Andrea R. Jain
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts
Editor, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) 425 University Blvd., CA 335E, Indianapolis IN 46202-5140 Phone: 317-274-1721 Email: [email protected] [email protected]
Education
Graduate
Ph.D., Rice University, Religious Studies, 2010 Graduate Certificate, Rice University, Women, Gender, and Sexuality, 2010 M.A., Rice University, Religious Studies, 2009
Undergraduate
B.A., Southern Methodist University, 2004 Majors: Philosophy, Psychology, and Religious Studies
Professional History
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, 2016- Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, 2010-2016 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Religious Studies, Rice University, 2009-2010 Adjunct Faculty, Religious Studies Program, University of Houston, 2006-2009
Editorial Appointments
Editor, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 2017- Editorial Board, Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, 2011- Associate Editor, Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 2008-2011 Guest Editor, Bulletin of the Council of the Society for the Study of Religion, 2007 Editorial Assistant, Religious Studies Review and Bulletin of the Council of the Society for the Study of Religion, 2005-2006
Public Scholarship Appointments
Advisor, Yoga Standards Review Project, Yoga Alliance, 2018
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Associate Lecturer, Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, Rice University, 2009-2010 Public Scholar, Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, Rice University, 2007-2009 Associate Lecturer, Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, Rice University, 2006-2007
Languages Studied
Sanskrit, Hindi, French
Professional Awards, Fellowships, and Grants
Alumni Flame Award, Department of Religion, Rice University, 2018 IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute Internal Grant, $15,000, 2016-2017 Summer Research, Creative Activity, and Scholarship Grant, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI, $6,255, 2016 New Frontiers in the Arts and Humanities Exploratory Travel Fellowship, Indiana University, $3,000, 2014-2015 Winner of the IUPUI Internal Competition, National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, 2014 Crovetto Award for Excellence in the Study of New Religious Movements with Ties to South Asia, Nova Religio, 2012 Outstanding Advisor to a Student Organization (for service to the Religious Studies Student Association), IUPUI, 2012 Shipps Travel Award, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI, $500, 2012 Summer Research Fellowship, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, $5,000, 2012 Summer Research Grant, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI, $5,051, 2012 Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Humanities Research Center, Rice University, $14,000+tuition (awarded, but declined), 2010 Texas Equalization Grant, State of Texas, $3,500, 2009-2010 Wagoner International Studies Grant, Rice University, $5,000, 2009 Comparison in Theory and Practice Seminar and Fellowship, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, $9,000, 2008-2009 Texas Equalization Grant, State of Texas, $3,500, 2008-2009 Religious Biopolitics: Transcendental Hygienics Past, Present, and Future Seminar and Fellowship, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, $9,000, 2007-2008 Jain Studies Fellow, International Summer School for Jain Studies, travel costs, 2007 Jain Studies Fellow, International Summer School for Jain Studies, $3,000+travel costs, 2006 Summer Research Grant for Sanskrit Studies at the University of Chicago, School of Humanities, Rice University, $3,000, 2005 Departmental Fellowship, Department of Religious Studies, Rice University, $14,000/year+tuition, 2004-2009 Departmental Distinction, Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, 2004 Magna Cum Laude, Southern Methodist University, 2004
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Isaac Gustave Bromberg Award for Outstanding Work in the Humanities, Department of Philosophy, Southern Methodist University, 2004 Harvey Paul Alper Award for Outstanding Work in an Eastern Religion, Department of Religious Studies, Southern Methodist University, 2004 William H. Lively President’s Scholarship, Southern Methodist University, 2002-2004 Noyes Laverne Scholarship, Southern Methodist University, 2000-2002
Professional Development
Teaching Workshop for Asian and Asian American Faculty, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, 2011-2012
Professional Memberships
American Academy of Religion Association for Asian Studies Indiana University Consortium for the Study of Religion, Ethics, and Society
Publishing History
Works in Progress and Forthcoming
Peace, Love, Yoga: The Politics of Global Spirituality. New York: Oxford University Press.
“Siddhis and Superhumans: The Hagiographies of Modern Postural Yoga”
Books
2. 2014. Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture. New York: Oxford University Press.
