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Dr. Rachana Umashankar
Chair, Religious Studies Department Associate Professor of Religious Studies- Sufism
- Islam in South Asia
- Politics of religious identity
- Sacred music and poetry
About Scholar
Dr. Rachana Umashankar is an anthropologist of religion with a specialization in Islam in South Asia. She has worked at Iona since 2014. She teaches courses on Islam, Sufism, and sacred music and poetry. She has also taught in the Honors Program for several years. Her academic interests are in Sufism, the politics of religious identity, history and memory, and poetry translation. Dr. Umashankar received the Jr. Master Teacher and Lecturer award in 2016, and the Catherine McCabe Award for Innovation & Excellence in Teaching in 2018. She currently serves as the Iona University representative for the Inter-Religious Coalition of New Rochelle and is a member of the coalition’s board.
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