Center Staff and Advisory Board

Center Staff:

Mihir Pandya

Director of The Yadunandan Center for India Studies, Department of Anthropology

Mihir Pandya is the director of The Yadunandan Center for India Studies. His research and teaching interests include cultures of science and technology, knowledge and expertise, security and infrastructure, diversity and generation in the United States and in India.

For more information please see the webpage below:

https://mihirpandya.xyz/

 

 

Faculty Advisory Board:

Daniel O’Connor

Interim Associate Dean for College of Liberal Arts

Daniel O’Connor is the Interim Associate Dean for College of Liberal Arts. He also serves as a Co-Director of the CSULB President’s and Provost’s Leadership fellows Program. 

Norbert Schürer

Department of English 

Norbert Schürer’s research interests include 18th-century British literature, book history, women’s writing, the Anglo-Indian encounters, and the digital humanities. 

Pravina Cooper

Department of World Literature

Pravina Cooper teaches in the Comparative World Literature and Classics Department at CSULB. Her teaching interests include genres in film and theatre, critical theory, and transnational literature. 
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Moyang Li

Department of English

Dr. Moyang Li is currently an assistant professor in the English Department and will be teaching Appreciation of Literature this fall. Her work emphasizes on postcolonial literature and women’s writing. She’s also interested in exploring the relationship between literature and the sciences.

 
Praveen Soni

Praveen Soni

Department of Marketing 

Praveen Soni teaches in the Department of Marketing. He is the former chair of the faculty senate and represents CSULB at the state faculty senate. 

Pia Gupta

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Student Success for College of Business Administration

Pia Gupta is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Student Success for College of Business Administration at Cal State Pamona. Her most recent publications include; “How Are Stock Repurchases Being Used? A Long-Term Study,” Banking and Finance Review, May-2019 and “The Learning Experience Continues Two Decades and Counting for CSULB’s SMIF Program,” Managerial Finance, Jan-2019.