My Neighborhood	Looking Out at the World	Professional Pursuits

My Neighborhood

	I work at the fork of the Delaware and Lehigh Rivers in northeastern Pennsylvania. Easton and its environs make up the Lehigh Valley. Easton is one of the oldest cities in British North America. Its Lenapi inhabitants long displaced, its institutions reflect the heritage of primarily English and German settlement. A significant influx of African-Americans after the 1940s and numbers of Lebanese and Latinos, among others, over the past 25 years have increased the demographic diversity of the area. Karl and I do our best to continue this trend.

Looking Out at the World

	I had the pleasure of working with the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies in Philadelphia on an oral history project with first-generation immigrants of South Asian backgrounds from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Uganda, and Malaysia. Look below for the text of a report. I would welcome your comments.

South Asians in Philadelphia, 1996 : Reflections on an Oral History (Presented at the Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996)
South Asians in Philadelphia (Part One)	Interviewee Profiles
South Asians in Philadelphia (Part Two)	Bibliographies

	Check out resources concerning women of South Asian backgrounds ...

Professional Pursuits

I am a librarian at Lafayette College. Look here for an example of why libraries will not be disappearing anytime soon.