VITA
Jyotsna Vaid
Professional Activities
Conferences Organized
1995 (Spring), Conference on Conceptual Structures and Processes, funded by the American Psychological Association Science Directorate, College Station, May 18-20 (with Thomas Ward and Steve Smith)
2001 (Fall), Conference on Assessing
Theory and Research on Groups, funded by the National Science Foundation
and the Bush School of Public Service, Texas A&M University, October (local
arrangements committee)
2003 (Fall),
Texas Southwest Conference on Cognition (ARMADILLO),
1979 (June),
Coordinator, Symposium on Psycholinguistic Aspects of Bilingualism.
1983, Chair, Lexical Processes,
Panel at Psychonomics Society annual meeting,
1984, Chair, South Asian Women at Home
and Abroad, Panel at Conference on
1985, Chair, Symposium,
Bilingualism and Brain Lateralization: Current Experimental Approaches, annual
meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society,
1987, Organizer, Dual
Universes: Perspectives on the Female Immigrant Experience, Panel at annual
Conference on South Asia,
1992, Organizer, Committee on Women in
Asian Studies Roundtable, annual meeting of the Association for Asian
Studies,
1992, Organizer, Workshop on Current Themes in Feminist Scholarship on Women from South Asia, annual Conference of the National Women's Studies Association, Austin.
1993, Chair/Organizer,
Committee on Women in Asian Studies/Committee on South Asian Women Roundtable,
annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies,
1994, Chair/Organizer, New Immigrants:
Media Representations of South Asians in the
1994, Chair, Overseas East Asians,
Panel at Southwest Conference of Asian Studies,
1996, Chair and Co-organizer, Diasporic Communities in Construction, Panel presented at 25th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, October
1997, Chair, Violence against Women in the South Asian Community, Panel at 26th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, October
1998, Chair, Feminine Vulnerabilities: A Consideration of Women and Power in South Asia, Panel at 27th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, October
2000, Chair/Organizer, Past (Im)perfect and Present Tense? Problematizing Female Migration in and From
2004,
Chair/Organizer, Bilinguality and
Cognition: Emerging Perspectives, Invited Featured Colloquium, Annual
meeting of the American Association of Applied Linguistics,
1977-79, Psychology Department Colloquium
Series (weekly),
1983-85, Brain Bases of Behavior Colloquium Series (weekly), The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
1987-88, Committee for the Study of Cognitive Science Colloquium Series, TAMU
1992-93, Cognitive Area Brown Bag Series, TAMU
1992-93, Women’s Studies Research Colloquia, TAMU
1998-99, Cognitive Area Brown Bag Series, TAMU
2000, Cognitive Area Brown Bag Series,
TAMU
2003-present, Convenor,
Cognoscenti Working Group,
2003 (Fall),
Coordinator, Cognoscenti Seminar Series, TAMU
2003-04,
Neurocognoscenti Speaker Series, Cognitive Area, TAMU
University Undergraduate Academic Appeals Panel, 1991-2000
Vice President for Student Services Search Committee, 1993
International Programs Advisory
Subcommittee for Pacific
University Distinguished Faculty Achievement Awards Selection Committee, 1995
International Research Travel Assistance Review Committee, Spring 1996; 1999 (Panel Chair)
TAMU Faculty Senate, 1998-2001
Standing Committee on Research, Faculty Senate, 1998-1999
Status of Women Subcommittee, Faculty Senate, 1998-1999
Standing Committee on Planning, Faculty
Senate, 1999-2001
Faculty Minigrant
Review Committee, 2000-2001
TAMU Faculty Senate, 2004-2007
Dean's Advisory Committee on Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts, 1989
Women's Studies Steering Committee and Program Review, 1990-1994
Dean’s Advisory Committee for Academic Study Leave, 1992
Executive Council Faculty Representative, 1993
Comparative Cultural Studies Program Review, 1992-1994
Member at Large, Liberal Arts Council, 1992-1995
Chair Pro Tem, Steering Committee, Liberal Arts Council, 1993-1994
Dean's Ad Hoc Committee on Endowed Positions, June 1994
Dean’s Ad Hoc Search Committee for Comparative Cultural Studies Program Coordinator, Fall 1996
Women's Studies Program Review, 2002-2004
Graduate Training in Language and Communication, Chair, 1987-1992
Departmental Newsletter (fortnightly, 1987-1988), 1987-1994; Chair: 1987‑1992
Cognitive Neuroscience Faculty Search Committee, 1989-1990
Department Head Search Committee, 1992-1993; 2001-2002
Space and Equipment Committee, 1996-present
Graduate Admissions Committee, 1992-1993; 1996-2000
Industrial/Organizational Faculty Search, 1998-1999
Computer/Statistics, 1999-2000
Cognitive Faculty Search, 1999-2000; 2000-2001; 2002-03
Graduate Admissions Committee, 1992-1993; 1996-2000
Gender and Minority Issues, 1988-2002; Diversity, 2003-2003
Graduate Studies Committee, 1998-present
Department Head Search Committee, Chair, 2001-2002
Department Head Advisory Committee, 2002-2003
Departmental Grievance Committee, 1994-2002
Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1995-present; Chair, 2003-2004
Cognitive Area Head, 2002-present
Other University Service
1997 (Feb.), Moderator, Undergraduate Honors Fellows’ Symposium for Psychology/Sociology
1998 (Spring), Reader, Honors Undergraduate Fellows’ Theses in Psychology
1999 Reviewer, Psychology Applications for Honors Undergraduate Fellows
1999 (April), Moderator, Undergraduate Honors Fellows’ Symposium for Psychology/Sociology
2002-03,
2005,
2003-05, Executive Board, Friends of
Other Service
Executive Board, Friends of Orchestra, College Station Independent School District, 2000-2002.
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