Harshita Mruthinti KamathVisweswara Rao and Sita Koppaka Associate Professor in Telugu Culture, Literature and HistoryDirector of Undergraduate Studies

Education/Degrees

• Ph.D., West and South Asian Religions, Emory University
• M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School
• B.A., Asian Studies, Emory University

Teaching/Research Areas 

• Telugu Literature and Performance
• Critical Hindu Studies
• Indian Dance Studies
• Gender and Sexuality in South Asia

Books Published

• Theft of a Tree. Translation of Pārijātāpaharaṇamu by Nandi Timmana (16^th century). Translated with Velcheru Narayana Rao. (Murty Classical Library of India, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2022. English-only edition will be published in 2024.)
• Mimetic Desires: Impersonation and Guising Across South Asia. Co-edited with Pamela Lothspeich. (Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2022.) 
• Impersonations: The Artifice of Brahmin Masculinity in South Indian Dance. (Oakland: University of California Press, 2019.)