Recent Publications
2025
Book chapter
Patriarchal Protectionism, Toxic Masculinity, and #MeToo
Lakkimsetti, C., & Reddy, V. (2025). Patriarchal Protectionism, Toxic Masculinity, and# MeToo. In #MeToo and the Politics of Transnational Feminism: An Anthology (pp. 25-44). NYU Press.
Edited Volume
#MeToo and the Politics of Transnational Feminism: An Anthology
Reddy, V., & Lakkimsetti, C. (Eds.). (2025). #MeToo and the Politics of Transnational Feminism: An Anthology. NYU Press.
Edited Volume
The dream of a common movement: Selected writings of Urvashi Vaid
Vaid, J., & Hoffman, A. (Eds.). (2025). The dream of a common movement: Selected writings of Urvashi Vaid. Duke University Press.
2024
Journal Article
“Hang the Rapists Immediately”: Rape Vigilantism, State Violence, and Impunity in Contemporary India
Lakkimsetti, C. (2024). “Hang the Rapists Immediately”: Rape Vigilantism, State Violence, and Impunity in Contemporary India. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 49(4), 755-777.
Book Chapter
The Temporal Fragility of Water Infrastructure: Conceptualizing the gendered, affective labor of maintenance and repair
O'Reilly, K., Ramakrishnan, K., & Buds, J. (2024). The Temporal Fragility of Water Infrastructure: Conceptualizing the gendered, affective labor of maintenance and repair. In Routledge Handbook of Gender and Water Governance (pp. 98-107). Routledge.
2023
Journal Article
Sanitation citizenship: state expectations and community practices of shared toilet use and maintenance in urban India
O'Reilly, K., & Budds, J. (2023). Sanitation citizenship: state expectations and community practices of shared toilet use and maintenance in urban India. Environment and Urbanization, 35(1), 238-254.
2022
Journal Article
The self-help group resilience project: Development of an intervention to build empowerment and increase resilience in illiterate women in rural Bihar, India
Andrew, G., DeMaria, K. S., Toussaint, L., Tiwari, A., & Leventhal, S. (2022). The self-help group resilience project: Development of an intervention to build empowerment and increase resilience in illiterate women in rural Bihar, India. Journal of Social Intervention: Theory and Practice, 31(2), 40-60.
Journal Article
Clean, Cool Air: Health and Air-Conditioning in India (1920s–1960s)
Jain, P. (2022). Clean, Cool Air: Health and Air-Conditioning in India (1920s–1960s). Journal of Architectural Education, 76(1), 133-137.
Journal Article
Prefabrication and Transnational Building Materials in Modern India
Jain, P. (2022). Prefabrication and Transnational Building Materials in Modern India. Architectural Theory Review, 26(3), 519-546.
Traditional Genders, Modern Sexualities: Struggles over Sexual and Gender Nonconformity in Postcolonial India
Lakkimsetti, C. (2022). Traditional Genders, Modern Sexualities: Struggles over Sexual and Gender Nonconformity in Postcolonial India. In Sociology of South Asia: Postcolonial Legacies, Global Imaginaries (pp. 121-150). Springer.
Journal Article
Audio diaries: a novel method for water, sanitation, and hygiene-related maternal stress research
O'Reilly, K., Ramanaik, S., Story, W. T., Gnanaselvam, N. A., Baker, K. K., Cunningham, T. L., Mukherjee, A., & Puar, A. (2022). Audio diaries: a novel method for water, sanitation, and hygiene-related maternal stress research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21.
Book Chapter
Missing girls on the margins? Equity and assessment in India's New Education Policy
Tiwari, A., & Goodnight, M. R. (2022). Missing girls on the margins? Equity and assessment in India's New Education Policy. In The Politics of Education: Exploring Education and Democratization in South Asia. Springer.
Journal Article
Biscriptal bilingualism differentially affects segmentation of cross-language homophones: Evidence from Hindi and English users
Vaid, J., Chen, H.-C., & Rao, C. (2022). Biscriptal bilingualism differentially affects segmentation of cross-language homophones: Evidence from Hindi and English users. International Journal of Bilingualism, 26(1), 13-30.
Journal Article
Exploring word recognition in a semi-alphabetic script: The case of Devanagari
Vaid, J., & Gupta, A. (2022). Exploring word recognition in a semi-alphabetic script: The case of Devanagari. Brain and Language, 81(1-3), 679-690.
2021
Journal Article
O Teste, de Munshi Premchand
Cardoso de Lemos, G. (2021). O Teste, de Munshi Premchand. Cadernos de Literatura em Tradução, 23, 178-186.
