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South Asian Studies

South Asia Studies

Dr. Robert Clark, Director

Department of Modern Languages

Eisenhower 14A

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS 66506

rclark@ksu.edu

Faculty

South Asia Project Committee

Faculty from across colleges served on the South Asia Project committee that guided the development of this interdisciplinary program: 2009-2012.

Chair/PI: Barry H. Michie, Director International Program Support, Office of International Programs, sikarraj@k-state.edu, Anthropology & South Asia scholar.

Co PI: Bradley Shaw (Emeritus), Director International and Area Studies, Department of Modern Languages, bradshaw@k-state.edu; Replaced by Robert Clark, Department of Modern Languages, rclark@k-state.edu.

Sajid Alavi, Department of Grain Science, salavi@k-state.edu

Robert Corum (retired), Head of Modern Languages; Replaced by Prof. Salvador Oropesaoropesa@k-state.edu.

Sanjoy Das, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, sdas@k-state.edu.

Jana Hawley, Head, Department of Apparel, Textiles and Interior Design, now at University of Missouri - Columbia

Sheryl Hodge, Office of Educational Innovation and Evaluation, shodge@k-state.edu.

Swinder Janda, Department of Marketing, swinder@k-state.edu.

Aruna N. Michie (Emeritus), Department of Political Science, arunam@k-state.edu.

Bimal K. Paul, Department of Geography, bkp@k-state.edu.

Daryl Youngman, K-State Libraries, dyou@k-state.edu.

Participating Teaching Faculty (Also See Courses Page)

Agriculture

Sajid Alavi, Grain Science, salavi@k-state.edu.

Ted Cable, Forestry, Horticulture & Recreation Resources,  tcable@k-state.edu.

Tim Dalton, Agricultural Economics, TimothyDalton@agecon.ksu.edu.

Architecture

Vibhavari Jani, Department of Interior Architecture & Product Design, vjani@k-state.edu, K-State representative to the Board of Trustees of the American Institute of Indian Studies

Arts and Sciences

Valerie Carroll, Women's Studies, carrollv@k-state.edu.

Mary Gollapalli, Modern Languages, mpgollap@k-state.edu, Hindi instructor

Jessica Falcone, Anthropology, jfalcone@k-state.edu.

Joye Gordon, Journalism and Mass Communication, gordon@k-state.edu.

Bimal Paul, Geography, bkp@k-state.edu.

Shireen Roshanravan, Women's Studies, sroshanr@k-state.edu.

Nadia Shapkina, Sociology, shapkina@k-state.edu.

David Stone, History, stone@k-state.edu.

Naomi Wood, English, njwood@k-state.edu.

Business

Valerie Evans, Management, veevans@k-state.edu.

Chad Jackson, Management, cjackson@k-state.edu.

Swinder Janda, Marketing, swinder@k-state.edu.

Roger McHaney, Management, mchaney@k-state.edu.

Education

Trisha Gott, Leadership Studies, tcgott@k-state.edu.

Marilyn Kaaf, Special Education, Counseling & Student Affairs, mkaff@k-state.edu.

Engineering

James Steichen, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, steichen@k-state.edu.

Human Ecology

Anindita Das, Family Studies & Human Services, anidas@k-state.edu, will be teaching by distance education through Continuing Education.

Sherry Haar, Apparel, Textiles and Interior Design, haar@k-state.edu.

Technology and Aviation

Raju Dandu, Engineering Technology, rdandu@k-state.edu.

Greg Stephens, Technology Management, gregs@k-state.edu.