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POSITION: Assistant Professor of Sociology & Peacebuilding
DEPARTMENT: Sociology
LOCATION: Main Campus, Harrisonburg | RLN 225
PHONE: (540) 432-4435
Gaurav J. Pathania is an assistant professor of Sociology and Peacebuilding at ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Gaurav has also been a visiting scholar at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the University of Southern California. His first book, (Oxford University Press, 2019), explores student resistance in higher education in India. Currently, his research focuses on the socio-political activism of the South Asian diaspora in the US and UK. Dr. Pathania serves as a deputy editor for , a journal published by SOAS, University of London. He is also an anti-caste poet and activist, community organizer with his social justice writings featured in and he has been interviewed by PBS and BBC on diaspora issues in the United States. Gaurav won the national poetry award for 2016 organized by the Poetry Society of India. His anti-caste poetry appears in J-Caste journal published by Brandeis University. Gaurav made his Hollywood debut in Ava DuVernay’s film , portraying Dr. Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution. Gaurav and his team have embarked on a series of publications, including Caste & Race with Bloomsbury Publishing.
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PHD, Jawaharlal Nehru University (Sociology)
MPHIL, Jawaharlal Nehru University (Sociology)
MA, Jawaharlal Nehru University (Sociology)
