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Gitomer, Curriculum vitae

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CURRICULUM VITAE OF DAVID L. GITOMER

December 20, 2016

Current Address 1727 W. Peterson Ave. Chicago, IL 60660 (773) 350-8733 (c)

Department of Religious Studies DePaul University 2333 N. Racine Ave., Rm. 105 Chicago, IL 60614 (773) 325-1282

Educational History Ph.D., 1987, Columbia University, Indian Languages and Literatures (Sanskrit). Dissertation title: "The Venisamhara of Bhatta Narayana: the great epic as classical drama." M.A., M.Phil., 1976, Columbia University, Indian Languages and Literatures (minor--Iranian Languages), with distinction. B.A., Columbia University, 1973, Oriental Studies, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. Fellowships 1973-76 N.D.E.A. Title VI 1976-77 United States Office of Education

Fulbright-Hays/Doctoral Dissertation for Research Abroad

1976-78 Social Science Research Council/ American Council of Learned Societies International Doctoral Research Research Fellowship

Work in India (1977-80) Collation and examination of materials from manuscript libraries in India, Nepal, Bangla Desh. Extensive study of Sanskrit texts. Indian academic affiliation: Oriental Research Institute, Mysore. Indian academic adviser: Vidvan H. V. Nagaraja Rao. Extensive reading with Vidvan Nagaraja Rao in kavya, nataka, Alamkara-sastra. Additional study in these subjects with other Mysore pandits and in classes at the Maharaja's Sanskrit College in Mysore (Sanskrit medium). Studies in nyaya and vyakarana.


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Academic Employment 1995-present Department of Religious Studies

DePaul University (Associate Professor; since 2009, Vincent de Paul Associate Professor of Religious Studies)

1992-1995 Department of Religious Studies

DePaul University (Assistant Professor) 1986-92 Department of South Asian Languages

and Civilizations, University of Chicago (Assistant Professor).

1984-86 Department of South Asian Languages

and Civilizations, University of Chicago (Visiting Assistant Professor).

1983-85 Department of Middle East Languages and Cultures,

Columbia University (Instructor). 1982-83 Department of Religion, Barnard College, Columbia

University (Visiting Assistant Professor). 1981-83 Department of Middle East Languages and Cultures,

Columbia University (Instructor). Research Interests Relationship between classical Indian literatures and religions, Sanskrit literature and aesthetic traditions, Sanskrit epic and drama, the Mahabharata, a foundational text in Indian civilization. Continuity and change in textual and interpretive traditions. Publications "Indian Aesthetics," overview article for Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, vol. 2, thoroughly revised version for 2nd edition, Michael J. Kelly, editor, Oxford University Press, 2014. “Can Men Change? Kalidasa’s Seducer King in the Thicket of Sanskrit Poetics,” for Revisiting Kalidasa’s Abhijnanasakuntalam: Land, Love, Languages: Forms of Exchange in Ancient India (Proceedings of the Miranda House, Delhi University Conference on Kalidasa’s Shakuntala,” Delhi: Orient Blackswan, 2011. "Patterns of Christian Martyrdom in Scripture, History and the Arts," in Logos: A


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Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, Spring 2009. [in preparation] “The Bhisma Cosmography Reconsidered,” for Proceedings of the Fifth Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Puranas, University of Zagreb Press. [in preparation] "Ethics and Aesthetics Sanskrit Dramatic Criticism: an overview," in Proceedings of the 13th World Sanskrit Conference (Poetics and Literature Section), University of Edinburgh Press. [in preparation] co-editor, with Mandakranta Bose and David Smith, Proceedings of the 13th World Sanskrit Conference (Poetics and Literature Section), University of Edinburgh Press. "Wrestling with Raudra in Sanskrit Poetics: Gender, Pollution and Sastra," in International Journal of Hindu Studies, issue on Sanskrit Literature. (completely revised from panel version.) Published, September 2003 (though dated Winter 2000). "Tell Me One Thing, Krishna: a personal reflection on Catholic faith and religious pluralism," in As Leaven in the World: Catholic Perspectives on Faith, Vocation, and the Intellectual Life. Edited by Thomas Landy. Franklin, Wis.: Sheed & Ward, 2001. "Indian Aesthetics," overview article for Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, vol. 2, Michael J. Kelly, editor, Oxford University Press, 1998. " . . . Whither the thick sweetness of their passion: the search for Vedic origins of Sanskrit drama," in Arguing the Vedas: Studies in Authority and Anxiety, Laurie L. Patton, editor. Albany: State University of New York, 1994. "Such as a face without a nose": the comic body in Sanskrit literature," Journal of South Asian Literature, Vol. XXVI, Nos. 1-2, pp. 78-110. "Social Justice and "Virtuous Roots": an Indologist Looks at the Debate on Aristotelian Anthropology and Essentialism" (A Response to "Human Functioning and Social Justice: In Defense of Aristotelian Essentialism," by Martha Nussbaum), in Modern Philology, Vol. 90, Supplement, May, 1993. "King Duryodhana: the Mahabharata discourse of sinning and virtue in epic and drama," Journal of the American Oriental Society, 112.2, December 1992. "Raksasa Bhima: Wolfbelly among ogres and brahmans," in Essays on the Mahabharata, Arvind Sharma, editor. Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of


