Subadra Panchanadeswaran
Biographic Data
| ID | 146219 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Subadra Panchanadeswaran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Subadra |
| FAMILY NAME | Panchanadeswaran |
| SIGNATURE | PANCHANADESWARAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Adelphi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0687-6498 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Faculty reflections about leading social justice-themed study abroad programs to India
While faculty role is pivotal in shaping student decisions, designing curricula, providing insightful perspectives, and integrating diversity issues, little attention has been paid to how faculty’s social identities influence development of Study Abroad Programs (SAP). Using reflexivity and critical reflection, interdisciplinary faculty from two US universities leading SAPs to India reflected on their experiences and their positions as ‘insiders’…
“A Lot of Gaps…Don’t Have the Budget”
“A little love is enough for me to live my life…”
Most research on sex workers globally has focused on cis women sex workers vulnerabilities including violence, risk for HIV/AIDS, and stigma. Despite the plethora of studies on the topic, older sex workers are significantly underrepresented in research. We used a phenomenological approach to highlight street and home-based sex workers' experiences. Using a purposive sampling strategy, 39 cis women sex workers were recruited from Karnataka, India …
Predicting intimate partner violence perpetration by Latino/a/e/x men in residential substance misuse treatment
Little is known about rates of IPV among Latino/a/e/x men in residential substance misuse treatment. Logistic regressions examined whether severity of substance use, mental health symptoms, and socioecological factors predicted IPV perpetration in 145 Latino/a/e/x men in treatment. Lifetime perpetration and victimization were 72.6% and 76.7%, respectively. Perpetration was negatively associated with self-esteem and positively associated with depr…
Between pandemics
Public health crises alter political landscapes. This article investigates social movement strategies during and between the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics. We conducted a set of eighteen in-depth interviews with eleven leaders of organisations working with sex workers, sexual minorities, and transgender people around India, all of whom had been actively involved in HIV prevention programs, before and after the arrival of COVID-19 in India. First HIV…
Mirroring the bias
Following COVID-19, there has been an increase in digitization and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across all spheres of life, which presents both opportunities and challenges. This commentary will explore the landscape of the gendered impact of AI at the intersections of Science and Technology Studies, feminist studies (socialist feminism), and computing. The Global Dialogue on Gender Equality and Artificial Intelligence (2020) organized by …
Sex Work, Marginalization, and Activism in India
What’s technology got to do with it? Exploring the impact of mobile phones on female sex workers’ lives and livelihood in India
Technology has brought about substantial changes to the landscape of sex work globally. However, few studies have captured the holistic impact of mobile phones on the lives of female sex workers (FSWs) in India. In this exploratory study, 67 FSWs and 18 staff and leaders from local non-governmental organizations participated in in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. Respondents strongly emphasized the innumerable ways in which mobile ph…
Leaving and Beyond
Despite the global nature of domestic violence against women, few studies have examined the phenomenon in Kyrgyzstan. This grounded theory study gives voice to survivors of domestic violence by examining women's experiences of various forms of violence and the complexities surrounding Kyrgyz women's decision making about leaving violent relationships. Findings revealed that survivors move through a three-stage process of leaving: (a) reaching a t…
Sex Workers Join the Indian Labor Movement
Mexican Immigrant Women Searching for a Solution to Intimate Partner Abuse
This phenomenological grounded theory study, with a sample 29 Mexican immigrant women affected by intimate abuse and secondary sample of 15 service providers, examines the breaking point for help seeking and the type of help needed. Harm to children, infidelity, and threat to the participant's life were the most common breaking points. Some didn't know what type of help was needed, only that they could not solve the problem on their own. Other ty…
Experiences of Drug Use and Parenting among Women in Substance Abuse Treatment
The purpose of this exploratory study was to explore the multiple contexts of vulnerability, drug use and parenting for women in substance abuse treatment. Nineteen purposively sampled women provided qualitative data through semi-structured interviews. Findings revealed that adverse childhood experiences and intimate partners were important pathways into drug use initiation. Identities as mothers emerged as a key finding, intimately linked to wom…
Maternal mortality in developing countries
