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	Meena Dhanda arrived in the UK from Punjab, India in 1987 with an award of the [[Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan\|Commonwealth Scholarship]] for her doctoral work in Philosophy at [[Balliol College, Oxford\|Balliol College]], [[University of Oxford\|Oxford University]]. She was a [[Rhodes Scholarship\|Rhodes Junior Research Fellow]] at [[St Hilda's College, Oxford\|St Hilda's College]], Oxford, before taking up a full-time lecturing position at the University of Wolverhampton in 1992, progressing to a Readership (Associate Professorship) in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools-and-institutes/faculty-of-arts/school-of-humanities/staff/dr-meena-dhanda/\|title=Dr Meena Dhanda - University of Wolverhampton\|website=www.wlv.ac.uk\|language=en\|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref> She was promoted Professor on September 17, 2018.		Meena Dhanda arrived in the UK from Punjab, India in 1987 with an award of the [[Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan\|Commonwealth Scholarship]] for her doctoral work in Philosophy at [[Balliol College, Oxford\|Balliol College]], [[University of Oxford\|Oxford University]]. She was a [[Rhodes Scholarship\|Rhodes Junior Research Fellow]] at [[St Hilda's College, Oxford\|St Hilda's College]], Oxford, before taking up a full-time lecturing position at the University of Wolverhampton in 1992, progressing to a Readership (Associate Professorship) in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools-and-institutes/faculty-of-arts/school-of-humanities/staff/dr-meena-dhanda/\|title=Dr Meena Dhanda - University of Wolverhampton\|website=www.wlv.ac.uk\|language=en\|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref> She was promoted Professor on September 17, 2018.