1. 2014. Kripal, Jeffrey J., Ata Anzali, Andrea R. Jain, and Erin Prophet. Comparing Religions: Coming to Terms. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Articles and Book Chapters
17. In press. “Spiritualizing the Other: Appropriating and Commodifying Practices in Metaphysical Religion.” Metaphysical Religion in America. Edited by Brett Grainger and Christopher White. New York: Columbia University Press.
16. In press. “Modern Jain Yoga.” Brill’s Encyclopedia of Jainism. Edited by Knut A. Jacobsen, John E. Cort, Paul Dundas, and Kristi L. Wiley. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.
15. 2018. “Yogi Superman, Master Capitalist: Bikram Choudhury and the Religion of Commercial Spirituality.” Being Spiritual but not Religious: Past, Present, and Future(s). Edited by William B. Parsons. New York: Routledge.
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14. 2018. “Subversive Spiritualities: Yoga’s Complex Role in the Narrative of Sex and Religion in the Twentieth Century U.S.” Devotions and Desires: Religion and Sexuality in the Twentieth Century United States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
13. 2017. “Yoga, Christians Practicing Yoga, and God: On Theological Compatibility, or Is There a Better Question?” Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies 30.
12. 2016. “Modern Yoga,” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. New York: Oxford University Press.
11. 2015. “Jain Modern Yoga: The Case of Preksha Dhyana.” Jain Yoga. Edited by Christopher Key Chapple. New York: Routledge.
10. 2014. “Who Is to Say Modern Yoga Practitioners Have It All Wrong?: On Hindu Origins and Yogaphobia.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 82(2): 427-471.
9. 2014. “Conversion to Jain Traditions.” The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion. Edited by Charles Farhadian and Lewis R. Rambo. New York: Oxford University Press.
8. 2014. “Muktananda: Entrepreneurial Godman, Tantric Hero.” Gurus of Modern Yoga. Edited by Ellen Goldberg and Mark Singleton. New York: Oxford University Press.
7. 2012. “Branding Yoga: The Cases of Iyengar Yoga, Siddha Yoga, and Anusara Yoga.” Approaching Religion 2(2): 3-17.
6. 2012. “The Malleability of Yoga: A Response to Christian and Hindu Opponents of the Popularization of Yoga.” Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies 25: 3-10.
5. 2012. “The Dual-Ideal of the Ascetic and Healthy Body: The Jain Terapanth and Modern Yoga in the Context of Late Capitalism.” Nova Religio 15(3) (February): 29-50.
4. 2012. “Jainism.” Religions of the World: An Introduction to Culture and Meaning. Edited by Lawrence E. Sullivan. New York: Fortress Press.
3. 2010. “Erotic Motherhood and the Ideal Son: Mythology as Psychotherapy in the Krishna- Bhakti Tradition. Pastoral Psychology 59(1) (February): 53-64.
2. 2009. Jain, Andrea R. and Jeffrey J. Kripal. “Quietism and Karma: Non-Action as Non-Ethics in Jain Asceticism.” Common Knowledge, Symposium: Apology for Quietism, Part 2 15(2) (Spring): 197-207.
1. 2005. McCullough, Michael E., Craig K. Enders, Sharon L. Brion, and Andrea R. Jain. “The Varieties of Religious Development in Adulthood: A Longitudinal Investigation of Religion and Rational Choice.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 89(1) (August): 78-89.
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Public Scholarship, Editorials, and Minor Essays
37. 2018. “To Fight White Supremacy We Must Resist Essentialism: The Author Responds.” Religion Dispatches (May 8).
36. 2018. “Fox News Controversy on Yoga and White Supremacy Reveals Problem of Yoga Discussion.” Religion Dispatches (February 7).
35. 2017. “India in the American Imagination: Historicizing the Politics of Representation.” The Immanent Frame (December 5).
34. 2017. “Can Yoga be Christian?” The Conversation (June 21).
33. 2017. “The Revolution will not be Fetishized: Taking Resistance Beyond the Spiritual Industrial Complex.” Religion Dispatches (February 7).
32. 2017. “Can “Pop Spiritualities” be Truly Transformative?: The Case of Bikram Yoga.” Tricycle 26(3) (Spring).