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Religions series, Kees Bolle, editor. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1991. Editor, South Asia at Chicago: a history, by Richard H. Davis, Committee on Southern Asian Studies, New Series No. 1, University of Chicago, l985. Translation of Vikramorvasiya, and essay "The Theater in Kalidasa's Art," in Theater of Memory: The Plays of Kalidasa, Gerow, Gitomer, and Miller, Barbara Stoler Miller, editor, Columbia University Press (New York, 1984). "Jagannatha's Definition of Poetry: An Analysis of the Introductory Verses of the Rasagangadhara and the Definition of Poetry," editor, in collaboration with co-author Norman Sjoman, Journal of Indian Philosophy 9, 1981. Publications in Press and Forthcoming: The Binding of the Braid: the Mahabharata in Classical Drama, forthcoming, Oxford University Press. The Book of Bhisma, translation of Bhisma Parvan, book six of The Mahabharata, James Fitzgerald, series editor, forthcoming, University of Chicago Press. *(currently completed: 108 of 117 chapters) Reviews Review of Drama and Ritual of Early Hinduism, by Natalia Lidova, in Indo-Iranian Journal, forthcoming. Review of Devotional Poetics and the Indian Sublime, by Vijay Mishra, in Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 68, no. 2, 2000. Review of The Sanskrit Epics, by John Brockington, in Journal of Asian Studies, 59, no. 3, 2000. Review of Dramatic Concepts: Greek and Indian. A Study of the Poetics and the Natyasastra, by Bharat Gupt, in Comparative Drama, Winter, 1997. Review of The Theater of the Mahabharata: Terukkuttu Performances in South India, by Richard Armando Frasca, International Journal of Indian Studies, Spring, 1993. Review of Indian Theatre: Traditions of Performance, ed. by Richmond, Swann,


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Zarrilli, in International Journal of Indian Studies, Spring, 1993. Review of Dhvanyaloka of Anandavardhana, ed. by Ingalls, Masson and Patwardhan, Harvard Oriental Series, no. 49, in The Journal of Religion, June, 1993. Review of The Cult of Draupadi, vol. 1: Mythologies, by Alf Hiltebeitel, in The Journal of Religion, April 1991. Review of The Ramayana, vol. 2 Ayodhyakanda, translated by Sheldon Pollock, in The Journal of Asian Studies, November, 1988. Review of The Origin of the Young God: Kalidasa's Kumarasambhava by Hank Heifetz, in The Journal of Religion, April, 1988. Review of The Style of Bana: an introduction to Sanskrit Prose Poetry by Robert A. Hueckstedt, in Journal of Asian Studies, November, 1987. Academic and Professional Panels, Papers and Presentations, 1985-present *Invited Presentation at "Many Mahabharatas" preconference to Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison. October 26, 2017, " Violent Echoes: Formula, Repetition and Creativity in the Bhīṣma Parvan Battle Rhetoric." Invited presenter for workshop panel, “Working with Borderline Students in the Admissions Process,” Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs, Annual Conference sponsored by Stanford University, San Jose, CA, October 15, 2015 Invited presenter, DePaul Humanities Center/Catholic Intellectual Tradition seminar/salon on "Animality." Presentation: "Elephant Flesh." May 13, 2014. Invited formal respondent for panel at American Academic of Religion, November 11, 2012, “In Good Taste: Aesthetics and South Asian Religions.” Presenter: "The Mahabharata, the Venisamhara and the Machinery of Dread," in panel "The Performative Mahabharata," The 40th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, October 22, 2012. Workshop organizer and presenter, "Answering That Question: "What do I do with my GLS degree," Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs, Annual Conference, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, October 13, 2011. Presentation for seminar “Revisiting Kalidasa’s Abhijnana-sakuntalam: Land, Love,