Journal Article
Selling Comfort: Volkart Brothers and Origins of Air Conditioning in India (1923–1954)
Jain, P. (2021). Selling Comfort: Volkart Brothers and Origins of Air Conditioning in India (1923–1954). Future Anterior: Journal of Historic Preservation History, Theory, and Criticism, 18(1), 96-115.
Journal Article
Living religions across transnational spaces: experiences of South Asian American Hindu and Muslim women
Kilbria, N., Purkayastha, B., Narayan, A., Khan, K., & Navid Yousal, F. (2021). Living religions across transnational spaces: experiences of South Asian American Hindu and Muslim women. Contemporary South Asia, 29(2), 243-256.
Journal Article
Stripping away at respectability:# MeToo India and the politics of dignity
Lakkimsetti, C. (2021). Stripping away at respectability:# MeToo India and the politics of dignity. Feminist Formations, 33(3), 303-317.
Journal Article
Making India’s cleanest city: Sanitation, intersectionality, and infrastructural violence
Truelove, Y., & O'Reilly, K. (2021). Making India’s cleanest city: Sanitation, intersectionality, and infrastructural violence. Environment and Planning E: Nature and space, 4(3), 718-735.
Book Chapter
Beauty, Colorism, and Anti-Colorism in Transnational India
Reddy, V. (2021). Beauty, Colorism, and Anti-Colorism in Transnational India (M. Craig, Ed.). Beauty Politics, 94-102.
2020
Journal Article
Between College and Town: Envisioning the First Indian MIT and the Planning of the Indian Institute of Technology (1951) in Kharagpur
Jain, P. (2020). Between College and Town: Envisioning the First Indian MIT and the Planning of the Indian Institute of Technology (1951) in Kharagpur. Arris: The Journal of the Southeast Chapter of Architectural Historians, 31, 46-67.
Book Chapter
India’s modern heritage: Conservation challenges and opportunities
Jain, P. (2020). India’s modern heritage: Conservation challenges and opportunities. In Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India (pp. 126-138). Routledge.
Book Chapter
Third World and Postcolonial Feminisms/Subaltern
Khan, K. (2020). Third World and Postcolonial Feminisms/Subaltern. In Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2nd ed.). Wiley Blackwell.
Book
Legalizing sex: Sexual minorities, AIDS, and citizenship in India
Lakkimsetti, C. (2020). Legalizing sex: Sexual minorities, AIDS, and citizenship in India. NYU Press.
Journal Article
Femme Migritude: Shailaja Patel’s Afro-Asian Poetics
Reddy, V. (2020). Femme Migritude: Shailja Patel’s Afro-Asian Poetics. The Minnesota Review, 94, 67-84.
2019
Book Chapter
Family Togetherness, Affect Aliens, and the Ugly Feelings of Being Included
Reddy, V. (2019). Family Togetherness, Affect Aliens, and the Ugly Feelings of Being Included. In A. Saraswati & B. Shaw (Eds.), Feminist and Queer Theory Reader. Oxford University Press.
2018
Journal Article
The influence of land use changes on open defecation in rural India
O'Reilly, K. (2018). The influence of land use changes on open defecation in rural India. Applied Geography, 99, 133-139.
Journal Article
The evaluation of a sanitation intervention on sanitation-related emotional and psychological well-being among women and girls in Bihar
O'Reilly, K., Bhat, S., Kulkarni, S., Goel, A., Elise, G., Rao, N., & Oliver, C. (2018). The evaluation of a sanitation intervention on sanitation-related emotional and psychological well-being among women and girls in Bihar. International Initiative for Impact Evaluation.
Journal Article
Introduction: Feminist and Queer Afro-Asian Formations
Reddy, V., & Sudhakar, A. (2018). Introduction: Feminist and Queer Afro-Asian Formations. The Scholar and Feminist Online.
2017
Journal Article
No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India
Kulkarni, S., O'Reilly, K., & Bhat, S. (2017). No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India. Gender & Development, 25(2), 167-183.
Journal Article
“Home and beautiful things”: Aspirational politics in dance bars in India
Lakkimsetti, C. (2017). “Home and beautiful things”: Aspirational politics in dance bars in India. Sexualities, 20(4), 463-481.
Journal Article
Sexual States: Governance and the Struggle over the Antisodomy Law in India
Lakkimsetti, C. (2017). Sexual States: Governance and the Struggle over the Antisodomy Law in India. Contemporary Sociology, 46(5), 593-595.
Journal Article
Exploring “the remote” and “the rural”: Open defecation and latrine use in Uttarakhand, India
O'Reilly, K., Dhanju, R., & Goel, A. (2017). Exploring “the remote” and “the rural”: Open defecation and latrine use in Uttarakhand, India. World Development, 93, 193-205.
