SUNILA S. KALE
 

6536 37th Avenue NE
Seattle, Washington 98115
kale@u.washington.edu

EMPLOYMENT

Assistant Professor, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington, Autumn 2007 –present

EDUCATION

Ph. D., Government, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, August 2007.

B. A. with University Honors in Political Science, University of Chicago, Chicago,
Illinois,  June 1995.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS AND EDITED VOLUMES

Power Steering: Indian political economies in the age of market reforms

(Book manuscript in progress)
Editor (with Rahul Mukherjee) of India: Sixty Years On, Special issue of India Review
Vol. 8, No. 1 (January 2009).

ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
“Inside Out: India’s global reorientation,” India Review Vol. 8, No. 1 (January 2009):
43-62.

“Current Reforms: The Politics of Policy Change in India’s Electricity Sector.” Pacific
Affairs Vol. 77, No. 3, (Fall 2004): 467-491.
“The Political Economy of India’s Second Generation Reforms,” Journal of Strategic

Studies Vol. 25, No. 4, (December 2002): 207-225. Reprinted in India as an
Emerging Power, Edited by Sumit Ganguly. New Delhi: Oxford University Press,
2003: 207-225.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

“The State of the States.” In The State of India’s Democracy. Edited by Larry Diamond,
Sumit Ganguly, and Marc F. Plattner (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press,
2007).

BOOK REVIEWS

Review of Contemporary Debates in Indian Foreign and Security Policy: India
Negotiates its Rise in the International System by Harsh Pant, Review of Politics
72 (Feburary 2010): 178-180.

Review of India: Emerging Power by Stephen P. Cohen, Current History, Vol. 101, No.
654, (April 2002): 187.

Review of Environment and National Security: The Case of South Asia by Narottam
Gaan. Published in Environmental Change and Security Project. Woodrow
Wilson Center, No. 7, (Summer 2001): 173-174.


FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS ELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

Curriculum Development Grant, Center for Global Studies, University of Washington,
Summer 2010

Curriculum Development Grant, South Asia Center, University of Washington, Summer
2009

Simpson Center for the Humanities, Co-PI, “Metropolis and Micropolitics,” conference
organized in Spring 2009

Curriculum Development Grant, Center for Global Studies, University of Washington,
Summer 2008

Bess Heflin Endowment Fellowship, Liberal Arts Dean’s Office, University of Texas,

Austin, 2004-2005

Ward Fellowship, Liberal Arts Dean’s Office, University of Texas, Austin, 2004

Malcolm Macdonald Graduate Fellowship, Government Department, University of

Texas, Austin, 2003-2004

Priscilla M. Boughton-Stanley A. Kochanek Graduate Fellowship in Indian Studies,
American Institute of Indian Studies, 2002-2003

Macdonald Summer Research Fellowship, Government Department, University of Texas,

Austin, 2002

Bruton Fellowship, University of Texas, Austin, 2002

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, 2000

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND INVITED TALKS

 

  • “State-level development processes: a comparison of Bihar and Orissa,” paper presented to the Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association, September 2-5, 2010, Washington D.C.
  • “Notes on fieldwork,” talk given for the PhD colloquium at Xavier’s Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India, June 30, 2010.
  • “India and the Global Financial Crisis,” lecture for the University Women’s Club, World Affairs Lecture Series, Seattle, Washington, April 29, 2010.
  • “The Political Economy of Natural Resources in Orissa,” South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada, March 56, 2010.
  • “State Politics and the ‘Resource Curse’ in India,” talk given at the India Studies colloquium series at Indiana University, Bloomington, December 4, 2009.
  • “Trysts with Destiny: India after Independence,” talk le Asian Art Museum’s Saturday University lecture series: Asia in Focus, October 10, 2009
  • “Politics, Society, and Economy in Contemporary India,” talk for Seattle World Affairs Council, Seattle, Washington, June 18, 2008.
  • “The Transformation of India’s Global Economic Relations,” paper presented at conference on “The Indian State: Sixty Years On,” National University of Singapore, May 19-20, 2008.
  • “Politics in post-Independence India,” lecture given for Wharton India Global Immersion Program, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, November 21, 2006.
  • Invited discussant at conference on “The State of India’s Democracy,” April 27-28, 2006, Indiana University, Bloomington.
  • “The Promise and Challenge of India’s Democracy,” lecture given at University of Pennsylvania’s Asia Day program, February 16, 2006.
  • Invited discussant at conference on “The State of India’s Democracy,” April 27-28, 2006, Indiana University, Bloomington.
  • “The Promise and Challenge of India’s Democracy,” lecture given at University of Pennsylvania’s Asia Day program, February 16, 2006.
  • “Cross Currents: Dilemmas and Differentials in the Political Economy of Electricity Reform,” paper given at the 33rd Conference on South Asia, Madison, Wisconsin, October 14-17, 2004.
  • “Political Economy of India, 1947 to the present,” lecture given at Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, December 8, 2003.
  • “Workshop on Electricity Governance in Asia,” participant in conference sponsored by World Resources Institute and Thailand Environment Institute, Bangkok, Thailand, December 3-4, 2003.
  • “The Politics of Electricity in Maharashtra,” paper presented at the 6th International Maharashtra Studies Conference, Pune, India, August 17-20, 2003.

RESEARCH AND EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

  • Research Associate, Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASO), University of Pennsylvania, 2005-2007
  • Book Review Editor, India Review, two-year term, January 2009-December 2010
  • Contributing Editor, India Review, 2004-Pres.; Assistant Editor, India Review, 1999-2002
  • Field Research in Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai, India, 2002-2003; field research in Bhubaneshwar (Orissa), India in 2009, 2010
  • Researcher and Writer, Program on Governance in the Arab World (POGAR), United Nations Development Program, 2000-2001
  • Associate Researcher / Biographer, William O’Neil & Co., Inc., 2000
    Manuscript reviewer for: Journal of Women and Poverty,  Law and Society Review, and India Review

COURSES TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Political Economy of Development, SIS 330: Spring 2010, Autumn 2010
Political Economy of India, SISA 417: Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010
Contemporary India and Pakistan, SISA 200: Winter 2010, Winter 2011
Government and Politics of South Asia, SISA 340: Spring 2008, Spring 2009
Graduate seminar, Interdisciplinary Study of South Asia, SISA 511: Autumn 2007, Winter 2009, Autumn 2009, Winter 2011
Graduate seminar, Political Economy of Development, SIS 590: Spring 2009

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Alliance for Global Education Summer Study Abroad Program in Pune, India; taught
course on “Contemporary India,” Summer 2009

SERVICE

Jackson School of International Studies Executive Council (elected position: 2009-2011)
Graduate Program Committee, International Studies, JSIS (2007-2010)
Graduate Admissions Committee, International Studies, JSIS (2007-2009)
South Asia Development Committee, South Asia Studies Program, JSIS (2009-2010)
Royalty Research Fund reviewer, University of Washington (2009)


LANGUAGES

Marathi: Advanced speaking, reading
Hindi: Intermediate speaking, reading
French: Beginning speaking, reading