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Invited Talks (n=46)

1. “Ethics in Technology” Annual Meeting of New Mexico Society of Professional Engineers (NMSPE), Albuquerque, NM, June 6, 2025.
   
   
2. "Navigating Ethical Dilemmas: Women in the Modern Workplace" International Institute of Municipal Clerks, Santa Fe, NM, October 18, 2023.
   

3. Sarah Appelhans’s Precarity on the Bleeding Edge: Navigating Gender and Immigration Status in Semiconductor Engineering, Book Manuscript Workshop, Ann Johnson Institute for Science, Technology & Society, San Jose, CA, March 13, 2023.
   

4. Fireside Chat, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, National Science Foundation, Virtual, May 24, 2022.

5. “Culture of Science: United States versus India” 116th Orientation Programme, UGC-Human Resource Development Center, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, January 14, 2020.

6. "High-Tech Braceros: Foreign-Born on H-1B Visas in the United States” Workshop on 21st Century Coolies, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA, March 15−16, 2018.

7. "Women at Work: Decoding Femininity in Computing in India" Conference on Computing Is Work, Siegen University, Siegen, Germany, July 6−8, 2017.

8. "How to Overcome Social Gender Injustice in Academia and Research?” Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies, Graz, Austria, May 8-9, 2017.
   

9. "How Has the U.S. Workforce Been Affected by Underrepresentation of Women and Minorities?" Symposium on the Science of Broadening Participation, Arlington, VA, USA, February 25-26, 2016.

10. "Convergence or Divergence: Practice of Science among Immigrants in India and the United States" (with Meghna Sabharwal) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, January 12, 2016.

11. "Descending Affection: Return Migration from United States to India" (with Meghna Sabharwal) Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, December 11, 2015.

12. "Understanding Shifts and Patterns: Gender in Science and Technology" Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria, October 16, 2014

13. "Foreign-Born Scientists and Engineers in U.S. Return Home in Reverse Brain Drain " (with Meghna Sabharwal) Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, May 9, 2014.

14. "U.S. Brain Drain: Reverse Migration of Indian Scientists and Engineers” (with Meghna Sabharwal) Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai, China, November 13, 2013.

15. "Asian Immigrant Scientists and Engineers in US Workforce: Warm Future for Cold Climate”Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai, China, November 12, 2013.

16. "Asian Immigrant Scientists and Engineers in US Workforce”Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, November 7, 2013.

17. "Should I Stay, Should I Leave? Reverse Migration of India-born Scientists and Engineers”(with Meghna Sabharwal) Indian Institute of Technology at Gandhi Nagar, Ahmedabad, India, September 18, 2013.

18. "Women in Computer Science in USA and India" Broader Engagement Program, Super Computing 11, Seattle, WA, USA, November 12-16, 2011.

19. "Women in Computing Education in the USA and India: A Western Problem or a Global One?" Max Planck Institute, Saarbrucken, Germany, June 28, 2011.

20. "Women in ICT Education: A Western Problem or a Global One? Lessons from USA and India" Centre for Gender Studies, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, June 16, 2011.

21. "Recent Comparative Research on Technical Women in the U.S. and India" Speaker Series Sponsored by the National Committee on Women in Information Technology Workforce Alliance, Virtual, April 13, 2011.

22. "Women in Computing in the United States and India" Broader Engagement Program, Super Computing 10, New Orleans, LA, USA, November 13-18, 2010.

23. "Barriers on Women's Participation in International Collaborations in Social Sciences" International Workshop on International Collaborations, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, USA, June 2-4, 2010.

24. "Computing Competency and Mathematics Self-Efficacy among Women in India" National Center for Women in Information Technology Annual Meeting, Intel Headquarters, Portland, OR, USA, May 18-21, 2010.

25. "Computer Science: An Attractive Field for Women in India" New Mexico State University, Las Cruses, NM, USA, April 23, 2010.

