Bandana Purkayastha is the Vice President for National Associations in the International Sociological Association.  She is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut.  Passionate about moving away from Euro-America-centric sociological frameworks, her prolific scholarship on migration, human rights, knowledge hierarchies, and intersectionality bridges knowledge from many parts of the world. Her research appears in over 100 books, peer reviewed journal articles, and chapters in many countries, including in translation. She has worked with organizations such as WHO and IOM (UN) on topics related to migrants.   She was a co-recipient of American Sociological Association’s Jessie Bernard award, “which recognizes significant contributions to improving the lives of women ” as well as Sociologists for Women in Society’s prestigious Feminist Mentoring award.   She served in many professional leadership positions, and is currently, the Associate Dean for Social Sciences.  https://sociology.uconn.edu/person/bandana-purkayastha/