This list includes the names of faculty members from all University of Chicago divisions and departments who have an academic interest in South Asian studies. The listing provides contact information and a link to the faculty member's departmental internet home page when possible.
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Muzaffar Alam
Carl Darling Buck Professor, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College
alam@uchicago.edu
Foster 201
773-702-7547

Daniel A. Arnold
Assistant Professor of the Philosophy of Religion, Divinity School

daarnold@uchicago.edu
Swift 401A
773-702-8276
B
Kali Charan Bahl
Associate Professor Emeritus, Departments of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and Linguistics
kalibahl@sbcglobal.net
Elena Bashir
Senior Lecturer, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations
ebashir@uchicago.edu
Foster 214
773-702-8632
Mandira Bhaduri
Lecturer, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations

mbhaduri@uchicago.edu
Foster 212
772-702-8373

Philip V. Bohlman
Mary Werkman Professor of the Humanities and of Music, Department of Music and the College
boh6@midway.uchicago.edu
Goodspeed 211
773-702-0514
Yigal Bronner
Assistant Professor, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College
ybronner@midway.uchicago.edu
Foster 205
773-702-6445
C
Dipesh Chakrabarty
Lawrence Klimpton Distinguished Service Professor, Department of History; Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College
d-chakrabarty@uchicago.edu
Foster 208
773-702-8642
Steven Collins
Professor and Chair, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College
s-collins@uchicago.edu
Foster 210
773-702-9131
D
Wendy Doniger
Mircea Eliade Professor of the History of Religion, Divinity School; Committee on Social Thought; Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College
don8@midway.uchiago.edu
Swift 207
773-702-8239
E
Sascha Ebeling
Assistant Professor, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College
ebeling@uchicago.edu
Foster 203
773-702-2614
Philip C. Engblom
Senior Lecturer, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations
engblom@uchicago.edu
Classics 45A
773-834-8846
F
Paul Friedrich- Affiliate
Professor Emeritus, Departments of Anthropology; Linguistics; and Committee on Social Thought
Foster 305
773-702-7004
G
Leela Gandhi
Professor, Department of English and the College

lgandhi@uchicago.edu
Walker 511
773-702-3178

Jason Grunebaum
Senior Lecturer, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations

jgrune@uchicago.edu
Foster 510
773-702-8644

H
I
Ronald B. Inden
Professor Emeritus, Departments of History and South Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College
rbinden@midway.uchicago.edu
J
Ngawang Jorden
Lecturer, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations
njorden@uchicago.edu
Foster 204
773-702-0627
K
Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études, Ecole Practique des Hautes Etudes; Numata Visiting Professor, Philosophy and History, Divinity School
mkapstei@uchicago.edu
Swift 303B
773-702-2614
John D. Kelly
Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College
johnkelly@uchicago.edu
Haskell 206
773-702-4333
Alan Kolata
Neukom Family Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College
a-kolata@uchicago.edu
Haskell 135
773-702-7729
Nisha Kommattam
Lecturer, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations
nishak@uchicago.edu
Classics 408
773-702-6317
James M. Lindholm
Senior Lecturer, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations
lindholm@uchicago.edu
Foster 211
773-702-1527
Mark Lycett
Research Associate, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
m-lycett@uchicago.edu
Haskell 224
773-702-6040
M
Rochona Majumdar
Assistant Professor, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College

rmajumda@uchicago.edu
Foster 213
773-752-8123

McKim Marriott
Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology and the College
mmarriot@midway.uchicago.edu
Haskell 201
773-702-7766
Colin P. Masica
Professor Emeritus, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations
dacotah@mwt.net
William Mazzarella
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, and the College
mazzarel@uchicago.edu
Haskell 327
773-834-4873
Atif Mian
Assistant Professor, Finance, Graduate School of Business
amian@gsb.uchicago.edu
GSB Suite 504
773-834-8266
Heshmat Moayyad- Affiliate
Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
hmoayyad@uchicago.edu
Pick 217
773-702-9534
Kathleen D. Morrison
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College
k-morrison@uchicago.edu
Haskell 314
773-702-7704
C.M. Naim
Professor Emeritus, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations
naim@midway.uchicago.edu
Ralph W. Nicholas
William Rainey Harper Professor Emeritus, Deptartment of Anthropology and the College; President, American Institute of Indian Studies
r-nicholas@uchicago.edu
Martha Nussbaum
Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law & Ethics, Law School; Department of Philosophy; Divinity School; and the College
martha_nussbaum@law.uchicago.edu
Laird Bell 520
773-702-3470
James H. Nye
Director, South Asia Language and Area Center; Bibliographer for Southern Asia
jnye@midway.uchicago.edu
Regenstein Library 565
773-702-8430
Emily Oster
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
eoster@uchicago.edu
Rosenwald 205
773-702-6576
John Perry- Affiliate
Professor, Department of Near East Languages and Civilizations and the College
j-perry@uchicago.edu
Pick 221
773-702-7251
Steven Poulos
Director, South Asia Language Resource Center
smpoulos@uchicago.edu
Judd 207
773-834-3399
Tahera Qutbuddin
Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the College
btq@uchicago.edu
Pick 219
773-834-8786

Valerie Ritter
Assistant Professor, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College

ritter@uchicago.edu
Foster 215
773-834-8618
Frank E. Reynolds
Professor Emeritus, Divinity School, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College
Frank_Reynolds@hotmail.com
Lloyd I. Rudolph
Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science and the College
lrudolph@uchicago.edu
Susanne Hoeber Rudolph
William Benton Distinguished Service Professor Emerita, Department of Political Science and the College
srudolph@midway.uchicago.edu
Danilyn Rutherford
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College
drutherf@uchicago.edu
Haskell 211
773-834-1508
Clinton B. Seely
Professor Emeritus, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College
c-seely@uchicago.edu
Richard A. Shweder
Faculty Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, and the College; William Claude Reavis Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Comparative Human Development, Department of Psychology
rshd@uchicago.edu
Human Development 104
773-702-1524
Dan Slater
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and the College
slater@uchicago.edu
Pick 507
773-702-2941
Ulrike Stark
Assistant Professor, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College
ustark@uchicago.edu
Foster 202
773-702-8345
Richard P. Taub
Paul Klapper Professor of Social Science in the College; Professor, Sociology and Department of Comparative Human Development
RPT2@midway.uchicago.edu
Human Development 205
773-834-8907
Judd 409
773-702-7927
Robert M. Townsend- Affiliate
Charles E. Merriam Professor, Department of Economics and the College
rtownsen@midway.uchicago.edu
Social Sciences 408
773-702-8178
Gary Tubb
Professor, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations
tubb@uchicago.edu
Foster 207
773-834-8525
Christian K. Wedemeyer
Assistant Professor of the History of Religions, Divinity School
wedemeyer@uchicago.edu
Swift 310B
773-702-8265
Steven Wilkinson
COSAS Chair 2007-10; Associate Professor, Department of Political Science; Interim Director, Center for International Studies
swilkinson@uchicago.edu
Pick 411
773-702-3403
John E. Woods - Affiliate
Professor, Departments of History, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the College
j-woods@uchicago.edu
Pick 115
773-702-8343
Norman H. Zide
Professor Emeritus, Departments of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and Linguistics
n-zide@uchicago.edu
Karin Zitzewitz
Harper Fellow and Collegiate Assistant Professor, Social Sciences Collegiate Division

karinz@uchicago.edu
Gates-Blake 407
773-834-0087