CURRICULUM VITAE Sunita A. Parikh 331 Eliot Hall 314-935-5830 Office Department of Political Science 314-935-5856 Fax Washington University 314-651-7345 Mobile St. Louis, MO 63130 saparikh@artsci.wustl.edu Education 1990 Ph.D., Political Science, The University of Chicago 1982 M.A., Social Sciences, The University of Chicago 1982 B. A. (Honors), Political Science, The University of Chicago Professional Positions 2000 to Present Associate Professor of Political Science, Washington University 1997 to 2000 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Washington University 1989 to 1997 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University (joint with Teachers College 1989-1992; joint with School of International and Public Affairs, 1992-1997) 1986-1989 Program Associate, The Spencer Foundation Other Professional Affiliations 2006 Visiting Scholar, Hoover Institution, Stanford University 2005 Visiting Fellow, SIEPR, Stanford University 2003 to 2005 Visiting Fellow, SIQSS, Stanford University 2003 to 2004 Acting Director, Center for Political Economy, Washington University 1997-Present Fellow, Center for Political Economy, Washington University 1996-1997 Peace Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University 1993-1998 Member, Academic Advisory Board, Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation 1992 Spencer Foundation Fellow, National Academy of Education
Books Parikh, Sunita. 1997. The Politics of Preference: Democratic Institutions and Affirmative Action in the United States and India. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Parikh, Sunita. 2006. Ethnicity, Economy, and the Politics of Violence in Contemporary India. Book manuscript (completed manuscript under revision for invited resubmission) Parikh, Sunita. 2006. Why Riot? Explaining Instrumental and Affective Behavior in Violent Collective Action. Book manuscript (partial draft). Articles and book chapters Parikh, Sunita. 2006. "Pakistan." In Governments Of the World : A Global Guide to Citizens Rights and Responsibilities, C. Neal Tate, editor-in-chief. Detroit: MacMillan Reference USA. Parikh, Sunita. 2001. Affirmative Action, Caste, and Party Politics in Contemporary India. In John David Skrentny, ed., Color Lines: Affirmative Action, Immigration, and Civil Rights Options for America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 297-312. Parikh, Sunita. 2000. Commentary: The Strategic Value of Analytic Narratives. Social Science History 24(4): 678-684. Parikh, Sunita. 1998. Religion, Reservations and Riots: The Politics of Ethnic Violence in India. In Amrita Basu and Atul Kohli, eds., Community Conflicts and the State in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 33-57. Parikh, Sunita. 1997. Rethinking Equality in the Global Society: Comment. Washington University Law Quarterly 75(4): 1599-1602. Parikh, Sunita and Barry R. Weingast. 1997. A Comparative Theory of Federalism: India. Virginia Law Review 83(7): 1593-1615. Barkey, Karen and Sunita Parikh. 1991. Comparative Perspectives on the State. Annual Review of Sociology 17:523-549. Amenta, Edwin and Sunita Parikh. 1991. Capitalists Did Not Want the Social Security Act: A Critique of the Capitalist Dominance Thesis. American Sociological Review 56(1): 124-129.
Parikh, Sunita. 1990. The Supreme Court, Civil Rights, and Preference Policies. Teachers College Record 92(2): 192-211. Darnell, Alfred T. and Sunita Parikh. 1988. Religion, Ethnicity, and the Role of the State: Explaining Ethnic Conflict in Assam. Ethnic and Racial Studies 11(3): 263-81. Amenta, Edwin, Elisabeth Clemens, Jefren Olsen, Sunita Parikh and Theda Skocpol. 1987. The Political Origins of Unemployment Insurance in Five American States. Studies in American Political Development 2:137-182. Working Papers Judicial Behavior and Politics in India. 2006. (NSF proposal under revision for invited resubmission). The Rationality of Violence: Football Hooliganism in Europe (with Martin Battle). 2007. Judicial Stability During Regime Change: Apex Courts in India 1937-1963 (with Alfred Darnell). 2006. Partisan Politics and the Structure and Stability of Reform, Indian Style (with Rikhil Bhavnani and Barry Weingast). 2006. "Breaking the Federal Bargain: Partisan Politics and President's Rule in India" (with Rikhil Bhavnani and Barry Weingast). 2006. Riot Games: A Theory of Riots and Mass Political Violence (with Charles Cameron). 1999. Wallis Institute of Political Economy Working Paper (University of Rochester). Explaining Violent Conflict in India, 1971-2000 (with Martin Battle, Alfred Darnell, and Edward Mansfield). 2006. "American Immigration Policy, Immigrant Identity, and New Technology" (with Alfred Darnell). 2006. Recent Conference Presentations "Riot Politics: Explaining Violence Conflict in India, 1971-2001" (with Martin Battle, Alfred Darnell, and Edward Mansfield). Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 2006.
