Prema Ann Kurien (born 1963) is Professor of Sociology at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University.
[1][4] Kurien was visiting assistant professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Knox College, from 1992 to 1994, then assistant professor at the Department of Sociology and Director of the Human Diversity Program at Chapman University from 1994 to 1995.
[6] In 2022, Kurian was named the director for the South Asia Center (SAC) in the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
[8] Kurien was editor of a special issue of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 2004, on The Impact of Immigrants on American Institutions.
It investigates the ways in which Malayali migrants from three different Kerala communities handle the opportunities and challenges of working in the Gulf.
Kurien makes the point that most American Hindus have no connection to the small group of ideologues who lead Hindutva-related organisations in the US, but few actively oppose the Hindutva movement.