Education
- BA Mount Holyoke College (2002)
- MA in Comparative Religion, Columbia University (2005)
- MA in South Asian Language and Literature, University of Washington (in progress).
Research & Teaching Fields
- South Asian religious literature
- Print history and the commodification of religious traditions
- Asceticism and power
- Memory
Selected Publications
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Sañkat meñ Sapere. SPAN (Hindi edition). July/ August 2007
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“The Accomplished Attendant: The Role of Krsnadās Meghan in the Caurasī Vaisnava kī Vārtā”. SACPAN. University of Washington Graduate Student Conference, March 2009
Research Projects
- Magic and Asceticism in the Caurāsī Vaisnavan kī Vārtā
- Guru Gorakhnāth in public memory and print
Awards and Recognitions
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American Institute of Indian Studies Grant, Summer 2005 (Hindi)
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Title VI Fellowship, Academic Year 2006-2007 (Hindi)
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Title VI Fellowship, Summer 2008 (Sanskrit)
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Title VI Fellowship, Academic Year (Urdu)
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Courses Taught
- Hindi 311
- Introduction to Islam (Columbia University)
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