Meenasarani Linde Murugan is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. Her research focuses on television history and theories of race and visuality, with special attention to popular music, fashion, and diaspora. She has published in the anthologies Indian Film Stars and Analyzing Mad Men. Her book, Gender and Race in Postwar Variety Television: Colorful Performance, is under contract at Routledge.