Leela Tanikella

  • Lecturer, Global Studies
  • Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
  • M.A. University of Texas at Austin
  • B.A. Haverford College

Professional Memberships

  • American Anthropological Association 2004 - Present
  • Publications

    Journal Articles


  • Tanikella, L. (2009). Voices from Home and Abroad: New York City’s Indo-Caribbean Media. International Journal of Cultural Studies, (12) 2 167-185.
  • Tanikella, L. (2003). The Politics of Hybridity: Race, Gender and Nationalism in Trinidad. Cultural Dynamics, (15) 3 153-181.

    Book Chapters


  • Tanikella, L. (2009). Fieldwork Performances: Producing Culture in the Indo-Caribbean Diaspora In Erin B. Taylor, (Eds.) Fieldwork identities in the Caribbean. 241-265. Caribbean Studies Press

  • Presentations

  • Tanikella, L. (2021). “Consuming Hybridity: The Commodification of Racial Solidarities across Borders” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association Baltimore, MD
  • Tanikella, L. (2019). “Post-Indenture Feminisms and Transnational Indo-Caribbean Performative Practices” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association/Canadian Anthropological Society Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Tanikella, L. (2018). “Media and Migration: The Transnational Politics of Indo-Caribbean Communication and Culture” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association San Jose, CA
  • Service

    Department Service


  • GLS Curriculum Committee 2023 - Present