• Ph.D. (TITLE: “Matrilineal Communities, Patriarchal Realities – Female-Headship in Eastern Sri Lanka: A Feminist Economist Reading”) Newnham College, University of Cambridge, England (1997-2001) – A study on the nature and causes of changing household structures in eastern Sri Lanka, and its implications on economic and social security issues, political economic structures, labour market opportunities, and gender relationships for female-heads across ethnicity in a situation of ethno-nationalism and conflict.
  
• M.Phil. Development Studies (High Pass) Darwin College, University of Cambridge, England (1996-1997) Papers: Development Economics, Institutions and Development, Debates in Economic History, and
  Social Anthropology and Development. Thesis: “Human Development Indices for Women in Sri Lanka.” – An essay, which investigate the economic policy changes in post-colonial Sri Lanka and its impact on socio-economic indicators from a feminist perspective.
• M.A. Economics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S.A (1994-1996)
  M.A.: Economics.  Cumulative G.P.A. – 3.25 (4.00 scale) Courses: Labour Institutions, Labour Economic Theory, Political Economy, Macroeconomics, and Microeconomics, with a thesis written on “Gender, Knowledge and Development.”
• B.A. Economics (Major)/Asian Studies (Minor), William Smith College, Geneva, New York, U.S.A. (1991-1993) Magna cum laude and High Honours in Economics Senior year G.P.A. 4.00 (4.00 scale) and overall cumulative G.P.A. 3.742 High Honours for thesis on “Women, Environment and the Agricultural Sector.”

• Humboltd Research Fellowship, University of Munich, Germany (May 2003 – August 2004)
• Frauinitiative Stiftung Fellowship, University of Munich, Germany (October 2002 - declined).
• Dorothy Leet Fellowship (2000-2001), International Federation of University Women.
• Cambridge Political Economy Society Trust Award, University of Cambridge (1999-2001)
• Sparke Fund Research Studentship, Newnham College, Cambridge (1999-2000)
• International Fellowship (1998-1999), American Association of University Women
• Allen, Meek and Read Trust Award, Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Award, and Marion Kennedy Research Studentship (1998-1999), University of Cambridge.
• Fieldwork trip awards: Smuts Memorial Fund, Suzy Paine Travel Fund, Bartele Frere Exhibition, and Gamble Fund (all from University of Cambridge)
• International Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame (1994-1996)
• Elected to Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Economics) Honour Society (1993)
• International Student Scholarship, William Smith College, Geneva, New York (1991-1993)

TEACHING/ADMINISTRATIVE  EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor, Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, N.Y. 14456, U.S.A. (August 22nd – to date)
• Humboldt Research Fellow, Department of Economics and Post-Colonial Studies Program, Ludwig Maximilians University, University of Munich, Germany (May 1, 2003 – August 30th)
• Supervisor, Development Studies and Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge (1997-1998, 1999-2000, and 2001).
• Teaching/Research Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame (1994-1996) Co-ordinate first course on gender issues in economics and review sessions for undergraduate students.
  
  

• Research Officer (P3/P2), International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland (January 2002-April 2003)
• External Collaborator/Intern, Women in Development and Social Groups Unit, Development Policies Department, International Labour Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland (July-November 1999 and July-Aug 1998, respectively)
• Researcher, Social Scientist Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka (1998-1999),
• Research Assistant, Institute of Policy Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka (1993-1994).
  

• Matrilineal Communities, Patriarchal Realities: Female-Headship in eastern Sri Lanka – A Feminist Economic Reading (Tentative Title) – [Forthcoming Kali for Women/Zubaan Books, New Delhi].
• “Children in Conflict Zones,” in Poverty and Social Conflict in Sri Lanka: Integrating Conflict Sensitivity into Analysis (Eds.) Ronnate Asiriwatham and Prashan Thalaysingham.  Colombo: Centre for Poverty Analysis.  2004:93-119.
• “Employment Creation and Striving for Egalitarian Gender Relations through Social Funds: The case of Madagascar and Zambia.” in Social Funds Revisited: Focusing on the Employment and Gender Dimensions. ILO, Geneva (2001). [Co-author: Claire Harasty, ILO.]
• “Introduction: Structural Adjustment, Gender and Employment-The Sri Lankan Experience,” in Structural Adjustment, Gender and Employment: The Sri Lankan Experience. ILO (2000).
• “Structural Adjustment Policies and its Impact on Women, Ethnic Minorities and Low-Income Groups.” – Special Report for the UNDP’s Human Development Report, 1994.