"American Immigration, Islam, and ICT" (with Alfred Darnell). Presented at the Conference on Immigration and ICT, University of Oslo, June 19-21, 2006. Partisan Politics and the Structure and Stability of Reform, Indian Style (with Barry Weingast). Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 20-23, 2006 (Revision of paper originally presented at the Stanford Center for International Development s Fourth Annual Conference on Indian Political Reforms, Stanford University, June 5-7, 2003. "Asserting Judicial Supremacy: Marbury v. Madison in Comparative Context" (with Alfred Darnell). Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 20-23, 2006. "Islam in the Diaspora: The Diversity of Muslim Immigration." Presented at the NORAD/ NORCOM Conference on "Exploring the Dynamics of Militant Extremism," Cheyenne Mountain Resort, Colorado Spring, Colorado, January 12-13, 2006. Judicial Stability During Regime Change: Apex Courts in India 1937-1963 (with Alfred Darnell). Presented at the Conference on Constitutional and Scientific Quandaries, International Center for Economic Research, Turin, Italy, June 22-June 26, 2005, and at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, Sept. 1-4, 2005. Federalism, Identity, and Conflict. Presented at the Conference on "Democratic Institutions: Governance and Civil War," Bellagio, Italy, June 4-6, 2004. Learning from Experience: Reservation Policies and Politics in India. Presented at the Conference on Affirmative Action, Washington University, May 4-7, 2003. The Rationality of Violence: Football Hooliganism in Europe (with Martin Battle). Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 3-6, 2003. Interbranch Bargaining and New Institutions: The Federal Court of India, 1939-50. Presented at Conference on Constitutional Courts, Washington University Law School, November 2001, and at William H. Riker Conference, CNISS, Washington University, December 2001. Establishing Preferences: The Federal Court of India, 1937-1950. Presented at the Russell Sage Foundation Workshop on Preferences in Time, April 2002.
Riot Games: A Theory of Mass Political Violence (with Charles M. Cameron). Presented at the 7 th annual Conference of the Wallis Institute of Political Economy, University of Rochester, October 20-21, 2000. An earlier version was also presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 31-September 3, 2000, and at the annual meeting of the Public Choice Society, Charleston, SC, March 10-12, 2000. Additional Grants and Fellowships Weidenbaum Fellowships, Washington University 2004-5, 2005-6, 2006-7 Grimm Fellowship, Washington University, 2001 Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Grants, 1991, 1992 Spencer Foundation Small Grant Program, 1990 GSAS Fellowship, Columbia University, 1990, 1991 Rockefeller Foundation Discretionary Grant, 1988 Professional Service Member, Gregory Luebbert Book Award Committee to select the best book in comparative politics, to be presented at APSA 2007. Chair, Franklin L. Burdette Pi Sigma Alpha Award Committee to select the best paper presented at APSA, 2006 Program Co-Chair, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2005 Section Chair, Comparative Politics Developing Countries, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2003. Book Manuscript Reviewer, Cambridge University Press, University of Michigan Press, Ohio State Press, Princeton University Press, Polity Press, Routledge Press. Article Reviewer, AJPS, Ethnic & Racial Studies, Perspectives on Politics, Comparative Politics, Law and Society Review, Political Science Quarterly. University and Departmental Service Convenor, Affirmative Action Committee, School of Arts and Science, 2003-present (member since 2000) Member, Rhodes Fellowship Selection Committee, 2005-07. Executive Committee Member, International and Area Studies Program (2004 to present), Social Thought and Analysis Program (2000-06), American Culture Studies Program (2003 to present). Member, International and Area Studies Graduate Fellowship Committee, 2000-04, 2006.
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Political Science, 2000-2003. Director, Honors Program in Political Science, 1999-2003. Member, Faculty Council, Washington University (elected), 2001-2003 (resigned final year of term as President of Faculty Council due to health problems). Co-convenor, Annual Conferences of Center for Political Economy, 1998-2001. Faculty search committees, Departments of Political Science (1998-present), Anthropology (2000-1), History (2006-7) Recent Field Research India Office Library and Records, British Library, London, UK 2005-6 (2 weeks; archival research) New Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad, India, June-July 2006 (3 weeks; interviews and document collection) New Delhi and Mumbai, India, February-March 2005 (4 weeks; interviews and document collection) New Delhi and Mumbai, India, June-July 2004 (5 weeks; interviews) New Delhi and Mumbai, India, January 2003 (3 weeks; interviews and document collection) London, UK; New Delhi and Mumbai, India, 2001 (6 weeks; archival research, interviews, and document collection) London, UK; New Delhi and Mumbai, India, 2000 (8 weeks; archival research, interviews, and document collection) Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, and New Delhi, India, 1999 (6 weeks; field interviews and document collection) Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, and Mumbai, India, 1998 (two trips of 4 and 6 weeks each; field interviews and document collection) Graduate Students Committee Chair: Martin Battle (Murray State University) Frances Henderson (in progress) Erica Townsend-Bell (in progress) Meg Rincker (Illinois Wesleyan University Committee Member: E. Scott Adler (University of Colorado) John Lapinski (Yale University) Christian Hasselmann (Visiting Asst. Prof., Saint Louis University)
Michael Popovic (Visiting Lecturer, SUNY Potsdam) Aslaug Asgeirsdottir (Bates College) Loretta Frederking (Portland State University) Jennifer Seely (SUNY Potsdam) Celeste Montoya (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) Chad Haddal (Congressional Research Service) Marshall Thompson (in progress) Recent Courses Taught: Undergraduate: The Immigrant Experience Introduction to Comparative Politics Modern South Asian Politics Race & Ethnicity in American Politics Immigration, Identity, and Technology Graduate: Introduction to Comparative Politics (both semesters of a yearlong sequence) Political Conflict Comparative Democratic Institutions American Politics and Social Policy in Comparative Perspective