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Languages: Forms of Exchange in Ancient India,” Miranda House College, Delhi University, New Delhi, India, January 20-21, 2010. Title of seminar presentation: “Can Men Change? Kalidasa’s Seducer King in the Thicket of Sanskrit Poetics.” Workshop Presentation, “Thinking Global? Incorporating International Perspectives in Graduate Liberal Studies Programs,” Annual Meeting of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs, Dallas, TX, October 7, 2010. Invited presenter: Workshop Presentation, “Incorporating Reflection into Teaching,” DePaul Teaching Commons Discussion and Workshop Series: Creating & Integrating Knowledge Through Reflective Practices, October 29, 2010. Invited presenter: Workshop Presentation, Best Practices for Focal Point Seminars, November 17, 2010. Workshop Presentation (with Susan Jacobs), “Electronic Portfolios in Graduate Liberal Studies Programs,” Annual Meeting of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs, Orlando, FL, October 23, 2009. Invited presentation, University of Pennsylvania South Asia Seminar, Philadelphia, PA. Paper title: "The Rules of Attraction: Sanskrit dramatic criticism and 'appropriate' erotic behavior," March 19, 2009. Workshop Presentation, “Preparing Graduate Liberal Studies Students for non-GLS Courses,” Annual Meeting of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 16, 2008. Invited participant-presenter, DICSEP V (Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Puranas), Dubrovnik, Croatia, August 11, 2008. Paper title: “The Bhisma Cosmography Reconsidered.” Invited participant-presenter, "Rethinking Practice and Embodiment in Frederick M. Smith’s The Self Possessed: Deity and Spirit Possession in South Asian Literature" Dharma Association of North America (DANAM) Conference, San Diego, November 18, 2007 (concurrent with AAR). "Patterns of Christian Martyrdom in Scripture, History and the Arts," for symposium on "The Dialogues of the Carmelites" panel, DePaul University, jointly sponsored by DePaul University, Loyola University Chicago, and Lyric Opera of Chicago, Jan 28, 2007. Workshop Presentation: "Addressing the Intellectual Structure of GLS Programs: How do you know if your GLS Program is Working?" National Conference, Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 12, 2006.


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Invited Paper, “Ethics and Aesthetics in Sanskrit Dramatic Criticism: an overview,” 13th World Sanskrit Conference, July 10-14, 2006, Edinburgh, Scotland. Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN, Oct 6-8; Workshop leader October and Keynote Presenter, Oct 7: “The Intellectual Structure of a MALS Program.” Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs annual meeting, Charlotte, NC, October 28-30; presentation, October 30: "Restructuring the MALS Curriculum for the Final Project." Conducted a day-long workshop for Secondary and Community College teachers of Drama and Dramatic Literature on Sanskrit drama, sponsored by the Washington D.C., Shakespeare Theatre under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, July 14, 2004. Involved three separate scholarly presentations geared to this particular audience, along with visual presentations and feedback on dramatic performances. (This could also be considered service to the community, but it did involve scholarly research and dialogue.) Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs annual meeting, Napa, CA, November 6-8; presentation, November 7, 2003: "Guiding M.A. Theses in Film and Multimedia." Conducted a pilot workshop for Secondary and Community College teachers of Drama and Dramatic Literature on Sanskrit drama, sponsored by the Washington D.C., Shakespeare Theatre under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, October 23-25, 2002 Catholic Studies Conference: Mapping the Catholic Cultural Landscape, University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX, April 20, 2002; paper title: "Catholic Movies and Movie-going in Chicago, 1938-1963." Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs annual meeting, Chicago, October 18-20, 2001; presentation with Charles Strain, "Assessing Writing Development and Writing Pedagogy in First Year Graduate Liberal Studies Courses." Last Lecture, DePaul University, "Tell me one thing, Krishna: Faith, Pluralism and the Teaching of Religion," February 9, 2000. American Academy of Religion Annual Conference, Boston, MA, November 21, 1999; paper, "Thinking about the Bhisma Parvan: A Translator's Perspective on Structure, Meaning and Aesthetics in The Book of Bhisma," in panel "The Translation Resumed: Celebrating the Resumption of the Chicago Mahabharata."


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An Interdisciplinary Conversation on Multiculturalism, Scholarship and Pedagogy, DePaul University, May 16, 1998; paper title, “The Disappearing ‘Other’: The Impact of South Asian Diaspora Culture on the Work of the Academy.” (invited participant) Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, October 18, 1997; paper, "Wrestling with Raudra in Sanskrit Poetics," in panel "Out of Control? Manifestations and Negotiations of RAUDRA." Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, October 19, 1996; discussant for panel, "New Work on the Mahabharata." Mysore Semiotics Society, Mysore, India, August 8, 1993; address to the Society, "Approaches to the Study of the Body in Sanskrit Texts" Dhvanyaloka, the Criterion Centre for the Study of Literature and the Arts, Mysore University, and the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, Quarterly Seminar, Mysore, India, June 2-4, 1993; invited seminar participant, "What Have the Arts in Common?" Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., April 4, 1992; participant in panel "Performing the Mahabharata"; paper title: "Draupadi's Braid, Arjuna's Ponytail: Critics respond to Mahabharata plays in 987 and 1987." American Academy of Religion Annual Conference, New Orleans, November 19, 1990; participant in panel "Arguing the Vedas"; paper title: "Whither the thick sweetness of their passion: the search for Vedic origins of Sanskrit drama." Workshop on Religion in South Asia, University of Chicago, May 14, 1990; paper title: "Such as a Face Without a Nose: the comic body in Sanskrit literature." (revised, expanded version) Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Chicago, April 8, 1990; presider and participant in panel "Literate Readings: the Construction of Texts in Indian Traditions"; paper title: "The Mahabharata: its contested history as a book." Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, November 5, 1989; participant in panel "Compensation for Injury in India: Law, Ideology and Money"; paper title: "Toward a Prehistory of Injury." Lecture presented at Harvard University, April 14, 1989; title: "Such as a Face Without a Nose: the comic body in Sanskrit literature." Co-organizer, South Asia Workshop on Text and Interpretation, University of


