June 2019 to present: Assistant Professor & HOD, Sociology, St Aloysius (deemed to be University), Mangalore

June 2014 to May 2019: Assistant Professor & HOD, Sociology (BA), School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, Mangalore.

November 2021 to present: Academic Counselor for IGNOU regional center Bangalore, study Center St Aloysius (Deemed to be University), Mangalore.

December 2012 to present: Editorial consultant

Freelance copyeditor and editorial proof reader of STM books, HSS books, Encyclopedias, MRWs (STM), Fiction, Non-fiction, PhD thesis, Research Papers, Autobiographies for leading publishers in the USA, the UK, West Indies and India.

2009 to 2012: Editorial Research Team Manager with Taylor & Francis Books India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

2006 to 2009: Assistant Manager Copyediting, Macmillan Publishing Solutions (Book Division), Bangalore.

2005 to 2006: Senior Copy Editor, International Typesetting and Composition (American Devices), Noida.

2004 to 2005: Content Manager, Drishtee Foundation, Noida, UP.

2003 to 2004: Research and Documentation Officer, Caritas India (an international NGO), New Delhi.

Feb 2002 to July 2002: Editor, State Resource Centre, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi.

2000 to 2002 – Editor, Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, Bhubaneshwar & New Delhi.

Gender Studies

Handlooms and handloom weavers

O’Brien, J. R. (2025). Sustainable Fashion and the Young Indian Consumer Perspective: A Sociological Study International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology. Vol. 11, Issue 10.

O’Brien, J. R. (2022). Health challenges among handloom weavers of Karnataka and Odisha: A comparative study. International Journal of Novel Research and Development. Vol. 7, Issue 12.

Prashanth, A. & O’Brien, J. R. (2021). The virtual school and the social circle of the child. Mahila Pratishtha. Vol. 7, Issue 1, 96-105.

O’Brien, J. R. & Bage, M. G. (2021). Globalization and its Challenges: A Comparative Study among the Handloom Weavers of Ilkal (Bagalkot, Karnataka)and Gopalpur (Jajapur, Odisha). Social Vision. Vol. 7, Issue 4, 177–189.

O’Brien, J. R. (2018). Triple Talaq: Voice of the Common Muslim Women in Mangalore. Bodhi International Journal of Research in Humanities. Vol. 2 (Special Issue 3), 52–56. ISSN 2456-5571.

O’Brien, J. R. (2017). Social Media – A Theoretical Correlation with Socialization and Social Change. International Journal of Engineering Research and Modern Education (IJRME), Vol 2, Issue 1, 86-89. (doi: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.546329). ISSN 2455_4200.

• Felicitated by Six Yards 365 Days, a Delhi Based national NGO, for promoting handloom sarees nationally and internationally in 2022.
• Awarded as the Best Oral Presenter in the International Conference on Women’s Work and Occupational Health Emerging Issues, Challenges and Policy Measures in the Unorganized Sector held at Arya PG College Panipat, Haryana on 25^th March 2018.
• Winner of “Chairman’s Cup” in all Orissa English debate 1995-96 conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Examinations, Odisha.
• Winner of all Orissa Group Discussion competition 2000 at the state level.
• National Merit Scholarship holder for Post Graduation in Sociology in 2001.
• State Merit Scholarship holder (Graduation, Sociology Honours) for top 5 students in Odisha in 1999. 
• State Merit Scholarship holder (PUC) for top 20 students in Odisha in 1996. 

Member of the Advisory Board of Inchara Foundation, Mangalore

Honorary Project Director of Inchara Crafts, Mangalore

Member BOS at School of Social Work, Mangalore in 2014, 2015, 2025

  BOS – Chairperson at School of Social Work, Mangalore from 2016 onwards

  BOE -  Chairperson at School of Social Work, Mangalore from 2014-2019

 Member of Academic Council of School of Social Work from 2015-2019

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WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

Attended a Five-day Online Workshop on Academic Writing and Publication skills from 2^nd to 6^th December 2024 organized by the Research Committee 03: Economy and Society, Indian Sociological Society.

Attended one-day National Workshop on Violence against Women and Awareness organized by Government College, Bichhua Dist., Chindwara, Madhya Pradesh on 15^th September 2021.

Attended a Five-day International Virtual Faculty Development Programme on Global Vision for Academic Excellence from 5^th to 11^th July 2021 organized by School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, Mangalore.

Workshop and training on Data Analysis and Management at School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, Mangalore

Trained to work on XML and SGML coded files at Macmillan Publishing Solutions, Bangalore and New Delhi

Trained in Conflict Management by Metaculture, Bangalore

Trained in Time and Stress Management at Macmillan Publishing Solutions, Bangalore

Trained in Business Conduct and Communication at Macmillan Publishing Solutions, Bangalore

Trained in Managing Talent in Tough Times at Macmillan Publishing Solutions, Bangalore

Trained in Social and Business Etiquettes at Macmillan Publishing Solutions, Banaglore

Trained in Quality Management at Macmillan Publishing Solutions, Bangalore

Management and Leadership Training by R. Suresh at Macmillan Publishing Solutions, Bangalore

Trained in Winning Teams by Shonan Das at Macmillan Publishing Solutions, Bangalore

Trained in LFA (Logical Frame Work Analysis) by ASK at Caritas India, New Delhi

Trained in  SPSS analysis (Statistics Package for Social Studies) at Caritas India, New Delhi

·      Presented a paper titled “Knowledge and Usage of Menstrual Cup: Perception of Urban India” at National Conference of Sociology co-organized by Mangalore University, Sulabh International and the University College, Mangalore held in Mangalore on 3rd November 2023.

·       Invited as a speaker and presented a paper titled “Social Stigmas, Taboos, Social Norms or Just Moral Disagreements – A Sociological Discourse” at the National Conference on The Contemporary Debates, Reasonable Disagreements in Philosophy: Multi-dimensional Perspectives organized by Loyola College (Autonomous) & Sacred Heart College, Satya Nilayam on 24^th and 25^th January 2023.

·    Presented a paper titled “Globalization and its Challenges: A Comparative Study among the Handloom Weavers of Ilkal (Bagalkot, Karnataka) and Gopalpur (Jajapur, Odisha)” at International Conference on Interrogating the Trends of Rural Development and Social Transformation in South Asia at Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha from 2-4^th October 2019.

Presented a paper titled “A critical study on the implementation of integrated handloom development scheme among women workers of Gopalpur handloom cluster” at an International Conference organized by Arya PG College, Panipat, Haryana; Director General Higher Education, Haryana on March 24^th and 25^th 2018 at Arya PG College, Panipat, Haryana.

Presented a paper titled “Triple Talaq: Voice of the Common Muslim Women in Mangalore” at a National Conference organized by Department of Sociology and Social Work, Fatima College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu; Centre for Resource, Research and Publication Services on January 25^th 2018 at Fatima College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Presented a paper titled “Demonetization – The Commoner’s Perspective”, a study based on primary data in Mangalore, at the State Level Conference organized by Mangalore Sociology Association at Milagres College, Kalianpur, on 17^th March 2017.

Presented a paper titled “Social Media – A Theoretical Correlation with Socialization and Social Change”, at the National Level Conference organized by Srinivas Institute of Management Studies, Mangalore, on 26^th November 2016.