PRESENTATIONS
1. “The Global Status of Women in Technology” National Center for Women in Information Technology Bi-annual Meeting, Google Headquarters, Mountain View, California, May 12−14, 2009. Invited by Dr. Joanne McGrath Cohoon, University of Virginia.
2. “Synergy between Mathematics and Computer Science” National Center for Women in Information Technology Bi-annual Meeting, University of California at Irvine, California, November 5−6, 2008. Invited by Dr. Jane Margolis, University of California at Los Angles.
3. “The Supply of Foreign-Born Skilled Workers” Immigration
Symposium, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, October 14, 2008. Invited by Director Veronica
Mendez-Cruz, University of New Mexico.
4.
“Indian Women in Information Technology” East
China Normal University, Shanghai, China, July 17, 2008. Invited by Dr. Xhenbing
Xeng, East China Normal University.
5. “Cross-National Differences in Women’s Participation in Computer Science Education in India and the United States” National Science Foundation’s HRD Joint Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., June 16–18, 2008. Invited by Dr. Jolene Jesse, National Science Foundation.
6. “Aspirations of New Immigrants in the U.S. Workforce” National Conference of the Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology, Washington DC, November 1–2, 2007. Invited by Associate Director Nathan E. Bell, Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology.
7. “Cross-National Differences in Women’s Participation in Computer Science Education in India and the United States” National Science Foundation’s HRD Joint Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., August 13–15, 2007. Invited by Dr. Jolene Jesse, National Science Foundation.
8. “The Silicon Ceiling” Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, August 30, 2006, Invited by Prof. V. V. Krishna, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
9. “Cross-Ethnic Differences in Undergraduate Women’s Preference for Information Technology” National Science Foundation's ITWF and ITR/EWF Principal Investigator Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, April 2–4, 2006. Invited by Dr. Caroline Wardle, National Science Foundation.
10. “Indian
Diaspora” Indian Institute of Technology,
New Delhi, India, January 3, 2006. Invited
by Prof. V. Upadhyay, IIT Delhi.
11. “Cross-Ethnic Differences in Undergraduate Women’s Preference for Information Technology” National Science Foundation's ITWF and ITR/EWF Principal Investigator Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 24–26, 2004. Invited by Dr. Caroline Wardle, National Science Foundation.
12. “The Images of Out Sourcing” The ACM Task Force on Job Migration, Chicago, Illinois, October 7–8, 2004. Invited by Dr. John White, Association of Computing Machinery.
13. “Asian Indian Diaspora” Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, January 7, 2004. Invited by Prof. Binay Pattnaik, IIT Kanpur.
14. “Cross-Ethnic Differences in Undergraduate Women’s Preference for Information Technology” National Science Foundation's ITWF and ITR/EWF Principal Investigator Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 26–28, 2003. Invited by Dr. Caroline Wardle, National Science Foundation.
15. “Why So Few Women in Information Technology?” National Science Foundation's ITWF/ITR Workforce Principal Investigator Conference, College Park, Maryland, October 20–21, 2002. Invited by Dr. Caroline Wardle, National Science Foundation.
16. “Why So Few Women in Information Technology?: A Comparative Study” Information Technology Work Force Research Principal Investigator Conference, Boulder, Colorado, October14–16, 2001. Invited by Dr. Caroline Wardle, National Science Foundation.
17. “Asians in the U.S. Public Service: Diversity, Achievements, and Glass Ceiling” United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Managing Diversity in the Civil Service, United Nations Headquarters, New York, May 3–4, 2001. Invited by Ms. Yolande Jemai, United Nations.
18. “Effects of Technology: A Comparative View” Workshop on People’s Perceptions on Female Feticide in Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, India, December 17, 2000. Invited by Dr. Kanchan Sinha, OXFAM─India.
19. “Immigrants and Science in the United States” Workshop on Public Research Universities in the 21st Century, Tucson, November 11–12, 1999. Invited by Prof. Sheila Slaughter, University of Arizona.
20. “Science, Technology and Society Curriculum at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute” Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education, Bombay, India, December 8, 1996. Invited by Dr. Chitra Natarajan, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
1.
“Entrepreneurialism among Indian Immigrant
Scientists and Engineers” Annual Meeting of Western Social Science
Association (WSSA), Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 15–18, 2009.
2. “Cross-National Differences in Women’s Participation in Computer Science Education between India and the United States” Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Denver, Colorado, April 23–26, 2008.
3. “Women in Computing: The Geek Mythology” Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Montreal, Canada, October 11–13, 2007.
4. “The Leaky Pipeline in Computing” Annual Conference of International Association for Science, Technology and Society (IASTS), Baltimore, Maryland, February 1–3, 2007.
5. “The Tenure System in Engineering” Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Vancouver, Canada, November 2–4, 2006.
6. “Challenges to Diversity: A Case Study of Asian Indian Scientists and Engineers” American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (ASEE), Chicago, Illinois, June 18–21, 2006.
7.
“Perceptions and Experiences of Indian
Professionals in the U.S. Workforce” Annual Meeting of Western Social
Science Association (WSSA), Phoenix, Arizona, April 19–22, 2006.
8. “Academic
Freedom and IRB in Social Science Research” Annual Conference of
International Association for Science, Technology and Society (IASTS),
Baltimore, Maryland, February 2–4, 2006.
9. “Browsing for
Answers: Native American Women in Computing” (with Vanessa Galindo-Sanchez) Annual
Conference of International Association for Science, Technology and Society
(IASTS), Baltimore, Maryland, February 2–4, 2006.
