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Falu Bakrania is Professor and Chair of the Department of Race and Resistance Studies in the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University. She previously served as Co-Director of SFSU's South Asian Studies Initiative (SASI) and holds a PhD in anthropology from Stanford University.
Her research examines cultural politics in the South Asian diaspora through intersections of race, gender, class, and caste. Key foci include music's role in identity formation (as explored in her book 'Bhangra and Asian Underground'), visual representations of activism, and critiques of model minority discourses. Her recent work analyzes caste dynamics in US contexts and media representations of Asian Americans.
Bakrania's publications investigate cultural production as resistance, with recurring themes of belonging, intersectionality, and power structures. Methodologies include ethnography, textual analysis, and archival research centered on diasporic communities.
She developed SFSU's South Asian Studies minor and internship program through federal grant funding. Her community engagement includes partnerships with cultural organizations to document historical narratives and support activist movements.
