14 Facts About Prema Kurien

Prema Ann Kurien was born on 1963 and is an Indian American professor of Sociology at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University.

Prema Kurien specializes in the interplay between religion and immigration experiences, with focus on people from India.

Prema Kurien has written a number of articles and books on aspects of this subject.

Prema Kurien attended the Women's Christian College, Chennai, earning a BA in psychology in 1983, and the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, where she gained an MA degree in sociology in 1986.

Prema Kurien has received postdoctoral fellowships and grants from the Carnegie Corporation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, the American Institute of Indian Studies and the Louisville Institute.

Prema Kurien was a fellow and then an affiliate fellow at the Center for the Study of Religion in Princeton University from 2000 to 2003.

Prema Kurien was a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars from September 2006 to May 2007.

Prema Kurien has participated in the Association for the Sociology of Religion, and the Religion section of the American Sociological Association.

Prema Kurien is a member of the editorial board of the American Sociological Review and the annual publication of Society for Asian North American Christian Studies.

Prema Kurien is a member of the National Science Foundation Dissertation Panel.

Prema Kurien was the president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in 2021.

Prema Kurien was editor of a special issue of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 2004, on The Impact of Immigrants on American Institutions.

Prema Kurien looks at the emerging "American Hinduism", an organized, standardized and politicized version of the more diverse Hinduism of India.

Prema Kurien makes the point that most American Hindus have no connection to the small group of ideologues who lead Hindutva-related organisations in the US, but few actively oppose the Hindutva movement.