Journal Article
Subjected to sanitation: caste relations and sanitation adoption in rural Tamil Nadu
O'Reilly, K., Dhanju, R., & Louis, E. (2017). Subjected to sanitation: caste relations and sanitation adoption in rural Tamil Nadu. The Journal of Development Studies, 53(11), 1915-1928.
Journal Article
Performing Indian American Ethnicity in Mainstream America
Purkayastha, B., Majumdar Adur, S., & Khan, K. (2017). Performing Indian American Ethnicity in Mainstream America. In Routledge Handbook of the Indian Diaspora (1st ed.). Routledge.
Journal Article
Morphology, orthography, and the two hemispheres: A divided visual field study with Hindi/Urdu biliterates
Rao, C., & Vaid, J. (2017). Morphology, orthography, and the two hemispheres: A divided visual field study with Hindi/Urdu biliterates. Neuropsychologia, 98, 46-55
Journal Article
The processing cost for reading misaligned words is script-specific: Evidence from Hindi and Kannada-Hindi readers
Rao, C., Vaid, J., & Chen, H.-C. (2017). The processing cost for reading misaligned words is script-specific: Evidence from Hindi and Kannada-Hindi readers. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science, 1(1), 39-48.
Journal Article
Affect, Aesthetics, and Afro-Asian Studies
Reddy, V. (2017). Affect, Aesthetics, and Afro-Asian Studies. Journal of Asian American Studies, 20(2), 289-294.
Book Chapter
Diasporic Beauty and Fashionability
Reddy, V. (2017). Diasporic Beauty and Fashionability. In A. Sahoo & R. Hegde (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of the Indian Diaspora (pp. 183-199). Routledge New York and London.
2016
Journal Article
Questioning the Western idea of reason through Hindu philosophy: An analysis of The Circle of Reason by Amitav Ghosh
Cardoso de Lemos, G. (2016). Questioning the Western idea of reason through Hindu philosophy: An analysis of The Circle of Reason by Amitav Ghosh. International Journal of Dharma Studies, 4(6).
Journal Article
“Empowered Criminals and Global Subjects”: Transnational Norms and Sexual Minorities in India
Lakkimsetti, C. (2016). “Empowered Criminals and Global Subjects”: Transnational Norms and Sexual Minorities in India. Qualitative Sociology, 39(4), 375-396.
Journal Article
“From Dance Bars to the Streets”: Moral Dispossession and Eviction in Mumbai
Lakkimsetti, C. (2016). “From Dance Bars to the Streets”: Moral Dispossession and Eviction in Mumbai. positions: east asia cultures critique, 24(1), 205-230.
Journal Article
Combining sensors and ethnography to evaluate latrine use in India
O'Reilly, K., Louis, E., Thomas, E. A., & Sinha, A. (2016). Combining sensors and ethnography to evaluate latrine use in India. Broken Pumps and Promises: Incentivizing Impact in Environmental Health, 195-209.
Book
Fashioning Diaspora: Beauty, Femininity, and South Asia American Culture
Reddy, V. (2016). Fashioning Diaspora: Beauty, Femininity, and South Asia American Culture. Temple University Press.
2015
Journal Article
Reaching the unreached? Good governance and welfare reform politics in Delhi, India
Dhanju, R., & O'Reilly, K. (2015). Reaching the unreached? Good governance and welfare reform politics in Delhi, India. Development in practice, 25(6), 815-831.
Journal Article
Combining sensor monitoring and ethnography to evaluate household latrine usage in rural India
O'Reilly, K., Louis, E., Thomas, E., & Sinha, A. (2015). Combining sensor monitoring and ethnography to evaluate household latrine usage in rural India. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 5(3), 426-438.
Journal Article
Afro-Asian Intimacies and the Politics of Cross-Racial Struggle in Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala
Reddy, V. (2015). Afro-Asian Intimacies and the Politics of Cross-Racial Struggle in Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala. Journal of Asian American Studies, 18(3), 233-263.
2014
Journal Article
“HIV is our friend”: Prostitution, biopower, and the state in postcolonial India
Lakkimsetti, C. (2014). “HIV is our friend”: Prostitution, biopower, and the state in postcolonial India. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 40(1), 201-226.
Journal Article
Resolving a gendered paradox: Women’s participation and the NGO boom in North India
O'Reilly, K. (2014). Resolving a gendered paradox: Women’s participation and the NGO boom in North India. Theorizing NGO's, 143-165.
Journal Article
Public taps and private connections: The production of caste distinction and common sense in a Rajasthan drinking water supply project.
O'Reilly, K., & Dhanju, R. (2014). Public taps and private connections: The production of caste distinction and common sense in a Rajasthan drinking water supply project. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 39(3), 373-386.
Journal Article
The toilet tripod: Understanding successful sanitation in rural India
O'Reilly, K., & Louis, E. (2014). The toilet tripod: Understanding successful sanitation in rural India. Health & place, 29, 43-51.
