Publications 

Forthcoming book: American Followers of Hindu Gurus: A History and Ethnography of Hindu-Inspired Meditation Movements. New York: New York University Press, 2008.

Forthcoming book chapter: “Attitudes toward Dying among Immigrant and Convert Hindus in the United States” in Religion, Death, and Dying in America. Lucy Bregman, ed. New York: Praeger Press, 2009.

Forthcoming book chapter: “The Changing Face of Indian Hindu Identity in Mississippi” in Ethnic Heritage in Mississippi. Shana Walton, ed. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2009.

Forthcoming book review: Compassionate Action by Chatral Rinpoche, Religious Studies Review, 2008.

Book review: The Integrity of the Yoga Darshana by Ian Whicher, Journal of Asian Studies, Aug. 2002 (Vol. 61, no. 3). 

"The Perfectibility of Perfection: Siddha Yoga as a Global Movement," in Gurus in America. Thomas Forsthoefel and Cynthia Humes, eds. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2005.

Book review: Silence Unheard: Deathly Otherness in Patañjala Yoga by Yohanna Grinshpon, Journal of Asian Studies, Feb. 2004 (Vol. 63, no. 1).

Book review: The Integrity of the Yoga Darshana by Ian Whicher, Journal of Asian Studies, Aug. 2002 (Vol. 61, no. 3). 

Presentations

AAR (American Academy of Religion) 2007 Conference, San Diego, CA. Paper presentation: “Paramahansa Yogananda and His American Editors.”

SECSOR (Southeast Commission for the Study of Religion) 2006 Conference, Nashville, TN. Paper presentation with Dr. Devparna Roy: “The Intersection of Hindu and American Values among Indian Immigrants in Jackson, Mississippi.”

AAR 2005 annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Paper presentation: "Interpretations of the Bhagavad Gita in Hindu-Inspired New Religious Movements."

AAR 2003 annual meeting, Atlanta, GA. Respondent to panel: The Ramakrishna Mission and the Representation of Hinduism.

AAR 2001 annual meeting, Denver, CO. Paper presentation: "Siddha Yoga as a Global Movement."

Conference on South Asia 2001 annual meeting, Madison, WI. Paper presentation: "Sources and Innovations for Transcendental Meditation."

AAR 1999 annual meeting, Boston, MA. Organized and presided over panel: "Who Speaks for Siddha Yoga? A Book Review of Meditation Revolution."

Village near Jaipur: A meeting hall built by women, for women.

Seminar Participation

Muktabodha Indological Research Institute, two-week seminar on Sanskrit text: TantrasŒra Summer 2001. (Participants translated and discussed portions of the text.)

Muktabodha Indological Research Institute, ten-day seminar on Sanskrit text: PratyabhijakŒrikŒ,, Summer 2000. (Participants translated and discussed portions of the text.)

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