Ph.D., 2000, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Modern Indology (Modern South Asian Studies)
Classical Indology (Classical South Asian Studies)
English Philology
Principal Scholarly Interests
South Asian Studies, Religious Studies, Literary Theory and Criticism,
Buddhism, classical and modern Hindu thought, North Indian Islam,
Sufism, Women and Religion, Hindu Goddesses, Indian Literatures, South
Asian Literatures in the Diaspora, American Literature
