(Long Island, NY) SUNY Old Westbury is announcing three recent publications from their full-time faculty:
Dr. Sujani Reddy, associate professor of American Studies, recently authored the interdisciplinary study: “Nursing and Empire: Gendered Labor and Migration from India to the United States.” Published by The University of North Carolina Press, the 290-page book examines the lives of female Indian nurses, their migration to the United States during the Cold War, and the contexts of empire, familial relations, race and gender. Culminating years of extensive archival research and interviews, Reddy illustrates the compelling story of gender and labor history in the personal and working lives of the professional Indian women.
SUNY Old Westbury is announcing three recent publications from their full-time faculty: Dr. Sujani Reddy, Dr. Kathleen Velsor, and Dr. Sachi Dastidar. Photo Credit: SUNY Old Westbury.
Dr. Kathleen Velsor, associate professor in the School of Education, recently wrote, “Re-Engaging Students for Success: Planning for the Education Teaching Performance Assessment,” a guidebook to assist students nationwide pass the new Education Teaching Performance Assessment (edTPA). The 101-page book published by Rowman &Littlefield, is designed to assist elementary teacher candidates with an educational methodology to pass the exam, which was implemented in 2014 by New York.
Dr. Sachi Dastidar, distinguished service professor in Politics, Economics and Law has published the autobiographical nonfiction work “Mukti: Free to Be Born Again – Partitions of Indian Subcontinent, Islamism, Hinduism, Leftism and Liberation of the Faithful.” The 684-page book, published by AuthorHouse, examines the history of Muslim-majority Bangladesh and Hindu-majority West Bengal/India in post-1947 Partition of India.
About the College
SUNY Old Westbury is a selective public liberal arts college with more than 4,500 students studying in more than 40 undergraduate degree opportunities in its liberal arts and professional programs and 16 graduate programs in business, education liberal studies and mental health counseling. On the College’s 604-acre campus, students are challenged to take ownership of their futures through an environment that demands academic excellence, fosters intercultural understanding, and endeavors to stimulate a passion for learning and a commitment to building a more just and sustainable world. For more information on SUNY Old Westbury, visitwww.oldwestbury.edu.