31. 2016. “Trump and Hindu Nationalism: A Match Made in Bollywood,” Religion Dispatches (October 17).
30. 2016. Jain, Andrea R. and Michael Schulson. “The World’s Most Influential Yoga Teacher is a Homophobic Right-Wing Activist,” Religion Dispatches (October 4).
29. 2016. Jain, Andrea R. and Michelle Goldberg. “The Surprisingly Short History of Popular Yoga,” Religion Dispatches (February 22).
28. 2016. “Let’s Stop Calling Rape and Harassment by Bikram Yoga Founder Just Another ‘Guru Scandal,’” Religion Dispatches (February 1).
27. 2015. “Five Myths About Yoga,” The Washington Post (August 14).
26. 2015. “On International Yoga Day, Yoga is Just Politics by Other Means,” Quartz (June 21).
25. 2015. “Whose Yoga is it Anyway? Because Yoga has never been a Static or Unified System,” The Indian Express (June 17).
24. 2015. “Catholic Priests are Stirring Up an Epidemic of Yogaphobia,” Quartz (March 26).
23. 2015. “No, It’s Still Yogaphobia,” Religion Dispatches (March 10).
22. 2015. “Pat Robertson Warns Yoga Will Have You Speaking Hindu,” Religion Dispatches (February 26).
21. 2015. “Is Pope Francis Yogaphobic?” Religion Dispatches (February 24).
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20. 2015. “Fake, Evil, Spiritual, Commodified: What’s the Truth About Popular Yoga?” Religion Dispatches (January 29).
19. 2015. “Is Yoga Hindu?” OUPblog (January 16).
18. 2015. “On the Notion of a ‘Creator’ of Modern Yoga.” OUPblog (January 9).
17. 2015. “Ten Noteworthy Yoga Developments to Recall in 2015,” Religion Dispatches (January 5).
16. 2015. “The Commodification and Anti-Commodification of Yoga.” OUPblog (January 2).
15. 2014. “Is Yoga Religious?” OUPblog (December 26).
14. 2014. “Claiming Yoga for India.” Religion Dispatches (December 15).
13. 2014. “Branding Yoga.” Namaskar (October): 28-31.
12. 2014. “Pop Culture Yogi B. K. S. Iyengar Dead at 95.” Religion Dispatches (August 22).
11. 2012. “Yoga Guru or CEO? Saving the Brand When Scandal Strikes.” Religion Dispatches (March 9).
10. 2011. “No, I Don’t Owe My Yoga Mat to Vivekananda: The Lure of Myth Trumps a Stranger, More Troubling Story.” Religion Dispatches (October 4).
9. 2011. “God, Man: Sai Baba and the Ethical Status of Gurus.” Himal Southasian (June).
8. 2011. “‘Soul of Yoga’ at Stake in Texas Regulation Push.” Religion Dispatches (May 18).
7. 2011. “Death of a Self-Proclaimed God-Man: Sai Baba’s Controversial Career.” Religion Dispatches (May 1).
6. 2011. “Modern Yoga in the Shvetambara Terapanth.” Newsletter of the Centre of Jaina Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London 6 (March).
5. 2011. “Mormon-Born Daya Mata Typifies American Yoga.” Religion Dispatches (January 11).
4. 2010. “Chakras and Endocrine Glands: Metaphysics and Physiology in the Preksha Dhyana of Acharya Mahaprajna.” Bulletin for the Study of Religion 39(2): 21-25.
3. 2010. “Is Downward Dog the Path to Hell?” Religion Dispatches (October 26).
2. 2010. “Contemporary Jain Thought and Practice.” Bulletin for the Study of Religion 39(2): 1- 3.
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1. 2007. “My Body, Jain Bodies, and the Denigration of the Body: Self-Reflexivity and the Analysis of the Body in the Jain Tradition.” Bulletin of the Council of the Society for the Study of Religion 36(2) (April).
Book Review Essays and Book Reviews
2. 2014. Book Review Essay of Journeys to Foreign Selves: Asians and Asian Americans in a Global Era, by Alan Roland. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis. 95(4): 815-818.