	Dhanda has written about problems of racism within the field of philosophy, calling for more diversity within the field,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2015/jan/05/philosophy-is-for-posh-white-boys-with-trust-funds-why-are-there-so-few-women\|title=Philosophy is for posh, white boys with trust funds' – why are there so few women?\|~~last~~=Ratcliffe\|~~first~~=Rebecca\|date=2015-01-05\|work=The Guardian\|access-date=2017-10-20\|last2=Shaw\|first2=Claire\|language=en-GB\|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and has spoken of the importance for her of doing "socially engaged philosophy."<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://politicalphilosopher.net/2017/02/17/featured-philosopher-meena-dhanda/\|title=Featured Philosopher: Meena Dhanda\|date=2017-02-17\|work=Philosopher\|access-date=2017-10-20\|language=en-US}}</ref>		Dhanda has written about problems of racism within the field of philosophy, calling for more diversity within the field,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2015/jan/05/philosophy-is-for-posh-white-boys-with-trust-funds-why-are-there-so-few-women\|title=Philosophy is for posh, white boys with trust funds' – why are there so few women?\|last1=Ratcliffe\|first1=Rebecca\|date=2015-01-05\|work=The Guardian\|access-date=2017-10-20\|last2=Shaw\|first2=Claire\|language=en-GB\|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and has spoken of the importance for her of doing "socially engaged philosophy."<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://politicalphilosopher.net/2017/02/17/featured-philosopher-meena-dhanda/\|title=Featured Philosopher: Meena Dhanda\|date=2017-02-17\|work=Philosopher\|access-date=2017-10-20\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	She has been an active member of the UK branch of the [[Society for Women in Philosophy]] for more than 25 years,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://politicalphilosopher.net/2017/02/17/featured-philosopher-meena-dhanda/\|title=Featured Philosopher: Meena Dhanda\|date=2017-02-17\|work=Philosopher\|access-date=2017-10-20\|language=en-US}}</ref> and as of 2017, sits on the society's Funding Committee.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.swipuk.org/executive/\|title=SWIP UK: Executive Committee\|website=www.swipuk.org\|language=en\|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref>		She has been an active member of the UK branch of the [[Society for Women in Philosophy]] for more than 25 years,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://politicalphilosopher.net/2017/02/17/featured-philosopher-meena-dhanda/\|title=Featured Philosopher: Meena Dhanda\|date=2017-02-17\|work=Philosopher\|access-date=2017-10-20\|language=en-US}}</ref> and as of 2017, sits on the society's Funding Committee.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.swipuk.org/executive/\|title=SWIP UK: Executive Committee\|website=www.swipuk.org\|language=en\|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref>
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	She has published numerous transdisciplinary papers on topics of caste and race, including 'Punjabi Dalit Youth: Social Dynamics of Transitions in Identity', (Contemporary South Asia, 2009); 'Runaway Marriages: A Silent Revolution?', (Economic and Political Weekly, 2012); 'Certain Allegiances, Uncertain Identities: The Fraught Struggles of Dalits in Britain' (Tracing the New Indian Diaspora, 2014); 'Do only South Asians reclaim honour'? ('Honour' and Women's Rights, 2014); 'Anti-Castism and Misplaced Nativism' (Radical Philosophy, 2015).<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://politicalphilosopher.net/2017/02/17/featured-philosopher-meena-dhanda/\|title=Featured Philosopher: Meena Dhanda\|date=2017-02-17\|work=Philosopher\|access-date=2017-10-20\|language=en-US}}</ref>		She has published numerous transdisciplinary papers on topics of caste and race, including 'Punjabi Dalit Youth: Social Dynamics of Transitions in Identity', (Contemporary South Asia, 2009); 'Runaway Marriages: A Silent Revolution?', (Economic and Political Weekly, 2012); 'Certain Allegiances, Uncertain Identities: The Fraught Struggles of Dalits in Britain' (Tracing the New Indian Diaspora, 2014); 'Do only South Asians reclaim honour'? ('Honour' and Women's Rights, 2014); 'Anti-Castism and Misplaced Nativism' (Radical Philosophy, 2015).<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://politicalphilosopher.net/2017/02/17/featured-philosopher-meena-dhanda/\|title=Featured Philosopher: Meena Dhanda\|date=2017-02-17\|work=Philosopher\|access-date=2017-10-20\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	She has published two books: a monograph, ''The Negotiation of Personal Identity''<ref>{{Cite book\|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011803432\|title=The negotiation of personal identity\|last=Dhanda\|first=Meena\|date=2008\|publisher=VDM Verlag Dr. Müller\|isbn=978-3639029314\|location=Saarbrücken}}</ref> (Saarbrüken: VDM Verlag, 2008) and ''Reservations for Women''<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=hEvaAAAAMAAJ\|title=Reservations for Women\|last=Dhanda\|first=Meena\|date=2008\|publisher=Women Unlimited, Kali for Women\|isbn=9788188965410\|language=en}}</ref> (New Delhi: Women Unlimited, 2008).		She has published two books: a monograph, ''The Negotiation of Personal Identity''<ref>{{Cite book\|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011803432\|title=The negotiation of personal identity\|last=Dhanda\|first=Meena\|date=2008\|publisher=VDM Verlag Dr. Müller\|isbn=978-3639029314\|location=Saarbrücken}}</ref> (Saarbrüken: VDM Verlag, 2008) and ''Reservations for Women''<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hEvaAAAAMAAJ\|title=Reservations for Women\|last=Dhanda\|first=Meena\|date=2008\|publisher=Women Unlimited, Kali for Women\|isbn=9788188965410\|language=en}}</ref> (New Delhi: Women Unlimited, 2008).

	== Awards and honours ==		== Awards and honours ==
	She was awarded a [[Leverhulme Trust\|Leverhulme Research Fellowship]] for a primary research project 'Caste Aside: Dalit Punjabi Identity and Experience' concluded in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/latest-news/2010/december-2010/prestigious-fellowship-awarded-to-university-philosopher.php\|title=December 2010 - Prestigious fellowship awarded to University philosopher - University of Wolverhampton\|website=www.wlv.ac.uk\|language=en\|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref>		She was awarded a [[Leverhulme Trust\|Leverhulme Research Fellowship]] for a primary research project 'Caste Aside: Dalit Punjabi Identity and Experience' concluded in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/latest-news/2010/december-2010/prestigious-fellowship-awarded-to-university-philosopher.php\|title=December 2010 - Prestigious fellowship awarded to University philosopher - University of Wolverhampton\|website=www.wlv.ac.uk\|language=en\|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref>

