Simmy Makhijani

Simmy Makhijani

Simmy Makhijani, PhD

Lecturer, Asian American Studies Department
Office: EP 211
Email: simmy@sfsu.edu

2016 Year of first appointment in Asian American Studies

Lecturer Faculty Biography

  • PhD California Institute of Integral Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology
  • MA California Institute of Integral Studies, Asian and Comparative Studies
  • BA Pennsylvania State University, Journalism
  • AAS 540 South Asians in the United States
  • AAS 213 Asian Americans and American Ideals and Institutions
  • AAS 541 South Asian Diaspora
  • ETHS 100 Introduction to Ethnic Studies
  • RRS 571 Women, Class, Race

South Asian studies; radical race politics; political solidarity and resistance, youth organizing and arts activism; social movement histories and movement relevant theory

  • Asians 4 Black Lives, Member
  • Bay Area Solidarity Summer (South Asian activist youth camp), Core Organizer
  • United Roots (youth community center) Co-Founder/Senior Advisor and past Co-Executive Director
  • Alliance of South Asians Taking Action, Member
  • Vak Choir, Board Member
  • Makhijani, S. (forthcoming 2020). “Desis Rising Up and Moving, 2000-Present.” In E. Hobson and D. Berger (Volume Eds.),Remaking Radicalism: A Grassroots Documentary Reader of the United States, 1973-2001.University of Georgia Press.
  • Makhijani, S. (2020). “South Asians on the Pacific West Coast (the Early Years): A Brief History of the Present.” In E. Shrake, T. Leon, and C. Chen (Eds.),Asian Pacific American Experiences: Past, Present, and Future (2ndEdition), Kendall Hunt Publishing.
  • Makhijani, S. (2020). “Bloodlines of Ghadar: Two Generations of Radical South Asian American Women.” In E. Shrake, T. Leon, and C. Chen (Eds.),Asian Pacific American Experiences: Past, Present, and Future (2ndEdition), Kendall Hunt Publishing.
  • Makhijani, S. (2020). “#Asians4BlackLives” In E. Shrake, T. Leon, and C. Chen (Eds.),Asian Pacific American Experiences: Past, Present, and Future (2ndEdition), Kendall Hunt Publishing.
  • Fu, M., Makhijani, S., Pham, A., Richart, M., Tien, J., and Wong, D. (2019). “Asians4BlackLives: Notes from the Ground.” In D. Fujino and R. Rodriguez (Guest Eds.),Amerasia Journal,45:2, 253-70.Routledge/Taylor and Francis.
  • Makhijani, S. (2013). “United States of Dissent: Converging Political Imaginaries of the Ghadarites and Black Panthers.” InSAMAR: South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection, Issue 41, published online.
  • Makhijani, S. (2008). “War Harvest: Can There Be Such A Thing As A Post-Conflict Society?” InCatamaran:South Asian American Writing,Volume 9, Thames Printing Company, Inc., Norwich, CT: Winter 2008.

 

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