STATEMENT

My interests in the Sikh tradition range from the early emergence of Sikh institutions to the global challenges facing the contemporary Sikhs, both in the Punjab and other parts of the world. My teaching interests include the nirguna bhakti literature; the nature of interaction between Christians, Hindus, Jains, Muslims, and Sikhs living in the Punjab; and Punjabi language and culture.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University

AREAS OF ACADEMIC INTEREST

•  Sikh Studies
•  Bhakti Literature
•  Religion and Society in the Punjab
•  Teaching of Punjab as a Foreign Language

COURSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate:
RS 162: Sikhism
GS 104: Global Diasporas and Cultural Change
GS 142: Modern South Asia

Graduate:
RS 206a: Bhakti Literature
RS 206b: Issues in the Study of Sikhism
RS 206c:  Religion and Society in the Punjab

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• •  Sikhism, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2004.
• •  The Making of Sikh Scripture, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
• •  The Goindval Pothis, Cambridge: Harvard Oriental Series, 1996.
  •  "Sikhs in America", in Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
• •  "Sikhism in the USA", in South Asian Religion in the Diaspora, edited by H. Coward et al. Albany: SUNY Press, 2000.
• •  "Canon Formation in the Sikh Tradition", in New Perspectives in Sikh Studies, edited by Christopher Shackle et al. London: Curzon Press, 2000.
• •  "Sikhism, and thirty-two related entries", in Merriam Websters Encyclopedia of Religions, Springfield, MA: Merriam Webster, 1999.