Kashmir-born American academician Dr. Nyla Ali Khan has beenappointed as a Commissioner on the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women.
President Pro Tempora of the Oklahoma Senate, Senator GregTreat, appointed Dr. Nyla for a five-year term, a media report said.
“As a member of the Oklahoma Commission on the Status ofWomen, I act as a resource and provide expertise to the Commission. I wouldprovide research and information on societal violence and structural inequitiesthat result from deep-rooted prejudices against women,” news website Red Dirtquoted Dr. Nyla as having said.
She is the first South Asian Muslim member of the OklahomaCommission on the Status of Women.
She has received her Ph.D. in English Literature and herMasters in Postcolonial Literature and Theory at the University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Nyla has written four books: The Parchment of Kashmir:History, Society and Polity, The Fiction of Nationality in an Era ofTransnationalism, Islam Women and Violence in Kashmir Between India andPakistan, and A Labor of Love.
She has given lectures on the subject of Kashmir at severaluniversities including American University, Columbia University and New YorkUniversity.