Education

Ph.D. -- Columbia University

• 2016-2020 (Anticipated) -- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences -- Department of Religion -- Focus in South Asia

M.A. -- Columbia University

• 2014-2016 -- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences -- Department of Religion -- Focus in South Asia -- GPA: 3.93

B.A. -- Carthage College

• 2009-2013 -- summa cum laude -- All College Honors -- Dual Major in Religion and Great Ideas -- GPA: 3.93

Other

• Summer and Fall 2017 -- American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS): Advanced Hindi -- Jaipur, India

• Summer 2016 -- American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS): Advanced Hindi -- Jaipur, India

• Summer 2015 -- South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI): Intermediate Sanskrit -- Madison, WI

• Fall 2013 -- Zabaan Language Institute: Intermediate Hindi -- New Delhi, India

Languages

• Hindi -- Training at AIIS, Columbia University, Zabaan Language Institute, Carthage College

• Sanskrit -- Training at Columbia University, SASLI (Madison, WI)

Competitive Fellowships and Honors

2018

• Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Award

• AIIS Junior Research Fellowship (declined)

2017

• AIIS Language Fellowship: Hindi

• Summer FLAS Fellowship: Hindi

2016

• Summer FLAS Fellowship: Hindi

2015

• Academic Year FLAS Fellowship: Hindi

2014

• Academic Year FLAS Fellowship: Hindi

2013

• Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship -- English Teaching Assistant -- New Delhi, India

• Emma Johnson Award [highest GPA in department] (Carthage College)

• Outstanding Senior Thesis in Religion (Carthage College)

2012

• Summer Undergraduate Research Endeavor (Carthage College)

• Emma Johnson Award [highest GPA in department] (Carthage College)

2011

• Freeman Grant -- ASIA Network -- Huairou, China; Beijing, China

Conference Papers/Presentations

• "Zooming in on Mozoomdar: A Microhistory of Brahmo Belief." American Acadamy of Religion Annual Conference, Denver, CO. (Fall 2018)

• Chair/Discussant. "Yoga and Politics: South Asia and Beyond." Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Fall 2018)

• "The Creation of a Mahatma: Creative License in Ratnadeep Pictures' Tulsidas (1954)." Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Fall 2015)

• "It's Common Sense: Medical Decision-Making in Beijing, China." National Conference of Undergraduate Research, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. (Spring 2013)

• "Dionysus the Provider: Immanent and Transcendent." Annual Core Texts Conference, Shimer College, Chicago, IL. (Spring 2013)

• "Beliefs, Actions, Outcomes -- Medical Decision-making in Beijing, China." ASIANetwork Conference, Willamette University, Portland, OR. (Spring 2012)

• "Dionysus the Provider: Immanent and Transcendent." Midwest Undergraduate Conference in the Humanities, Simpson College, Indianola, IA. (Fall 2012)

Publications

• "Metabolic Living: Food, Fat, and the Absorption of Illness in India by Harris Solomon (Review)." Global Public Health 11, no.2 (2018): 318-19.

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Religion (AAR)

• International Exchange Alumni

Academic Positions

Fall 2018

• Teaching Assistant -- "East Asian Buddhism" (Michael Como, Religion)

Summer 2018

• Graduate Mentor -- Laidlaw Scholarship Program

• Research Assistant -- Kavita Sivaramakrishnan (History and Public Health)

Spring 2018

• Teaching Assistant -- "Hinduism" (Jack Hawley, Religion)

Spring 2017

• Research Assistant -- Kavita Sivaramakrishnan (History and Public Health)

Summer 2014

• Creative Writing Teacher -- The Center for Gifted: Midwest Torrance Center for Creativity, Buffalo Grove, IL

Summer 2013-2014

• English Teaching Assistant -- Fulbright-Nehru Scholarship -- New Delhi, India

Fall 2011-Spring 2013

• CRLA Level 3 Certified Writing Tutor -- Carthage College Writing Center

Fall 2011-Spring 2012

• Great Ideas Department Fellow -- Carthage College