Maternal mortality is a serious problem faced by developing countries and has been identified as a key millennium development goal. This paper empirically tested the efficacy of Amartya Sen's human development perspectives to combat maternal mortality. Path analysis was used to test the empirical model. Test results found full support of the theoretical model. The findings have significant implications for reducing maternal mortality through soci…
How Discrimination and Stress Affects Self-Esteem Among Dominican Immigrant Women
Understanding the factors that contribute to the health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States is very important given the growing Latina population. Although researchers have investigated the health and mental health status among Latinas, the relationship between mental health and self-esteem has not been given a lot of attention. Given that self-esteem is a proxy for mental health status, investigations exploring th…
Profiling Abusive Men Based on Women’s Self-Reports
Understanding abusive behaviors among nonclinical samples of men is important to help women in the community understand the risks they may face. The purpose of the current study is to identify abusive profiles and subgroups of non-treatment-seeking men using women’s self reports. Of the sample of 611 women, 43% reported current abuse; chronicity of psychological aggression was the highest. Cluster analysis results revealed three different types o…
Discrimination and Acculturative Stress Among First-Generation Dominicans
The present study examined the relationship between discriminatory experiences and acculturative stress levels among a sample of 283 Dominican immigrants. Findings from a linear regression analysis revealed that experiences of daily racial discrimination and major racist events were significant predictors of acculturative stress after controlling for demographics, acculturation, and transnationalism. Findings from this study have implications for…
An Examination of the Perceived Social Support Levels of Women in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Programs Who Experience Various Forms of Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence is as important as client violence in increasing street-based female sex workers’ vulnerability to HIV in India
The Voices of Battered Women in India
This study endeavors to give voice to marginalized, understudied women who were abused in India. The study included 90 women who were abused who were seeking help to address violence perpetrated against them by their husbands. A semistructured interview was used to collect data on abuse characteristics, consequences of abuse, and help-seeking behavior. Findings reveal that the vast majority of participants experienced daily abuse that was extreme…
Predictors of Job Satisfaction of Licensed Social Workers
A cross sectional design was used to examine job satisfaction of licensed social workers. Self-administered surveys were mailed to a random sample of 500 licensed social workers in Maryland. Two hundred and thirty-two surveys were returned for a 46.4% response rate. Perceived quality of supervision and perceived workload were predictive of job satisfaction in a multiple regression analysis. Results from a second multiple regression analysis indic…
Discrimination and Acculturative Stress Among First-Generation Dominicans
The present study examined the relationship between discriminatory experiences and acculturative stress levels among a sample of 283 Dominican immigrants. Findings from a linear regression analysis revealed that experiences of daily racial discrimination and major racist events were significant predictors of acculturative stress after controlling for demographics, acculturation, and transnationalism. Findings from this study have implications for…
The Voices of Battered Women in India
This study endeavors to give voice to marginalized, understudied women who were abused in India. The study included 90 women who were abused who were seeking help to address violence perpetrated against them by their husbands. A semistructured interview was used to collect data on abuse characteristics, consequences of abuse, and help-seeking behavior. Findings reveal that the vast majority of participants experienced daily abuse that was extreme…
How Discrimination and Stress Affects Self-Esteem Among Dominican Immigrant Women
Understanding the factors that contribute to the health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States is very important given the growing Latina population. Although researchers have investigated the health and mental health status among Latinas, the relationship between mental health and self-esteem has not been given a lot of attention. Given that self-esteem is a proxy for mental health status, investigations exploring th…
Predictors of Job Satisfaction of Licensed Social Workers
A cross sectional design was used to examine job satisfaction of licensed social workers. Self-administered surveys were mailed to a random sample of 500 licensed social workers in Maryland. Two hundred and thirty-two surveys were returned for a 46.4% response rate. Perceived quality of supervision and perceived workload were predictive of job satisfaction in a multiple regression analysis. Results from a second multiple regression analysis indic…
Leaving and Beyond
