Deepa Kumar | |
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 Deepa Kumar, May 2006 | |
| Occupation | Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, Rutgers University, writer |
| Nationality | Indian-American |
| Subject | US imperialism; islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism; neoliberalism and class; gender and media |
| Literary movement | Anti-war movement, Anti-Islamophobia, Occupy Wall Street |
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Deepa Kumar is an Indian American scholar and activist. She is a professor of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University. Kumar has been referred to by the Media Education Foundation as “one of the nation’s foremost scholars on Islamophobia"[1] and by the New York Times as "a world-renowned scholar of Islamophobia and race."[2] She is a leader in the Rutgers faculty union, the AAUP-AFT. When she was president, the union fought for gender and race equity, and in 2019 won a contract that AFT president, Randi Weingarten, said “will inspire higher education professionals across [the] country to fight and win their own battles to improve their lives – and the lives of others – in the streets and at the bargaining table.” [3]
- ^ "Constructing the Terrorist Threat". Media Education Foundation Online Store. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
- ^ Kramer, Jillian (October 15, 2020). "5 Professors Sue Rutgers, Saying It Shortchanges Women on Pay". The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
- ^ "Rutgers union hails 'historic' faculty contract, pivots to advocating for part-time lecturers". CUE, Inc. 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2022-04-22.