Teaching Faculty and Affiliated Staff

Teaching Faculty

Azam Syed Ahmed

Credentials: Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and Radiology

Position title: School of Medicine and Public Health

Email: azam.ahmed@neurosurgery.wisc.edu

Teri Allendorf

Credentials: Assistant Scientist

Position title: SILVIS Lab

Email: allendorf@wisc.edu

Muhammad Asif

Credentials: Urdu Instructor

Position title: Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

Email: mfasif@wisc.edu

Sumudu Atapattu

Credentials: Director

Position title: Law School Research Centers

Email: sumudu.atapattu@wisc.edu

Anirban Baishya

Credentials: Assistant Professor

Position title: Department of Communication Arts

Email: abaishya@wisc.edu

Bernadette Baker

Credentials: Professor

Position title: Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Email: bbaker@education.wisc.edu

Mou Banerjee

Credentials: Assistant Professor

Position title: Department of History

Email: mbanerjee4@wisc.edu

Ann Behrmann

Credentials: Honorary Fellow and Board of Visitors

Position title: Honorary Fellow, Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Public Health; Board of Visitors, Global Health Institute

Email: atbehrma@wisc.edu

Rikhil Bhavnani

Credentials: Associate Chair & Director of Graduate Studies and Professor

Position title: Department of Political Science

Email: bhavnani@wisc.edu

Gudrun Bühnemann

Credentials: Professor

Position title: Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

Email: gbuhnema@wisc.edu

Anthony Cerulli

Credentials: Director

Position title: Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures

Email: director@southasia.wisc.edu

Miki Chase

Credentials: Assistant Professor | Śrī Anantnāth Chair in Jain Studies

Position title: Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

Email: mochase@wisc.edu

Preeti Chopra

Credentials: Professor

Position title: Department of Art History

Email: chopra@wisc.edu

Zara Chowdhary

Credentials: Hindi Instructor

Position title: Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

Email: zchowdhary@wisc.edu

Aparna Dharwadker

Credentials: Professor

Position title: Department of English and Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies

Email: adharwadker@wisc.edu

Vinay Dharwadker

Credentials: Professor

Position title: Department of English

Email: vdharwadker@wisc.edu

John Dunne

Credentials: Department Chair and Distinguished Professor of Contemplative Humanities

Position title: Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

Email: jddunne@wisc.edu

Jonathan Durr

Credentials: South Asian Languages Cataloger and LC-Program Student Cataloging Coordinator

Position title: Memorial Library

Email: jonathan.durr@wisc.edu

Anna M. Gade

Credentials: Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and Associate Dean for Research & Education

Position title: Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Email: amgade@wisc.edu

Christine Garlough

Credentials: Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

Position title: Department of Gender and Women's Studies; Department of Comparative Literature and Folklore; Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies; and the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures

Email: clgarlough@wisc.edu

Sundaram Gunasekaran

Credentials: Professor

Position title: Food Engineering and Director, CALS International Programs

Email: guna@wisc.edu

Anne Hansen

Credentials: Interim Department Chair and Professor

Position title: Department of History

Email: arhansen@wisc.edu

Victor Jew

Credentials: Senior Lecturer

Position title: Asian American Studies

Email: vjew@wisc.edu

Jamal Jones

Credentials: Assistant Professor

Position title: Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

Email: jones23@wisc.edu

J. Mark Kenoyer

Credentials: George F. Dales, Jr. and Barbara A. Dales Professor and Archaeology Certificate Advisor

Position title: Department of Anthropology

Email: jkenoyer@wisc.edu

Jampa Khedup

Credentials: Tibetan Instructor

Position title: Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

Email: khedup@wisc.edu

Christopher Livanos

Credentials: Professor

Position title: Department of Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies

Email: clivanos@wisc.edu

B. Venkat Mani

Credentials: Professor

Position title: German, Nordic, & Slavic+

Email: bvmani@wisc.edu

Sri Vamsi Matta

Credentials: Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence

Email: smatta2@wisc.edu

Todd Michelson-Ambelang

Credentials: Senior Academic Librarian for Scandinavian Humanities and South Asian Studies and ADA Liaison for Public Services

