Sukhmani Khorana is a Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow at the Young and Resilient Research Centre at Western Sydney University. She is also affiliated with the Centre for Western Sydney. Sukhmani has published extensively on the representation of diversity, empathy in relation to refugees, and the politics of food. She is the author of 'The Tastes and Politics of Inter-Cultural Food in Australia' and has a forthcoming book on the mediated emotions of migration (Bristol University Press, 2022).
Experience
2020–present
VC's Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University
2013–2020
Senior Lecturer, Cultural Studies, University of Wollongong
2011–2012
Postdoctoral Fellow in Transnational Film and Television, Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies (CCCS) at University of Queensland
Education
2010
University of Adelaide, PhD
Grants and Contracts
2016
Migration, Cultural Diversity and Television: Reflecting Modern Australia
Role:
CI
Funding Source:
Australia Research Council
2013
Gondwanalandings: Voices of the Emerging Indian Diaspora in Australia
Role:
Funding Source:
Australia India Council (DFAT)
Research Areas
Film, Television And Digital Media (1902)
Asian Cultural Studies (200202)
Screen And Media Culture (200212)
Multicultural, Intercultural And Cross Cultural Studies (200209)