26. "Indian Immigrants in the High-Tech Sector in the United States" The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, India, December 18, 2009.

27. "The Global Status of Women in Technology" National Center for Women in Information Technology Annual Meeting, Google Headquarters, Mountain View, CA, USA, May 12-14, 2009.

28. "Synergy between Mathematics and Computer Science" National Center for Women in Information Technology Bi-annual Meeting, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA, November 5-6, 2008.

29. "The Supply of Foreign-Born Skilled Workers" Immigration Symposium, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA, October 14, 2008.

30. "Indian Women in Information Technology" Department of Computer Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, July 17, 2008.

31. "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,

32. "Aspirations of New Immigrants in the U.S. Workforce" National Conference of the Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology, Washington DC, USA, November 1-2, 2007.

33. "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 DC, USA, August 13-15, 2007.

34. "The Silicon Ceiling" Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, August 30, 2006.

35. "Cross-Ethnic Differences in Undergraduate Women's Preference for Information Technology" National Science Foundation's ITWF and ITR/EWF Principal Investigator Conference, Raleigh, NC, USA, April 2-4, 2006.

36. "Indian Diaspora" Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, New Delhi, India, January 3, 2006..

37. "Cross-Ethnic Differences in Undergraduate Women's Preference for Information Technology" National Science Foundation's ITWF and ITR/EWF Principal Investigator Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA, October 24-26, 2004.

38. "The Images of Out Sourcing" The ACM Task Force on Job Migration, Chicago, IL, USA, October 7-8, 2004.

39. "Asian Indian Diaspora" Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, Kanpur, India, January 7, 2004.

40. "Cross-Ethnic Differences in Undergraduate Women's Preference for Information Technology" National Science Foundation's ITWF and ITR/EWF Principal Investigator Conference, Albuquerque, NM, USA, October 26-28, 2003.

41. "Why So Few Women in Information Technology?" National Science Foundation's ITWF/ITR Workforce Principal Investigator Conference, College Park, MD, USA, October 20-21, 2002.

42. "Why So Few Women in Information Technology? A Comparative Study" Information Technology Work Force Research Principal Investigator Conference, Boulder, CO, USA, October14-16, 2001.

43. "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, NY, USA, May 3-4, 2001.

44. "Effects of Technology: A Comparative View" Workshop on People's Perceptions on Female Feticide in Uttar Pradesh, OXFAM-India, Lucknow, India, December 17, 2000.

45. "Immigrants and Science in the United States" Workshop on Public Research Universities in the 21st Century, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA, November 11-12, 1999.

46. "Science, Technology and Society Curriculum at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute" Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education, Bombay, India, December 8, 1996.

Contributed Talks (n=103)

1. “Caste, Migration, and Knowledge Production: Rethinking Equity in Science and Engineering” Annual Meeting of World Social Science Association (WSSA), Albuquerque, NM, March 25–28, 2026.
   
   
2. “Hands-On Qualitative Data Analysis for Emerging Researchers” Annual Meeting of World Social Science Association (WSSA), Albuquerque, NM, March 25–28, 2026.
   
   
3. “Exploring Caste Dynamics among Scientists and Engineers in the United States” Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Seattle, WA, September 4–6, 2025.
   
   
4. “Exploring Patterns and Themes: A Practical Approach to Qualitative Data” Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Seattle, WA, September 4–6, 2025.
   
   
5. “Unraveling Caste Dynamics in S&E Organizations in the United States” All India Sociological Conference, BML Munjal University, Gurugram, India, December 22–24, 2024.

6. "Inclusivity and Empowerment: Women's Role in Schumacher's Development Framework" All India Sociological Conference, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India, December 28–30, 2023.
   
   

7. "Reversing the Brain Drain: Understanding Return Migration of Skilled Indian Engineers from the U.S." All India Sociological Conference, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India, December 28–30, 2023.

