Bandana Purkayastha is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies at the University of Connecticut. She was educated at Presidency College (India), the University of Massachusetts, and the University of Connecticut. Her current research and publications focus on the intersection of racialized ethnicity, gender and class. She has published chapters and articles in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and India on multiple marginalities that affect Asian American women. She is the author of the book titled "Negotiating Ethnicity - Second Generation South Asian American...