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Deepa Kumar

Indian-American academic

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Born: 1968
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Citizenship: United States
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Occupation: Middle East specialist
Education: Bangalore University
Employer: Rutgers University
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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Deepa Kumar is an Indian American scholar and activist. She is a professor of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University. Kumar has been referred to by the Media Education Foundation as “one of the nation’s foremost scholars on Islamophobia" and by The New York Times as "a world-renowned scholar of Islamophobia and race." She is a leader in the Rutgers faculty union, the AAUP-AFT. When she was president, the union fought for gender and race equity, and in 2019 won a contract that AFT president, Randi Weingarten, said “will inspire higher education professionals across [the] country to fight and win their own battles to improve their lives – and the lives of others – in the streets and at the bargaining table.”

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Sex or gender: female
Given name: Deepa
Family name: Kumar

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