GISS

History

Mission

People

Director

Press

Board

Executive:

• John S. Hawley (Religion, Barnard College, Columbia University, NY)
• Mark Juergensmeyer (Global Studies, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA)
• Farina Mir (History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)
• Kristina Myrvold (Religion, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden)
• Ami P. Shah (Religion, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ)
• Shinder Singh Thandi (Global Studies, UC Santa Barbara, CA)

Advisors:

• Indu Banga (History, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab)
• Parminder Kaur Bhachu (Sociology, Clark University, Worcester, MA)
• Anna Bigelow (Religion, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC)
• Amarjit Chandan (Poetry, London, UK)
• Naindeep Singh Chann (History, UC Los Angeles, CA)
• Jugdep Singh Chima (Political Science, Hiram College, Hiram, OH)
• Neelam M. Chowdhry (Theater, Panjab University, Chandigarh)
• Balwant Singh Dhillon (Religion, GNDU, Amritsar, Punjāb)
• Diana L. Eck (Religion, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA)
• Harjit Singh Gill (Linguistics, JNU, New Delhi)
• Sucha Singh Gill (Economics, CURRID, Chandigarh)
• William Glover (Architecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)
• Jagtar Singh Grewal (History, GNDU, Amritsar, Punjab)
• Knut A. Jacobsen (Religion, University of Bergen, Norway)
• Parminder Kaur Jassal (Education, ACT Foundation, Austin, TX)
• Harpreet Kaur Jaswal (Education, MSC, Delhi University, Delhi)
• Surinder S Jodhka (Sociology, JNU, New Delhi)
• Gurmeet Kaur (Children's Literature, Toronto, Canada)
• James Lochtefeld (Religion, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI)
• Philip Lutgendorf (Religion, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA)
• Vanita Manchanda (Punjabi, Delhi University, Delhi)
• Chloe Martinez (Religion, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA)
• Rachel F. McDermott (Religion, Barnard College, Columbia University, NY)
• Daniel Michon (Religion, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA)
• Eleanor Nesbitt (Education, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K.)
• Bhajan Singh Padda (Education, Sikh Education Foundation, Singapore)
• Surjit Patar (Punjabi, Ludhiana, Punjab)
• Ronki Ram (Pol. Science, P.U. Chandigarh)
• Nur Sobers-Khan (South Asia Curator, The British Library, London, UK)  
• Harpreet Singh (Religion, Harvard University, MA)
• Jane Singh (Diaspora Studies, UC Berkeley, CA)
• Pashaura Singh (Religious Studies, UC Riverside, CA)
• Roopinder Singh (Journalism, The Tribune, Chandigarh)
• Susan Stronge (Senior Curator, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK)

Patrons

• Kirpal Singh (Des Moines, IA)
• Jasbir Kaur and Karmjit Singh Sidhu (Sparta,NJ)
• Giani Joginder Singh (Jathedar Akāl Takhat [2000-2008], Amritsar PB)
• Joginder Singh Ahluwalia (Richmond, CA)
• Balwinder Kaur and Rabinder Singh Bhamra (Westbury, NY)
• Gurpal Singh Bhuller (Vienna, VA)
• Gurtej Kaur and Jatinder Singh Hundal (Sacramento, CA)
• Bibi Inderjit Kaur (Albuquerque, NM)
• Elvera and Gursharan Singh Sidhu (Seattle, WA)
• Harmit Singh (Singapore)
• Khushdev Kaur and Kulbir Singh Thind (San Mateo, CA)
• Harpreet Singh Toor (New York, NY)

Director:

Gurinder Singh Mann (Religion, GISS, New York, NY)