Faculty Webpage Rikhil Bhavnani Biography Rikhil R. Bhavnani is Professor and the Glenn B. and Cleone Orr Hawkins Chair at the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research focuses on the political economy of development and migration, and on inequalities in political representation, mainly in South Asia. Professor Bhavnani is the co-author, with Bethany Lacina, …
Faculty Webpage Gudrun Bühnemann Biography Gudrun Bühnemann is a Professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After receiving her Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies and Indology from the University of Vienna she spent extended periods of time as a post-doctoral researcher at Pune University in India and at Nagoya University …
Faculty Webpage Anthony Cerulli Biography Anthony’s primary field of research is the critical study of medicine, religion, and the body. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of religions in South Asia, the history of medicine in India, and the practice and production of ethnography in Asia. In past and current projects, Anthony’s …
Biography Śrī Anantnāth Chair in Jain Studies and Assistant Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures Miki Chase is Assistant Professor in South Asian Studies and holds the Śrī Anantnāth Endowed Chair in Jain Studies. Her research and teaching focuses on intersections of religion, law, and gender in questions of care around death and dying in India, …
Faculty Webpage Preeti Chopra
Biography Geetanjali is a licensed mental health counselor and works as a multilingual therapist at the counseling center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Geetanjali grew up in India and completed her Master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin- Madison. Geetanjali’s clinical and research interests primarily focus on increasing mental health accessibility for South Asian Immigrant …
Faculty Webpage Aparna Dharwadker Biography Aparna Dharwadker is Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies at UW-Madison, with expertise in postcolonial studies, modern and contemporary Indian theatre, contemporary world theatre, comparative theatre theory, and South Asian diasporic cultural forms. She is a two-time winner of the Joe Callaway prize, awarded biannually to the best book …
Faculty Webpage John Dunne Personal Website John Dunne Biography John Dunne’s work focuses on Buddhist philosophy and contemplative practice, especially in dialog with Cognitive Science. His publications range from technical works on Buddhist epistemology to broader works on the nature of Buddhist contemplative practices such as Mindfulness. He speaks in both academic and public contexts, …
Biography Jonathan Durr has been South Asian Languages Cataloging Specialist for the University of Wisconsin-Madison General Library System since 2014. Jonathan has a BA and MA in Geography from Kent State University and an MA in Languages and Cultures of Asia from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a graduate student in Madison, he worked with …