HarvardX: HDS3221.5x Hinduism Through Its Scriptures

FACULTY

PROJECT TEAM

	Jason Smith Jason is a doctoral student in comparative studies and South Asian religions in the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University.
	Sophia Nasti Sophia Nasti is a graduate student in the South Asian Studies Department at Harvard University with a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MTS from Harvard Divinity School. Her research focuses on premodern Tamil devotional literature and she will be headed to India on a Fulbright grant this September.
	Sohini Pillai Sohini Pillai is a PhD student in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies at UC Berkeley. She received a B.A. in South Asia Studies and Theatre Studies from Wellesley College (2012) and a M.A in Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies from Columbia University (2015). Her research interests center on premodern Tamil and Hindi tellings of the Mahabharata and Ramayana.
	Ryann Tagle Ryann Tagle is the video editor for World Religions Through Their Scriptures and has been a part of the HarvardX media team for roughly two and a half years. He recently graduated from Emerson College, where he studied Visual and Media Arts and was able to gain experience working in various roles both in on-set production to post-production. While Ryann is devoted to editing, he is deeply interested in exploring new methods of creating video for educational purposes and loves being able to learn more about the world in the process.
	Zachary Davis Zachary Davis works at HarvardX where he focuses on building open online courses in the humanities. Previously at the metaLAB (at) Harvard and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Zachary is a graduate of Brigham Young University, where he majored in International Relations and Philosophy.
	Nicolas Roth Nicolas is a PhD student in the Department of South Asian Studies at Harvard University.
	Bennet Comerford Bennett is a doctoral student in comparative studies and South Asian religions in the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University.
	Gregory Clines Gregory Clines is a doctoral candidate in the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University. His focus is in South Asian religions, and his dissertation examines Digambara Jain literary production and dissemination in the fifteenth century.
	Hannah Jung Hannah Jung is soon to be a Ph.D. student in History. She has a master's degree in Cultural Analysis and Social Theory and a bachelor's degree in Religious Studies.
	Eunice McMurray Eunice McMurray holds degrees in Biology (B.A.) and Medical Sciences (M.M.Sc.) from Harvard University. She has worked for several years as a faith-based community organizer in the Boston area and is particularly interested in the intersection of race and religion.
	Jahnabi Barooah Jahnabi is a doctoral student in History of Religions at the University of Chicago whose research interests span the varied Hindu textual traditions.