About Us

Who we are

The NCCSAS is governed by the Executive Committee with oversight through the Advisory Board. The NCCSAS general secretariat is located at Duke University, with additional staff offices at NC State University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. More information about the organizational structure is available here.

NCCSAS Director Katherine Ewing, Professor of Cultural Anthropology & Religion Dept. of Cultural Anthropology 212 Friedl Building Duke University Box 90091 Durham, NC 27708-0091 ph. 919.684.5170 katherine.ewing@duke.edu NCCSAS Staff Associate Director: Baishakhi Taylor 109 John Hope Franklin Center Box 90416 2204 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27708 ph: 919-668-2146 fax: 919-684-8749 bbane2@duke.edu FLAS and Less Commonly Taught Languages Coordinator: Baishakhi Taylor (interim) 109 John Hope Franklin Center Box 90416 2204 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27708 bbane2@duke.edu Outreach & Program Coordinator: Alicia Wallace Jones 111 John Hope Franklin Center 2204 Erwin Rd. Durham NC 27708 ph: 919.681.7511 alicia.jones@duke.edu Technical assistant: Jennifer Prather ph. 919.684.6054 jprather@duke.edu Librarian Avinash Maheshwary South Asia Librarian Bostock 233 Box 90195 Duke University Durham NC 27708-0195 Ph: 919-660-5841 Fax: 919-668-3134 avinash.maheshwary@duke.edu Graduate Student Assistant: Sohaib Khan Dept. of Religion sik4@duke.edu Undergraduate Student Assistants: Gustavo Lee Pratt '10 gustavo.lee@duke.edu Rahul Nayak Trinity College '13 rahul.nayak@duke.edu Executive Committee Executive Director: Katherine Ewing, Professor of Cultural Anthropology & Religion Dept. of Cultural Anthropology ph. 919.684.5170 katherine.ewing@duke.edu Duke Leela Prasad, Associate Professor of Religion Department of Religion 119 Gray Building Duke University Durham, NC 27708 ph. 919-660-3533 leela@duke.edu Baishakhi Taylor 109 John Hope Franklin Center Box 90416 2204 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27708 ph: 919-668-2146 fax: 919-684-8749 bbane2@duke.edu NCSU David Gilmartin, Professor of History Department of History North Carolina State University 476 Withers Hall ph. 919-513-2243 david_gilmartin@ncsu.edu Robert Moog, Professor of Political Science and Public Administration School of Public and International Affairs North Carolina State University Box 8102 Raleigh, NC 27695-8102 Ph: (919) 515-5046 Fax: (919) 515-7333 moog@social.chass.ncsu.edu UNC Afroz Taj, Associate Professor of Asian Studies NCCSAS Director of Public Programs University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 201 New West Box 3267 UNC Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3267 ph. 919.962.1060 taj@email.unc.edu Carl Ernst, Professor of Religious Studies Department of Religious Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 125 Saunders Box 3255 UNC Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255 ph. 919-962-3924 Fax: 919-962-1567 cernst@email.unc.edu Administrative Board Professor Gilbert Merkx Vice Provost for International Affairs and Development, Duke University ph.919.684.5830 gilbert.merkx@duke.edu Jonathan Hartlyn Senior Associate Dean for Social Sciences and International Programs, College of Arts and Sciences Kenneth J. Reckford Professor of Political Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CB 3100, 205 South Building Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3100 Ph: 919 962-1165 Fax: 919 962-2408 hartlyn@unc.edu Jeffery P. Braden, PhD Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology 106 Caldwell Hall Campus Box 8101 Raleigh, NC 27695-8101 Ph: 919.515.2468 Fax: 919.515.9419 jeff_braden@ncsu.edu

Past Directors

Tony Stewart (Associate Professor of History of Religions, Department of Philosophy and Religion, North Carolina State University)

Late John Richards (Professor of History, Duke University)

Bruce Lawrence (Professor of Religion, Duke University)

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