Position title: General Library System

Email: todd.ambelang@wisc.edu

Darshana Sreedhar Mini

Credentials: Assistant Professor

Position title: Department of Communication Arts

Fatemeh Mirsharifi

Credentials: Persian Instructor

Position title: Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

Email: mirsharifi@wisc.edu

Anita Mukherjee

Credentials: Assistant Professor

Position title: School of Business

Email: amurkherjee@bus.wisc.edu

Priya Mukherjee

Credentials: Assistant Professor

Position title: Agricultural and Applied Economics

Viren Murthy

Credentials: Associate Professor

Position title: Department of History

Email: vmurthy2@wisc.edu

Corrie Norman

Credentials: Associate Director

Position title: Religious Studies Program

Email: cenorman@wisc.edu

Asifa Quraishi-Landes

Credentials: Professor

Position title: Law School

Email: asifa.quraishilandes@wisc.edu

Paul Robbins

Credentials: Dean

Position title: Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Email: director@nelson.wisc.edu

Hemant Shah

Credentials: Helen Firstbrook Franklin Professor of Journalism

Position title: School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Email: hgshah@wisc.edu

Mitra Sharafi

Credentials: Evjue-Bascom Professor of Law

Position title: Law School

Email: mitra.sharafi@wisc.edu

Sweta Shrestha

Credentials: Workforce Training Programs Lead

Position title: Population Health Institute

Email: sshrestha@wisc.edu

Mark Sidel

Credentials: Doyle-Bascom Professor of Law and Public Affairs

Position title: Law School

Email: mark.sidel@wisc.edu

Gurindar S. Sohi

Credentials: John P. Morgridge Professor and E. David Cronon Professor of Computer Sciences

Position title: Department of Computer Sciences; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; UW-Madison Computer Architecture Group

Email: sohi@cs.wisc.edu

Sachin Tuli

Credentials: Director of International Business Major and Teaching Faculty

Position title: School of Business

Email: sachin.tuli@wisc.edu

Uchita Vaid

Credentials: Assistant Professor

Position title: School of Human Ecology

Email: uvaid@wisc.edu

Stephen Young

Credentials: Associate Professor

Position title: Department of Geography

Email: sjyoung3@wisc.edu

Affiliated Staff

Lindsey Bliefernicht

Credentials: Assistant Director for Students and Curriculum

Position title: Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS)

Email: lindsey.bliefernicht@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 265-2630

Address:
Room 301 Ingraham Hall

Scott Brown

Credentials: Administrative Specialist

Position title: Language Program Office

Email: scott.l.brown@wisc.edu

Deanna Clement

Credentials: Instructional Design Specialist for Regional Flagship Language Initiatives (RFLI) - Culture Initiative

Position title: Language Program Office

Email: dtclement2@wisc.edu

Ryan Doud

Credentials: Grant Consultant for Regional Flagship Language Initiatives (RFLI) - Culture Initiative

Position title: Language Program Office

Email: rmdoud@wisc.edu

Ryan Goble

Credentials: SASLI Program Coordinator for Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI)

Position title: Language Program Office

Email: rgoble@wisc.edu

Laura J. Hammond

Credentials: Director for LPO and U.S. Director for American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS)

Position title: Language Program Office

Email: ljhammond@southasia.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 265-4304

Address:
B488 Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Ave
Madison, WI 53706

Paige Hendricks

Credentials: Project Manager for the American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS)

Position title: Language Program Office

Email: pehendricks@wisc.edu

Kim Knaup

Credentials: Financial Specialist

Position title: Language Program Office

Felecia Lucht

Credentials: Academic Director for LPO and Director for Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI)

Position title: Language Program Office

Email: felecia.lucht@wisc.edu

Phone: (608)263-6693

Anne Naparstek

Credentials: Assistant Director

Position title: Language Program Office

Email: anne.naparstek@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 261-1194

Parwat Regmi

Credentials: Nepali–English Interpreter and Translator/Workplace Computer Trainer

Position title: Cultural Linguistic Services (CLS)

Email: parwat.regmi@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-7521

Purnima Thakur

Credentials: Program Coordinator for the Regional Flagship Language Initiatives (RFLI)

Position title: Language Program Office

Email: pthakur4@wisc.edu

Kerry Uniyal

Credentials: Project GO Administrative Director, MEDLI Program Coordinator for Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI)

Position title: Language Program Office

Email: kuniyal@wisc.edu

Rachel Weiss

Credentials: Academic Advising Manger

Position title: Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

Email: rweiss@wisc.edu