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South Asia Program

Cornell University

Core Faculty

Sujata Singh

Senior Lecturer, Asian Studies

Geographic Research Area: India

Teaching/Research Interests: All levels of Hindi language

Eric Tagliacozzo

Director, Comparative Muslim Societies Program and Southeast Asia Program

Eric Tagliacozzo is the John Stambaugh Professor of History at Cornell University. He is the director of the Einaudi Center's Comparative Muslim Societies Program and Southeast Asia Program, and a core faculty member of the Southeast Asia Program and South Asia Program.

Sarah F. Thompson

Assistant Professor of Government

Geographic Research Area: South Asia and Latin America

Robert Travers

Associate Professor, History

Geographic Research Area: India and Pakistan

Teaching/Research Interests: British Empire, legacy of Indo-Persian politics in colonial era, history of political and economic ideas, and the history of global interconnections

Norman Uphoff

Professor Emeritus, Government and International Agriculture

Geographic Research Area: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Bhutan

Aditya Vashistha

Assistant Professor, Information Science
Aditya Vashistha's research focuses on creating social computing technologies that empower underserved communities worldwide.

Andrew C. Willford

Professor, Anthropology

Andrew C. Willford is a professor of anthropology and Asian studies at Cornell University.

Steven A. Wolf

Associate Professor

Geographic Research Area: India

Teaching/Research Interests: Environment, sustainable livelihoods, forest governance

Mary N. Woods

Professor Emerita, Architecture

Geographic Research Area: India

Teaching/Research Interests: Modern and contemporary urbanism and architecture and comparative modernities in the global south and global north