Despite the global nature of domestic violence against women, few studies have examined the phenomenon in Kyrgyzstan. This grounded theory study gives voice to survivors of domestic violence by examining women's experiences of various forms of violence and the complexities surrounding Kyrgyz women's decision making about leaving violent relationships. Findings revealed that survivors move through a three-stage process of leaving: (a) reaching a t…
Mirroring the bias
Following COVID-19, there has been an increase in digitization and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across all spheres of life, which presents both opportunities and challenges. This commentary will explore the landscape of the gendered impact of AI at the intersections of Science and Technology Studies, feminist studies (socialist feminism), and computing. The Global Dialogue on Gender Equality and Artificial Intelligence (2020) organized by …
Sex Work, Marginalization, and Activism in India
What’s technology got to do with it? Exploring the impact of mobile phones on female sex workers’ lives and livelihood in India
Technology has brought about substantial changes to the landscape of sex work globally. However, few studies have captured the holistic impact of mobile phones on the lives of female sex workers (FSWs) in India. In this exploratory study, 67 FSWs and 18 staff and leaders from local non-governmental organizations participated in in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. Respondents strongly emphasized the innumerable ways in which mobile ph…
Experiences of Drug Use and Parenting among Women in Substance Abuse Treatment
The purpose of this exploratory study was to explore the multiple contexts of vulnerability, drug use and parenting for women in substance abuse treatment. Nineteen purposively sampled women provided qualitative data through semi-structured interviews. Findings revealed that adverse childhood experiences and intimate partners were important pathways into drug use initiation. Identities as mothers emerged as a key finding, intimately linked to wom…
Profiling Abusive Men Based on Women’s Self-Reports
Understanding abusive behaviors among nonclinical samples of men is important to help women in the community understand the risks they may face. The purpose of the current study is to identify abusive profiles and subgroups of non-treatment-seeking men using women’s self reports. Of the sample of 611 women, 43% reported current abuse; chronicity of psychological aggression was the highest. Cluster analysis results revealed three different types o…
Predictors of Job Satisfaction of Licensed Social Workers
A cross sectional design was used to examine job satisfaction of licensed social workers. Self-administered surveys were mailed to a random sample of 500 licensed social workers in Maryland. Two hundred and thirty-two surveys were returned for a 46.4% response rate. Perceived quality of supervision and perceived workload were predictive of job satisfaction in a multiple regression analysis. Results from a second multiple regression analysis indic…
The Voices of Battered Women in India
This study endeavors to give voice to marginalized, understudied women who were abused in India. The study included 90 women who were abused who were seeking help to address violence perpetrated against them by their husbands. A semistructured interview was used to collect data on abuse characteristics, consequences of abuse, and help-seeking behavior. Findings reveal that the vast majority of participants experienced daily abuse that was extreme…
An Examination of the Perceived Social Support Levels of Women in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Programs Who Experience Various Forms of Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence is as important as client violence in increasing street-based female sex workers’ vulnerability to HIV in India
Profiling Abusive Men Based on Women’s Self-Reports
Understanding abusive behaviors among nonclinical samples of men is important to help women in the community understand the risks they may face. The purpose of the current study is to identify abusive profiles and subgroups of non-treatment-seeking men using women’s self reports. Of the sample of 611 women, 43% reported current abuse; chronicity of psychological aggression was the highest. Cluster analysis results revealed three different types o…
Discrimination and Acculturative Stress Among First-Generation Dominicans
The present study examined the relationship between discriminatory experiences and acculturative stress levels among a sample of 283 Dominican immigrants. Findings from a linear regression analysis revealed that experiences of daily racial discrimination and major racist events were significant predictors of acculturative stress after controlling for demographics, acculturation, and transnationalism. Findings from this study have implications for…
Maternal mortality in developing countries
Maternal mortality is a serious problem faced by developing countries and has been identified as a key millennium development goal. This paper empirically tested the efficacy of Amartya Sen's human development perspectives to combat maternal mortality. Path analysis was used to test the empirical model. Test results found full support of the theoretical model. The findings have significant implications for reducing maternal mortality through soci…
How Discrimination and Stress Affects Self-Esteem Among Dominican Immigrant Women
