Recipient of
Alice Lampe Heidel & John B. Heidel Award
in recognition of commitment to teaching and exceptional service to undergraduate students,
by the Department of Religious Studies, The University of Iowa, US
Alice Lampe Heidel & John B. Heidel Award
in recognition of commitment to teaching and exceptional service to undergraduate students,
by the Department of Religious Studies, The University of Iowa, US
Hilary and Trinity Terms 2023
Classical Hindi Junior Research Fellow, Christ Church, University of Oxford, UK. Associate Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford, UK. Self-Designed & Self-Taught Image: Youth and Dervish, late 17th century, Acc. No. 11.84.13, The MET Fifth Avenue, New York. |
Hilary and Trinity Terms 2023
Literary Hindi Junior Research Fellow, Christ Church, University of Oxford, UK. Associate Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford, UK. Self-Designed & Self-Taught Image (left to right): Bhagat Singh (1907–31), Ismat Chughtai (1915–91), and Pash (1950–88); ©Wikimedia CC-BY-SA-4.0. |
Summer 2021
Elementary Sanskrit Associate Lecturer, South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI), University of Wisconsin–Madison, US. Self-Designed & Team-Taught Image: Viṣṇu instructing an assembly of elite men, M.72.53.27a-b, LACMA (©LACMA). |
Spring 2021
Asian Humanities: India Teaching Assistant, Department of Asian & Slavic Languages, University of Iowa, US. Self–Designed & Self–Taught Image: Chāndogya Upaniṣad, Lalchand Research Library, Chandigarh. Photo by Sarah Welch ©Wikimedia CC-BY-SA-4.0. |
Summer 2015
Prakrit Languages Language Instructor, American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS), Deccan College, Pune, India. Image: A folio of the Uttarādhyayanasūtra, AC1993.225.1, LACMA (©LACMA). |
Spring 2015
Classical Mythology Teaching Assistant, Department of Classics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, US. Course supervised by Dr. Vasiliki Kostopoulou, Department of Classics, University of Iowa, US. Image: Achilles and Ajax Playing a Board Game, 540-530 BCE, Musei Vaticani, Rome. |
Fall 2014
Judaism: The Sacred & The Secular Teaching Assistant, Department of Religious Studies, University of Iowa, US. Course supervised by Prof. Jay A. Holstein, Department of Religious Studies, University of Iowa, US. Image: Yemenite Torah Scrolls, Wikipedia, ©CC BY-SA 4.0. |
Summer 2014
Sanskrit Language Instructor, American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS), Deccan College, Pune, India. Image: Devīmāhātmya (11th century Ms from Nepal; Sam Fogg cat. 17(1996):40. Photo by Sarah Welch; Wikipedia, ©CC BY-SA 4.0). |
Fall 2013
Introduction to Sanskrit Language Instructor, Khāna-ye Honar, Tehran, Iran. Self–Designed & Self–Taught Image: Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.2.8-10, Lalchand Research Library Collection, Photo by Sarah Welch, Wikipedia, ©CC BY-SA 4.0. |
Spring 2012
Introduction to Buddhism Teaching Assistant, Department of Religious Studies, University of Iowa, US. Course supervised by Prof. Morten Schlütter, Chair of Religious Studies, University of Iowa, US. Image: Amida Buddha at the Jodo Shinshu altars. Source: Jodo Shinshu Handbook for Laymen. |