Nalini Visvanathan

Ph.D., Communication, Stanford University

MPH, Harvard School of Public Health

Lecturer, Asian American Studies

Office: W-4-144-38

Phone number: 617-287-7164

nalini.visvanathan@umb.edu

 

Nalini Visvanathan has been recently employed to teach to the Asian American Studies Program in CPCS, and also through the College of Liberal Arts. Her research and teaching focus on women's health in the context of social development, participatory research methods and health in immigrant and underserved communities. She co-edited a reader, Women, Gender and Development, which is used in several countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States .

 

Recent Publications:

Qadeer, I. & N. Visvanathan, “How Healthy are Health and Population Policies? The Indian Experience,” in M. Singer & A. Castro, Anthropology and Health Policy: A Critical Perspective . Alta Mira. Walnut Creek, CA. 2004 (September)

 

Visvanathan, N. “Ethics of Care and Health Policy: Women's Movements Mobilize for Change,” in S. Raghuram (ed) Health and Equity – Effecting Change. HIVOS Technical Report Series 1.8. Bangalore, India. 2001

 

Visvanathan,N. & Wyshak G.,”Tubal Sterilization, Menstrual Changes and Menopausal Symptoms,” J of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine 2000; 9: 521-527.

 

Nalini Visvanathan, Lynn Duggan, Laurie Nisonoff and Nan Wiegersma. The Women, Gender and Development Reader London. Zed Books. 1997

 

Links:

http://www.vedamsbooks.com/no19704.htm

http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/paper_11969.htm

http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1419/14190940.htm