I am a researcher, educator, consultant, and public speaker. I am also associate professor and phd at the Department of Culture and Learning, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, DK.
My focus is structural discrimination in everyday and organizational contexts and how we can address discrimination and inequality. My focus includes subtle forms of discrimination (such as hidden and unintentional) both at at individual, organizational, and institutional levels.
My international background (Denmark, US, India), schooling (PhD, MA, BA), and over 20 years of academic and consultancy experience (anti-discrimination, CSR, DEI), provide me with a unique approach to anti-oppression and equality work. I employ a critical, research based approach to issues of inequality, racism, and discrimination. This is particularly useful when working within the Danish context, where these issues can be difficult and uncomfortable.
My goal is to help my clients to understand, address and manage discrimination in constructive and effective ways. I provide knowledge, information, methods, and tools that can contribute to developing more inclusive organizational, teaching, and working environments, anti-discrimination and equality policy and frameworks.
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EDUCATION
2013 - 18 Ph.D. “The Space Between: A Study of Structural Discrimination in Danish Contexts,” Aalborg University, DK
2001 M.A. Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen
1992 BA, Comparative Literature & Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
1987 BA, Classics and Philosophy, St. Johns College, Annapolis MD & Santa Fe NM, USA
EXPERIENCE
2020 - Assistant Professor, Aalborg University, Copenhagen
2018 - Postdoctoral Reasearcher, Aalborg University, Copenhagen
2016 - Independent Consultant
2013 - 17 Assistant Teaching Professor & PhD Fellow, Aalborg University, Copenhagen
1996 - 16 Senior Advisor, GLOBAL CSR, Copenhagen
2008 - Part Time Lecturer, CBIT, Roskilde University
2005 - Conference Coordinator, Project Consultant for various orgs. (i.e. Red Cross & Institute For Human Rights).
POSITIONS OF TRUST
2020 National Representative for Denmark, United Peaace Foundation, UN
2010 - 17 National Representative & Board Member, European Network Against Racism (ENAR)
2012 - 19 Board Member, Documentation & Advisory Center For Racial Discrimination (DRC)
2016 - Advisor SOS Racisme Danmark
SELECTED PARTICIPATION
2021 Conference Paper presentation, Nordic Migration Research Conference, Finland
2020 Invited Lecture – Krogerup Højskole, Humlebæk, DK
2020 Invited Lecture, Copenhagen Dox Film Festival, Copenhagen
2019 Invited Lecture, Action Plan Against Racism, Danish Parliament
2019 Invited Lecture, FLÆS, Literaturhaus, Copenhagen
2018 Invited Panelist, Discrimination in Children’s Literature, Gyldendal Publishing House, Copenhagen
2018 Conference Presentation, 25th Annual Nordic Intercultural Communication Conference, Copenhagen
2017 Invited Address, Copenhagen Women’s March