	== ~~Biography~~ ==		== Bibliography ==

	=== Journal articles and reports ===		=== Journal articles and reports ===
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	* Dhanda, M., Mosse, D., Waughray, A., Keane, D., Green, R., Iafrati, S. and Mundy, J.K. (2014) Caste in Britain: [https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/research-report-92-caste-britain-experts-seminar-and-stakeholders-workshop Experts' Seminar and Stakeholders' Workshop]. Equality and Human Rights Commission Research Report no. 92. Manchester: Equality and Human Rights Commission.		* Dhanda, M., Mosse, D., Waughray, A., Keane, D., Green, R., Iafrati, S. and Mundy, J.K. (2014) Caste in Britain: [https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/research-report-92-caste-britain-experts-seminar-and-stakeholders-workshop Experts' Seminar and Stakeholders' Workshop]. Equality and Human Rights Commission Research Report no. 92. Manchester: Equality and Human Rights Commission.
	* Dhanda, M., Waughray, A., Keane, D., Mosse, D., Green, R. and Whittle, S. (2014) Caste in Britain: [https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/research-report-91-caste-britain-socio-legal-review Socio-legal Review]. Equality and Human Rights Commission Research Report no. 91. Manchester: Equality and Human Rights Commission.		* Dhanda, M., Waughray, A., Keane, D., Mosse, D., Green, R. and Whittle, S. (2014) Caste in Britain: [https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/research-report-91-caste-britain-socio-legal-review Socio-legal Review]. Equality and Human Rights Commission Research Report no. 91. Manchester: Equality and Human Rights Commission.
			* Dhanda, M. (2020) Philosophical Foundations of Anti-Casteism. [https://academic.oup.com/aristotelian/article-abstract/120/1/71/5825765?redirectedFrom=fulltext]. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 120, 1: 71–96.

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Dr. '''Meena Dhanda''' is an Indian philosopher and writer, based in the [[United Kingdom]]. She is a Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Politics at the [[University of Wolverhampton]], and is internationally recognised as a leading academic in the development of [[diaspora]] [[dalit studies]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools-and-institutes/faculty-of-arts/school-of-humanities/staff/dr-meena-dhanda/|title=Dr Meena Dhanda - University of Wolverhampton|website=www.wlv.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref> She conducts philosophy with a 'practical intent',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools-and-institutes/faculty-of-arts/school-of-humanities/staff/dr-meena-dhanda/|title=Dr Meena Dhanda - University of Wolverhampton|website=www.wlv.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref> and her work has confirmed existence of [[caste]] discrimination in Britain in areas covered by the [[Equality Act 2010]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://casteintheuk.org/reports-and-media/|title=Reports and Media - Caste in the UK|work=Caste in the UK|access-date=2017-10-20|language=en-GB}}</ref> and pushed for more legal protections against caste-based discrimination.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://philevents.org/event/show/13370|title=Enacting legal protection against Caste-discrimination: Why the delay?|website=philevents.org|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Meena Dhanda arrived in the UK from Punjab, India in 1987 with an award of the [[Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan|Commonwealth Scholarship]] for her doctoral work in Philosophy at [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]]. She was a [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Junior Research Fellow]] at [[St Hilda's College, Oxford|St Hilda's College]], Oxford, before taking up a full-time lecturing position at the University of Wolverhampton in 1992, progressing to a Readership (Associate Professorship) in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools-and-institutes/faculty-of-arts/school-of-humanities/staff/dr-meena-dhanda/|title=Dr Meena Dhanda - University of Wolverhampton|website=www.wlv.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref> She was promoted Professor on September 17, 2018.

Dhanda has written about problems of racism within the field of philosophy, calling for more diversity within the field,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2015/jan/05/philosophy-is-for-posh-white-boys-with-trust-funds-why-are-there-so-few-women|title=Philosophy is for posh, white boys with trust funds' – why are there so few women?|last=Ratcliffe|first=Rebecca|date=2015-01-05|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-10-20|last2=Shaw|first2=Claire|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and has spoken of the importance for her of doing "socially engaged philosophy."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://politicalphilosopher.net/2017/02/17/featured-philosopher-meena-dhanda/|title=Featured Philosopher: Meena Dhanda|date=2017-02-17|work=Philosopher|access-date=2017-10-20|language=en-US}}</ref>

She has been an active member of the UK branch of the [[Society for Women in Philosophy]] for more than 25 years,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://politicalphilosopher.net/2017/02/17/featured-philosopher-meena-dhanda/|title=Featured Philosopher: Meena Dhanda|date=2017-02-17|work=Philosopher|access-date=2017-10-20|language=en-US}}</ref> and as of 2017, sits on the society's Funding Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swipuk.org/executive/|title=SWIP UK: Executive Committee|website=www.swipuk.org|language=en|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref>