Journal Article
Hemispheric asymmetry in word recognition for a right-to-left script: The case of Urdu
Rao, C., Vaid, J., & Chen, H.-C. (2014). Hemispheric asymmetry in word recognition for a right-to-left script: The case of Urdu. In South and Southeast Asian Psycholinguistics (pp. 350-361). Cambridge University Press.
2013
Journal Article
Human Subjects Research and the Ethics of Intervention: Life, Death and Radical Geography in Practice
Dhanju, R., & O'Reilly, K. (2013). Human Subjects Research and the Ethics of Intervention: Life, Death, and Radical Geography in Practice. Antipode, 45(3).
Journal Article
Beauty and the Limits of Belonging in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine
Reddy, V. (2013). Beauty and the Limits of Belonging in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine. Contemporary Literature, 54(2), 337-368.
Journal Article
Jhumpa Lahiri’s Feminist Cosmopolitics and the Transnational Beauty Assemblage
Reddy, V. (2013). Jhumpa Lahiri’s Feminist Cosmopolitics and the Transnational Beauty Assemblage. Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism, 11(2), 29-59.
2012
Book Chapter
Modern water for modern women: Questioning the relationship between gender, empowerment and participation
O'Reilly, K. (2012). Modern water for modern women: Questioning the relationship between gender, empowerment and participation,. In Diverting the Flow: Gender Equity and Water in South Asia (pp. 273-300). University of Chicago Press.
Journal Article
Hybrid drinking water governance: Community participation and ongoing neoliberal reforms in rural Rajasthan, India
O'Reilly, K., & Dhanju, R. (2012). Hybrid drinking water governance: Community participation and ongoing neoliberal reforms in rural Rajasthan, India. Geoforum, 43(3), 623-633.
2011
Journal Article
A Antropofagia Indiana nas obras In an Antique Land e Calcutta Chromosome, de Amitav Ghosth = The Indian “Anthropophagy” in the Amitav Ghosh’s Works In an Antique Land and Calcutta Chromosome
Cardoso de Lemos, G. (2011). A Antropofagia Indiana nas obras In an Antique Land e Calcutta Chromosome, de Amitav Ghosh = The Indian “Anthropophagy” in the Amitav Ghosh’s Works In an Antique Land and Calcutta Chromosome. Numen, 14(2), 281-296.
Journal Article
A liberação através da arte: um olhar sobre a estética indiana
Cardoso de Lemos, G. (2011). A liberação através da arte: um olhar sobre a estética indiana. Teoliterária.
Journal Article
They Are Not of This House: The Gendered Costs of Drinking Water’s Commodification
O'Reilly, K. (2011). They Are Not of This House': The Gendered Costs of Drinking Water's Commodification. Economic and Political Weekly, 49-55.
Journal Article
“We are not contractors”: Professionalizing the interactive service work of NGOs in Rajasthan, India
O'Reilly, K. (2011). “We are not contractors”: Professionalizing the interactive service work of NGOs in Rajasthan, India. Economic Geography, 87(2), 207-226.
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Orthographic characteristics speed Hindi word naming but slow Urdu naming: evidence from Hindi/Urdu biliterates
Rao, C., Vaid, J., Srinivasan, N., & Chen, H. (2011). Orthographic characteristics speed Hindi word naming but slow Urdu naming: evidence from Hindi/Urdu biliterates. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 24(6), 679-695.
2010
Journal Article
Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan
Eade, D., & O'Reilly, K. (2010). Combining sanitation and women's participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan. Oxfam GB.
Journal Article
CAREER: A Political Ecology Approach to Rural Sanitation in India
O'Reilly, K. (2010). CAREER: A Political Ecology Approach to Rural Sanitation in India. NSF Award, 9.
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Combining sanitation and women's participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan
O'Reilly, K. (2010). Combining sanitation and women's participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan. Development in Practice, 20(1), 45-56.
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The promise of patronage: adapting and adopting neoliberal development
O'Reilly, K. (2010). The promise of patronage: adapting and adopting neoliberal development. Antipode, 42(1), 179-200.
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“Your Report is Completely Wrong!” (aapkii report ek dum galat hai!): Locating Spaces Inside NGOs for Feedback and Dissemination
O'Reilly, K., & Dhanju, R. (2010). “Your Report is Completely Wrong!” (aapkii report ek dum galat hai!): Locating Spaces Inside NGOs for Feedback and Dissemination. Human Organization, 69(3), 285-294.
Journal Article
Come for the Saris, Stay for the Politics: Interview with Shailaja Patel
Reddy, V. (2010). Come for the Saris, Stay for the Politics: Interview with Shailaja Patel. Migritude, 141-147.
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