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Chicago, Autumn 1986-Winter 1988. Festival of India, Conference on Indian Literatures, University of Chicago, April 17-20, 1986, discussant. American Academy of Religion Conference, Boston, December 5, 1987, participant in panel "The Mahabharata and its Transformations"; paper title: "King Duryodhana: ambivalent postures of evil in epic and drama." Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, November 2, 1985, organizer and chairman of panel on Mahabharata; paper title: "Raksasa Bhima." Awards and Recognition Quality Matters STAR award, for having achieved a perfect score from Quality Matters for the online course (Buddhist Thought in Cultural Context) I developed through DePaul Online Teaching Seminar (10-23-12) Society of Vincent De Paul Professors, installed at academic convocation, September 4, 2009. Friend for Life Award, Howard Brown Health Center, October 18, 2008. DePaul Humanities Center, Faculty Fellow, 2008-09 for project, “An Introduction to a Translation of the Book of Bhisma.” Undergraduate Research Assistant Program, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2006-7, joint award with Zachary Brenner for "The Bhisma Parvan of the Mahabharata." University Research Council award, paid leave program, Autumn Quarter 2006, for "The Bhisma Parvan of the Mahabharata." Undergraduate Research Assistant Program, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2002. Joint award with Kenneth Umeck, for "Catholic Movies and Movie-going in Chicago, 1938-1963" Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1999. Quality of Instruction Council Instructional Grant for "Development of Course Materials on classic Islamic texts for Morocco Foreign Study Program." Grant period December 1, 1997 to June 1, 1999.


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DePaul University LA&S Paid Leave program, autumn quarter 1996, winter quarter 1997 to be used for continued work on the Mahabharata translation. DePaul University LA&S Summer Research Grant for summer of 1995 to be used for continued work on Mahabharata translation project. Chief Guest, Anniversary Function for Sanskrit newspaper Sudharma, Mysore, India, July 15, 1993. American Institute of Indian Studies grant for research abroad March-August 1993. Chicago Humanities Institute Fellow Autumn Quarter, 1991. Junior Faculty Summer Fellowship, University of Chicago, 1990. Ford Foundation support (1989-91) for revision of South Asian Civilizations course and preparation of volume of readings (shared with Norman Cutler and Susanne Rudolph). Professional Associations American Academy of Religion American Oriental Society Association for Asian Studies Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs Conference on Religion in South India Committee on Southern Asian Studies, University of Chicago (1992-present) Service to the Religious Studies Department *Member, Personnel Committee. (2016-17 Academic Year) (Created new departmental peer evalution form, revised chair election and quorum sections of departmental handbook, lead author for a contract renewal case report) Chair, Online and Adjunct Subcommittee, 2015-present (Reviewed syllabi of adjuncts and worked with them to bring into alignment with departmental best practices; guided process to create template for business ethics and medical ethics courses both online and face-to-face) *Committee on Culture, Religion and Community (formerly Committee for Interreligious Engagement), member (2011-present) (Organizer/host for “Who Owns Yoga?” event on May 23, 2016, Cortelyou Commons.) (Organizer/host for "Zen, Ken, Sho" event to be held October 26, 2017.)


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Advisor to Saifa Hussain, senior thesis 2015-16 Curriculum and Assessment Committee, 2013-present Advisor to Peter Dziedzic, senior thesis 2012-13 Informal Mentor to Contingent Faculty, 2010 Mentor to Contingent Faculty and coordinator of in-service workshops for contingent faculty, 2009-2010 Faculty Mentor to Christopher Tirres, 2009-13 Faculty Mentor to David Wellman, 2005-7 Adviser to John M. Quealy, senior thesis, 2006-7 African American Religions Search Committee, Chair, 2005-6. Departmental Personnel Committee (2004-5); Chair. Organized all formal and informal contract renewals, writing of Annual Review reports, writing of departmental reports for promotion and tenure cases, and reappointment of chair. Worked with Alexei Sivertsev on developing new course REL 301, Theories of Religious Experience and Spirituality, as part of new MALS concentration in Comparative Religion and Spirituality. (See under Service to the MALS/IDS Program). Faculty Mentor to Christopher Robinson, CM, 2003-5. Adviser to Ellen Etchingham, Senior Thesis (jointly with International Studies), 2003-4 Departmental Personnel Committee (2002-3); Acting Chair, Auturmn Quarter 2003 Assisted Department Chair in interviewing candidates for one-year positions in Asian Religions (Winter, 2003) Presentation at Department New Faculty Orientation, September 3, 2003. Future Directions Committee, member (2003-4) Departmental Curriculum Retreat, April 12, 2003. Islam Search Committee (2002-3)