== Main works ==
From September 2013 to February 2014 Dhanda led a project on 'Caste in Britain' for the UK [[Equality and Human Rights Commission]] (EHRC), through which she produced two research reports – "Caste in Britain: Socio-legal Review",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/research-report-91-caste-britain-socio-legal-review|title=Research report 91: Caste in Britain: Socio-legal Review {{!}} Equality and Human Rights Commission|website=www.equalityhumanrights.com|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref> and "Caste in Britain: Experts' Seminar and Stakeholders' Workshop."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/research-report-92-caste-britain-experts-seminar-and-stakeholders-workshop|title=Research report 92 : Caste in Britain - Experts' Seminar and Stakeholders' Workshop {{!}} Equality and Human Rights Commission|website=www.equalityhumanrights.com|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref>

She has published numerous transdisciplinary papers on topics of caste and race, including 'Punjabi Dalit Youth: Social Dynamics of Transitions in Identity', (Contemporary South Asia, 2009); 'Runaway Marriages: A Silent Revolution?', (Economic and Political Weekly, 2012); 'Certain Allegiances, Uncertain Identities: The Fraught Struggles of Dalits in Britain' (Tracing the New Indian Diaspora, 2014); 'Do only South Asians reclaim honour'? ('Honour' and Women's Rights, 2014); 'Anti-Castism and Misplaced Nativism' (Radical Philosophy, 2015).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://politicalphilosopher.net/2017/02/17/featured-philosopher-meena-dhanda/|title=Featured Philosopher: Meena Dhanda|date=2017-02-17|work=Philosopher|access-date=2017-10-20|language=en-US}}</ref>

She has published two books: a monograph, ''The Negotiation of Personal Identity''<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011803432|title=The negotiation of personal identity|last=Dhanda|first=Meena|date=2008|publisher=VDM Verlag Dr. Müller|isbn=978-3639029314|location=Saarbrücken}}</ref> (Saarbrüken: VDM Verlag, 2008) and ''Reservations for Women''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=hEvaAAAAMAAJ|title=Reservations for Women|last=Dhanda|first=Meena|date=2008|publisher=Women Unlimited, Kali for Women|isbn=9788188965410|language=en}}</ref> (New Delhi: Women Unlimited, 2008).

== Awards and honours ==
She was awarded a [[Leverhulme Trust|Leverhulme Research Fellowship]] for a primary research project 'Caste Aside: Dalit Punjabi Identity and Experience' concluded in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/latest-news/2010/december-2010/prestigious-fellowship-awarded-to-university-philosopher.php|title=December 2010 - Prestigious fellowship awarded to University philosopher - University of Wolverhampton|website=www.wlv.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref>

== Biography ==

=== Journal articles and reports ===
* Dhanda, M. (2009) '[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09584930802624661 Punjabi Dalit Youth: Social Dynamics of Transitions in Identity]', Contemporary South Asia, 17, 1: 47-64.
* Dhanda, M. (2013) '[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781444351071.wbeghm105/abstract Caste and International Migration, India to the UK]', in I. Ness (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration. Wiley Blackwell.
* Dhanda, M. (2013) 'Certain Allegiances, Uncertain Identities: The Fraught Struggles of Dalits in Britain', in O.P. Dwivedi (ed.), The New Indian Diaspora. New York: Editions Rodopi, 99-119.
* Dhanda, M. (2015) 'Anti-Castism and Misplaced Nativism: Mapping caste as an aspect of race' ''Radical Philosophy'', 192, July-Aug, pp. 33–43.
* Dhanda, M., Mosse, D., Waughray, A., Keane, D., Green, R., Iafrati, S. and Mundy, J.K. (2014) Caste in Britain: [https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/research-report-92-caste-britain-experts-seminar-and-stakeholders-workshop Experts' Seminar and Stakeholders' Workshop]. Equality and Human Rights Commission Research Report no. 92. Manchester: Equality and Human Rights Commission.
* Dhanda, M., Waughray, A., Keane, D., Mosse, D., Green, R. and Whittle, S. (2014) Caste in Britain: [https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/research-report-91-caste-britain-socio-legal-review Socio-legal Review]. Equality and Human Rights Commission Research Report no. 91. Manchester: Equality and Human Rights Commission.

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