Associates
About Our Associates
Associate members are typically scholars based at institutions other than the University of Chicago who reside in the Chicago area or are in Chicago frequently and can participate in COSAS activities. Nomination for associate membership must be made by a University of Chicago faculty member.
Tarini Bedi
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Marc des Jardins
Assistant Professor in Tibetan and East Asian Religions, Department of Religion, Concordia University
David DiValerio
Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Dr. Madhuvanti Ghose
Alsdorf Associate Curator of Indian and Islamic Art, Department of Asian & Ancient Art, The Art Institute of Chicago
Brannon Ingram
Assistant Professor of Religion, Department of Religious Studies, Northwestern University
Kalyani Devaki Menon
Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, DePaul University
Sally Noble
Adult Educator, City Colleges of Chicago; SALC alum; former Associate Director, COSAS and SALAC
Tracy Pintchman
Professor of Hindu Studies and World Religions, Department of Theology, Loyola University Chicago
Gayatri Reddy
Associate Professor, Gender and Women's Studies & Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Sylvia Vatuk
Professor Emerita, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. Sanjeev Vidyarthi
Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois, Chicago