1. 2011. “Mystics, Gymnasts, Sexologists, and Other Yogis: Divergence and Collectivity in the History of Modern Yoga.” Religious Studies Review 37(1) (March): 19-23.
Keynotes and Plenaries
Midwest Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, “Yoga and the Politics of Global Spirituality,” 2018
The Politics of Yoga Symposium, Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria, “The Politics of Yoga: Sex, Religion, and Power in a Global Industry,” 2017
Thinking with the Yoga Sutra Conference, Yoga Studies Program, Loyola Marymount University, “Jain Modern Yoga and the Quest for Authenticity: The Yoga Sutra in the Thought of Virchand Gandhi, Vivekananda, and Other Modern Yoga Thinkers,” 2015
Illinois Interfaith Conference, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, “What Debates Over Yoga’s Origins and Ownership Can Teach Us About Interfaith Cooperation,” 2015
Conference Presentations
Spiritual but Not Religious: Past, Present, Future(s), Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, “Namaste All Day,”: Fetishizing Dissent in Commercial Spirituality, 2018 American Academy of Religion, North American Hinduism unit, “Yuppie Yogis and Global Gurus: Theorizing Yoga in Consumer Culture,” 2017 American Academy of Religion, Publications Committee, “How to Get Published,” 2017 Being Spiritual But Not Religious: Past, Present, and Future(s), Department of Religious Studies, Rice University, “Being a Superman Who Can’t be F*$#d With: Bikram Choudhury, the Yoga Industry, and Neoliberal Religion,” 2016 American Academy of Religion, Yoga in Theory and Practice unit, “Where Yoga, Homophobia, and Nationalism Intersect: Baba Ramdev and the Sexual Politics of Yoga,” 2015 American Academy of Religion, Yoga in Theory and Practice unit, “As Humans Bend and Twist: A Humanistic and Polythetic Definition of Yoga,” 2014 American Society of Church History with the American Historical Association, “Who Is to Say Modern Yogis Have It All Wrong? On Yogaphobia and Hindu Origins,” 2014 American Academy of Religion, Yoga in Theory and Practice unit, “Branding Yoga: Anusara Yoga as a Second Generation Yoga Brand,” 2012
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American Academy of Religion, Religion and Popular Culture unit, “Can the Sanctity of Yoga be Contained in a Brand?: The Commodification and Counter Commodification of Modern Yoga,” 2011 American Academy of Religion, Yoga in Theory and Practice Consultation, “Modern Yoga as Counterculture: Singleton’s Yoga Body and its Contributions to Understanding the History of Modern Yoga,” 2011 Society for Hindu-Christian Studies with the American Academy of Religion, “The Unlimited Meaning and Function of Yoga: A Response to Christian and Hindu Opponents of the Popularization of Yoga,” 2011 American Academy of Religion, Yoga in Theory and Practice Consultation, “When Mind is Prana: Mind in Jain Modern Yoga,” 2010 Transnational Asia Conference, Chao Center for Asian Studies, Rice University, “Mediators of the Guru: The Samani Order of the Jain Terapanth and the Western Dissemination of Preksha Yoga,” 2010 Association for Asian Studies, “Pure Souls and Perfect Bodies: Anthropocentrism in Jain Traditions,” 2009 American Academy of Religion (Southwest), “Science Foretold: Modern Jain Yoga and the Somaticization of the Subtle Body,” 2009 American Academy of Religion (Southwest), “Asceticism, Late Capitalism, and the Jain Terapanth: Radical Transformations on the Part of a Jain Sect,” 2008 Dharma Association of North America, “Health, Well-Being, and the Ascetic Ideal: Terapanthi Jainism in the Context of Late Capitalism,” 2008 There, Where I am Not: Approaching the Discourse of Transcendence, Department of Religious Studies and the Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University, “Without Sex, Without Body: Transcendence Beyond Embodiment in the Indian Ascetic Tradition,” 2008 Pathologies: Scientific and Cultural Representations of the Normal and Abnormal Conference, Rice University, “The Madness of Caitanya: An Evaluation of the Pathological States of a Hindu Saint,” 2007 South Asia Engaged Conference, South Asia Studies Alliance, Loyola Marymount University, “Affirmation of the Body, Affirmation of the Soul: Jainism Engaged and the Ensuing Transformations,” 2007 American Academy of Religion (Southwest), “Repulsive Bodies, Beautiful Men, and the Quest for Liberation: An Evaluation of the Ethics of Mysticism in the Jain Ascetic Tradition,” 2007 Gender Across Borders Conference, Brown University, “The Love Dalliance of Krishna and the Gopis: The Psychological Function of the Bhagavata Purana Book X in India,” 2005