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Departmental consultant for Blackboard; 6 training sessions given 2002-4. Adviser to Laura Cox, Senior Thesis (2003) Chair, New Testament Position Search Committee (2001-2); included organizing approximately 100 applications, extensive interviewing at the American Academy of Religion Conference in Denver, November 16-19, 2001. Adviser to Avital Peres, Senior Thesis: "Sacred Space and Religious Nationalism: Myth, History and Ideology in Jerusalem and Ayodhya." (2001) Judaism Position Search Committee (2000-01) Academic Program Review Committee (2000-2001) including development of an online survey for majors. Informal Course in Sanskrit for students in Religious Studies (Summer, 2000) Chair, Assessment Committee (1999-2000) Assessment Committee (1997-2000) Curriculum Committee (1995-1997) Co-developer, Cultural Studies in Religion major concentration (1995-6) Departmental Strategic Planning Committee (1994-) China Position Search Committee (Autumn 1993-Winter 1994) Departmental Liaison to the Library (1994-1996) Author, Departmental Grant Proposal to Quality of Instruction Council for Departmental Initial Grant (October 1993-May 1994) "Ad Hoc" Curriculum Committee (Helped organize departmental retreat day to discuss curriculum revision, and write subsequent document on curriculum revision process, 1992) World Religions Minor Committee (1992)


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Service to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences *Co-organizer, LAS Graduate Student Conference, "Crossing Boundaries IV," March 3, 2017. Co-organizer and convenor of planning committee, LAS Graduate Student Conference, "Crossing Boundaries III," March 4, 2016. Gave Opening Remarks for Conference at request of Interim Dean Lucy Rinehart. Co-organizer, LAS Graduate Student Conference, "Crossing Boundaries II," March 6, 2015 Co-organizer, LAS Graduate Student Conference, "Crossing Boundaries," for April 2014. Recruited keynote speaker (Wendy Doniger) and introduced her. Member, Graduate Director's Council Member of LAS Vision 2018 Technology Task Force Committee 2012-13. Member of Contract Renewal Committee for MSW Program faculty member Sonia Crabtree-Nelson. (The MSW program did not have sufficient full-time faculty and borrowed myself and Beth Catlett of WGS to assist with the review. We read all her materials, met with her and other MSW faculty to advise the chair Noam Ostrander on her progress toward tenure and promotion.) Honors Program Committee, 1998-2005. May Weber collection co-curator; worked with Dr. Weber and the DePaul Art Gallery staff, January 25-May 1, 2003. Guest Speaker in College of Liberal Arts and Sciences new faculty seminar, March 7, 2003 Guest Speaker in College of Liberal Arts and Sciences new faculty seminar, January 2002. Co-facilitated roundtable discussion on teaching for faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, with Gary Harper, Psychology Department, Friday, October 19. 2001. Teaching Committee (Lynn Narasimhan, chair (1999-2002), Caryn Chaden, chair, 2000. Committee deliberates and makes recommendations on various issues in teaching; also selects recipients of Excellence in Teaching awards and Cortelyou Lowry awards). 1999-2001 Awards Committee (LA & S members of faculty council who assist Dean Mezey to propose, select and articulate the accomplishments of LA & S honorary degree


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awardees), 1997-99. Participant in "An Interdisciplinary Conversation on Multiculturalism, Scholarship and Pedagogy, DePaul University, May 16, 1998. See also Panels and Papers. Assessment Subcommittee of Honors Program Committee, 1998 Participant in committee to develop Asian Studies Program. (1997-98) Interviewing potential scholarship and Honors Program students, weekend of March 3, 1995; weekend of February 16, 1996. "Religious Dimensions" domain committee (1995) Service to the MALS and IDS Program *Proposal for Consolidation and Re-introduction of MALS & IDS Programs; revived effort with Jacqueline Lazú and Guillermo Vásquez de Velasco, September 2016. Academic Program Review (2013-16), leader researcher and author for all documents, including Program Profile and Research Report. MOU signed June 21, 2015. *October 31, 2015. Annual Assessment Project with Susan Jacobs. We assessed Learning Outcome #7: [A MALS or IDS student will] Demonstrate ability to incorporate, analyze and properly cite a variety of academic and professional resources, including scholarly books, journal articles and vetted web resources, in conducting research. We used an innovative assessment system designed to evaluate learning in students who had not taken any courses together. This involved review of non-capstone projects in the students' Digication portfolios. Revised 60% of Program Handbook. 2013 Annual Assessment Project, with Susan Jacobs, "Assessing Interdisciplinarity Outcomes in MALS and IDS Capstones, 2008-13." Development of new Core Course for MALS & IDS Program (in process) Development of new “Cities” concentration (in process); new coordination with Sustainable Urban Development Studies Program. Annual MALS assessment project for new Core Course, MLS 409, “Environment and Society,” with Randy Honold, Summer 2009.


