Members

About Our Members

COSAS members are University of Chicago faculty members engaged in significant research, publication and teaching related to the study of South and Southeast Asia. As of 2021-22, the Committee has sixty-six members. COSAS members represent approximately eighteen degree-granting departments and programs across the university. This is one of the largest concentrations of faculty working on Southern Asia at any major research university. Members meet regularly to plan and implement programming and academic programs to enhance the study of Southern Asia at the University.

Sabina Shaikh

Sabina Shaikh

Sabina Shaikh is a Senior Instructional Professor in the Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization...

Sunit Singh

Sunit Singh

Assistant Instructional Professor, Affiliate Faculty in History; Co-director, SOSC Core Writing Initiative

Gary Tubb

Gary Tubb

Anupama and Guru Ramakrishnan Professor and Chair in South Asian Languages and Civilizations

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James Vaughn

James Vaughn

Assistant Instructional Professor in the Social Sciences Collegiate Division; Affiliate Faculty in History

Christian K. Wedemeyer

Christian K. Wedemeyer

Associate Professor of Anthropology and of the Social Sciences in the College,
Associate Faculty of Cinema & Media Studies and Comparative Human Development, and
Chair, Committee on Southern Asian Studies