8. “Promoting Equality: Empowering Women in Schumacher's Alternative Development Paradigm” Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Honolulu, HI, November 8–11, 2023.

9. “Unveiling Cultural Perspectives: Insights from Indian Immigrant Scientists & engineers in the US Industrial Sector" (with Meghna Sabharwal),  Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Honolulu, HI, November 8–11, 2023.

10. "Double Bind for Asian American Women in Science & Engineering" World Social Science Association (WSSA), Tempe, AZ, USA, April 12–15, 2023.

11. “Women in Science and Engineering in South Asia” Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Virtual, Toronto, Canada, October 6–9, 2021.

12. “Tech Coolies: Indians on H-1B” Joint Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science and European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (4S/EASST), Virtual, Prague, Czech Republic, August 18–21, 2020.

13. “Gender (Dis)Parity in Computing: India vs West” (with Deepak Kapur), Joint Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science and European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (4S/EASST), Virtual, Prague, Czech Republic, August 18–21, 2020.

14. “Advancing the Role of Women in STEM in Asia” (with John Falk and Lynn Dierking), Annual Meeting of the Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Virtual, Portland, OR, USA, April 1-4, 2020.

15. “Gender and Computing: A Case Study of Women in India” American Society for Engineering Education-Gulf-Southwest Section (ASEE-GSW), Virtual, Albuquerque, NM, USA, April 23-24, 2020.
    

16. “Asian Indian Engineers on H-1B Visa in the United States” American Society for Engineering Education-Gulf-Southwest Section (ASEE-GSW), Virtual, Albuquerque, NM, USA, April 23-24, 2020.
    

17. “Differences in Workplace Cultures between the US and India: An in-depth Look from Experiences of Transnational Migrants” (with Meghna Sabharwal and Safiyah Zaidi), Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference (EQRC), Las Vegas, NV, USA, February 24–25, 2020.

18. "Cultural Influence in Science: Conversations with Indian Immigrants in the U.S. Industrial Sector" (with Meghna Sabharwal), Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), New Orleans, LA, USA, September 4-7, 2019.

19. "Is the Need to Belong to Ethnic Association in the U.S. Dying among Highly Skilled Asian Indian Immigrants?”(with Meghna Sabharwal and Zeeshan Noor), Southeastern Conference for Public Administration (SECoPA), Baton Rouge, LA, USA,  September 5-7, 2019.
    

20. "High-Tech Coolie: Coming to the U.S. on H1B Visa”Annual Meeting of the Western Social Science Association (WSSA), San Diego, CA, USA, April 24-27, 2019.

21. "The Role Difference of Indian Women in Managerial Positions in he U.S.: Breaking and Conquering the Glass Ceiling”(wih Meghna Sabharwal & Shahrin Upoma), Annual Meeting of the Western Social Science Association (WSSA), San Diego, CA, USA, April 24-27, 2019.

22. "Path to US Citizenship for High Skilled Immigrants, a Boon or Bane?” (with Meghna Sabharwal), Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference (EQRC), Las Vegas, NV, USA, February 25–26, 2019.

23. "Reverse Brain Drain: A Study of Indian Scientists and Engineers in Academia”(with Meghna Sabharwal), Fall Research Conference of Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), Washington D.C., USA, November 8–10, 2018.
    

24. "Transnational Mobility of Academic Scientists and Engineers: Do Global Boundaries Matter for International Collaboration?”(with Meghna Sabharwal), Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Sydney, Australia, August 28–September 1, 2018.

25. "Socio-Cultural Contexts in International Research Collaboration”(with Meghna Sabharwal), Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Sydney, Australia, August 28–September 1, 2018.

26. "Do Borders Matter? Transnationalism and Indian Return Migration of High Skilled Workers”(with Meghna Sabharwal), Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), San Antonio, TX, USA, April 4–7, 2018.