10. “Common Rule for the Bio-Medical and Social Science Research: Problems with the IRB” Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Pasadena, California, October 20–22, 2005.
11. “Out of Mix: Native Americans in Information Technology” American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (ASEE), Portland, Oregon, June 12–15, 2005. Nominated for the best paper.
12. “Digital
Divide: A Case Study of Native Americans” Annual Conference of International
Association for Science, Technology and Society (IASTS), Baltimore,
Maryland, February 10–12,
2005.
13. “Gender
and Ethnic Differences in IT Education” Joint Annual Meeting of Society for
Social Studies of Science and European Association for the Study of Science
and Technology (4S/EASST), Paris, France, August 25–28,
2004.
14. “The Tenure
System and Engineering Institutions” American Society for Engineering
Education Annual Conference & Exposition (ASEE), Salt Lake City,
Utah, June 20–23,
2004.
15. “Asian Indians
in Science and Engineering Workforce of the United States” Hawaii
International Conference on Social Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 16–19,
2004.
16. “Communication
Climate and Satisfaction in the Computer Science Classroom” (with Marcella LaFever) Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates
Network (WEPAN), Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 6–9,
2004.
17. “Immigrants’
Adaptation” Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association (WSSA),
Salt Lake City, Utah, April 21–24, 2004.
18. “Computer
Science and Computer Engineering Programs: Are They ‘Minority-Friendly’?” Annual
Conference of National Association for Science, Technology and Society
(NASTS), Baltimore, Maryland, February 19–21, 2004.
19. “Facing
Stereotypes: Images of Indian Scientists and Engineers in U.S.” All India
Sociological Conference, Udaipur, India, December 21–23,
2003.
20. “Mobility
of Asian Indian Scientists/Engineers between the United States and India” Annual
Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Atlanta, Georgia, October 15–18,
2003.
21. “New
Immigrants in the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce” Policy and
Politics International Conference, Bristol, United Kingdom, July 24–26,
2003.
22. “Retention
of Minority Undergraduates in Information Technology” Annual Conference of
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Nashville,
Tennessee, June 22–25, 2003.
23. “Women
of Color in Information Technology” Annual Conference of National
Association for Science, Technology and Society (NASTS), Baltimore,
Maryland, February 20–23, 2003.
24. “Indian
IT Professionals in Overseas Technopolies” All
India Sociological Conference, Kanpur, India, December 18–20,
2002.
25. “Countering
the Model Minority Identity: Asian Immigrants in Science and Engineering in the
United States” Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science
(4S), Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
November 7–9, 2002.
26. “Ethnicity
and Gender in Information Technology” Annual Meeting of Society for Social
Studies of Science (4S),
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 7–9, 2002.
27. “Undergraduate Minorities in IT-Related Fields: Preliminary Findings from a Case Study in a Minority-Serving Institution" Annual Conference of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Montreal, Canada, June 24–27, 2002.
28. “Asians Immigrants and Silicon Ceiling” An International Conference on Asian Diaspora, San Francisco, California, May 10–12, 2002.
29. “Asian Americans in the U.S. Labor Force: Success and Discrimination” Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 10–13, 2002.
30. “Recommendations for Minority Recruitment in Information Technology” Annual Meeting of American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), Phoenix, Arizona, March 23–26, 2002.
31. “Under-Representation
of Women and Minorities in Information Technology” Annual Meeting of Society
for Social Studies of Science (4S),
Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 1–4, 2001.
32. “Indian
Scientists & Engineers: Values and Perceptions” Annual Meeting of
Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 1–4,
2001.
33. “Bridging the Cultural Chasm: Improving Collaboration and Cooperation between the Computer and Social Sciences” (with Bruce Perlman) International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Stamford, Connecticut, July 6–7, 2001.
34. “Barriers
to Overcome: Women in Information Technology” Annual Conference of American
Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 24–27,
2001.
35. “Teaching Engineering Ethics” (with Bruce Perlman) Annual Conference of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 24–27, 2001.
36. “New Immigrants in Academic Institutions” Annual Meeting of American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), Newark, New Jersey, March 10–13, 2001.
37. “Pro-Choice
and Sex Determination Technologies” Joint Annual Meeting of Society for
Social Studies of Science and European Association for the Study of
Science and Technology (4S/EASST), Vienna, Austria, September 26–28,
2000.
38. “Need for Science, Technology, and Society Courses in Engineering” Annual Conference of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Gulf-Southwest Section, Las Cruces, New Mexico, April 5–8, 2000.
39. “Whither
People’s Science Movements in India?” Annual Meeting of Society for Social
Studies of Science (4S), San Diego, California, October 28–31,
1999.
40. “Women
and People’s Science Movements in India” International Symposium on
Technology and Society (ISTAS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE), New Brunswick, New Jersey, July 29–31,
1999.
41. “Immigrant
Scientists and the Ethno-Science” Joint Annual Meeting of Society for Social
Studies of Science and Environmental Studies Association of Canada
(4S/ESAC), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, October 28–31,
1998.
42. “Industrial Scientists: New Research Cultures” Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Tucson, Arizona, October 23–26, 1997.
43. “Indian
Women: Shaping Feminism” The Women We Have Become: A Women's Studies
Conference, Fairfield University, Connecticut, March
23, 1996.
44. “Proletarianization of Scientists?” International
Symposium on When Science Becomes Culture, Montreal, Canada, April 10–13,
1994.
45. “Immiseration of Scientists?” (with Richard Worthington) Annual
Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), West Lafayette,
Indiana, November 19–21, 1993.