Invited Presentations
Writing the First Book Faculty Group, Virginia Commonwealth University, “How to Get Published,” 2018 Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Ball State University, “Namaste All Day: Yoga and the Spirituality Industry,” 2018 Interfaith Scholars Program, University of Indianapolis, “Hinduism in Contemporary Culture,” 2018
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Yoga Alliance Yes! Talks, The Yoga Conference and Show, Toronto, “The Politics of Yogic Identities in the Age of Global Capitalism,” 2017 School of Liberal Arts, Spalding University, Keenan Lecture, “Yoga Across Borders: Politics, Rituals, and Myths in a Growing Global Industry,” 2017 Introduction to Religion (REL133), Prof. Edward Curtis, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, “Hindu Traditions,” 2017 American Religion (REL173), Prof. Peter Thuesen, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, “Hindu Communities in the United States,” 2017 American Religious Lives (REL312), Prof. Rachel Wheeler, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, “Yogananda and Autobiography of a Yogi,” 2017 Department of Religion, Texas Christian University, “Yuppie Yogis and Global Gurus: Understanding Pop Spirituality,” 2017 Medical Humanities Club, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, “Yoga and the Body,” 2017 Department of Religion, Hindu Life Program, and Yoga Council, Princeton University, “Selling Yoga: Appropriation, Authenticity, and Hinduphobia,” 2016 Yoga: Vedic Roots to Western Transplants, Prof. Edwin Bryant, Rutgers University, “Understanding Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture,” 2016 World Religions in Greater Indianapolis, National Endowment for the Humanities Program, “Hindu Communities in the United States and Greater Indianapolis,” 2016 Introduction to Religion (REL133), Prof. Edward Curtis, IUPUI, “Understanding Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man, by Gopi Krishna,” 2016 Asian Studies and the Department of Religious Studies, Southern Methodist University, “Yuppie Yogis and Global Gurus: Selling the Sacred in Pop-Culture Yoga,” 2015 IUPUI Art and Humanities Institute, “Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture,” 2015 Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, “Yoga, Consumer Culture, and American Values,” 2014 Religious Studies Student Association, IUPUI, served on a panel on Bandit Queen (film), 2012 Introduction to International Studies (INTL100), Prof. Dawn Whitehead, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, “The Critical Study of Religion and Contemporary Culture,” 2012 Medical Humanities and the Health Studies Program, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, “Yoga as Medicine: The (Re)Construction of Yoga in Contemporary Culture,” 2012 Carmel Middle School, World History Class, “Introducing Religious Studies,” 2012 Religious Studies Student Association, IUPUI, panelist on world religions and healing, 2011 Explore India (ECON307), Dr. Archana Dube, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, “Indian religions,” 2011 World Religions, Continuing Education, Rice University, “Jain Traditions,” 2008
Interviews and Media Coverage
Yoga Journal, “WTF Just Happened with Alo, Cody App and the Yoga Community on Social Media,” by Yelena Moroz Alpert, May 9, 2018 Embodied Philosophy, “Andrea Jain on Cultural Appropriation and Essentializing Yoga,” by Jacob Kyle, May 3, 2018 Al Jazeera AJ+, “Is it OK to Do Yoga?” by Sana Saeed, March 25, 2018
