Pronouns
he/him/his
Phone
734-936-2344Office
100E Hatcher Library NorthMailing address
110E Hatcher North
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190
ORCID ID
0000-0003-0086-4311
About me
I am the librarian for South Asian Studies and Anthropology. My primary duties involve the acquisition of materials and reference/consultation for these two subject areas. I work primarily with students and faculty of the University of Michigan but I also get requests from researchers throughout the world. My background is in anthropology. I am ABD from Syracuse University. I had a Fulbright Doctoral Dissertation that funded my research in India. For 20 months I lived in Orissa, India, half the time in Bhubaneswar (the capital) and the other half in a small village. My dissertation title was: "Folk Conceptions of Mental Disorders in Orissa". Even though I did not finish my dissertation I learned a lot and throughout my library career I have used my knowledge of South Asia (especially language) in different positions I have held.
In graduate school I had a Title VI Fellowship (FLAS) and studied Hindi for two years. I then did one year of study in the language Oriya. I have a great love for Orissa and work hard to expand our Oriya collections. The University of Michigan is one of the few university libraries that actively collects Oriya language materials.
Languages
English