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'[[Category:Sikh Community Leaders]] '''Dr. Gurinder Singh Mann''' was an historian and former professor of Sikh and Punjab Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2013, he was found guilty of having violated the UC’s sexual harassment policy after a former student accused him of sexual harassment. ==Education== 1965-71, M.A., English, Baring Union Christian College, Batala, Punjab <br> 1974-75, Diploma in English Studies, CIEFL, Hyderabad, India <br> 1975-76, M.A., English, University of Kent at Canterbury, England <br> 1984-87, Master of Theological Studies, Harvard University <br> 1987-93, Ph.D., Middle East Languages and Culture, Columbia University ==Work== 1971-84, Lecturer, English, Baring Union Christian College, Batala, Punjab <br> 1988-99, Instructor (88-92), Assistant Professor (92-97), and Associate Professor (97-99), Religion, Columbia University <br> 1999-2015, Kundan Kaur Kapany Professor of Sikh Studies, UC Santa Barbara ==Publications== ====Author==== 1996, ''The Goindval Pothis''. Cambridge: Harvard Oriental Series 51. <br> 2001, ''The Making of Sikh Scripture''. New York: Oxford University Press. <br> 2004, ''Sikhism''. Prentice Hall: Religions of the World; 2007 (Japanese & Spanish editions). ====Co-author==== 2001, With P. D. Numrich & R. B. Williams, ''Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs in America''. New York: Oxford University Press. <br> 2011, With Gurdit Singh, Ami P. Shah, Gibb Schreffler, and with Anne Murphy, ''Introduction to Punjabi''. Patiala: Punjabi University. ====Editor==== 1993, With J. S. Hawley, ''Studying the Sikhs: Issues for North America''. Albany: State University of New York Press. <br> 2006, ''Modern Punjabi Poetry'', a special issue of the ''Journal of Punjab Studies'' 13:1-2 <br> 2008, ''Guru Gobind Singh'', a special issue of the ''Journal of Punjab Studies'' 15:1-2 <br> 2010, ''W. H. McLeod'', a special issue of the ''Journal of Punjab Studies'' 17:1-2 ====Recent articles==== 2012, “Guru Nanak’s Life and Legacy: An Appraisal.” In ''Punjab Reconsidered'', edited by A. Malhotra and Farina Mir. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 116-160. <br> 2013, "Conversion to Sikhism." In ''Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion'', edited by L. Rambo and C. Farhadian. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 488-507. <br> 2014, With J. S. Hawley, “Mirabai at the Court of Guru Gobind Singh.” In ''Culture and Circulation: Literature in Motion in Early Modern India'', edited by T. de Bruijn and A. Brusch. E.J. Brill, pp. 107-138. <br> 2014, “Sri Guru Panth Praksash.” ''Journal of Punjab Studies''. <br> 2015, “The Sikh Panth.” In ''Religion in the Modern World'', edited by L. Woodhead, H. Kawanami, and C. Partridge. London: Routledge. <br> 2015, With Ami P. Shah, “Sikhism.” In ''The Norton Anthology of World Religions''. New York: W.W. Norton. <br> ==Sexual Abuse Case== On August 8, 2013, documents were released claiming Dr. Mann had inappropriately touched a student. The Title IX office received a complaint in May 2013 from a female student alleging that Mann acted inappropriately with sexual conduct, both verbal and physical, during a research discussion meeting at Mann’s home. Mann retired in 2015 but was a professor at the time of the investigation, which began in May 2013. According to the documents, the female complainant said Mann asked her to sit on his bed with him and proceeded to lay beside her. While sitting on the bed, Mann allegedly touched her neck and chest around the area of her collarbone. She said he inserted his hand inside her shirt, touched her stomach and put his face near to hers. When she confronted him, he responded that “he’s not a dirty old man, that, for him, what he had done was just like petting his cat.” The student later wrote an email to Mann saying, “this really was extremely uncomfortable for me, I still have nightmares about it.” She also alleged that Mann, on several occasions, would rub her arm, shoulder and thigh. In the Title IX report, Mann denied all allegations of harassment and said his primary aim was establishing a Santa Barbara school of Sikh studies, not “playing with young people in any way.” Following an investigation, the Title IX office concluded in August 2013 that all such claims “more likely than not did occur” and that Mann had violated the UC’s sexual harassment policy. The documents do not indicate actions taken by the university, and Mann has since been a guest lecturer at UCSB after his retirement. ==Academic Responses to Professor Mann== Many scholars, historians, theologians, intellects, etc. have responded to the writings of Mann, which they had different opposing views on. <br> Here are some books and writings in general by various accomplished scholars that respond to Mann: <br> + − <br> * [http://www.singhsabhacanada.com/?p=460 The Making of Sikh Scripture’: Gurinder Singh Mann abets Adverse Controversies] <br> * [http://www.globalsikhstudies.net/pdf/early%20sikh%20scripture.pdf Early Sikh Scriptural Tradition: Myth and Reality] <br> [http://www.globalsikhstudies.net/pdf/Studying%20the%20Sikhs%20%20Issues%20for%20North%20America.pdf Book Review of 'Studying the Sikhs: Issues for North America] <br> * [[Response to Gurinder S. Mann]] <br> ==External links== * see [http://www.drgurindersinghmann.blogspot.co.uk/ www.drgurindersinghmann.blogspot.com] * see [http://www.global.ucsb.edu/punjab/index.html www.global.ucsb.edu/punjab/index.html] * see [https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3480708/Gurinder-Singh-Mann.pdf] * see [http://dailynexus.com/2017-03-02/documents-show-6-ucsb-employees-violated-title-ix-policy/] * see [https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3514352/Gurinder-Singh-Mann.txt]'