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The Atlantic, “What it Means to be Spiritual But Not Religious,” by Caroline Kitchener, January 11, 2018 The Telegraph, “Nalanda Axes Yoga Course,” by Basant Kumar Mohanty and Charu Sudan Kasturi, Sept. 10, 2017 It’s All Yoga, Baby, “Yoga in Service of Social Justice,” an interview by Roseanne Harvey, Sept. 6, 2017 CBC Radio (Victoria, B.C.), The Politics of Yoga, Aug. 3, 2017 Religion Dispatches, “#Namaslay, or How Black Women are Using Trap Yoga as a Mode of Spiritual Resistance,” by Anita Little, July 12, 2017 Scroll.in, “Yes, We Should Celebrate Yoga — But not for the Reason Modi and his Admirers Want us to,” by Vikram Zutshi, June 21, 2017. Los Angeles Times, “The Only Place in the U.S. You Can Get a Master’s in Yoga Studies? Los Angeles,” by Rosanna Xia, May 13, 2017 Yoga Alliance, “Commodification and Appropriation in the Yoga Industry,” with Andrew Tanner (Yoga Alliance Chief Ambassador), March 2, 2017 Harper’s Bazaar, “Better Sex and More Money: The Trendy Yoga Practice that Promises Perks Beyond Inner Peace,” by Marisa Meltzer, April 20, 2017 The Washington Post, “Weed Yoga, Naked Yoga, Yoga with Goats: Have We Reached Peak Namaste?” by Karen Heller, April 3, 2017 The BBC, The Why Factor, Why do Millions of People do Yoga? March 24, 2017 The Allusionist, “On the Popularization of Yoga and the ‘Namaste’ Controversy,” Oct. 15, 2016 Sutra Journal, “Andrea Jain on Transnational Yoga,” by Vikram Zutshi, Sept. 2016 Consider This, local cable and community access television program, Religion and Politics in India Today (on-air guest), Apr. 28, 2016 Sacred Matters, “Seven Questions for Andrea R. Jain,” Jan. 11, 2016 Stylist, “Sexy Yoga,” by Marie Kock, January 2016 Haaretz, “A Heated Discussion in the USA: Is It Ethical to Practice Yoga?” by Taly Krupkin, Nov. 26, 2015 Yoga Journal, “YJ Asked: Is the Age of the Gurus Dead?” by Jessie Lucier, August 21, 2015 The Economic Times, “Can Indian Brands Own a Larger Piece of the Multi-Billion Dollar Global Yoga Industry?” by Delshad Irani, Jun. 24, 2015 The Telegraph, “Day of the ‘US-Returned’ Mass Yoga,” by Charu Sudan Kasturi and G. S. Mudur, Jun. 21, 2015 The Huffington Post, “Honoring the Roots, Celebrating the Blossoms on International Day of Yoga,” by Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, Jun. 20, 2015 Financial Times, “India’s Yoga Day is Short on Karma and Cash,” by Amy Kazmin, Jun. 19, 2015 Yoga Journal, “Is the Age of the Guru Over?” Oct. 2015 New Books in Religion, Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture, May 6, 2015 Radio New Zealand National, Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture, Apr. 26, 2015 North State Public Radio, interview on Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture, Jan. 21, 2015 Campaign for the American Reader, Writers Read: Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture, Jan. 19, 2015 The Atlantic, “Who Owns Yoga?” by Tanya Basu, Jan. 12, 2015
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Campaign for the American Reader, The Page 99 Test: Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture, Dec. 29, 2014 The Guardian, “Evangelical Christian Group Helps Sue California School Over Yoga Classes,” by Amanda Holpuch, Jan. 10, 2013 The New York Times, “Hindu Group Stirs a Debate Over Yoga’s Soul,” by Paul Vitello, Oct. 29, 2010 90.1 KPFT, Peaceful Co-Existence Radio Program: Jainism (on-air guest), 2007
Teaching History
Dissertation Committees
External Reader for Ph.D. Thesis, Amara Miller, Department of Sociology, University of California, Davis, in progress External Reader for Ph.D. Thesis, Eric Dorman, Department of Religious Studies, Boston University, 2017 External Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis, Patrick McCartney, South and South East Asia Department, Australian National University, 2015
IUPUI, 2010-present (Undergraduate Courses) Theories of Religion, Comparative Religions, Introduction to Religion, Hinduism and Buddhism, Religions of India, Yoga Traditions, Yuppie Yogis and Global Gurus, Asian Religions in America
IUPUI, 2010-present (Graduate Courses) Theories of Religion
Rice University, 2009-2010 (Undergraduate Courses) Religions from India, Asian Religions in America
The University of Houston, 2006-2010 (Undergraduate Courses) Hinduism and Jainism, Religions from India, Gender and Indian Religions, Asian Religions
Professional Service
Co-Chair, Yoga in Theory and Practice Group, American Academy of Religion, 2014- Member, Selection Committee for the Crovetto Award for Excellence in the Study of New Religious Movements with Ties to South Asia, Nova Religio, 2012- Regular Contributor, Religion Dispatches, 2010- Presider, “Exploratory Session on the Spiritual But Not Religious: A Roundtable Discussion on the Past, Present, and Future(s) of Research” annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, 2017 Roundtable Organizer, “Exploratory Session on the Spiritual But Not Religious: A Roundtable Discussion on the Past, Present, and Future(s) of Research” annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, 2017
