Gitanjali Singh

Gitanjali Singh grew up in India, Iraq, North Carolina, Chicago and Oregon and has lived in Los Angeles for the past 25 years. She began her undergraduate education at the Equal Opportunity Program at Oregon State University and Linn-Benton Community College in 1996. She completed her B.A. degree in Urban Studies at Loyola Marymount University (with minors in Women’s and Asian American Studies) in 2000. She earned two M.A. degrees, one in Gender Studies (2014) and one in Asian American Studies (2004) from UCLA. Her areas of specialization in research and teaching includes girl studies, Sikh youth studies, diaspora studies, reproductive justice, U.S. race relations and transnational feminism. She has taught university classes titled, "Women, Work and Family,” “Race, Class and Gender,” “The Politics of Women’s (Un)Paid Labor,” “Southeast Asia,” “Introduction to Asian American Studies,” “Race and Racism,” “Foundations in Women's Studies” and “U.S. Women of Color.”