27. "At the Periphery: International Collaboration Challenges of Return Migrants in India”(with Meghna Sabharwal), Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Boston, MA, USA, August 30–September 2, 2017.

28. "Decoding Femininity in Computing in India”Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies, Graz, Austria, May 8–9, 2017.
    

29. "Scientific Practice: Migrant Faculty in India and the United States”(with Meghna Sabharwal), Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies, Graz, Austria, May 8–9, 2017.

30. "Challenges in International Collaboration between Developed and Developing Nations: Experiences of Return Migrants in India”(with Meghna Sabharwal), Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), San Francisco, CA, USA, April 12–15, 2017.

31. "Cultural Assimilation of Immigrant Asian Indian Faculty Members in the United States”(with Meghna Sabharwal), American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), Atlanta, GA, USA, March 17–21, 2017.

32. "How Are Asian Indian Faculty Members Perceived in the US?" Examining Stereotypes and Cultural Values" (with Meghna Sabharwal),  Joint Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science and European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (4S/EASST), Barcelona, Spain, August 31-September 3, 2016.

33. "Paradox of Empowerment and Marginalization: Women in Computer Science in India" Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Reno, NV, USA, April 13–15, 2016.

34. "Cultural Assimilation and Stereotypes Faced by Asian Indian Faculty Members Employed in the U.S." (with Meghna Sabharwal & Elissa J. Colich), Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Reno, NV, USA, April 13–15, 2016.
    

35. "Scientific Diaspora, Culture and Expectations: Indian Scientists and Engineers" (with Meghna Sabharwal), Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Sciences (4S), Denver, CO, USA, November 11–15, 2015.
    

36. "Glass-ceiling or Self-selection? Asian Indian Scientists in U.S." (with Meghna Sabharwal), Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Sciences (4S), Denver, CO, USA, November 11–15, 2015.

37. "Migratory Patterns of Highly Skilled: Brain Drain and Brain Return" (with Meghna Sabharwal), Annual International Conference on Demography and Population Studies, Athens, Greece, June 15–18, 2015.
    

38. "Glass-ceiling: A Myth or a Reality for Asian Indians in US Academia”(with Meghna Sabharwal), Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Portland, OR, USA, April 8–11, 2015.
    

39. "Transnational Migration: Perspectives of Indian Faculty in the United States”(with Meghna Sabharwal), Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Portland, OR, USA, April 8–11, 2015. 
    

40. "Migratory Patterns of Academic Scientists and Engineers: Why They Come and Why They Leave?”(with Meghna Sabharwal), Annual American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences (AABSS), Las Vegas, NV, USA, February 9–10, 2015.

41. "The Case Study of the Institutional Review Board: Questioning Professional Autonomy in Qualitative Inquiry”Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference (EQRC), Las Vegas, NV, USA, February 9–10, 2015.

42. "Are Scientific Collaborations between Developed and Developing Nations Equal? Experiences of Return Migrants”(with Meghna Sabharwal), Annual American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences (AABSS), Las Vegas, NV, USA, February 9–10, 2015.

43. "Dissecting Scientific Collaboration Motives of Indian Immigrant Faculty in the United States” (with Meghna Sabharwal), Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 20–23, 2014.

44. "Why They Decide to Stay? Indian Scientists and Engineers in the US Academia”(with Meghna Sabharwal), Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Albuquerque, NM, USA, April 2–5, 2014.

45. “International Collaboration: Challenges for Returned Indian Faculty from the United States”(with Meghna Sabharwal), Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), San Diego, CA, USA, October 9–13, 2013.

46. "India-born Faculty Members in the United States: Successes and Challenges" (with Meghna Sabharwal), Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Denver, CO, USA, April 10-13, 2013.

47. "Gender and Computing: A Case Study of Women in India" Joint Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science and European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (4S/EASST), Copenhagen, Denmark, October 17-20, 2012.



48. "Why One Leaves? A Theoretical Model Examining the Return of Academic Scientists and Engineers from the United States to India" (with Meghna Sabharwal) 9th IZA Annual Migration Meeting (AM 2), Bonn, Germany, June 3-4, 2012.
    
    
49. "Pre-Colonial Indian Science and the Alien Myth" Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Houston, TX, USA, April 11-14, 2012.
    
    
50. "Qualitative Inquiry and Oddity of the Institutional Review Board (IRB)" Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Cleveland, OH, USA, November 2-5, 2011.
    
    
51. "Educating Women in Computer Science in India" (with Deepak Kapur), HELENA International Conference: Gender and Interdisciplinary Education for Engineers (GIEE), Paris, France, June 23-24, 2011.
    
    
52. "International Mobility of Students from India to the United States" (with Deepak Kapur), Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Salt Lake City, UT, USA, April 13-16, 2011.
    
    
53. "Rethinking to Go to the U.S. for Higher Education and Work: A Case Study of Students from India" (with Deepak Kapur), Annual Conference of American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), Baltimore, MD, USA, March 11-15, 2011
    
    
54. "Gender and Computing in India" (with Deepak Kapur), Joint Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science and Japanese Society for Science and Technology Studies (4S/JSSTS), Tokyo, Japan, August 25-29, 2010.
     
55. "Transnational Migration and Entrepreneurialism: Indians in the U.S. Technology Sector" Annual Meeting of Western Social Sciences Association (WSSA), Reno, NV, USA, April 14-17, 2010.
     
56. "Why I Chose Computer Science? Women in India" (with Joanne M. Cohoon) Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), San Francisco, CA, USA, August 6-9, 2009.
     
57. "Women's Participation in Computing in the United States and India" Annual Conference of European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), Rotterdam, Netherlands, July 1-4, 2009.
     
58. "Entrepreneurialism among Indian Immigrant Scientists and Engineers" Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Albuquerque, NM, USA, April 15-18, 2009.
     
59. "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, CO, USA, April 23-26, 2008.
     
60. "Women in Computing: The Power of Geek?" Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Montreal, Canada, October 11-13, 2007.
     
61. "The Leaky Pipeline in Computing" Annual Conference of International Association for Science, Technology and Society (IASTS), Baltimore, MD, USA, February 1-3, 2007.
     
62. "The Tenure System in Engineering" Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Vancouver, Canada, November 2-4, 2006.
     
63. "Challenges to Diversity: A Case Study of Asian Indian Scientists and Engineers" American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (ASEE), Chicago, IL, USA, June 18-21, 2006.
     
64. "Perceptions and Experiences of Indian Professionals in the U.S. Workforce" Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Phoenix, AZ, USA, April 19-22, 2006.
     
65. "Academic Freedom and IRB in Social Science Research" Annual Conference of International Association for Science, Technology and Society (IASTS), Baltimore, MD, USA, February 2-4, 2006.
     
66. "Browsing for Answers: Native American Women in Computing" (with Vanessa Galindo-Sanchez), Annual Conference of International Association for Science, Technology and Society (IASTS), Baltimore, MD, USA, February 2-4, 2006.
     
67. "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, CA, USA, October 20-22, 2005.
     
68. "Out of Mix: Native Americans in Information Technology" American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (ASEE), Portland, OR, USA, June 12-15, 2005.
     
69. "Digital Divide: A Case Study of Native Americans" Annual Conference of International Association for Science, Technology and Society (IASTS), Baltimore, MD, USA, February 10-12, 2005.
     
70. "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.
     
71. "The Tenure System and Engineering Institutions" American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (ASEE), Salt Lake City, UT, USA, June 20-23, 2004.
     
72. "Asian Indians in Science and Engineering Workforce of the United States" Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, Honolulu, HI, USA, June 16-19, 2004.
     
73. "Communication Climate and Satisfaction in the Computer Science Classroom" (with Marcella LaFever), Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network (WEPAN), Albuquerque, NM, USA, June 6-9, 2004.
     
74. "Immigrants' Adaptation" Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Salt Lake City, UT, USA, April 21-24, 2004.
     
75. "Computer Science and Computer Engineering Programs: Are They 'Minority-Friendly'?" Annual Conference of National Association for Science, Technology and Society (NASTS), Baltimore, MD, USA, February 19-21, 2004.
     
76. "Facing Stereotypes: Images of Indian Scientists and Engineers in U.S." All India Sociological Conference, Udaipur, India, December 21-23, 2003.
     
77. "Mobility of Asian Indian Scientists/Engineers between the United States and India" Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Atlanta, GA, USA, October 15-18, 2003.
     
78. "New Immigrants in the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce" Policy and Politics International Conference, Bristol, United Kingdom, July 24-26, 2003.
     
79. "Retention of Minority Undergraduates in Information Technology" Annual Conference of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Nashville, TN, USA, June 22-25, 2003.
     
80. "Women of Color in Information Technology" Annual Conference of National Association for Science, Technology and Society (NASTS), Baltimore, MD, USA, February 20-23, 2003.
     
81. "Indian IT Professionals in Overseas Technopolis" All India Sociological Conference, Kanpur, India, December 18-20, 2002.
     
82. " 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, WI, USA, November 7-9, 2002.
     
83. "Ethnicity and Gender in Information Technology" Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Milwaukee, WI, USA, November 7-9, 2002.
     
84. "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.
     
85. "Asians Immigrants and Silicon Ceiling" An International Conference on Asian Diaspora, San Francisco, CA, USA, May 10-12, 2002.
     
86. "Asian Americans in the U.S. Labor Force: Success and Discrimination" Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Albuquerque, NM, USA, April 10-13, 2002.
     
87. "Recommendations for Minority Recruitment in Information Technology" Annual Meeting of American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), Phoenix, AZ, USA, March 23-26, 2002.
     
88. "Under-Representation of Women and Minorities in Information Technology" Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Cambridge, MA, USA, November 1-4, 2001.
     
89. "Indian Scientists & Engineers: Values and Perceptions" Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Cambridge, MA, USA, November 1-4, 2001.
     
90. "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, CO, USA, July 6-7, 2001.
     
91. "Barriers to Overcome: Women in Information Technology" Annual Conference of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Albuquerque, NM, USA, June 24-27, 2001.
     
92. "Teaching Engineering Ethics" (with Bruce Perlman), Annual Conference of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Albuquerque, NM, USA, June 24-27, 2001.
     
93. "New Immigrants in Academic Institutions" Annual Meeting of American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), Newark, NJ, USA, March 10-13, 2001.
     
94. "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.
     
95. "Need for Science, Technology, and Society Courses in Engineering" Annual Conference of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Gulf-Southwest Section, Las Cruces, NM, USA, April 5-8, 2000.
     
96. "Whither People's Science Movements in India?" Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), San Diego, CA, USA, October 28-31, 1999.
     
97. "Women and People's Science Movements in India" International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), New Brunswick, NJ, USA, July 29-31, 1999.
     
98. "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, Canada, October 28-31, 1998.
     
99. "Industrial Scientists: New Research Cultures" Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Tucson, AZ, USA, October 23-26, 1997.
     
100. "Indian Women: Shaping Feminism" The Women We Have Become: A Women's Studies Conference, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, USA, March 23, 1996.
      
101. "Proletarianization of Scientists?" International Symposium on When Science Becomes Culture, Montreal, Canada, April 10-13, 1994.
      
102. "Immiseration of Scientists?" (with Richard Worthington), Annual Meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), West Lafayette, IN, USA, November 19-21, 1993.
     
     
103. "False Image: North American Press Reporting on Political Violence in Chile, El Salvador and Nicaragua" (with Karl Francis and Richard Worthington), Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Washington D.C., April, 1987.
     

Presentations to Students (n=11)