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[ 0 => '{{subst:AfC submission/draftnew}}<!-- Important, do not remove this line before article has been created. -->', 1 => '', 2 => ''''Jyoti Puri''' is Hazel Dick Leonard Chair and Professor of [[Sociology]] at [[Simmons University]]. She is a leading [[Feminist sociology|feminist sociologist]] who advocates for [[Transnationalism|transnational]] and [[Postcolonialism|postcolonial]] approaches<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jyoti Puri|url=https://www.policyforum.net/authors/jyoti-puri/|access-date=2021-06-04|website=Policy Forum}}</ref> to the study of [[Gender studies|gender]], [[Human sexuality|sexuality]], [[Nation state|state]], [[nationalism]], and [[death]] and [[Migration studies|migration]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jyoti Puri|url=https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/people/jyoti-puri|access-date=2021-06-04|website=wsrp.hds.harvard.edu|language=en}}</ref> She has published three books, and her most recent book, ''Sexual States: Governance and the Struggle Against the [[Sodomy law|Antisodomy]] Law in India’s Present'' received the Distinguished Book Award from the Sociology of Sexualities Section of the [[American Sociological Association]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=visiting professors – The Sexualities Project at Northwestern|url=https://www.sexualities.northwestern.edu/activities/visiting-professors/|access-date=2021-06-04|website=www.sexualities.northwestern.edu}}</ref> She has delivered keynote lectures and given talks across a wide range of universities in North America, Europe,[[User:SheridanFord/sandbox#%20edn6|[vi]]] and Asia.[[User:SheridanFord/sandbox#%20edn7|[vii]]] <ref>{{Citation|title=(Un)Making Sexual States: Antisodomy Law and Racialization in India - Jyoti Puri|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3MZHAUG-oc|language=en|access-date=2021-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Summer of ISHQ {{!}} Law {{!}} Jyoti Puri and Arvind Narrain|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWX8Ivg_o_w|language=en|access-date=2021-06-04}}</ref>', 3 => '', 4 => '== '''Career''' ==', 5 => 'Born and raised in [[India]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-02-16|title=Jyoti Puri discusses homosexuality in India|url=https://tuftsdaily.com/news/2012/02/16/jyoti-puri-discusses-homosexuality-in-india/|access-date=2021-06-04|website=The Tufts Daily|language=en}}</ref> Puri received a Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology and [[Social anthropology|Social Anthropology]] at [[Northeastern University]]. At Simmons University, she has chaired the Sociology Department and co-directs the Master’s Program in Gender/Cultural Studies at Simmons University.', 6 => '', 7 => 'Her first book, cited over 300 times,<ref>{{Cite web|title=J. Puri {{!}} Semantic Scholar|url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/J.-Puri/143831454|access-date=2021-06-04|website=www.semanticscholar.org|language=en}}</ref> ''Woman, Body, Desire: Narratives of Gender and Sexuality in Post-colonial India'', focused on middle-class women in urban India about their experiences of gender and sexuality to show that the social control of women’s bodies occurs through the impact of nationalist and transnational discourses, rather than the [[family]] or kinship.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Puri|first=Jyoti|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Woman_Body_Desire_in_Post_Colonial_India.html?id=IhE8xougUd8C|title=Woman, Body, Desire in Post-Colonial India: Narratives of Gender and Sexuality|date=2004-11-11|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-203-90662-0|language=en}}</ref> A subsequent book, ''Encountering Nationalism'', addresses the post-[[September 11 attacks|September 11]], 2001 context and provides a feminist sociological introduction to the concepts of nationalism and states in relation to colonialism, race, gender, sexuality, and religion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Encountering Nationalism {{!}} Wiley|url=https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Encountering+Nationalism-p-9780470776728|access-date=2021-06-04|website=Wiley.com|language=en-us}}</ref> The third book, ''Sexual States: Governance and the Struggle Against the Antisodomy Law in India’s Present'', tracks the efforts to decriminalize homosexuality in India. She is currently working on death, funerals and migration to North America.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rij4GMhVEpk]', 8 => '', 9 => 'As a prominent feminist scholar of sexualities, states, and nations, Puri has co-edited two special issues for the journals, ''Rethinking [[Marxism]]'' and ''Gender & Society''. She also published an essay on the [[Kama Sutra]]. She has been a co-editor for the journal ''[[Michel Foucault|Foucault]] Studies'', deputy editor for ''[[Gender & Society]]'', and is on the editorial board for ''[[Signs (journal)|SIGNS: Journal of Women in Culture and Society]]''.', 10 => '', 11 => 'Puri is an active member of the American Sociological Association, has chaired its Section on Sex and Gender and served on committees. She was a founding member of the Caucus on Gender and Sexuality in International Contexts at the American Sociological Association. She was a co-host for the ''Feminisms Unbound'' speaker series and the Gender and Sexuality series at the Mahindra Humanities Center at [[Harvard University]].', 12 => '', 13 => '== '''Awards and Honors''' ==', 14 => 'Puri was named one of only three [[Financial endowment|endowed chairs]] at Simmons University. Her book, ''Sexual States: Governance and the Struggle Against the Antisodomy Law in India’s Present'', received a Distinguished Book Award by the Sociology of Sexualities Section of the American Sociological Association.', 15 => '', 16 => 'Her research has been funded by Women’s Studies in Religion Program at the [[Harvard Divinity School]], [[Rockefeller Foundation]], and a [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright award]].', 17 => '', 18 => '== References ==', 19 => '<!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. -->', 20 => '{{reflist}}' ]