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Education:

• Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017
• M.A., St. John鈥檚 College, New Mexico, 2009
• B.S., Truman State University, 2005

Publications

• Puru峁�a: Personhood in Ancient India. Oxford University Press, 2024.
• 鈥淏igness, Brilliance, the Buddhi, and the Br膩hma峁噛a Yoked-Up King.鈥� Journal of Hindu Studies (forthcoming)
• 鈥淏liss and Bodily Disorientation: The Autophagous Mysticism of Georges Bataille and the Taittir墨ya Upani峁�ad.鈥� In Transformative Embodiment in Asian Religions: Subtle Body, Sensory Body, and Spatial Body (Routledge Press), edited by George Pati and Katherine Zubko, 2019.
•  鈥淭he Autophagous Absolute: Revelations of Cosmic and Sovereign Violence in the Taittir墨ya Upani峁�ad and the Bhagavad G墨t膩. 鈥� Journal of Religion and Violence 6(1): 73-105, 2018.
• 鈥淭he Identity of Person and World in Caraka Sa峁僪it膩 4.5,鈥� Journal of Indian Philosophy 45: 837-861, 2017.
• 鈥淚n a Time Gone Mad: Indic Notions of Madness in the Mah膩bh膩rata and Beyond,鈥� Journal of Hindu Studies 9: 111-144, 2016.
• 鈥淭he Unconscious Mind.鈥� In, Ghosts, Spirits, and Psychics: The Paranormal from Alchemy to Zombies. Edited by Matt Cardin. ABC-Clio Inc., 2015.

Research and Teaching Interests

• History of South Asia and South Asian Religions,
• Epic Literature of South Asia,
• 膧测耻谤惫别诲补,
• Religion and Violence,
• Mortality Studies,
• Religion and Environmental Thought,
• History of Medicine,
• Personhood,
• Spatial Theory,
• Body Theory.

Courses Taught

• CIV 201 - World Civilizations and Cultures I
• RGS 200 - Introduction to Religious Studies
• HIS/RGS 309 - Survey of World Religions
• HIS 359 - Early India