Understanding the factors that contribute to the health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States is very important given the growing Latina population. Although researchers have investigated the health and mental health status among Latinas, the relationship between mental health and self-esteem has not been given a lot of attention. Given that self-esteem is a proxy for mental health status, investigations exploring th…
Experiences of Drug Use and Parenting among Women in Substance Abuse Treatment
The purpose of this exploratory study was to explore the multiple contexts of vulnerability, drug use and parenting for women in substance abuse treatment. Nineteen purposively sampled women provided qualitative data through semi-structured interviews. Findings revealed that adverse childhood experiences and intimate partners were important pathways into drug use initiation. Identities as mothers emerged as a key finding, intimately linked to wom…
Sex Workers Join the Indian Labor Movement
Mexican Immigrant Women Searching for a Solution to Intimate Partner Abuse
This phenomenological grounded theory study, with a sample 29 Mexican immigrant women affected by intimate abuse and secondary sample of 15 service providers, examines the breaking point for help seeking and the type of help needed. Harm to children, infidelity, and threat to the participant's life were the most common breaking points. Some didn't know what type of help was needed, only that they could not solve the problem on their own. Other ty…
What’s technology got to do with it? Exploring the impact of mobile phones on female sex workers’ lives and livelihood in India
Technology has brought about substantial changes to the landscape of sex work globally. However, few studies have captured the holistic impact of mobile phones on the lives of female sex workers (FSWs) in India. In this exploratory study, 67 FSWs and 18 staff and leaders from local non-governmental organizations participated in in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. Respondents strongly emphasized the innumerable ways in which mobile ph…
Leaving and Beyond
Despite the global nature of domestic violence against women, few studies have examined the phenomenon in Kyrgyzstan. This grounded theory study gives voice to survivors of domestic violence by examining women's experiences of various forms of violence and the complexities surrounding Kyrgyz women's decision making about leaving violent relationships. Findings revealed that survivors move through a three-stage process of leaving: (a) reaching a t…
Sex Work, Marginalization, and Activism in India
Between pandemics
Public health crises alter political landscapes. This article investigates social movement strategies during and between the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics. We conducted a set of eighteen in-depth interviews with eleven leaders of organisations working with sex workers, sexual minorities, and transgender people around India, all of whom had been actively involved in HIV prevention programs, before and after the arrival of COVID-19 in India. First HIV…
Mirroring the bias
Following COVID-19, there has been an increase in digitization and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across all spheres of life, which presents both opportunities and challenges. This commentary will explore the landscape of the gendered impact of AI at the intersections of Science and Technology Studies, feminist studies (socialist feminism), and computing. The Global Dialogue on Gender Equality and Artificial Intelligence (2020) organized by …
Predicting intimate partner violence perpetration by Latino/a/e/x men in residential substance misuse treatment
Little is known about rates of IPV among Latino/a/e/x men in residential substance misuse treatment. Logistic regressions examined whether severity of substance use, mental health symptoms, and socioecological factors predicted IPV perpetration in 145 Latino/a/e/x men in treatment. Lifetime perpetration and victimization were 72.6% and 76.7%, respectively. Perpetration was negatively associated with self-esteem and positively associated with depr…
“A little love is enough for me to live my life…”
Most research on sex workers globally has focused on cis women sex workers vulnerabilities including violence, risk for HIV/AIDS, and stigma. Despite the plethora of studies on the topic, older sex workers are significantly underrepresented in research. We used a phenomenological approach to highlight street and home-based sex workers' experiences. Using a purposive sampling strategy, 39 cis women sex workers were recruited from Karnataka, India …
“A Lot of Gaps…Don’t Have the Budget”
Faculty reflections about leading social justice-themed study abroad programs to India
While faculty role is pivotal in shaping student decisions, designing curricula, providing insightful perspectives, and integrating diversity issues, little attention has been paid to how faculty’s social identities influence development of Study Abroad Programs (SAP). Using reflexivity and critical reflection, interdisciplinary faculty from two US universities leading SAPs to India reflected on their experiences and their positions as ‘insiders’…
Psychology (16 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Domestic violence (7 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (7 works) · Poison control (7 works) · Sex work and related issues (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Political science (6 works)