Anupama Rao received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (1999) and her B.A. fromthe University of Chicago. She specializes in the histories of gender, caste, and nationalism in South Asia, historical anthropology, political theory, law, human rights, and colonial andnon-Western histories. Her publications include
Gender and Caste: Contemporary Issues in Indian Feminism (2003) and
The Caste Question: Struggles for Civil Rights and Recognition by Untouchables in India, 1927–1991 (forthcoming). (Barnard)