South Asia Studies Faculty

Anthropology

Mary Hancock, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology

(anthropology of South Asia, ideology and cultural practice in urban South India, feminist and gender studies)

hancock@anth.ucsb.edu

 

Mattison Mines, Ph.D., Cornell University

Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology

(anthropology of South Asia, Muslims in South India)

mines@anth.ucsb.edu

English

Bishnupriya Ghosh, Ph.D., Northwestern University

Associate Professor, Department of English

(South Asian postcolonial literature and film)

bghosh@english.ucsb.edu

Film Studies

Bhaskar Sarkar, Ph.D., University of Southern California

Associate Professor, Department of Film Studies

(Indian cinema, Asian cinemas, postcolonial media theory)

sarkar@filmstudies.ucsb.edu

History of Art and Architecture

Swati Chattopadhyay, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Associate Professor, Department of History of Art and Architecture

(South Asian architecture, postcolonial theory)

swati@arthistory.ucsb.edu

Linguistics

Carol Genetti, Ph.D., University of Oregon

Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics

(Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal, Nepali linguistics, Newari linguistics)

cgenetti@linguistics.ucsb.edu

Music

Scott L. Marcus, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Associate Professor, Department of Music

(ethnomusicology, music of India, music of the Middle East)

scottmarcu@aol.com

Religious Studies

José Ignacio Cabezón, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Professor, Department of Religious Studies

(South Asian religions, Tibetan Buddhist traditions, Tibetan literature)

jcabezon@religion.ucsb.edu

 

Juan E. Campo, Ph.D., University of Chicago

Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies

(South Asian religions, Islamic traditions, Arabic literature)

jcampo@religion.ucsb.edu

 

Barbara A. Holdrege, Ph.D., Harvard University

Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies

(South Asian religions, Hindu traditions, Sanskrit literature)

holdrege@religion.ucsb.edu

 

Gerald Larson, Ph.D., Columbia University

Professor Emeritus, Department of Religious Studies

(South Asian religions, Hindu traditions, Sanskrit literature)

glarson@religion.ucsb.edu

 

Gurinder Singh Mann, Ph.D., Columbia University

Professor, Department of Religious Studies and Global and International Studies Program

(South Asian religions, Sikh and Punjab Studies, Punjabi literature)

mann@religion.ucsb.edu

 

Stanley J. Tambiah, Ph.D, Cornell University

Distinguish Visiting Professor, Department of Religious Studies

(anthropology of South and Southeast Asia, Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia)

 

Vesna Wallace, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies

(South Asian religions, South Asian Buddhist traditions, Jain traditions, Sanskrit literature)

vwallace@religion.ucsb.edu

Catherine Weinberger-Thomas, Ph.D., University of Paris

Visiting Professor, Department of Religious Studies

(anthropology and history of South Asia, Hindi literature)

weinberger@religion.ucsb.edu

David G. White, Ph.D., University of Chicago

Professor, Department of Religious Studies

(South Asian religions, Hindu traditions, Sanskrit literature)

white@religion.ucsb.edu

Sociology

Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Ph.D., Cambridge University

Professor, Department of Sociology

(third-world women, cultural studies, feminist studies)

bhavnani@soc.ucsb.edu

 

Mark Juergensmeyer, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Professor, Department of Sociology and Global and International Studies Program

(South Asian religion and society, religious nationalism)

juergens@global.ucsb.edu

Language Instructors

Teirab AshShareef, Ph.D., Indiana University

Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies

(Arabic language)

teirab@religion.ucsb.edu

 

Magda Campo, M.A., American University, Cairo

Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies

(Arabic language)

campo@religion.ucsb.edu

 

Gregory Hillis, Ph.D., University of Virginia

Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies

(Tibetan language and literature, Sanskrit language and literature)

ghillis@religion.ucsb.edu

 

Aptin Khanbaghi, Ph.D., Cambridge University

Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies

(Persian language and literature)

aptink@religion.ucsb.edu

 

Ashish Kumar, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Santa Barbara

Teaching Associate, Department of Religious Studies

(Hindi language)

ashish@physics.ucsb.edu

 

Gibb Schreffler, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Santa Barbara

Teaching Associate, Department of Religious Studies

(Punjabi language)

hcritz@umail.ucsb.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Roger Friedland

Professor, Department of Religious Studies and Department of Sociology

friedlan@soc.ucsb.edu

 

Allan G. Grapard

Professor, Department of East Languages and Cultural Studies

cigkizz@rain.org

 

Ambi Harsha

Lecturer, Department of Asian American Studies

harsha-a@sa.ucsb.edu

Richard D. Hecht

Professor, Department of Religious Studies

ariel@religion.ucsb.edu

 

Donn W. Howell

Lecturer, Department of Music

donn.howell@isc.ucsb.edu

 

Mary J. Jacob

Researcher, Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research

jacob-m@sa.ucsb.edu

Alan P. L. Liu

Professor, Department of Political Science

liua@polsci.ucsb.edu

 

Nuha N. N. Khoury

Associate Professor, Department of History of Art and Architecture

khoury@arthistory.ucsb.edu

 

Rajnish Mehra

Professor, Department of Economics

mehra@econ.ucsb.edu

 

William F. Powell

Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies and Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies

bpowell@religion.ucsb.edu

 

Dwight F. Reynolds 

Professor, Department of Religious Studies

dreynold@religion.ucsb.edu

 

Jati K. Sengupta

Professor, Department of Economics

sengupta@econ.ucsb.edu

 

Peter C. Sturman

Associate Professor, Department of History of Art and Architecture

sturman@arthistory.ucsb.edu

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