Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox
Professor of Legal Studies
Chair of Justice and Law
Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox is Associate Professor of Legal Studies at Quinnipiac University, where she teaches Comparative Constitutional Law and Human Rights Law, among other subjects. From 2015-2017, she was a Fulbright-Nehru scholar studying constitutional values in India. She has presented papers and published articles on domestic violence law in India, First Amendment Jurisprudence in the United States, and on issues related to media studies and Critical Race Theory. Prior to coming to Quinnipiac, she engaged with pedagogical issues as the Director of a Non-Profit Legal Education Organization, and worked in litigation.
Education
- BA, Cornell University
- JD, University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Expertise
- Comparative Constitutional Law
- Human Rights
- Constitution of India
- American Constitutional Law
Organization
- Justice and Law
Office Location
- College of Arts & Sciences 1 329
Mail Drop
- CL-AC1
Quinnipiac Today
Experience
Quinnipiac University
Chair, Department of Justice and law
Hamden, CT
2021 - Present
Quinnipiac University
Associate Professor of Legal Studies
Hamden, CT
2017 - Present
Quinnipiac University
Assistant Professor of Legal Studies
Hamden, CT
2011 - 2017
Family Services of Westchester
Director, Juvenile Law
White Plains, NY
2008 - 2011
Wiggin & Dana
Litigation Associate
New Haven, CT
2007 - 2008
Dechert LLP
Litigation Associate
New York, New York
2005 - 2007
Selected Publications
Women and Representation in Buddhist Asia: Innovative Pedagogies, Alternative Narratives, and Reimagined Philosophies
Gadkar-WIlcox, S, Denapoli, Antoinette, and Taylor, Kevin Curtis
Will be submitted to peer review with SUNY Press in Spring 2024 (2024 (Expected))
Peer Reviewed Journal
BR Ambedkar's Multiple Consciousness and the Framing of the Indian Constitution
Gadkar-Wilcox, Sujata
17(2) ICL Journal 107-134 2023 (2023)
Chaya
Gadkar-Wilcox, Sujata (with Ewa Callahan and Ashley S. Brandon, Directors and Producers)
https://vimeo.com/869892367/2f8bef580f?share=copy (2023)
Conference Presentation
Community Leadership in the Fight against Poverty
Callahan, Ewa, Brandon, Ashley, and Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox
Front Lines and Fault Lines: Annual International Women's Day Teach-In, Hamden, CT, Quinnipiac University (2021)
Conference Presentation
(In)visibility and Remembering the (Dis)Empowered: Ambedkar and Dalit Violence in India
Gadkar-Wilcox, Sujata
Crossroads of Memory: Sixteenth Annual Conference, New Haven, CT, International Association of Environment, Space, and Place (2021)
Conference Presentation
Overcoming Caste Consciousness Through Indian Constitutionalism
Gadkar-Wilcox, Sujata
Racial Justice, Minority Rights and Religious Freedom: Global Dimensions of the Black Lives Matter Movement, Oxford Consortium for Human Rights (virtual conference), Oxford, UK (Virtual), Las Casas Institute for Social Justice, Oxford Unversity (2021)
Non-Peer Reviewed Journal
Redistricting by Politicians is Harmful for Democracy
Gadkar-Wilcox, Sujata
New Haven Register Op-Ed Section December 12 (2021)
Conference Presentation
Clashing Rights and Hard Political Choices: The United States and Africa
Gadkar-Wilcox, Sujata, and David Mwambari
Pandemics, Epidemics, and Human Rights Webinar, Oxford, UK (Online webinar). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mE3TXJa7Js, Oxford University (Oxford Consortium for Human Rights) (2020)
Invited Speaker
A Politics of Human Rights
Gadkar-Wilcox, Sujata
Keys to Democracy, Trumbull, CT , Trumbull, CT Democrats (2020)
Invited Speaker
Chaya Kakde: Human Rights Activist
Gadkar-Wilcox, Sujata, and Ewa Callahan
Trumbull, CT, Trumbull Rotary Club (2020)
Conference Presentation
Roundtable Discussion: Campaign Finance, Democracy, and the Constitution
Gadkar-Wilcox, Sujata (with Marty and Mary Isaac, Judy Lhamon, and Elona Vaisnys)
CT Let's Talk, Trumbull, CT , CT Let's Talk Community Forums with the Citizens' Election Program (2019)