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Harleen Kaur studies the subjectivity formation of the US Sikh Punjabi diaspora through empire, memory, and advocacy for social and political inclusion. Her first monograph, Martialing Race, is under contract with Columbia University Press. It traces the co-optation of Sikh embodied sovereignty and community negotiations for safety and recognition into empire- and state-driven tactics of increased surveillance, militarization, and policing. Her passion project is utilizing Sikhi's radical notion of Oneness as a driver for higher community consciousness rooted in an intersectional, anti-oppression framework.

Much of Harleen's inspiration, voice, and vision was cultivated during her year as a Bonderman Fellow, when she backpacked solo through fifteen countries to better develop a global framework for liberation and sovereignty. Harleen Kaur holds a PhD in Sociology from UCLA and a BA in English from the University of Michigan, and she is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor in the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University.