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Creation and authorship of new blog for program (“Dense, joyous, modern” at densejoyousmodern.wordpress.com) Approval and implementation of new program structure and requirement beginning Spring, 2008. Third MALS assessment project on MLS 404, “The City,” with Alex Papadopoulos, Spring-Summer 2008. Reappointed Director of MLS/IDS through 2009 by recommendation of MLS/IDS Policy Committee, February, 2005. Developing new structure for both programs as continuation of curriculum revision of MALS Program in according with Academic Program Review Memorandum of Agreement. (2004-6) Committee member for Elizabeth Kittle, M. A. Thesis (2004-5). Structuring new MALS concentration in Comparative Religion and Spirituality jointly with Alexei Sivetsev, in cooperation with the Future Directions Committee of the Religious Studies Department. (2004-6) Organizing annual assessment project with Frida Furman evaluating effectiveness of interdisciplinary pedagogy in writing final paper in MALS 405, "Representations of the Body." (Winter Quarter 2005) Curriculum revision of MALS Program in according with Academic Program Review Memorandum of Agreement. (2003) Organized (with Karen Scott) and wrote (myself) MALS' third assessment project evaluating the effectiveness of the multiple discipline writing pedagogy in MLS 402, "Perceptions of Reality." (2003) Organized (with Lucy Rinehart) and wrote (myself) MALS' second assessment project evaluating the effectiveness of the research genre writing pedagogy in MLS 403 "The American Experience." (2002) Worked on merger of IDS program with MALS: Became familiar with administration of graduate program in Interdisciplinary Studies (and acquired another 30+ advisees, for a total of 60+). Since IDS students take courses in all divisions of the university, I had to familiarize myself with all these graduate programs (2002). Recruited, interviewed candidates for a part-time Recruiter position (2002 and 2003)


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Worked with Mary Miritello on DePaul's participation in the Chicago Public Library "One Book, One Chicago" Program. Participated in the One Book announcement with Mayor Richard Daley at Thurgood Marshall Public Library, August 14, 2002. Assisted in arrangements to co-host annual national conference of Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs (AGLSP), October 17-20, 2002, Congress Hotel, Chicago. Developed and wrote the Self-Study Plan for the MALS/IDS Academic Program Review, May, 2002-December 2003. Organized (with three other MALS faculty) and wrote (myself) MALS' first assessment project evaluating the success of the essay writing pedagogy in MLS401 "Visions of the Self" (2002) Participated in MALS-sponsored workshop on Interdisciplinary writing, Saturday, September 22, 2001, 313 McGaw Hall. Participated in Conference of Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs, Dartmouth University, Hanover, NH, October 5-8, 2001. Participated in Conference of Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs, Oakland, CA, October 11-15, 2000. Director (1999 - ) Responsibilities include program development, program marketing, budget and staff management, student interviewing and advising, faculty recruitment, etc. Member, MALS Faculty Policy Committee (1994-) Subcommittee on assessment, 1997-98. Convenor, Exploring Other Cultures course development group (1993-4) Service to the University Community *Invited Presenter, "Faculty-Student Dynamics in Online Teaching and Learning," CSH & LAS Teaching and Professional Development Seminar, April 6, 2017. *LAS representative to COOL, Committee on Online Learning, apppointed by Faculty Council; renewed term 2017-20. (Among other activities, I conducted survey on online and hybrid learning in all LAS Departments and Programs; Conducted separate survey of all LAS faculty, tenure and adjunct, on online and hybrid learning experiences, policies, etc. Activities in 2016-2017: Survey of all LAS departments and programs on Online and Hybrid


