Dr. Sabita Manian,PhD

Dr. Sabita Manian, PhD, is Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences (and Engineering) and Professor of Political Science at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. She served as an academic dean and faculty at the University of Lynchburg, Virginia, prior to her leadership position at Shippensburg University. She is co-author of “Sex Trafficking: A Global Perspective” (2010) and has published dozens of journal articles, book chapters, academic papers and public lectures on identity and diaspora politics, human security, development policies, foreign policies, and gender politics relating to Asia, the Americas, and Europe. She is the recipient of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Outstanding Faculty Award (SCHEV), the Shirley Rosser Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Thomas Allen Award for Excellence in Advising, and is a Phi Kappa Phi international honors society inductee.

She has presented academic papers nationally and internationally in Argentina. Barbados, Belize, Belgium, China, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, France, Grenada, Guyana, Guadeloupe, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Saint Lucia, and the UK. Her hobbies and passion include reading diaspora fiction, spy thrillers, taking long walks, and community service.