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Ph.D., University of California in Santa Barbara

Specialty: Religious Studies; Hinduism

Tracy Pintchman holds a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of California in Santa Barbara (1992). She specializes in the study of Hinduism, with a focus on gender issues, Goddess traditions, and Hindu women's rituals. Her publication include several articles and book chapters as well as two monographs and two edited books: The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition (1994); Seeking Mahadevi: Constructing the Identities of the Hindu Great Goddess, (2001); Guests at God's Wedding: Celebrating Kartik among the Women of Benares (2005); and Women's Lives, Women's Rituals in the Hindu Tradition (forthcoming 2007). She has held grants from the American Academy of Religion, American Institute of Indian Studies, and the National Endowment of the Humanities. She has also taught at Northwestern University and Harvard University, where she was a visiting scholar in the Women's Studies in religion Program at Harvard Divinity School in 2000-2001.