Dr. Reddy
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Gayatri Reddy
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Assistant Professor (Anthropology & Gender and Women's Studies)

Ph.D. Emory University 2000
Room 1820 UH   (312) 413-5658   gayatri@uic.edu
 
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Personal Statement
 
Gayatri earned a Ph.D. in anthropology from Emory University in 2000. Her research lies at the intersections of sexuality, health, and the politics of identity-formation in India, and more recently, among the diasporic South Asian community in the United States.

Dr. Reddy has held fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, the Association for Women in Science, and the National Science Foundation. In Spring 2005, Dr. Reddy joined the Editorial Collective for the journal Feminist Studies.
   
Current Research
    
Dr. Reddy's new research, funded by the Social Science Research Council, is on a project entitled "Queer Borders: Constructions of South Asian (male) Queer Identities in the United States."
     
Selected Publications
 
2005   With Respect To Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity In South India. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

2003   "Men" Who Would Be Kings: Celibacy, Emasculation, and the Re-Production of Hijras in Contemporary Indian Politics. Social Research 70(1): 163-200.