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Respondent, “Buying (into) Yoga: Perspectives on Andrea Jain’s Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture (Oxford University Press, 2014),” annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, 2015 Panel Organizer, Yoga in Theory and Practice Group, “Yoga’s Religious and Secular Identities,” annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, 2014 Elected Member, Steering Committee, Yoga in Theory and Practice Group, American Academy of Religion, 2012-2014 Panel Organizer, Yoga in Theory and Practice Group, “The Commodification of Yoga,” annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, 2012
I also regularly referee scholarly manuscripts, including ones submitted to: International Journal of Hindu Studies, International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Journal of Religion and American Culture, Nova Religio, Oxford University Press, Review of General Psychology, Routledge, Transnational Asia, and Yale University Press.
University Service (IUPUI)
Member, Executive Committee, Indiana University Consortium for the Study of Religion, Ethics, and Society, 2017- Member, Research Advisory Committee, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, 2016- Member, Reappointment Committee for Matthew Condon, Senior Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, 2018 Chair, Reappointment Committee for Matthew Condon, Senior Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, 2017 Member, Annual Review Committee for Joseph Tucker Edmonds, Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, 2017 Mentor, Diversity Summer Research Program, Kasen Welling, 2017 Chair, Committee on Civility and Tolerance, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, 2016- 2017 Member, Student Affairs Committee, Department of Religious Studies, 2016-2017 Mentor, Department of Religious Studies, 2015-2017 Member, Search Committee for Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, 2016 Panelist on “Midway to Tenure,” Promotion and Tenure Program, hosted by the Office of Academic Affairs, 2016 Panelist on “Strategies for Success: Excellence in Research,” New faculty Program: Plan Now for Success, hosted by the Office of Academic Affairs, 2016 Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Religious Studies, 2014-2016 Organizer, “Anthropomorphic Techniques in the Worship of Mount Govardhan,” by David L. Haberman, hosted by the Indiana University Consortium for the Study of Religion, Ethics, and Society, 2016 Moderator, Understand Your World and Contribute to It: The Value of a Liberal Arts Education, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, 2015 Participant, Faculty Conversation: Supporting Faculty for the Future, hosted by Melissa Lavitt, Senior Vice Chancellor, 2014
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Member, Taylor Symposium Planning Committee, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, 2014-2015 Panelist on “Tips for Success from Recent Three-year Reviewees,” New faculty Program: Plan Now for Success, hosted by the Office of Academic Affairs, 2013 Member, Nominating Committee, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, 2012-2014 Faculty Advisor, Religious Studies Student Association, 2010-2014 Member, Student Affairs Committee, Department of Religious Studies, 2010-2014 Member, Library Committee, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, 2011-2013 Member, Transportation Committee, 2012-2013 Member, Bicycle Committee, 2012-2013 Member, Promotion Committee for Matthew Condon, Lecturer to Senior Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, 2012 Member and Affirmative Action Sensitivity Person, Hiring Committee for Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy, 2011-2012 Panelist, How One Department Spoke and the Media Listened, hosted by the Office of Development and External Affairs, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, 2011 Advisor, Medical Humanities Senior Capstone, Samantha Armstrong, 2011 Organizer, Graduate School Exploration Meeting, Department of Religious Studies, 2011
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