Sonia Kapur, Ph.D. | UNC Asheville
Sonia Kapur, Ph.D.
Sonia Kapur, Ph.D.
Sonia Kapur, Ph.D.
Chair of Interdisciplinary, International Studies; Sara and Joseph Breman Professor
207 Zeis Hall
Phone:
250-3943
Email:
skapur@unca.edu
Sonia Kapur earned her Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. She has over seven years of non-profit sector experience on issues of gender and child rights across South Asia and India in particular. She has taught courses on ethnicity and nation-building, gender and policy, and comparative politics. Her research interests include immigration policy and domestic abuse, intersectionality, stratification and refugee studies, health impact assessments and religious nationalism.
Education
Ph. D., Public Policy, University of Arkansas, USA
Ph. D., Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
M.Phil., Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
M. A., Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
B. A., Sociology (Hons.)., University of Delhi, India
Courses Taught
Introduction to Global Studies
Nation-building, Identity, and Diversity in South Asia
Gender and Development in South Asia
Senior Capstone: Cultivating Global Citizenship
Publications
Kapur, S.
(2027, forthcoming). From legislative failure to law: Women’s political reservation in India. In C. Aspalter (Ed.), Elgar Research Encyclopedia of Social Policy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Furr, A. &
Kapur, S.
(2025) A Longitudinal Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence in India: Did Changes in the Law Make a Difference? Violence Against Women, 0(0)
Kapur, S.
; Zajicek, A. (2024). State-level policies to address domestic violence-related needs of Asian Indian Marriage Migrants: Perspectives of Service Providers across Five States. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy. 45(4),411–428.
Kapur, S.
(2022). Approaches and Challenges to Teaching about Other Cultures: The Case Study of Nation-Building, Identity, and Diversity in South Asia.
World History Connected, 19
(2).
Tuke, G.,
Kapur, S.
, and Ashour, K. (2021). Global citizenship cultivation through the COIL-PBL model: Case Study of the Great Debates course.
Journal of Virtual Exchange, 4,
80-91.
Kapur, S.
(2019). Holiday Brides and Policy Concerns: The Perils of Being in “NO-Man’s” Land.
Gender and Women’s Studies, 2
(3):2.
Kapur, S
. & Zajicek, A. (2018). Constructions of Battered Asian Indian Marriage Migrants: The Narratives of Domestic Violence Advocates.
Violence Against Women,24
(16), 1928-1948.
Kapur, S.
, Zajicek, A., & Hunt, V. (2017) Immigration Provisions in the Violence Against Women Act: Implications for Asian Indian Marriage Migrants. J
ournal of Women, Politics & Policy.
Kapur, S.
, Zajicek, A., & Gaber, J. (2015). Non-Profit Organizations’ Serving Domestic Violence Survivors: Addressing Intersectional Needs of Asian Indians.
Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work,
1-17
doi
: 10.1177/0886109915592669.
Gaber, J. and
Kapur, S
. (2014). Health Impact Assessments in India: Exploring a Possible Community Health Policy Innovation.
Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development
, 5(3), 276-280.
Hoffman, E., Srivastava, G., and
Kapur, S
. (2013). Youthful Peak Experiences among India’s Nursing Students: Educational Implications.
Indian Journal of Positive Psychology
, 4(2), 391-395.
Hoffman, E., Relwani-Garg, N., Kaneshiro, S., and
Kapur, S
. (2012).Peak-experiences among Indians in midlife.
Indian Journal of Positive Psycholog
y, 3(3), 217-223.
Kapur, S
. with Soodan, K. S. and Srivastava, U.
Society and Social Justice: A Nexus in Review
by Mohan, B. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, 2012 (Coeditor).
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