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 Executive Director Sumathi Ramaswamy, Professor of History Department of History 122 Carr Building Duke University Durham, NC 27708 ph. 919-684-5764 sr76@duke.edu NCCSAS Staff Outreach & Program Coordinator: Pamela Smith 111 John Hope Franklin Center 2204 Erwin Rd. Durham NC 27708 ph: 919.681.7511 pamela.d.smith@duke.edu Technical assistant: Jennifer Prather ph. 919.684.6054 jprather@duke.edu Associate Director and Librarian Edward Proctor South Asia Librarian Bostock 236 Box 90195 Duke University Durham NC 27708-0195 Ph: 919-660-5841 Fax: 919-668-3134 edward.proctor@duke.edu Executive Committee Executive Director: Sumathi Ramaswamy, Professor of History Department of History 122 Carr Building Duke University Durham, NC 27708 ph. 919-684-5764 sr76@duke.edu Duke Ajantha Subramanian, Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology Department of Cultural Anthropology 205 Friedl Bldg Duke University Durham, NC 27708 ph. 919-684-4544 as360@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 K. Stewart (Professor of South Asian Religions & Literatures)

Late John Richards (Professor of History, Duke University)

Bruce Lawrence (Professor of Religion, Duke University)

Katherine Pratt Ewing (Professor of Cultural Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison)