RINITA MAZUMDAR

Department Of Women Studies
University Of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 480-3545
rinita_mazumdar@yahoo.com

Personal Information:
Date of Birth: October 11, 1959.
Place of Birth: Calcutta, India.
Immigration Status:  Permanent Resident in the U.S.

Objective: Teaching Women’s Studies, Culture Studies, and Philosophy and doing related research.

Research Interests:  Feminist Theory, Post-colonial Theory, Women and Globalization, the intersection of Queer Theory and Post-colonial Theory.

Educational Background: 
M.A., Counseling (expected 2003)  U of New Mexico, Albuquerque. (On leave Fall 2002)
Ph.D. Philosophy  1996 U of Massachusetts, Amherst.
    (Dissertation Title: Can we infer our empirical beliefs from our sense-experiences?  Advisor: Dr. B. Aune)
M.A. Philosophy  1989 Brock University Ontario.
    (Thesis Title:  Husserl and the crisis of European science.  Advisor: Dr. D. Sinha.)
M.A.  Philosophy  1983  Calcutta University, Calcutta.
B.A.  Philosophy  1981 Presidency College, Calcutta.
 
Honors:
Fellowship worth $8000.00 awarded by Brock University, Ontario, Canada, during the M.A. program.
Tuition Waiver for M.A. program awarded by the University of Calcutta for being one of the top 10 students in the B.A. examination.
Honors in B.A. from Calcutta University.

Book Published: A Short Introduction To Feminist Theory. Anushtup, Calcutta, 2001.

Publication in Anthology: “Marital Rape: Some Ethical and Cultural Considerations,’’ in S. Das Dasgupta ed.,  A Patchwork Shawl: Chronicles of South Asian Women in America, Rutgers University Press, 1998.
 
Journal Publications: 
“Philosophical Inference: Heuristic vs. Naturalistic Model.”   In Indian Quarterly, Vol XX111 No. 3 \& 4 July and October 1996.

“How Significant is Socrates's Midwifery?.” In Indian  Philosophical Quarterly.\/. Vol. 13, No. 4. Oct 1992.

 “In Defense of a Causal Theory of Perception: The Theaetetus: A Refutation of Burnyeat (1982).”  In  Viswabharati Journal of Philosophy \/. Vol. XX1X: Number 1. August 1992.

 “Dream Objects, Reference, and Naturalized Epistemology.”  In  Indian Philosophical Quarterly \/ Vol. 13, No. 2 April, 1992.

 “Cresswell, Frege, and Russell on Propositional Attitudes.”  In Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research \/ Vol. 8, Number 3. May--Aug 1991.

 “Performative Action: Hobbes and Searle.” In  Journal of Indian Academy of Philosophy.  (forthcoming).

 “Concept Acquisition: Some Reflections.” In  Indian Philosophical Quarterly, Vol XXIV No. 2. April 1997.

Conference Presentations:
"Women's bodies, State Violence, and Safe Custody." Presented at NWSA, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2001.
 
Organizer Of  Panel  “The Role Of  The Post-Colonial Intellectual In Producing Knowledge About The ‘Other’ In The Third World.’’ Co-presented with Salil Biswas, Krishna Banerjee, and Shaswati Ghosh at NWSA 2000 Subversions: Women's Studies And The Twenty-first Century,  Simmons College, Boston ,  June 14-18, 2000.

“Women and the New Right: The UCC and RSS's Construction of the ideal Hindu Women.’’ Presented at NWSA  1999,  Radisson Hotel, Albuquerque,  June 15-17, 1999.

“The Woman Question and Modernism in Tagore's Ghare Baire.’’  Presented at the International Tagore Conference: Tagore at the end of Millenium, University Of Connecticut, Storrs, September 15-20, 1998.

“Women, Colonialism, the Private and the Public.” Presented at New Mexico Women Studies Conference  Women-Matters: Lives, Conditions, Cultures,  Las Crusas,  New Mexico,  March 19-21, 1998.

“Karma, Utilitarianism, and Enlightenment.”  Presented at Southwest Philosophical Society, April 21, 1998, El Paso, Texas.

“Representation, Violence, and Feminist Politics in Rural India.’’ Presented at Western Social Science Conference,  Denver, Colorado,  April 15-18, 1998.

“Violence on Women in Rural Bengal.’’ Presented at the 26th Annual Conference on South Asia,  University of Wisconsin, Madison, October 17-19, 1997.

“Women, Panchayat, and Representation In India.’’ Presented at the New Mexico Women's Studies Conference,  Albuquerque, March 12-15, 1997.

“Women's Movement in Bengal in the context of  Cultural Changes.’’ Presented at the 31st Annual Bengal Studies Conference, Georgetown University,  Washington D. C. , May, 3-5, 1996.

Teaching Experience:
Adjunct Instructor in the Departments of  Philosophy and Women Studies, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Teaching Women Studies 324 and 497 (Race, Class, Feminism and Advanced Feminist Theory) and Philosophy 102 (Contemporary Moral Problems).

Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department Of  Women’s  Studies, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.  September 2000 – December 2000.  Taught Women Studies 300 (Feminist Theory),  Women Studies 226 (Feminism In Global Perspective),  Faculty Development Seminar.

Adjunct Instructor in the Department of  Women  Studies at UNM, Albuquerque.  August 1997 - June 2000. Taught Women Studies 324 (Feminist Theory) Women Studies 331 (Third World Women), Women Studies 322 (Race, Class, Gender),  and Women Studies 400 (Feminist Inquiry).

Adjunct Instructor in the Department of  Philosophy at UNM, Albuquerque.  August 1997 – June 2000. Taught Philosophy 245 (Business Ethics) and Philosophy 101 (Introduction to Philosophy).

Part-time Instructor in the Department of Philosophy  at UNM, Valencia.  May 1995 - December 1995. Taught Philosophy 101 (Problems in Philosophy).

Part-time Instructor in the Department of Humanities at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM. September  94 - May 95. Taught Philosophy 321 (Professional Ethics) and Philosophy 361 (Logic).

Part-time Instructor  in the Department of  Philosophy and Psychology at St. Philip's College, San Antonio, TX. October 1993 - July 1994. Taught Philosophy 3001 (Introduction to Philosophy), Philosophy 2603 (Ethics), and Philosophy 2303 (Logic).

Part-time Instructor  in the Department of  Philosophy  at  Palo Alto College, San Antonio, TX.  March 1994 -  May 1994. Taught  Philosophy 1301 (Introduction to Philosophy).

Teaching Associate in  the Department of  Writing Program at University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  September 1990 - May 1992.  English 112 (College Writing).

Teaching Assistant in Philosophy at Brock University, Ontario,   Canada. September 1987 - April 1988.  Philosophy 100 (Introduction To Philosophy).

Lecturer in Philosophy at Sri  Sikshayatan Women's College, Calcutta, India. August 1986 – August 1987. Lectured on history of Philosophy and Logic for classes equivalent to Freshmen, Sophomore, and Junior Years in American Universities.

Lecturer in Philosophy at  Rani Birla Women's College, Calcutta,  India. January 1986 - January 1987. Lectured on History of Philosophy and Logic for classes equivalent to Freshmen, Sophomore, and Junior classes in American Universities.

Other Professional Experiences:   
Served in WSPAC (Women’s  Studies Program Advisory Counsel) at Gettysburg College Women's Studies Program.

Served in the Executive and the Curriculum Committees of the Women Studies Department at The University Of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Health Reach Worker for Students at the University of Massachusetts (1990-1991).