Assistant Professor of Sociology (Fixed Term) at Saint Cloud State University
St Cloud, MN, 2014
PhD, York University, Canada, 2014
 Dissertation: ‘The Political Economy of Uneven Rural Development: The Case
of the Nonfarm Sector in Kerala, India’
M Phil, Population Studies, Center for the Study of Regional Development,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 2005
 Dissertation: ‘Maternal Health and Health Care in India: Socio-economic and
Demographic Correlates (Case Studies of Kerala and Uttar Pradesh)’
MA, Geography, Gauhati University, Assam, India, 2003
 Thesis: ‘Patterns of Population Growth Change in Undivided Kamrup District
to Recent Times: Case Studies in Three Districts in Assam’
BA, Geography, Gauhati University, Assam, India, 2000
Research and Teaching Interests:
 Health and Ageing; Demography; Community Health Issues, Healthcare
Accessibility and Policy; Sustainable Community and Livelihood Approaches;
Social Problems; Political Ecology and Environmental Studies; Social Change
and Third World Development; Race/Class/Caste/Gender/Ethnicity Studies;
Social and Economic Organizations, Civil Society and Social Movements;
Economic Globalization; Statistics and Research Methods; Political Economy;
Critical International Development Studies; Labor Studies; Economic
Geography; Cultural Studies; Practical Research and Writing; Innovative
Research and Teaching Approaches.
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Area Studies Specialties: South Asia (India, Bangladesh), USA and Canada.
Courses Offered:
 (2014 FALL) SOC 350- Sociology of Age and Aging, St Cloud State University,
St Cloud, MN
 (2014 Fall) SOC 268- Race and Ethnicity, St Cloud, MN
 (2012 WINTER) GEOG 3130-The Global Economy, York University, Toronto,
Canada
Courses I will offer in Spring:
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Peer Reviewed Publications:
Articles
 Development of the Rural Nonfarm Sector and its Implications for Workers
and Small Scale Producers: Case Study of the Coir Industry in Kerala, India
(Under Review: Human Geography: A New Radical Journal)
Book Review
 Chase-Dunn, C. and Lerro, B. (2014). ‘Social Change’, Paradigm Publishers,
CO. (Accepted and Forthcoming, 2015: Journal of Cultural Geography)
Papers/Book Chapters/Publication Projects:
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‘Dual Labor Market’; ‘Informal or Underground Economy’; ‘Self-employment
and Small Business’; Chapter Entries for Peer Reviewed edition:
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR: SURVIVING AND THRIVING IN
THE U.S. TODAY, VOLUME 2: EMPLOYMENT, WORK, AND HOUSING (Under Review)
Conference Presentations/Panel Organizations:
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Bordoloi, S. (2014) “Class, Gender and Space Relations in the Context of Rural
Development in India”, Paper Presented in the Annual Meeting of the
Association of American Geographers’, April 2013-14, Tampa, Florida
Bordoloi, S (2013) “Class and Gender Dynamics in Rural Industrial Processes in
India", Paper Presented at Class, Culture and Consumption Session of
Sociologists of Minnesota Conference, Oct 10-11, St Paul, MN.
Bordoloi, S (2013) “Neoliberal State Policies and Rural Development in India”,
Paper Presented in the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Sociological
Society, Chicago, March, 2013.
Panicker, A and Bordoloi, S (2013) “Neoliberalism and Contradictions of
Development in Kerala, India” Session Co-organizer and Discussant, in the
Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Sociological Society, Chicago, March,
2013.
Bordoloi, S (2012) “Rural Development and the Nonfarm Sector in India:
Critical Perspectives” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of
Asian Studies, Toronto, March, 2012.
Bordoloi, S (2012) “Neoliberal Hegemony and Changing Labor Relations in
Kerala, India”, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of
American Geographers’ February, 2012.
Bordoloi, S (2012) “Development Implications of the Emerging Non Farm
Sector in India: The Case Kerala”, presented at the Midwest Conference on
Asian Affairs, Minneapolis, MN, October, 2011.
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Bordoloi, S (2011) “What does it Mean to be a Radical Geographer in
‘Neoliberal’ Times and Places”, Co-organizer and Panelist, Annual Research
Day, Department of Geography, York University, Toronto, 7th April.
Panicker, A and Bordoloi, S. (2010) “Global Finance and Local Social
Entrepreneurship: Understanding Self Help Group Induced Social Change in
Kerala”, 17th Annual Critical Geography Mini Conference, University of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 5th-7th November.
Bordoloi, S (2010) “Examining the Socially-Embedded Developmental State
through the ‘Kudumbashree’ Project in Kerala”, 39th Annual Conference on
South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 14-17th October.
Bordoloi, S. (2010). “The Political Economy of Uneven Rural Development: The
Case of the Nonfarm Sector in Kerala, India”. Association of American
Geographers, Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 14-18th April.
Bordoloi, S. and Panicker, A. (2010). “Examining the Role of Microfinance in
Advancing Equity and Empowerment in the Neoliberal Era: The Case of
‘Kudumbashree’ in Kerala, India”, Midwestern Sociological Society (MSS).
Annual Conference, Chicago. 31st March-3rd April.
Bordoloi, S. (2008). “Uneven Development and Distribution of Health Care
Services: A Case Study of Provision and Utilization of Maternal Health Care
Services in Kerala and Uttar Pradesh”, Association of American Geographers,
Annual Meeting, Boston, 15-19th April.
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