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teaching evaluation;) *Invited presenter, “Getting Started!” for Thesis and Dissertation Conference for DePaul Graduate Students, February 4, 2017, February 16, 2016, February 21, 2015, February 8, 2014, DePaul Lincoln Park Student Center, sponsored by DePaul Office of Adult, Veteran and Commuter Students Services. *Invited presenter as "DOTS Alumni Instructor" to DePaul Online Teaching Seminar, May 19, 2017, December 9, 2016, June 13, 2016, April 15, 2016, December 7, 2015, June 15, 2015, April 17, 2015, December 8, 2014, June 6, 2014, April 28, 2014, April 25, 2014, December 9, 2013. Researcher/Contributor for The Vincentian World in 1815-6, a virtual exhibition created by The Vincentian Archives Committee of The Society of Vincent DePaul Professors and DePaul University Library's Special Collections, live in October, 2016. Presentation on hybrid course teaching to Focal Point Seminar Committee, April 23, 2014. My Gandhi FPS was the first FPS to have an online component, and received very high student evaluations. Demonstration of online teaching to DePaul University Board of Trustees, March 1, 2014. Researcher/Contributor for Exploring Vincent’s Mediterranean: Western Europe and the Barbary Coast, 1580-1760, a joint exhibit from DePaul University’s Special Archives The Society of Vincent DePaul Professors, Autumn 2013 (opening reception Nov 7, 2013). DePaul/Catholic Theological Union Interreligious Dialogue/Encounter Committee, 2012-14. Invited presentation in LAS-sponsored brown bag lunch on DOTS experience and online teaching, October 11, 2012. Invited Presentation in Teaching Commons Discussion and Workshop Series on “Creating & Integrating Knowledge Through Reflective Practices,” October 29, 2010 Invited Presentation Best Practices for Focal Point Seminars on “Best Practices in Fostering Discussion,” November 17, 2011. Invited presenter for “Teaching to the Range,” program sponsored by Office of Teaching, Learning and Assessment (organizer Rana Husseini), April 1, 2011.


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Membership committee, Society of Vincent De Paul Professors, 2009-12. Participation in DePaul Online Teaching Seminar, November 30-December 18, 2009. Center for the Advancement of the Education of the Adult, Board Member, 2006-8. Participation in Adult Learning Disability Training Workshop, June 19-23, 2006. Keynote Address, "Renewing Your Life-Plan and Renewing Your Life with Customized Graduate Education," Customized Graduate Program Open House, sponsored by Enrollment Management for the SNL Master’s Program, and MALS/IDS, March 4, 2005. Participation in Vincentian Heritage Tour to France, August 10-22, 2004. Interviewed high school seniors for DePaul Scholarship Program, January 24, 2004. Adviser to South Asian Students Association (1998-2005) Sponsored and co-arranged "Tea in the Sahara" photography exhibit by Vicki Vorreiter, MALS student; co-sponsored with Library and Study Abroad Program, 2003. Co-sponsored "Dürer to Goya: Three Centuries of Printmaking from the Needles Collection"; including arranging for Public Symposium on topic, Saturday, October 20, 2-5 PM, 2002. University Academic Planning Retreat, co-facilitated Breakout session on Diversity, July 24, 2001 Convenor, Faculty Council Ad Hoc Committee on Best Practices in Faculty Recruitment and Hiring (2000-2001). Chair, Committee on Committees (2000-2001). Responsibility: To coordinate recruitment of members for most university-wide committees, as well as the grade challenge review boards for all the units. Faculty Council, Agenda Committee, 2000-2001 Assisted in negotiating exchange program with Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Dec. 17-23, 2000. Planning continued into 2001.


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Participant in Workshop on International Education, November 14, 2000. The Annual Academic Planning Retreat, July 18, 2000, CNA Conference Services, 55 East Jackson, 2nd Floor Commencement, Reader of Citation for Sr. Helen Prejean, June 10, 2000. Participant in "Active Teaching on the Web," workshop; invited to present Mandala Project in poster sessions, DePaul Center, May 12, 2000. Participation in faculty discussion of "Angels in America," Chaddick Institute, February 18, 2000. Address to new university faculty. September 1, 1999. Participant in Faculty Planning Retreat; convenor and reporter, Supporting Intellectual Life break-out session, July 1999. Multicultural Curriculum Committee (evaluates multicultural dimensions of all units in the the university, encourages and helps develop multicultural dimensions to all programs), Rafaella Weffer, chair. (1999) Co-field director, DePaul University Foreign Study Program in Marrakech, Morocco, Cadi Ayyad University, 1998. (Responsibilities include developing program, promotional materials, interviewing candidates, developing Chicago orientation programs, arranging all details of program with host university in Marrakech, handling all financial transactions for the program, counseling students on site.) Participant in DePaul University Planning Faculty Retreat, Loop Campus, July 23-24, 1998. Participation in many Centennial activities, including helping to host Dr. Mohammed Knidiri, Rector, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco, September 24-29, 1998. Participant in "First Year Conference," DePaul University, April 24-25, 1998 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences representative to Faculty Council, elected for term 1997-2000. DePaul representative to Collegium Conference on Faith and Intellectual Life, St. John's University, June 6-13, 1997.


