and the Paradoxes of Globalization. New York and London: Routledge. Also published by Women Unlimited, New Delhi, India.

(Reviewed in USA: Signs, 2008 vol 33(4) 1000-1003; Gender, Place, and Culture, 2008 vol 15(2) 209-211; Social and Cultural Geography 2008 9(6) 729-730. India: The Book Review (October, 2007).

Articles

Oza, Rupal (forthcoming) ‘Class and Race in Terrorist Assemblages’ Social and Cultural Geography.

Oza, Rupal (2008) ‘Challenging the Victim - Rescuer framework in Playing with Fire’ Social and Cultural Geography 9(2): 214-218.

Oza, Rupal (2007) ‘Contrapuntal Geographies of Threat and Security: US, India, and Israel' Environment and Planning d: Society and Space 25(1) 9-32.

Oza, Rupal (2006) Book Review. Wenona Giles & Jennifer Hyndman (eds.) Sites of Violence: Gender and Conflict Zones. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004.  Gender, Place, and Culture 13(1): 91-93.

Oza, Rupal (2004) ‘Indian Elections: Mandate against Religious Nationalism and Neo Liberal Reform’ Guest Editorial. Environment and Planning d: Society and Space. Vol 22(5): 633-638.

Oza, Rupal (2001) ‘Showcasing India: Gender, Geography, and Globalization.’  Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society  Vol 26(4): 1067-1095. (Special Issue on Gender and Globalization).

           Reprinted in (2001) Sagar: South Asian Research Journal Vol 7: 1-36.

           Reprinted in (2007) Rehana Ghadially (ed.), Urban Women in Contemporary India (New Delhi, India: Sage Publication).

Book Chapters

Oza, Rupal (2009) ‘Special Economic Zones: Spaces of Exception in neo-liberal India’ in Richard Peet, Waquar Ahmad, Amitabh Kundu (eds.)  India’s New Economic Policy. New York and London: Routledge.

Oza, Rupal (2006) ‘The Geography of Hindu right-wing Violence in India' in Derek Gregory and Allan Pred (eds.) Violent Geographies: Fear, Terror and Political Violence . New York and London: Routledge.