A member of the International Division at UW-Madison
Biography Dr. Sarah Beckham specializes in sound systems of South Asian languages, with a research focus on contact linguistics and loanword phonology in Marathi. In addition, she is a co-founding member of the Punjabi Boliyan Research Initiative (PBRI). She serves as the Academic Director for the South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI), Executive Director for the …
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 …
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 …
Biography Andrea Fowler serves the Center for South Asia as Assistant Director, coordinating Outreach Programming, FLAS for CSA and SASLI, and serving as the Conference Coordinator for the Annual Conference on South Asia. Her outreach programs have been supported by a Reilly-Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Project Grant (Teaching Forward Fellowship Project for Wisconsin Middle School Educators) …
Biography Ryan Goble is the WISLI coordinator for the South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI) and the Less Commonly Taught Languages Career Fair in the Language Program Office. Before joining the Language Program Office, Goble served as the project coordinator for the Wisconsin Language Roadmap Initiative at the UW-Madison Language Institute, collaborating with diverse leaders …
Faculty Webpage Laura J. Hammond Biography Laura Hammond has been the SASLI program coordinator since the inaugural Summer of SASLI in 2003. Laura has a BFA in ceramic art from the University of Washington-Seattle and is working towards an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Laura has been overseas for work, travel, and education. As …
Biography Anne Naparstek is the Assistant Director of the Language Program Office, focusing on administration and student services across all programs housed within LPO. Prior to this role, Anne served as the Program Coordinator for the South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI) for ten years. During her time with SASLI, she also worked with the …