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Developing and conducting workshops on religious discrimination for University staff who work with students, November 17, 1993; February 24, 1994; May 11, 1994; February 22, 1995 Service to the Profession *External review for M.A. in Behavioral Sciences, University of Houston, Clear Lake, ("Desk Review") 2-16-17. *External reviewer for Academic Program Review of Master of Liberal Studies Program, Lake Forest College, October 11-13, 2016. Organizer, "Urban Gateways: Immigration and the Global City," annual conference of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs. Renaissance Marriott Blackstone Hotel, Chicago. October 10-12, 2013. External reviewer for Academic Program Review of MALS Program, Indiana University, Kokomo, April 21-23, 2013. External reviewer for Academic Program Review of MALS Program at North Carolina State University, Nov 11-3, 2012. External Review for Academic Program Review of Master of Liberal Studies Program, Rice University, May 2-4, 2011 President, Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs, 2010-2012 Co-editor/contributor, Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Director's Handbook, 2011-12. Vice-president (president-elect), Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs, 2008-10. External Reviewer, MALS Program, Duke University, Mar 14-17, 2009. External Reviewer, MLS Program, Indian University Southeast, September, 2009. (Follow-up review.) External Reviewer, MLA Program, University of St. Thomas, Houston, November 2008 External Reviewer, MLS Program, Indiana University Southeast, August, 2007. Chair, University of Delaware MALS Program External Review Committee,


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November, 2006. Consultant for development of new MALS Program, St. Norbert College, DePere Wisconsin, September 15-17, 2005. Hosted and planned interim meeting of AGLSP Board of Directors, DePaul University, July 14-15, 2005 Appointed to AGLSP Publication Committee, AGLSP Board of Directors Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, May 14, 2005. External Reviewer, University of Miami Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program, site visit January 31-February 1, 2005. Elected to Chair of Membership Committee, AGLSP Board of Directors Meeting, Charlotte, NC, April 17, 2004. Faculty Mentor, Collegium Annual Colloquy on Faith and Intellectual Life, University of Portland, Portland, OR, June 10-18, 2004. Elected to three-year term, national board of directors of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs at annual business meeting, Napa, CA, November 8, 2003. Faculty Mentor, Collegium Annual Colloquy on Faith and Intellectual Life, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, June 14-21, 2002. Reader-evaluator for awards from United States Department of Education, Grants to United States Research Centers Abroad, Washington, D.C., August 11-14, 1998. Adviser and contributor to the Ancient Indian Literature Project, Sahitya Akademi (Government of India undertaking.) Service to the Chicago Community Facilitator of Support Group for People with HIV-AIDS, Howard Brown Health Center, 1987-2014. Guest co-instructor in classical Indian texts, Shimer College, January-February, 2013. Vice President, Board of Directors, Chicago Chamber Choir, December, 2009-2010. Conducted a seminar on "The Bhavagad Gita" for advanced students at Shimer


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College, November 3, 2003. Taught a summer Introductory Sanskrit course for area high school Latin teachers at The Feltre School, 22 W. Erie St., Chicago, Summer 2003. Guest presenter/discussion facilitator, Advent Adult Education series, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Chicago, December 5, 2001. Member of "One Book One Chicago" selection advisory panel. Only academic member of committee which selects the title for the book to be read throughout the city. Advisor/dramaturge to WNEP Theater for productions of "… apocalypse…" and "Wise Blood" (1999-2000) Counseling and Psychotherapy Volunteer of the Year, 2000 Howard Brown Health Clinic. Address on Bhagavad Gita to the students and faculty of Christ College (Honors College) of Valparaiso University, September 18, 1997. Address on The Mahabharata to the students and faculty of Christ College (Honors College) of Valparaiso University, September 7, 1995; September 5, 1996. Consultant and presenter, Indo-American Council Seminar/Workshop for Teachers, "Challenges and Responses: Interacting with the Asian Indian Immigrant Community," November 18, 1995, Chicago. Panel Presider, South Asia Outreach Conference for secondary educators on the deterioration of the environment in South Asia, University of Chicago, July 10, 1994. "Above Art" (association of artists, writers, journalists, and arts administrators), Bangalore, India, July 25, 1993; workshop presentation at monthly meeting, "The Ten Thousand and Eighth Translation of the Bhagavad Gita: a Sanskritist at work in the age of Hindu Nationalism." National Council for the Social Studies/North American Social Studies Conference Annual Meeting (the association of secondary school social studies teachers, November 22, 1992. Preparation of special materials on the Mahabharata for the Council's Special Interest Group on the Epics. Community Conference on the South Asian Diaspora in Chicago, University of Chicago, November 23, 1992. Panel Organizer and Moderator, "The Second Generation Speaks for Itself."


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Variety of talks for educators, secondary school teachers, four-year college faculty (in Midwest Faculty Seminars, etc.) on teaching Asian materials. Current Research and Professional Activities Ongoing translation of The Book of Bhisma in The Mahabharata. Examination of manuscripts on ethos of war and warfare in ancient India. Aesthetics of violence in classical Indian texts. Projects on American popular Catholic culture.

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