• “Book Review: Post-Colonialism meets Economics edited by Eiman O. Zein-Elabdin and S. Charusheela” (Forthcoming: Review of Radical Political Economics)
• “Mundane Heroines: Conflict, Ethnicity, Gender and Female-Headship in eastern Sri Lanka.” Feminist Economics July 2004. 10(2): 173-205. [Co-author: Jane Humphries, All-Souls College, Oxford.]
• “Female-Headship among Muslims in Eastern Sri Lanka: A Case of Changing Household Structures?” Nivedini: A Sri Lankan Feminist Journal  July/August 2004.  11:1-22
• “Dutiful Daughter, Sacrificing Sons” Domains.  2004. 1(1):8-37.
•  “Shifting Theories: Partial Perspectives on the Household.” (Cambridge Journal of Economics: Accepted, subject to revision).
•  “Conflict and Survival: Sinhale Female-Headship in eastern Sri Lanka.” (Submitted to Asian Journal of Women’s Studies).
•  “Sri Lankan Women’s HDIs: The Holy Grail of Women’s Well-Being – Notes from a Feminist Standpoint.” Pravada 6(2&3). 1999.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES/SEMINARS

• “Exploring the Concept of Multiple Discrimination: Considering the Position of British-Asians.” Paper accepted for the forthcoming Annual IAFFE Conference to be held in Washington, DC: June 2005.
• “Dutiful Daughters, Sacrificing Sons: The Role of Children in Female-Headed Households in eastern Sri Lanka.”  Invited paper presentation at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs/South Asia Centre, The Maxwell Graduate School, Syracuse University, U.S.A.: February 16th, 2005. [Chair: Cecilia van Hollen.] 
• “Social Movements and NGOs: Sites for Subverting or Reinforcing Gender Identities?” Annual IAFFE Conference, Oxford, England: August 2004.
• “Mundane Heroines: Factoring Gender and Ethnicity into Female-Headship.” ASSA Conference, San Diego, California, USA: January 2nd-5th 2004. [Co-author: Jane Humphries].
• “Conflict and Survival: Sinhale Female-Headship in eastern Sri Lanka,” 9th International Conference on Sri Lankan Studies (ICSLS), Matara, Sri Lanka: November 28th-30th, 2003.
• “Children in Conflict Zones,” 4th Annual Symposium on Poverty Research in Sri Lanka on Poverty and Social Conflict in Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka: November 23rd-25th, 2003.
• “Dutiful Daughters, Sacrificing Sons”, 8th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women held in Kampala, Uganda: July 21st-26th, 2002 (Solidarity Fund, Women’s World Congress).
• “Female-Headed Households in the War-Torn Districts of eastern Sri Lanka” IAFFE Annual Summer Conference, Oslo, Norway: June 22nd-24th, 2001 (Gamble Travel Grant, Newnham College).
• “Women in the Development Context of Sri Lanka: Some Considerations” 4th Annual IAFFE Conference, Tours, France: July 1995.
• Discussant at the Conference on “Comparative Study of Issues faced by Women as a result of Armed Conflict: Sri Lanka and Post-Yugoslav States,” Budapest, Hungary: October 25th-November 1st, 1999.  (OXFAM Grant, S.S.A., Colombo, Sri Lanka).
• Participated at the 7th Annual IAFFE Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: June 1998 (Gamble Travel Grant, Newnham College, Cambridge).
  
  

• “Exploring the links of Multiple Discrimination: Considering Britain and India.” – Discussion Paper 157. International Institute of Labour Studies, ILO (January 2005).
• “Forced Labour: Definitions, Indicators, and Measurements.” Working Paper No. 18. ILO: IFP/Declaration. (May 2004) [with Pallavi Rai].
• “Quality of Women’s Employment: A Focus on the South.” – Discussion Paper No. 151.  International Institute of Labour Studies, ILO. (March 2004).
• “The Survival Strategies of Sinhala Female-Heads in Conflict-Affected eastern Sri Lanka.” - Working Paper No. 11. ILO: IFP/Crisis.  (April 2003).
• “Female-Headship in eastern Sri Lanka: A Comparative Study of Ethnic Communities in the Context of Conflict.” - Working Paper No. 10.  IFP/Crisis, ILO. (April 2003) [Co-author: Jane Humphries]