Biography Marianne Bloch’s research has focused on historical and cross-cultural issues related to early childhood education and child care in the United States, Africa, and in East/Central Europe. Her interests include studies of women, work, child care, and child care policy. Her latest research focuses on the implications of welfare reform in Wisconsin on families, …
Biography For nearly three decades at UW Madison, Blomker taught the elementary and middle school science methods course based on constructivist and conceptual change theories of learning and sound scientific practice. Blomker consulted with school faculty on the creation of place-based environmental education and inquiry-based curriculum. In addition to having taught the elementary and middle school …
Biography Mary Alice Brennan, Ph.D.,CMA Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin-Madison, joined the faculty/staff of the Dance Program in 1967 and has served as chair of the program three times since then. Her research articles on creativity in dance and the movement analysis of dance style have appeared in publications such as the Journal of Creative Behavior, …
Faculty Webpage Vinay Dharwadker Biography Vinay Dharwadker is Professor of English, World Literature, and South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he is also a member of the Affiliate Faculty for the Center for South Asia and the Center for Visual Cultures. He is the South Asia editor of the third edition of …
Faculty Webpage Henry Drewal Personal Page Henry Drewal Biography Henry J. Drewal is an art historian specializing in the arts of the Yoruba-speaking peoples of West Africa and the African Diaspora. Since 2001, he has been researching (funded with a Senior Fellowship from the American Institute of Indian Studies) the arts, identities, cultures, and histories of African …
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Faculty Webpage Robert Frykenberg Biography Born (1930) and reared in India, trained in America and Britain (Ph.D., London [SOAS], 1961), he came to Wisconsin in 1962. Founded SAMP (South Asia Microfilm Project) in 1963. Chairman, Department of South Asian Studies and Director of South Asia Studies Center from 1970 to 1973. Founded annual Wisconsin Conference …
Biography Professor Galanter was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Delhi, a Fellow of the American Institute of Indian Studies and consultant on legal services to the Ford Foundation in India. He has lectured at more than eighty universities in the United States and abroad. He has taught South Asian Law, Law and Social …
Biography When I was little, I thought about being an archaeologist. I guess I’ve had a lifelong passion for recovering the “forgotten.” I enjoy bringing attention to the incredible potential that resides in the things and the people we take for granted. My work at SoHE allows me to do both. The historical remains and …