Stereotypes in Schooling: Negative Pressures in the American Educational System – Continued by Yvette C. Rosser, PhD – PART – 2
Textbook writers are prone to present materials, which are contested and still under investigation, as fact, nonetheless. There may be a feeling that students need solid facts to remember and … Continue reading
Stereotypes in Schooling: Negative Pressures in the American Educational System by Yvette C. Rosser, PhD. – Part 1
Stereotypes in Schooling: Negative Pressures in the American Educational System by Yvette C. Rosser, PhD – A.B.D.-PART -I (A shorter version of this paper was published in Hindu Diaspora: Global … Continue reading
Project to Create a Scholarly Renaissance in Hindu Studies
The goal of this long range project is to identify, connect with, build community, intellectually support, and gather together a body of dedicated scholars and academically sympathetic colleagues who will … Continue reading
The Coming Paradigm Shift: Hindu Studies in the USA (© 2007) -Yvette C. Rosser, PhD
\ The Coming Paradigm Shift: Hindu Studies in the USA (© 2007) -Yvette C. Rosser, PhD The study of Hinduism in the West is currently undergoing a metamorphosis. Swadharma, … Continue reading
Pervasive Pedagogical Paradigms -Yvette C. Rosser
Pervasive Pedagogical Paradigms Yvette C. Rosser Published in SAGAR, South Asian Graduate Research Journal Vol . 3. 1, Spring 1996. The evolution of education in India is characterized by … Continue reading
Hin-Jews
“Hin-Jews” (4/29/94) Yvette C. Rosser, PhD During the sixties and seventies, numerous Hindu and Buddhist spiritual groups came to the West and established outposts of their religious teachings. These groups … Continue reading
Imagining Jambudvipa
Imagining Jambudvipa: Deconstructing Occi-centric Meta-Theories in a Post-Traditional Milieu (c) First presented at Elon University in 1996 (original title:) Imagining Jambudvipa: Deconstructing Post-Modern Post-Orientalist Post-Colonial Occi-centric Meta-Theories and Other Such … Continue reading
The Last Tasty Morsel of Official Bias in the American Melting Pot: Academic Hinduphobia
The study of Hinduism in the West is currently undergoing a metamorphosis. Second and third generation Hindu-Americans, who since the 1960’s were educated in American high schools, have been personally … Continue reading
The Dharma has Come to the West – Hindu Students Council 4-08
When Shivani Desai invited me to speak here in Chapel Hill, she explained that the objective of today’s gathering was to “Create awareness about Hindu culture and heritage…” and to … Continue reading