Pawan Dhingra
Election
Position
Name
Pawan Dhingra
Candidate statement
AAAS has been more than a professional association; it is an intellectual, political, and personal life vest. AAAS hasn’t always felt this way to me and isn’t this way for everyone. I want to further this sentiment and am honored to have been asked to run.
I have published four books (two earned awards from AAAS; another co-authored with Professor Robyn Rodriguez) and over ten opinion pieces, am chair of the Social Science Caucus, served as conference program co-chair, been Museum Curator for the Smithsonian’s Indian American project, been President of the Board of Directors of SAADA, am an equity and inclusion part-time administrator, been department chair at different universities, and held other leadership and mentoring positions.
I am encouraged by how much AAAS has done and can do. Now more than ever, it should encourage debate alongside political commitments to upending white supremacy, militarism, heteropatriarchy, and related oppressive systems. In this fight we should draw in colleagues in education, public health, and other under-represented fields. We should better dialogue with journalists and activists so that our research, whether speaking to critical theories or applied fields, reaches a wider audience. We also must continue to interrogate the academy and support our most vulnerable members.
I have published four books (two earned awards from AAAS; another co-authored with Professor Robyn Rodriguez) and over ten opinion pieces, am chair of the Social Science Caucus, served as conference program co-chair, been Museum Curator for the Smithsonian’s Indian American project, been President of the Board of Directors of SAADA, am an equity and inclusion part-time administrator, been department chair at different universities, and held other leadership and mentoring positions.
I am encouraged by how much AAAS has done and can do. Now more than ever, it should encourage debate alongside political commitments to upending white supremacy, militarism, heteropatriarchy, and related oppressive systems. In this fight we should draw in colleagues in education, public health, and other under-represented fields. We should better dialogue with journalists and activists so that our research, whether speaking to critical theories or applied fields, reaches a wider audience. We also must continue to interrogate the academy and support our most vulnerable members.